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Palau Güell
It's worth going off to find lesser-known jewels such as this palace, built in 1890.
Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5
Tel: 93 317 39 74
http://www.palauguell.cat/
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Mercat Santa Caterina
It is on of the best covered market. New undulating mosaic roof.Cuines Santa Caterina is the hip market restaurant, with high ceilings and big wooden tables for sharing.
Avinguda Francesc Cambo 16
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Dry Martini Javier de las Muelasis the undisputed king of Barcelona's thriving cocktail bar scene, and Dry Martini his bar on a corner of the Eixample, is a temple to the classic art of cocktail mixology.
Carrer Aribau 162-166,
Tel: 93 217 50 80
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Romanesque frescos
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, housed in a grand, domed edifice on the top of Montjuic, proudly showcases this unique heritage.
Parc de Montjuic
Tel: 93 622 03 76
www.mnac.es |
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Jazz night at Casa Fuster
The decorations comes perilously close to kitsch, but seems just right for the sultry atmosphere created by its Thursday jazz nights.
Hotel Casa Fuster, Passeig de Gracia 132
Tel: 93 255 30 00
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Palau de la Musica Catalana
The magnificence of this concert hall, designed in 1905 by Lluis Domenech I Muntaner, has to seen to be believed.
Carrer Sant Pere Mes Alt s/n.
Tel: 902 44 28 82
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Camp Nou stadium
The religion of football in this city has as its Pantheon the Futbol Club Barcelona and its cathedral the Camp Nou football ground.
Avinguda d'Aristides Maillol s/n.
Tel: 902 18 99 00
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Santa Maria del Mar
The gothic sensibility runs deep in Barcelona -witness Gaudi, who inherited the Gothic fondness for high arches and guasi-mystical pretensions. The city's most spectacular flowering of the original style is Santa Maria del Mar.
Carrer Sombrerers 6, built between 1329 and 1384. |
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MACBA
If the once sordid Barrio Chino, aka the Raval, is now Barcelona's hippest urban area, it is largely thanks to the MACBA, the museum of contemporary art.
Placa Angels 1,
Tel: 93 412 08 10
www.macba.es |
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Cable-Car-Ride
It might mark you out as a tourist , but so what? There's no better way to catch a thrilling view of the city, harbor , sea and mountains. The teleferico departs from the Eifel-esque tower of Sant Sebastian in the old port.
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Quim Vila's wine shop
This is a dream of a wine shop, with knowledgeable, friendly staff to guide you through its vast selection.
Carrer Agullers 7
www.vilaviniteca.es |
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Gran Teatre del Liceu
On of Spain's most regarded opera houses.
La Rambla 51-59
Tel: 93 485 99 13
www.liceubarcelona.com |
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La Sagrada Familia
The enormous Sagrada Familia remains the incomplete, roofless masterpiece of the eccentric genius Antoni Gaudi.
Placa de la Sagrada Familia
www.sagradafamilia.org |
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Museu Picasso
Adjoining 13th-and 19th-century palaces provide a handsome setting for one of Spain's most interesting museums, a must for Picasso lovers.
Carrer de Montcada 15-19
Tel: 931 96 310
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/ |
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