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| Barcelona is a city with charming streets,
busy with people and full of life. There is nowhere better to make Barcelona's
acquaintance than La Rambla, the bustling avenue, famous for the vivid
colours of its flower stalls. Barcelona is the city of marvels. The old town, comprising the Gothic Quarter, the Ribera and Raval districts, and famed for its historical monuments, narrow streets and bohemian atmosphere, is a perfect place for a stroll. A wander through the maze of streets is essential in order to understand the different periods in the history of Barcelona and to admire its finest monuments: traces of the Roman wall glimpsed between well-preserved Gothic buildings, the remains of the Jewish Quarter, witnesses to the industrial expansion of the 19th century and the design of the 20th. Musicians in the medieval streets provide the ideal accompaniment. The city also has the biggest selection of modernist architecture: a genuine open-air museum. Most of the buildings, built in this unique style, are in the Eixample, a district planned in 1860 by the engineer Ildefons Cerd' which constitutes a unique model of European urban planning. The Sagrada Famalia, the Casa Batll', the Casa Amatller and the Casa Mila are some examples of this. Barcelona is the only European capital with over four kilometres of beaches where you can enjoy the most modern amenities, the beaches are not far form Barcelona's historical and cultural landmarks, and they have opened up our modern and cosmopolitan city to the sea. Today, the Olympic Harbour and the old port, the Port Vell, are some of the main meeting places, with many bars, restaurants, shops and recreational areas. Barcelona is, without a doubt, a city of marvels: on foot, by bicycle or bus, it is a magnificent spectacle which you should not miss. Shopping : Barcelona's range of shops makes it a Shopping City of international standing. In Barcelona, traditional establishments, which date back hundreds of years and are housed in beautiful buildings in the Gothic Quarter of modernist Eixample, coexist with recently built shopping arcades, where you can buy the latest fashions; long-established department stores, which sell the most characteristic design products made in Barcelona; specialised shops; franchise chains; leading international names; and shopping centres. Wandering around Barcelona's streets and browsing in its shops is, without a doubt, an unforgettable experience. The wide pavements and pedestrianised areas are perfect for a quiet stroll. As you turn a corner you might come across a modernist chemis't shop or an innovative window display. There is always a surprise in store. The city has plotted out a route for this wealth of shops: the remarkable, five-kilometre-long Shopping Line. The route makes it possible to visit Barcelona's main shops, which are a integral part of its urban fabric, and, at the same time, walk around places of reat interest ot tourists. The Shopping Line links up the city's different shopping areas which have evolved naturally during its history, and enables people to get from one to another on foot: the Port Vell, La Rambla, the historical centre, The Gothic Quarter, the Pl. de Catalunya, the Eixample (Rbla. de Catalunya and Pg. de Gr?cia), the main thoroughfare of the Diagonal and the new business and shopping district of the Diagonal. Visitors to Barcelona can also use the buses on the special Tombbus service, which can be identified by the sticker Barcelona Shopping Line. They operate along the Shopping Line from Pl. de Catalunya to El Corte Ingl's -Diagonal and back again. To sum up, we can say that Barcelona has a range of shops which can be gauged in terms of quantity and quality. They provide a high level of service and customer attention of very competitive prices, making Barcelona an extremely attractive shopping city which is ready to deal with the most stringent demands. |
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