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987 Barcelona Hotel
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Hotel 987 Barcelona welcomes their cosmopolitan guests to an impressive environment, full of...
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Barcelona
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Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and Spain's second-largest city (after Madrid). It is located in the comarca of Barcelonès, along the Mediterranean coast (41°23′ N 2°11′ E) between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs. It is 160 km (100 mi) south of the Pyrenees mountain range, which forms the Spanish border with France.
"Barcelona has transformed itself from smug backwater into one of the most dynamic and stylish cities in the world. Summer is serious party time, with week-long fiesta fun. But year-round the city sizzles – it's always on the biting edge of architecture, food, fashion, style, music and good times.
The buildings, many the work of the eccentric genius Gaudí, will blow you away. The art, with significant collections by Picasso and Miró, will make you clammy all over. The people, with their exuberance, their duende, their persistent egalitarianism, will fascinate you." Copyright © lonely planet 2005
Barcelona offers a unique opportunity for the tourist on foot to walk from Roman remains to the medieval city, and then to the modern city with its open thoroughfares and grid-iron street pattern. The historic city center is fairly flat, while the modern city fans out towards the surrounding hills, bordered by steep streets that are vaguely reminiscent of those found in San Francisco.
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