European City Breaks & Where you should go this Summer
by: Robert
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Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and also the second biggest city in Spain. The city is located on the coast of the Mediterranean, is home to one of Europe’s main ports as well as the Barcelona International Airport. Barcelona is a bi-lingual city with Catalan and Spanish both official languages and both spoken by the majority of natives.
Barcelona is home to the Catalonian Government (As the capital city of Catalonia) which is known as Generalitat de Catalunya. With a Mediterranean climate, Barcelona enjoys warm and dry summers with humid and mild winters. Temperatures average around 30 °C in the summer months.
Blessed with rich cultural heritage the city of Barcelona is a massive tourist attraction making it ideal for a European City Break especially if you are looking to go away just for the weekend. The Architecture of Lluis Domenech i Montaner (Hospital de Sant Pau, Palau de la Musica Catalana) and Antoni Gaudi (Sagrada Familia) are beautiful landmarks and have been nominated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Barcelona is also home to many different museums covering many era’s and artifacts. If you are looking for art visit The National Museum of Art of Catalonia, The Fundacio Joan Miro or The Picasso Museum. If you are looking for historical relics visit The City History Museum or the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia.
As well as being home to great architecture and museums Barcelona also offers superb live music and acting at the world famous opera theatre Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la Musica Catalana concert hall.
Barcelona is a name well known around the world when it comes to Sport. In 1992 the city held a very successful Summer Olympics as well as being host to a few matches during the 1982 Football World Cup. The two main stadiums in Barcelona are two time champions league winners, FC Barcelona’s – Nou Camp and recent Uefa cup finalist, RCD Espanyol’s – Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. FC Barcelona are a well known football team but perhaps surprising to some they also are home to a Basketball, Handball and Roller Hockey teams.
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