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Mark Hazard

For more information on getting around Barcelona, including the Barcelona metro and Car hire in Barcelona see Barcelona Travelogue.
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The Barcelona Tourist bus, the Bus Turistic, is a fabulous way of seeing the major sites of this incredible city These double decker buses – with air conditioning downstairs and an open top deck – take visitors past all nine of Barcelona's World Heritage sites; and much more besides

One of modern Spain's most significant achievements has been the development of the Alta Velocidad Española – the Spanish High Speed Train Started in 1992 to help promote traffic between Madrid and the Expo '92 of Seville, the train service has gone from strength to strength, astounding many of its original critics along the route

It was in June of this year that Barcelona El Prat airport's brand new Terminal One opened for passengers and, so far, it has managed to avoid most of the teething problems which beset similar events in Madrid and London Heathrow Early indications were that, although check-in was taking a little longer than usual, passengers were, on the whole, impressed by the new buildings

Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet Or simply, Gaudí

There is one common mistake people make when they think about the architecture of Barcelona It is a popular misconception that the only memorable architecture was that of the city's iconic figure, Antoni Gaudí; and even that is often dismissively passed over as somehow being simply 'quirky'

Barcelona is undoubtedly one of the Europe's most exciting cities and nowhere is this more apparent than in the variety of night-time activities to be found Let's be honest, when you have a city with wonderful beaches, modern port developments attracting sailing enthusiasts, a huge student population and all the attractions in and around Las Ramblas, you really are likely to be spoilt for choice

Crema Catalana might well be Barcelona's most famous contribution to the world's menus, but there is much more variety to the food you're likely to find when visiting this city trapped between the mar i muntanya – the sea and the mountains Catalan cuisine, which is known to have been flourishing as far back as the thirteenth century, is a beguiling melange of the best ingredients that the Mediterranean and the grazing slopes of the mountains can offer

One of the aspects about Barcelona that many people find especially fascinating is that the city has such a variety of completely different neighbourhoods, or districts The Gothic Quarter, Eixample, Montjuïc and Barceloneta, for example all have aspects about them that are absolutely typically 'Barcelona' but are totally different to each other

The good news for all those people who still want to travel, despite the credit crunch, is that it really has never been easier to get to Barcelona Remaining a highly popular destination for short breaks, longer holidays, stag and hen parties or simply football weekends, the Catalan city is now comfortably reachable by planes, boats and trains – even cars, if you want

Barcelona is located on Spain's Mediterranean coast, sandwiched comfortably between the Besòs and Llobregat rivers Nearly 5 million people live in the overall Barcelona metropolitan area



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