Catalunya Off The Beaten Path

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Day Trip: Montserrat   Barcelona

Day Trip: Montserrat, Barcelona

 52 Reviews  An hour by train from Barcelona is the impressive Montserrat. From the train station at Espana, you can buy the round trip tickets that include both the train and the cable car for around 18E. The... 

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Day Trip   Barcelona

Day Trip, Barcelona

 60 Reviews  The Xató is a salad. Someone can find funny that there is a region where people rave for a salad dish, to such extent that they made a gastronomic route about it. But it is not an usual salad, if made... 

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Art / Architecture   Barcelona

Art / Architecture, Barcelona

 63 Reviews  You probably know that nowadays' Barcelona was Barcino during the Roman Empire times. It was not a big city, not so important as Tarraco (now Tarragona), the province's capital at the time. But still... 

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Day Trip: Figueres   Barcelona

Day Trip: Figueres, Barcelona

 20 Reviews  Salvador Dali museum. I know, I know, there's already SO much to see in Barcelona. But if you've got an extra day, this is definitely a worthwhile trip. It takes a good 4 or 5 hours to see the whole... 

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Parks / Plazas   Barcelona

Parks / Plazas, Barcelona

 31 Reviews  Although many tourists visit Tibidabo, few bother to explore the enormous woodland area on the Collserola massif. This is a pity, because there are cycleways, riding trails, and paths that provide a... 

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Tibidabo   Barcelona

Tibidabo, Barcelona

 15 Reviews  Take metro L7 to it's final station 'Av. Tibidabo'. Right across the street in Avinguda del Tibidabo you'll find the stop of the blue vintage tram 'Tramvia Blau'. Ride the tram uphill to the station... 

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Barri Gotic   Barcelona

Barri Gotic, Barcelona

 21 Reviews  We were strolling around to find interesting place. Then we find a nice courtyard and stepped in. How lucky we were! We find these: I learned that this building is Palau del Lloctinent. The... 

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Parc Guell   Barcelona

Parc Guell, Barcelona

 23 Reviews  Park Guell is skillfully designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one could expect from a park. The absolute focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in... 

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Day Trip: Sitges   Barcelona

Day Trip: Sitges, Barcelona

 16 Reviews  Sitges is a beautiful seaside resort within close proximity to Barcelona. Due to the short 45-minute train ride, the charming town has become a favourite summer destination for Barcelona residents and... 

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Along the Harbor   Barcelona

Along the Harbor, Barcelona

 12 Reviews  Please excuse my ignorance but I really don't know what these buildings are. While you walk down the Ramblas towards the port, you find them to your left just before reaching the Columbus monument.... 

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Montjuic   Barcelona

Montjuic, Barcelona

 13 Reviews  Back when I visited this attraction not many people knew about it -- at least I never heard about it in my first visit to Barcelona, but on my 2nd visit I got to see it and I LOVED IT...!! There... 

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Side Streets   Barcelona

Side Streets, Barcelona

 27 Reviews  Wife and I stayed in Confortel Hotel on Calle Ramon Turro before and after sailing on our cruise with NCL in November 08.One block from the hotel was A local Rambla "Las Rambla Poblenou" will check on... 

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City Views   Barcelona

City Views, Barcelona

 33 Reviews  You can also take a cruise in the Medittereanen from Barcelona and you can also visit Ibiza and party, and also Mallorca. Perhaps visit the lovely Girona north of Barcelona and maybe Andorra, a small... 

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Food / Drink   Barcelona

Food / Drink, Barcelona

 14 Reviews  La Boqueria is Barcelona's most famous market. There you can find any kind of fresh food and many, many sweets. They have the most amazing natural fruit juices and they are quite low priced. There... 

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Churches   Barcelona

Churches, Barcelona

 13 Reviews  Situated in the heart of El Raval is this Romanesque church, one of the oldest in Barcelona. Originally founded as a Benedictine monastery in the 9th century and subsequently rebuilt in the following... 

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Entertainment   Barcelona

Entertainment, Barcelona

 13 Reviews  This festival is not as famous as others like Cannes, Venice or some others in Spain, but it's specialized in fantastic and science-fiction films, or it was, since the Generalitat put money and gave... 

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Shopping   Barcelona

Shopping, Barcelona

 12 Reviews  If you like flea markets, you can go to Mercat de Bellcaire (Encants Vells) next to Glories huge rondabaut. As on any other of these kind of places, be careful with your belongings. Open Mon, Wen,... 

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Barri Gràcia   Barcelona

Barri Gràcia, Barcelona

 6 Reviews  The Plaça del Diamant is not a very touristy place. In fact, tucked away in Gràcia, you aren’t likely to assign it any specific importance compared to the other little squares in the neighbourhood.... 

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Nou Camp Stadium..   Barcelona

Nou Camp Stadium.., Barcelona

 6 Reviews  The Nou Camp (or Camp Nou in Spanish) is the largest football Stadium in Europe. This is where Barcelona Football Club (commonly known as barca to the locals) play their home games. The ground was... 

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Other Gaudi Creations   Barcelona

Other Gaudi Creations, Barcelona

 8 Reviews  This estate was built between 1884 and 1887. Gaudì designed the stables and the porter's lodge. Visits are not permitted, but you can enjoy the wrought iron gate (the dragon!) Finca Guell is... 

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Beaches   Barcelona

Beaches, Barcelona

 10 Reviews  A city beach is called Platja Barceloneta. There is a bus from Plaza Catalunya that takes you there or you can walk for around an hour. Beach looked kind of hippy and there was lots of action going... 

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Las Ramblas   Barcelona

Las Ramblas, Barcelona

 6 Reviews   The best kept secret street of Barcelona ;-) The Rambla is, of course, the best known landmark of Barcelona, and deservedly so. Meandering down from the Plaça de Catalunya to the Columbus statue,... 

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Museums   Barcelona

Museums, Barcelona

 14 Reviews  This monastery was founded in 1326. Here you can visit the cells, the infermary, the refectory, the kitchen and the church. This monastery also houses the Collection Thyssen Bornemisza; with... 

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Port Vell   Barcelona

Port Vell, Barcelona

 8 Reviews  I highly recommend that you visit the BARCELONA AQUARIUM, located right next to Maremagnum shopping center, in the New Port... It's very big and modern, very well maintained and you will see some... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Train Lleida - Pobla de Segur

by xtarafa

This is a quite escenic trip by train. It goes from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur on the foot of the Pyrinees.The trip take a couple of hours. Once there, you can come back or try to reach some of the most scenics places of the Pyrinees such as Parc Nacional d'Aigues Tortes i Sant Maurici. However, communications are no so good (just a few buses).On the way, the train passes close to a couple of marshes and through Congost de Terradets (Terradets canyon) very good place for climbing. Also stops in Ager, town with interesting romanesque architecture. There is also some Mountain Bike routes which passes close to some of the train stations.An old railway station (Cellers) has become an hostel for climbers, walkers and mountain bikers, so there is plenty to do there.For timetable check at http://www.renfe.es

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Horta de Sant Joan

by Peret

In the county of "Terra Alta" (highlands, in catalan), there's a little village having a very specyal beauty: Horta de Sant Joan or Horta d'Ebre. The landscape, with the mountains of "Besseit" in the back, is really amazing.

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Prades

by Peret

Prades is a little village of 500 inhabitants in a quite inexplored zone of Catalonia, between the Priorat and the Conca de Barberà. It has a very peculiar feature. All the buildings are builded in red stone, a very plentiful kind of stone in this area. The walls are very beautiful, and it has a very charmer squarre with a known fountein in.

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Siurana - a wonderfull village in the mountains

by sgershtein

Siurana is a small and very old village located high in the mountains of Priorat. It's only a few houses and the old church. The views there are extremely beautiful. We were very glad we decided to go there. Very few tourists, you can just walk around and enjoy the beauty.They say they produce unique olive oil there also named Siurana, but it was not on sale in a local small shop for some reason. Maybe it was not the right time of the year.We went there on a rented car. You took road C-242 to Cornudella De Montsant and then turn to Siurana. The mountain road is not hard at all if the weather is good.

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ancient water supplies.

by cachaseiro

when hiking the mountains you can take advantage of the ancient watering holes that has been killing the thirst of the hiking crowds for centuries.the water from these places is also a lot tastier than what you get in bottles.

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The Placard for the Memorial

by dlandt

The placard reads, roughly (and my thanks to Isabella once again) "Remember their Courage and Sacrifice" and seems to indicate that the honorees of the memorial were from a given unit of Carlist soldiers which ahd been raised in the area. For the most part, Catalonia sided with the royalists during the Spanish Civil War. That is to say they lost, a fact that would have consequences for Catalonia through many years to come. A full examination of Catalonian participation in the war, or even just a good outline of the events leading to war is beyond the scope of a simple VT tip. Suffice it to say, that modern Spain and Catalonia seem to look with dismay on the outcome.

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Memorial to the Spanish Civil War

by dlandt

This memorial is to Carlist soldiers who perished in the Spanish Civil War. Although different people with different backgrounds and political views will disagree, the general consensus is that the wrong side won the war.

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cambrils

by quartinb

______________________________________________________________________another small and charming location amongst all the others along the golden coast of catalunya. A couple of miles from Salou stands this charming location, wich offers you, a big mall at the center along with a lot of tourists surching for bargains and rememberences from Costa Daurada. At the top a small and charming marina given the place a somehow cosmopolitan look.______________________________________________________________

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La Pineda

by quartinb

______________________________________________________________________another small location in costa daurada catalunya. the golden coast stretching from south of costa brava to tarragona.this place called la pineda, it's known because of the wide beach that covers about all the lenght of the place, along with a large pedestrian walk. There's also a water slide park if you apreciate it. a lot of tourist offers , hotels and restaurants, gives this place a centre location of catalunya and from there, explore all it's beauty and places.______________________________________________________________

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tarragona

by quartinb

______________________________________________________________________once an important city from the roman empire still preserves a lot and outstanding roman monuments and a gorgeous monastery on the outskirts.tarragona deserves itself a unique pg, but only half of a sunday afternoon, does not give all the information required to develop a page like it should. i took some pics, that' s all.here's one.______________________________________________________________

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Jazz  Barcelona

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 1 Review and 247 Opinions  I'm returning to this hotel shortly as I really enjoyed it. Boutique-hotel style decor with friendly... 

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Estival Park Salou  Tarragona

 1 Review and 549 Opinions  best holiday i have been on, hotel beautiful!!! only back and im pricing for next year already!... 

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hi, I am going to Barcelona next June and I would like to know which is the most beautiful town in Costa Brava to spend one day.... 

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A: Well, my favourite is Tossa De Mar but I am sure others will have their favourites too. There is another post in here today regarding transport from Lloret De Mar to... 

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