Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, a region in the northeast of Spain. This Mediterranean beauty is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, and draws millions of visitors every year. This city is situated on the rivers Llobregat and Besós, surrounded by Tibidabo Mountain in the north while in the southwest rises Montjuic - a magnificent residential and Olympic area that can be reached by cable car from the city's waterfront.

Why is it so popular? Well, it has everything a person could wish for on holiday- accessibility, great weather all year long, beautiful beaches and mountains, exciting nightlife, tasty food and richness of culture and history. Its diversity offers a little something for everybody whether family, couples or singles. Barcelona is often referred to as a modern miracle. After you take a walk and experience its streets, you will realize this label suits it well.

It is really impossible to make a list of all the things you have to see in Barcelona, but there are places that you simply must not miss. Works of Antonio Gaudi fall under this category. Sagrada Familia, houses La Pedrera and Casa Batllo and impressive Park Guell represent symbols of Barcelona today. Park Guell was initially being built as a garden city with sixty exclusive houses. After the plan was abandoned, it was turned into a Public Park where the balance of nature and architecture was brought to perfection. Works of Antoni Gaudi make you feel like part of a fairy tale. This park is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s unfinished basilica will take your breath away with its height, robustness, unusual shapes and towers. Interesting fact about Gaudi’s work is that it was ridiculed while he was alive while today it delights everyone who sees it.

La Rambla Street connects Catalunya Square with the shore from which Christopher Columbus sailed towards America. La Rambla is always crowded with people, street entertainers, shops, restaurants and interesting architecture. Take a turn from the main road to the Barrio Gotico, an old part of Barcelona which is built around Barcino, an old Roman town. Here you will discover the beautiful cathedral of saint Eulalia in which cloister palm trees grow and gooses and ducks run around or Santa Maria del Mar basilica. A special experience waits for you just a little bit further in Europe's largest aquarium, where you can ''walk'' the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea or through the glass tunnel aisle under the pool where sharks swim.

Other than numerous museums including the Picasso, Joan Miro or Museum of chocolate, there are popular exhibition areas you can visit, such as triangular building - Foruma.

You will love this outlandish town for its sprightly luring nature and it will slip under your skin the minute you step in it.

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