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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Many reasons to visit Barcelona

By Lance Lycett


Barcelona is commonly known as a cosmopolitan city full of culture, design and the arts and has been a favored short stay holiday maker destination for UK visitors since the 1990s once low cost airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair started operating flights there.

Barcelona's modern renaissance can be traced back to the 1992 Olympics when plenty of money was spend in upgrading the city's facilities and to modernize transport infrastructure.

The town had been in kind of a sorry state thanks to years of repression of Catalonia by the Franco dictatorship. A collective loss of self confidence seemed to come about and that was only after the 1992 Olympiad that Barcelona started to get that confidence back.

Since the 1990s the amount of travellers have boomed, requiring the cionstruction of dozens of new hotels in a town that was during some times of the year at 100 % occupancy - gigantic trade shows and exhibitions helps swell visitor numbers.

These days Barcelona is well-liked for sightseeing tourists interested by the Gaudi buildings such as the famously half finished Sagrada Familia. It is also a mecca for youngsters who visit because of the number of music holidays in the town that attract many huge name acts.

Many sports fans who head to Barcelona these days plan on taking in a match at the Nou Camp, the world famous ground of Futbol Club Barcelona. The team is among the planet's best football teams at the moment and since 2006 have won the Champions League a total of 3 times as well as winning the Spanish league for the last 3 years on the trot.

The result's huge requirement for Barcelona football tickets from fans both home and visiting the Catalan capital. Even though it can be hard to get good seats directly from the club you can order tickets online from ticket agents coping with the club.




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