Barcelona & Catalonia travel

Between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Sea, proud Catalonia sometimes turns away from old Spain and looks towards the trends of modern Europe. People travel to Catalonia for its mountains, its beaches, or its vibrant capital, where the greatest artists and architects have left their mark, much to any traveller’s delight. Completely transformed for the Olympic Games, Barcelona has left behind its last run-down neighbourhoods and now offers the best of its many overlapping “little worlds”: Art Nouveau or modern, intellectual or seaside, conservative or daring in design… there’s something to please everyone. On a trip to Barcelona, you cannot afford to miss Gaudi’s iconic works, scattered throughout the city. Read more