After say so many times we would'nt go to beaches when we have the best at home, Barcelona has them too, but so much more. Perhaps more than anywhere else we've seen, Barcelona has it all. Great lifestyle, culture, art, design and architecture (spanning thousands of years and well represented in every period), food, drink, beaches etc. The place has a great buzz and is full of foreigners, yet it doesnt feel like a tourist city. After spending a little over a week we left feeling like there was still alot we needed to see. Altough part of Spain, the capital of Catalonia works hard to give an impression of its own (many people would even prefer to be part of France). Little remains of its troubled past, however you get plenty of clues to the
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