Barcelona is Spain’s second largest city. Barcelona is a great city located near Italy and Andorra. Barcelona is a thriving city with many interesting places to visit.

From the Mediterranean and its land boundaries, Barcelona is the place that the rich and wealthy come to play and live.

The time you spend in Barcelona will be unforgettable. The center of Barcelona is connected through the Las Ramblas boulevard – a very popular street with tree lined walkways where people get together to shop and hang out.  You can’t miss it as it stretches from the ocean to the city center.

The City of Barcelona is rich in history and tradition.  The city is full of artistic masterpieces, festivals, and churches.

Barcelona is also famous for the fine art Nouveau structure that were designed between 1885 and 1950. The most popular and well known masterpieces are made by Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Probably one of the most well known tourist attraction in Barcelona is the La Sagrada Familia — Gaudi’s never finished this work of art even though he spent four decades working on it.

Another reason why people come to visit Barcelona is for her Roman Catholic Basilica. In the month of October, one of the popular events is the Barcelona’s Intercontinental Report on the Estació del Nord. The Worldwide Jazz music festival also draws many visitors to this city.

Barcelona also has a lot of excellent concert halls.  One of the most famous is the well know Nan Teatre andel Liceu safari cinema.  Be sure you visit the Picasso Museum along with Fundacio Antonio Tapies to enjoy numerous great works of art by Picasso.  Barcelona has one of the best collection of Picasso structures and paintings in the world since Picasso spent so much time there painting.

Perhaps one of the loveliest cities in Spain is Seville.  The largest Andaluican city, Seville is a very romantic and quant destination.  Wind down its narrow medieval lanes and romantic hidden plazas.  The city is known for its rich history of bullfighting and flamenco dancing.

Many visitors come to Seville to visit the tomb where Christopher Columbus is buried only to fall in love with this breath taking city.

Seville lies on the banks of the Guadalquivir river. The Guadalquivir river serves as the life line of the city as it navigates and cross the city from North to South.

Within the old city area, the Cathedral and the Giralda tower are to must see attractions.  Consider picking up some food and walk around the Plaza de Espana and having a picnic within her lovely gardens.

Don’t forget to eat the tapas as the city is created for inventing the concept.  There are thousands of tapas bar littered throughout the city with delicious food.  Each location has their own menu and specialty so try as many as you can.  It doesn’t hurt that they also happen to serve some really good Spanish beers and wines.