A compact seaside metropolis, Barcelona is a bright, fiery star lapped by the Mediterranean,a magnet to everyone from art-loving beach bums to business execs with a weakness for sunny downtime. Immigrants from Europe,Africa, South America and Asia are stirring new colours into the already potent mix. Barcelona is a bicultural city at heart, with two languages (Catalan and Spanish) and a population whose forebears come from all over Spain.

THE AUTHOR

THIS IS BARCELONA

HIGHLIGHTS

BARCELONA DIARY

ITINERARIES

NEIGHBOURHOODS

BARRI GOTIC & LA RAMBLA

EL RAVAL

LA RIBERA

PORT VELL & LA BARCELONETA

PORT OL[MPIC, POBLENOU & EL FORUM

LEIXAMPLE

GRACIA & PARK GUELL

ZONA ALTA

MONTJU'fC, SANTS & POBLE SEC

SNAPSHOTS

BACKGROUND

DIRECTORY

INDEX