Madrid is the capital of Spain.

The Prado. One of the finest museums in the world. Opposite an excellent tapas bar with friendly gay waiters at Calle Las Huertas.
La Reina Sofia. The museum of modern art, near the train station Atocha. Car Hire Belfast Car Hire Birmingham Car Hire Bristol Car hire dublin Car hire Edinburgh Car Hire Gatwick Airport
The train station Atocha RENFE. The interesting thing about it is the jungle inside the main building. Just outside the main building, the corner of Calle de Atocha and the Paseo del Prado is the best spot in Madrid to find three-Card monty and neon-lit Madrileno fast food. Car Hire Heathrow Car Hire Leeds
El Retiro is the central park of Madrid, the perfect place to take a rest during a sunny day. Or take part in the drum circles around the statue of Alphonse XII on summer evenings. Nearby nice old ladies will accompany vulnerable young girls through the park after dark.Car hire london Car Hire Luton
La casa de campo is another park a little bit outside of the city and much bigger than El Retiro. Car Hire Manchester Car Hire Oxford
The Palacio Real. Enormous palace, with scorching plains around it and the Real Armorial.
Gran Vía. From the Hapsburgs to Manhattan in 2 minutes (from the south).

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Barcelona Spain

Get in

Since Ciutat Vella is the also the city center, nearly all public transportation leads you there. The transportation center is Plaça Catalunya, and is possible to arrive by train, subway (L1,L3,L6,L7) and bus (many regular ones during day, all the night lines and Aerobus to the Airport)
There are also two other places very close to Plaça Catalunya where the subway and the buses stop, Plaça Universitat, with L1 and L2 lines and Plaça Urquinaona, with L4 and L2 lines.
To reach the other parts of the district you can walk for about twenty minutes to the farest place.Car Hire Ireland Car Hire Italy Car Hire Portugal Car Hire UK Car Hire USA Car Hire Aberdeen

See

La Rambla. La Rambla is an avenue that crosses all the old town Ciutat Vella from Plaça Catalunya to the harbour. It's the most famous street in Barcelona, due to its animation and life during all the day. But it's much more. It's the place to find the most strange people, the place to meet, the place to stroll, to celebrate events such as Barça's victories, foe going to the Liceu, the opera house, to buy flowers or birds or press in the many places you can find, to go to the Boqueria market, to see the human sculptures, to... it's impossible to define, so you can take the Catalan word ramblejar, which means just that, going to La Rambla and spending your time there as you prefer. Be really careful with pickpocketing, it's the worst place in Barcelona for this kind of problems. During the night, be careful also if you go to the part near the sea, it has always been one of the prostitution centres of Barcelona.
Palau de la Música C/Sant Pere més Alt 13. This Modernist auditoruim designed by Ramon Muntaner is the most important modernist example in Ciutat Vella. It was made to be the headquarters of the Orfeó Català, the oldest Catalan Choir. The most beautiful part is the stalls , although all the building is plenty of allegories about music and Catalonia, since the Orfeó Català is storngly bounded with the Catalan Renaixença, the romantic movement that tried to recuprate the Catalan history, language and traditions. Is also the best place in Barcelona to listen Simphonic music.car hire Brussels car hire cape town Car Hire Sardinia , Car Hire Sicily, Car Hire Australia, Car Hire Canada Car Hire Cyprus Car Hire Europe Car Hire France Car Hire Germany

Santa Maria del Mar Plaça de santa Maria. This gothic church is could have been the cathedral, and is, for many people, the most beautiful gothic building from Barcelona. Is dedicated to Saint Mary of the sea, since the quarter where is located (Born) was dedicated to the jobs related to the sea, from sailors to harbour works, commerce (see Carrer Montcada), even coin excange (now you can do it in any bank, then was made in front of the church). The inside was burn during the civil war, but is still very interesting. Next to the church, you can see a monument, called fossar de les moreres, which is the place where many fighters where buried after the Barcelona defeat in 1714, so it's an important monument for the catalan nationalism.
C/Montcada Near C/Princesa, in the Born quarter. This street has the biggest collection of gothic houses in Barcelona, since it was the main comercial street (and the widest one in the city, although today seems very narrow). One of this houses is the Picasso Museum, and there are also smaller museums along the street. During the night and lunch time, is a very good place for eating tapas (Catalan and Basque ones), although a bit expensive. Car hire boston car hire chicago, Car Hire Florida, Car Hire Los Angeles Airport, Car Hire Crete, Car hire gibraltar

Plaça Sant Jaume. This square has been the central square of the city since the roman era. One in front of the other, you can see the Palau de la Generalitat (the one with two flags on the top) and the city hall (three flags). Both are gothic buildings, althoug their fronts are newer (the Generalitat'sis best example of the Barcelona's Renaissance art). But if you can go inside, both are very important civil gothic buildings, and Catalonia has one of the most important civil gothic in Europe. Visit hours are: City hall: Every Sunday, from 10 to 14. The entrance is free. The Saló de Cent, room where the artisans made the meetings is the most important part. Palau de la Generalitat: The second and forth Sunday every month from 10 to 14. Free entrance. The Pati dels Tarongers, a Patio with orangee trees and the main room are the most famous parts. If you want more information (from Barcelona in general), at the left part of the City Hall there's an Touristic information point. The two buildings have guides.Car hire Munich Car hire Paris Car hire Rome Car Hire Rome-Airportcar hire orlando Car Hire Toronto Airport

Plaça del Rei This square next to the Cathedral is known because has two important buildings, the Santa Àgata church, where the kings from the Aragon crown had baptism. Is possible to visit it. The other building has the Saló del Tinell, one of the best civil gothic arquitecture examples. Is the place where thr royal receptions where held, so is very wide with a wooden ceiling hold by the typical catalan gothical arches. It has also a tower from which you can have a good view of the old town. An entrance is needed to visit both.Car hire Murcia car hire spain Car hire tenerife Cathedral Plaça de la Seu. Opens daily. The gothic Cathedral is the main gothic church in Barcelona. The cloister is maybe the most interating part.
Drassanes Av. de les Drassanes, 1 (From the Columbus sculpture to the right). The gothic shipyard of the city. During the 14th century, the Aragó Crown wa the most important power in the Mediterranean Sea, and this was the main place where the ships where built. Nowadays is the Museum of the sea, and it's worth a visit more for the architectonic structure. If you don't want to go inside the museum, you can see a little bit looking inside thorough the big windows at the part in front of the Sea. Car Hire Lanzarote Car Hire Barcelona Car hire Lisbon Car hire Porto

Eat

The best part in touristic Barcelona for eating for little money. Avoid Les Rambles, since the prices there are much higher and the quality is lower.

Can Conessa C/Paradís 2 (In a corner of the Plaça Sant Jaume). Cheap and very good sanwitches. Always with a lot of people. They have some tables inside. They close quite early at night (for the Spansh Standard!).
El Gallo Kiriko C/Avinyó 19. Cheap Pakistanian food. Car Hire Menorca Pollo Rico. Calle Sant Pau 31. A fantastic and cheap grilled chicken place buried in the sidestreets east of La Rambla.

Drink

Also a good place in Barcelona. Many tourists enjoy the nightlife around Plaça Reial.
Traveler's Bar C/Boqueria 27 (Going down Les Rambles, the street at the left from the Miró's painting on the floor). Traveller's ambient, Internet connection, a good place to ask and talk with other people visiting Barcelona. Has a quite terrace. Car Hire Mallorca Airport Harlem C/Comptessa de Sobradiel (Behind the City Hall, ask there). Live music every night. You must take at least one drink, but the entrance is usually free. Jazz sí C/Requesens 2 (Near Ronda St. Antoni). Live music every day, by the teachers and pupils of the music school next to it. Pop/Rock, Flamenco, Jazz, Latin music... Depends on the day. The entrance with a drink for about 3 euros. Sidecar C/Heures 4 (Next to Plaça Reial). Music, live music, always with a good atmosphere.

Sleep

There are a lot of hotels and hostels in Ciutat Vella. Pensiones are the cheapest, but take a look before taking a room, since they can be really dirty (in el Raval look three times more).


Kabul,Plaça Reial . Is quite cheap, with young people and party every night (since Plaça Reial is very animated during the night).Car hire Alicante
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