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Barcelona is known for an avant garde culinary scene, surrealist art and architecture, and endless nightlife. Most tourists head to La Sagrada Familia, Monjuic, Las Ramblas, and Parc Guell and call it a day. Though worth a quick visit, these sites are too touristy to merit much of your time. Instead make sure to wander around El Raval, the city's immigrant center and home to spice merchants, fabric sellers, bohemian cafes, and art galleries. And try to steer clear of Barri Gotic, the Meatpacking District of Barcelona, full of tourists, trendy but obnoxious locals, and crowded restaurant, bars, and clubs. Mainly, just remember to drink a lot of cava, eat some food with foam, and party until at least 7am.
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There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF is known as El Clásico. From the start the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival countries in Spain, Catalonia and Castile, as well as of the two cities themselves. The rivalry projects what many regard as the political and cultural tensions felt between Catalans and the Castilians.
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A vital win for Barcelona in Zaragoza kept La Liga alive for the Catalans, following Real Madrid’s shock defeat at Real Betis earlier in the day. But it wasn’t the kind of victory that Frank Rijkaard would cherish. On their part, Barca did produce some of their trademark passing moves and slick one-touch creativity in the first half and deserved to go into the break with the 1-0 lead. The goal from Thierry Henry was exquisite. It was pretty reminiscent of his Arsenal days, more than any other goal he has scored for Barca.
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Not since the 14th century, when the Catalan capital was the most powerful city in the Mediterranean, has Barcelona's future looked so promising. The catalysts for change have been many. The first -- political -- was in 1975, when General Francisco Franco, who had systematically and often brutally tried to eradicate the treasured Catalan language and culture, died. The city in turn started to live and breathe again independently. Today Barcelona is a proud, bilingual metropolis with street signs, newspapers, and television programs in both Catalan and Spanish. In 2006, a progressive statute granted an even greater degree of self-rule to the whole region.
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Barcelona has seven beaches, totalling 4.5 km (2.8 mi) of coastline. Sant Sebastià and Barceloneta beaches, both 1,100 m (3,610 ft) in length,[12] are the largest, oldest and the most frequented beaches in Barcelona. The Olympic port separates them from the other city beaches: Nova Icària, Bogatell, Mar Bella, Nova Mar Bella and Llevant. These beaches (ranging from 400 to 640 m/1,300 to 2,100 ft) were opened as a result of the city restructuring to host the 1992 Summer Olympics, when a great number of industrial buildings were demolished. At present, the beach sand is replenished from quarries given that storms regularly remove large quantities of material. Greenpeace has criticized the beaches as environmentally unsustainable and as prejudicial to sea bed flora and fauna.
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This superb apartment in Barcelona is a perfect solution for two couples, a family, or a group of friends. If you were searching for light and sun then you found your apartment as it receives sunlight during nearly all the day because of its six meter windows. It has two bedrooms, one with double bed and the other with two twin beds. There is a couch in the living room to accommodate up to six people. It ... offers a sunny private TERRACE along with a table and four chairs, the ideal place to enjoy a fresh dinner at night to rest after a hard day.
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