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2 Barcelona It is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain and the country's 2nd largest city. It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range

3 Place de Catalonia It is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city (see Barri Gòtic and Raval, in Ciutat Vella) and the 19th century-built Eixample meet.

4 La Rambla It is a street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists and locals alike. A tree-lined pedestrian mall, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) connecting Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell.

5 Sagrada Famiila It is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[5] and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica, as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop.

6 Pedrera It is known as La Pedrera which is a modernist building located at 92, Passeig de Gràcia (passeig is Catalan for promenade) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, at the corner of Carrer de Provença, in the Eixample. It was the last civil work designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi and it was built between the years 1906 and 1910.

7 Casa Batlló It is a renowned building located in the center of Barcelona and is one of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house. It was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times after that. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.

8 Joan Miro Foundation Museum It is a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miró located on the hill called Montjuïc in Barcelona, Catalonia.

9 Gothic Quarter—Cathedral—Government Center Gothic Quater is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere. It is a part of Ciutat Vella district. Despite several changes undergone in the 19th and early 20th century, many of the buildings date from Medieval times, some from as far back as the Roman settlement of Barcelona.

10 Flamenco Dancing Flamenco is a form of Spanish folk music and dance from the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. El baile flamenco is known for its emotional intensity, proud carriage, expressive use of the arms and rhythmic stamping of the feet (cf. tap dance).

11 Sant Climent It is a small traditional town towards the eastern end of Menorca. The town us very close to Menorca airport, on the junction of the PM-704 road from Mahon to Cala en Porter and the PM-702-2 which leads to numerous beaches and callas on the southern coast. The jazz bar has live jazz music in the summer months. Behind the church is a small artisanal cheese shop, selling unctuous cheeses. The village also has good gourmet restaurants, and English pub and various shops.

12 Winery

13 Cadaques It is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca. It is the home of Dali House Museum. It is on a bay in the middle of the Cap de Creus peninsula, near Cap de Creus cape, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean.

14 Dali House Museum It is built in the 1930s, this was the summer home of the famous artist Salvador Dalí. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.[1][2] His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931.

15 Dali Museum & Theater It is a museum of the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain. The heart of the museum is the building that housed the town's theater when Dalí was a child, where one of the first public exhibitions of young Dalí's art was shown. The museum displays the single largest and most diverse collection of works by Salvador Dalí, the core of which was from the artist's personal collection.

16 Olive Farm & Press

17 Girona Girona is an ancient town several thousand years old in Catalonia, Spain. The city serves as the capital of the Girona Province in Catalonia which includes the counties (or comarques) of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Garrotxa, Gironès, Pla de l'Estany, Ripollès. The town has an attractive Jewish quarter.

18 Last Day in Barcelona


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