The star city of the Mediterranean arc Mediterranean city. Two thousand years of history. Open to every innovation. Welcoming, plural, diverse. A city to live and share.

This Barcelona that’s waiting for you is a city with a Roman subsoil and living in the 21st century, where people speak two languages, Catalan and Castilian, where Gothic architecture stands alongside the most contemporary buildings, where economic dynamism blends with intellectual effervescence, and where the sea is a stage and the mountain its backdrop.Today’s Barcelona is living one of its finest moments.

The city has the biggest/widest selection of modernist architecture: a genuine open-air museum. Most of the buildings, built in this unique style, are in the Eixample, a district planned in 1860 by the engineer Ildefons Cerdà which constitutes a unique model of European urban/town planning. The Sagrada Familia, the Casa Batlló, the Casa Amatller and the Casa Milà are some examples of this and Antoni Gaudí one of its most representative architects. Barcelona is the only European capital with over four kilometres of beaches where you can enjoy the most modern amenities, the beaches are not far form Barcelona’s historical and cultural landmarks, and they have opened up our modern and cosmopolitan city to the sea.

Today, the Olympic Harbour and the old port, the Port Vell, are some of the main meeting places, with many bars, restaurants, shops and recreational areas.

Barcelona is, without a doubt, a city of marvels: on foot, by bicycle or bus, it is a magnificent spectacle which you should not miss.

Catalan cuisine, which is typically Mediterranean, is based on natural seasonal produce. Olive oil, vegetables, fruit, fresh fish and seafood, cod, pork in all its variety, many different cakes, and a wide selection of high quality wines and caves, these are the basic ingredients of our diet. The quality of these products and the way they are combined renders our cuisine both rich and healthy, simple and varied, natural and refined. It is straightforward but there is a huge variety; you can find both modern Catalan food and traditional Catalan menus; our cuisine is one of both smooth and contrasting flavours, appetising and inviting. What’s more in Barcelona you can also find international cuisine: French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, fast food, and so on.

Come to Barcelona and take it away in your memory.