Catalonia Ramblas Hotel Barcelona

... By the time we arrive at Barcelona it's evening and dinnertime. After a cab ride from the airport, we get dropped off at our hotel, Royal Ramblas. I chose this hotel because my mom had stayed here previously and told us that the location was superb. She ...

... before La Sagrada Familia, enjoy Parc Guell, saunter down Las Ramblas to imagine the Spain of old. Our hotel, Rivoli Ramblas is right on La Rambla with many large hotel amenities.  It's a nice hotel, our room has a ...

... who promised to take them to the info desk. Hopefully he did or now she is driving a new Avis rental. We got our hotel in Barcelona around 3:30. The metro station is right in front of the hotel, awesome! The city was just electric on Saturday. We went ...

... nights sleep felt like a million bucks!  Or in Europe, a half million Euro's!   Upon leaving our hotel for another Barcelona excursion, we went in search for a cup of coffee.  With no Starbucks in sight or any Tim Hortons, ...

... quietly say "hallelujah!"  Thank goodness for Elsie or we'd still be standing in that Barcelona shoe store! By 2:30pm, we were at our hotel picking up our luggage and catching a cab to the cruise terminal at Port of ...

... on for miles on the opposite side of the highway. We entered the city going around Columbus' column and drove down the Ramblas to our hotel, seeing throngs of people, and a long line of buildings flanking both sides of the street, each trying to outdo ...

... huge courtyards. It was not too hard to imagine horses clip clopping down stone pathways.   Our first day in Barcelona was at a hotel called the Hesperia a couple of blocks from the Ramblas area. The room was small but clean, good ...

... (gothic quarter), before taking the metro to see the much discussed Sagrada Famiglia. No, it’s not a famous family in Barcelona, but rather Gaudi’s remarkable, unfinished cathedral. He worked on the church from 1883-1926. Even today, the ...

... of pickpockets, city in Europe) to take the taxi. Which drops us off, 25E later, at the foot of Regencia Colon hotel in the downtown Barcelona. We check in, change out of shorts and t-shirt and into jeans and long-sleeved shirts, and go out in search ...

... dan is het Palau Güell gratis te bezoeken (normaal 14,50 euro per persoon) dus daar gaan we eerst naartoe. Ons hotel ligt op de Ramblas dus gaan we te voet tot het Palau Güell. De Ramblas zijn een gezellige drukte met straatverkopers, straatartiesten, ...

... walking the nearby Placa Reial (the city’s most lively square around the corner from our hotel) and part of Las Ramblas, we headed to the Barcelona Cathedral (dating from 1298), with its amalgam of architectural styles, each one paying homage to a ...

... music, outdoor cafes - which made us regret the overpriced, unimpressive lunch of paella and tapas at Las Ramblas. If you ever go to Barcelona, don't eat there...too touristy and overpriced for bad food. Instead, try to get recommendations from locals ...

... asupra Barcelonei. Pretul unui bilet (cuprinde vizita bisericii, a muzeului si plimbarea cu liftul) este de 8 euro. La Ramblas Nu puteti vizita Barcelona fara sa va plimbati pe faimosul bulevard ce se intinde pe 2 km. intre Placa de Catalunya si statuia ...

... Madrid, then taxi to our second Hotel Gran Via !! This was a beautiful hotel with gorgeous lobby, right near Las Ramblas, the hopping area of Barcelona, where there are shops, cafes, art, people (mostly young), and everything to keep a visitor busy. The ...

Our DVD Footloose in Spain is available from Amazon.co.uk  Filming Diary: June 2007.    Barcelona is a wonderful city, it really is.  The moment you get there, you just heave a sigh of relaxation - the air is fresh, the sunshine ...

... - and so very tall, that it made everything look tiny in comparision.  They say this is a 'must-see' when in Barcelona and that's certainly an understatement. We walked around to the entrance, which is so different from the exit side.  The ...

... so good because it was nice and fresh and the shrimp were ok.  After dinner we made the long walk back up Las Ramblas to get to our hotel.  We weren't in the drinking mood but there were guys literally every 20 feet who are offering to sell you ...

... the city. We got a two day pass and jumped on the red route which went by all the major sights. Basically, Barcelona is known for it's modernist architecture. Gothic too, or course, but mostly modernist. The infamous Antoni Gaudi created buildings, ...