Grand Central Hotel Barcelona

... which wasn't too bad. What was bad was the 45 minute wait for our bags. I swear the word Manyana was invented to stop people just calling the Spanish lazy! Bags eventually retrieved we all headed into central Barcelona to stay at the Grand Central ...

... .  Franco calls her on his cell and finds that she's still calmly waiting on the other two on Las Ramblas, the grand central thouroughfare of the city.  Street performers pose as firemen, trees, ship captains, and many other things, and they can ...

... ;  After the church, we headed for a quick bite to eat and then visited La Rambla. La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike. A 1.2 kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall between Barri Gòtic and El ...

... hour and then shot into a funnel and into the water. I loved it! This morning we took a ferry from Palma, Majorca to Barcelona, Spain. The ride started before sunrise, and took about four hours on the fast boat (the slow boat takes nine hours). ...

... from the main strip of La Rambla (the perks of having friends who get great travel discounts lol) called the Grand Hotel Central. Barca is a very walkable city and strolling through little cobblestone streets could lead you into beautiful old ...

... two taxis to our hotel. Across the street from the stately and lush Ciutadella park, the hotel is in a convenient, central location close by the grand Triumphant Arch. The place also has a full-service restaurant on the ground floor with outdoor ...

... see Ed's parents as good an excuse as any to spend a weekend outside of London. However, when Patricia told us that it was the Barcelona Grand Prix that weekend, Ed and I looked at each other with a twinkle in our eyes. Could we? Surely not. A financial ...

... time to check in. We both fell asleep instantly and didn't wake up til around 5. James wanted to watch the Grand Prix on TV so I went out for a wander to bring back a bit of food for dinner. Our hotel was very central, on a road off Las ...

... - Casa Batllo and La Padrera The Eixample (Gaudi) District was designed mostly by Ildefons Cerdá in the 19th century, just after the Barcelona city walls were torn down. It is centered around the plaça de Catalunya in a grid pattern and is known for ...

... ), Ovella Negra (which has large pitchers of sangria and beer to split for a whole table), and many more.  The Barcelona fútbol games (soccer games) are so exciting! We have played Madrid twice now, which is considered one of the biggest rivalries ...

... in the world that we so desired. Well, it just so happens--and we were quite pleased to discover--that the Marriott affiliate in central Barcelona is nothing less than Ritz Carlton. So we went all out. Too bad our arrival to the hotel wasn't exactly what ...

... up to the roof where he made various sculptures out of the vents and chimneys and you could get an amazing view of Barcelona. Not including some hilarious pictures! On the way to Sagrada Familia we stopped at Starbucks, so good. We stopped and sat at ...

... sangria. On our last day in Barcelona, we headed to the Picasso museum which was very impressive and then to the central park and beach. Barcelona did not disappoint, neither did Spain. Overall Spain was so quiet, but not in Barcelona. Overall, Spain was ...

... road into the town. We drove around a fair bit, shedding passengers, but at no stage did we encounter a definite central stop, such as at the market, where our hotel was supposed to be. By the time we were down to the last few passengers, a couple in ...

... die wunderschönen und berühmten Wandmalereien von Diego Riviera (zweimaliger Ehemann von Frida Kahlo), Kaffee auf dem Dach des Grand Hotel mitten am Hauptplatz (traumhafter Ausblick) und essen, essen, essen. Kathi wollte auf ihrer kulinarischen Liste ...

... I will be staying at in Barcelona is the Hotel Atenas Location Located near Aragon Street and the ring roads, Catalonia Atenas Hotel Barcelona offers convenient access to the greater metropolitan area. In your free time you will have the chance to visit ...

...  More adroit manoeuvring by Andy and a bit of light touch parking secured the spot, letting us go off to find a central hotel which, fortuitously, happened to be just across the road from where we parked.  Hotels don’t provide any parking ...

... in Portobelo, we came home in the evening to a living room full of demon masks.  Apparently our house had become Grand Central for the performers, who were all sitting around watching soccer and working on their costumes.  Some of them went out ...