Barcelona: a Few Things to Do...

Filed in archive Latin Travel on May 31, 2009

According to the NY Times, Barcelona is changing. And if you haven't been there recently, you should be aware of some of the changes.

IN recent years, the once-gritty neighborhoods of Born, El Raval and Barceloneta have emerged as the new face of Barcelona - home to some of its best restaurants, bars and designer shops. You wouldn't want to spend your entire time in Barcelona without traveling outside the boundaries of these three vibrant areas, of course, but spending a few well-chosen days among their narrow streets and shadowy alleyways will provide you with a crash course in what's hot now.

The city still has it's museums, but the places you can get a dry martini may be more important to the city's culture now...


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