Cheap Car Hire in Barcelona Spain

Cheap Car Hire in Barcelona Spain

Best of Barcelona

Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain, is a home of natural beauty as well as best architectural works, attracting people from all over the world.

The city contains around 68 parks, 12 are historical parks, 6 are forest parks, 5 botanical parks, and 45 city parks. They cover about 10% of Barcelona.

Among them, Montjuïc is largest, located on a mountain known by Montjuic also. The other prominent ones are: Guinardo Park, Ciutadella Park, Park Güell, Oreneta Castle Park, Nou Barris Central Park, Can Dragó Sports Park and Labyrinth Park.

Beaches

Barcelona has seven beautiful beaches. Barcelonata and Sant Sebastià are the most ancient and largest beaches of Barcelona. Olympic port splits them from other beaches: Nova Icària, Mar Bella, and Nova Mar Bella. The beaches were opened during restructuring Barcelona to host the Summer Olympics.

Museums

The city houses museums of a huge number, covering different eras and areas. The National Museum of Art of Catalonia has best collections of the Romanesque art, while the Barcelona museum of contemporary arts mainly focuses on the post-1945 Spanish and Catalan arts.

City History Museum, the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, the Barcelona Maritime Museum , the Museum of History of Catalonia, The Erotic museum and the Cosmocaixa science museum are also worth visiting.

Architectures

Modernisme architecture of Catalonia, built from 1885-1950 left a significant bequest in Barcelona. Most of them are among World Heritage Sites. The works by Antoni Gaudí are remarkable, Sagrada Família church being the most popular.

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