Barcelona is one of Europe’s great cosmopolitan cities and offers an attractive urban landscape with a number of iconic architectural features, excellent museums and art galleries, lively bars, restaurants and nightclubs and some fine parks and gardens.  Barcelona also has one of the Mediterranean’s busiest ports and miles of stunning coastline, and although there is a generally feeling of hedonistic thrill seeking to this party capital this is also a very hardworking, business-orientated city with many key industries including IT and medical research and development.

Arts and Culture

Barcelona has a fine tradition of supporting the arts and everything from architecture through to dance is celebrated in this lively city and given the attention it deserves.  There are a number of excellent theatres, performance venues, live musical events, galleries and more in the city and Barcelona is of course famous for its amazing and unique buildings designed by world renowned architect Antonio Gaudí.

Festivals

Barcelona has some great annual festivals, and these are lively and lots of fun so it makes sense to coincide your visit with one of the big events (if you don’t mind crowds).  The Festes de la Mercè in September is a big favorite and is a four day festival celebrating the city’s top saint Nostra Senyora de la Mercè (Our Lady of Mercy).  This festival has a number of highlights including the swimming race across the harbor, a whole host of parades and feasts and plenty of free live music and dance displays.  

Weather

Barcelona has a mild, warm Mediterranean climate and this makes it a great destination all year round.  Most of the top events are held in late spring, early summer, so this is a great time to visit the city, but try to avoid august as this is a very busy time with crowds of tourists and it can get very hot and uncomfortable in the main city (most locals head off to the coast to get away from it all at this time of year).  If you prefer to visit without the crowds then January and February can offer some great off peak deals, and it is cooler at this time of year (Barcelona often gets cold snaps pouring down from the nearby Pyrenees mountain in the winter), which makes travelling around much more comfortable.

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