Archive for January, 2008

Barcelona apartments

January 30th, 2008 by admin

Renting an apartment in Barcelona is recently becoming one of the preferred accommodation options for people visiting Barcelona. Booking an apartment in Barcelona has few advantages and disadvantages than staying in a hotel. Few advantages are that renting an apartment in Barcelona allows you more privacy and the possibility to cook your own food. Barcelona has plenty of nice apartments, mainly in the touristy areas such as gothic quarter, las ramblas, el born and eixample. The prices can be a little lower than in a hotel, but don’t expect to find great bargains. Barcelona apartments usually have a minimum stay policy of three days. Barcelona offers apartments with terrace, recently reformatted, with views, placed in classical buildings and from luxury to romantic.

Barcellona, Barcelone, BCN, …

January 30th, 2008 by admin

Barcelona has different ways to be called, depending on the language and who calls it. French people call it Barcelone, with an ending e. Italian people call it Barcellona, with a double l. The airport code for Barcelona is BCN , and it’s also used as the brand name for Barcelona. Football supporters refer at their team , the Futbol Club Barcelona as Barça. Some locals use the diminutive Barna and in some places you could find it written as Bar-cel-ona. But after all, Barcelona is Barcelona.


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