Find out why Barcelona is known around the world as the city of design

Barcelona is a city steeped in art and creativity. Hotels, shops, restaurants, bars, markets, parks and a whole host of spaces where you will see, at first hand, why it is known as one of the world�s most modern design capitals.

Now, Barcelona Centre de Disseny offers you the BCN Design Tour, a new Smartphone app which reveals every detail about 250 �unmissable� Barcelona design landmarks, so that you can create your own route and share it with your friends on the social networks.

Download it now and find out more about this innovative, trend-setting city.

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Barcelona, cultural attractions for all

Culturally inventive and innovative� that�s Barcelona.

The city has more than 50 museums which regularly stage permanent and temporary exhibitions. Now they have been joined by a new group of museums which are also well worth a visit.

They include the MEAM, which showcases the finest in figurative contemporary art, and the unique museum of inventions, MIBA. The Museu del Modernisme, the Museu del Rock or the Museu de la Moto...

Some of Barcelona�s museums offer different types of tickets and passes with all kinds of advantages.

Why not check them out?

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Futbol Club Barcelona has been known as �Bar�a� since 1910

�Bar�a� is the popular nickname of Futbol Club Barcelona and appeared for the first time in the humorous sports magazine Xut.

The fact is, the history of F.C.B. is full of anecdotes that are well worth discovering. The Camp Nou Experience takes a behind-the-scenes look at some of the key areas in the Camp Nou and invites you to explore the club�s social, political and sporting history.

Visit the dressing rooms, the grandstands, the players� tunnel, the museum, the shop�

An unforgettable experience so that you�ll see why Bar�a is �more than a Club�.

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Take advantage of the packed Holy Week calendar to enjoy some religious sightseeing

During Holy Week you can see Catholic rituals in the city�s streets, churches, cathedrals and basilicas. An architectural legacy that encompasses all the periods of Barcelona�s past and present history.

Cloisters, bell towers, gargoyles and domes� an entire catalogue of religious art with fine examples, such as Barcelona Cathedral, the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia and the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, which has inspired worldwide best-sellers, the Merc� where the Bar�a players go to commemorate their victories, and the church of Santa Mar�a del Pi, which is known as the city�s miniature Gothic cathedral.

Come and discover ancient Barcino and contemporary Barcelona through its churches.

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Barcelona, a city without barriers

Turisme de Barcelona has just launched its website www.barcelona-access.com, a virtual platform for people with different types of disabilities.

Easy to use, intuitive, packed with ideas and alternatives, the site offers useful information about museums and hotels without barriers, accessible beaches and sign-language tours, and much more content so that you can discover Barcelona in the most convenient way possible.

Go on line and start preparing your trip. You�ll find a Barcelona that is fully adapted to you.

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The Zurich Marat� de Barcelona, one of the most important events on the city�s annual sporting calendar

On 25th March, the city will be hosting the 34th Zurich Marat� de Barcelona, which expects to attract a record number of 19,000 runners this year.

The marathon is open to amateur runners and covers a 42 km urban route, passing by some of the city�s landmark sights. There couldn�t be a better opportunity to enjoy the good weather and do some sightseeing in Barcelona.

And the organisers have planned an attractive programme of events and entertainments for runners and their companions.

A crowd-pulling festival of sport that you can�t afford to miss!

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