Barcelona travel Guide

Barcelona is a city of Catalonia, where he is also the capital of the homonymous province and the region of Barcelonès. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea, about 120 km south of the Pyrenees and the border with France, on a plain bounded by the sea to the east, the Sierra de Collserola the west, south and river Llobregat River Besos north. Having been the county town of Barcelona, it is also called Barcelona.
With a population of 1,615,908 inhabitants (INE 2008), Barcelona is the second most populous Spanish city and the tenth of the European Union. Barcelona Metropolitan Area, consisting of 36 municipalities, has a population of 3,186,461 inhabitants and an area of 636 km ².
Barcelona has been the scene of various world events that helped shape the city and give him international renown. The most relevant are the Universal Exhibition of 1888 and 1929, and 1992 Olympics. It is also home to the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean.