BARCELONA - El Born District
The first five days of our vacation are in Barcelona. We arrived here after about 24 hours of travel by car, bus, airplane, train and a good solid walk down Via Laietana. We eventually found our delightful boutique hotel, Hotel Banys Orientals in one of the bustling back streets of the fashionable El Born district. Our first night walking in the area around the hotel offered us a view of the nightlife around the Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar, which the Lonely Planet guide describes as, “Barcelona's most powerful and beguiling Gothic temple.” It stands serenely amid the swirling crowds that daily invade the El Born area, once the heart of local commerce and now devoted to local diversion.
Our tour of the district took us through crowded, winding alleyways filled with wine bars, restaurants and artfully designed shops which took pains to blend in with the original architecture. The narrow streets would open out onto wide squares which bestowed structure and calm upon the otherwise confusing maze.
The first five days of our vacation are in Barcelona. We arrived here after about 24 hours of travel by car, bus, airplane, train and a good solid walk down Via Laietana. We eventually found our delightful boutique hotel, Hotel Banys Orientals in one of the bustling back streets of the fashionable El Born district. Our first night walking in the area around the hotel offered us a view of the nightlife around the Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar, which the Lonely Planet guide describes as, “Barcelona's most powerful and beguiling Gothic temple.” It stands serenely amid the swirling crowds that daily invade the El Born area, once the heart of local commerce and now devoted to local diversion.
Our tour of the district took us through crowded, winding alleyways filled with wine bars, restaurants and artfully designed shops which took pains to blend in with the original architecture. The narrow streets would open out onto wide squares which bestowed structure and calm upon the otherwise confusing maze.
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