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BARCELONA - The Waterfront


A stroll along the harbourside passeig and wooden walkway is an excellent way to see some of the results of Barcelona's epic regeneration programme. The focus of interest and activity in Barcelona is shifting back towards the sea with the continued development of Port Vell (Old Port). The waterfront now boasts a myriad of eateries and bars, a vast shopping mall and leisure centre (Maremagnum) and an excellent aquarium. Barceloneta, the old fisherman's quarter, which dates from 1755, still has some of the best fish restaurants in the city and is now also the gateway to Barcelona's cleaned-up beaches.

Further to the east, the Vila Olímpica at Poble Nou, created for the 1992 Games, is one of the liveliest and most interesting areas of the city during the warmer months, but it is often deserted during winter. Transport to this area of town is by metro line 4 to Barceloneta or Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica.

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