Madrid or Barcelona?
Mar 11th, 2001 | 08:06 AM
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I´m currently a college student studying in Madrid, although I´ve visited Barcelona twice. Personally, I prefer Madrid because it´s a much older city, and one could spend a month visiting solely the museums here, not to mention the monuments and parks. Barcelona is a beautiful city as well, however it seems almost too modern. Since you will already be on the coast for a week, why not travel to the interior for a bit? I hope this helps, and feel free to email me.
Mar 11th, 2001 | 09:43 AM
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Barcelona, in a heartbeat. It has the very old (older than Madrid -- Roman era), the pretty old (Middle Ages and Renaissance), and the pretty modern (19th c. and Modernista style up to the present). It is a gorgeous city over the Mediterranean. It has a very cosmopolitan population but very interesting indigenous Catalan culture as well and, in my view, unspoiled by being overly commercialized. Madrid is interesting and semi-old, but it is less diverse, more of a working town, and if you go in the summer, you will be very aware of tourism, not to mention the heat. I loved Madrid, but I will be perpetually in love with Barcelona. Don't miss it. It's probably my favorite European city. Architecture, art, music, food, atmosphere, it has it all.
Mar 12th, 2001 | 05:42 AM
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Our family is interested in going to Spain for a week but really don't know where to"headquarters" our stay. We wanted Barcelona but kept reading all the stuff on Fodors about gypsies,safety issues,etc. Can a family go to Barcelona and leave with everything? We thought about flying into Barcelona and driving along the coast leaving out of Marseilles? Any thoughts-thanks!(What city area is considered Costa de Sol?)
