http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Mark+Hazard Travel Mark Hazard Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=400654&ca=Travel The Barcelona Tourist bus, the Bus Turistic, is a fabulous way of seeing the major sites of this incredible city. These double decker buses – with air conditioning downstairs and an open top deck – take visitors past all nine of Barcelona's World Heritage sites; and much more besides. Running all d... Travel Mark Hazard Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=400293&ca=Travel One of modern Spain's most significant achievements has been the development of the Alta Velocidad Española – the Spanish High Speed Train. Started in 1992 to help promote traffic between Madrid and the Expo '92 of Seville, the train service has gone from strength to strength, astounding many of its... Travel Mark Hazard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=398790&ca=Travel It was in June of this year that Barcelona El Prat airport's brand new Terminal One opened for passengers and, so far, it has managed to avoid most of the teething problems which beset similar events in Madrid and London Heathrow. Early indications were that, although check-in was taking a little... Travel Mark Hazard Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=398286&ca=Travel Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet. Or simply, Gaudí. The genius who has become synonymous with the city of Barcelona. The Catalan architect whose work is instantly recognisable and who helped transform his home city. And yet it all started so unpromisingly. Born in 1852 into a family of copper... Travel Mark Hazard Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=391976&ca=Travel Crema Catalana might well be Barcelona's most famous contribution to the world's menus, but there is much more variety to the food you're likely to find when visiting this city trapped between the mar i muntanya – the sea and the mountains. Catalan cuisine, which is known to have been flourishing as... Travel Mark Hazard Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=391978&ca=Travel Barcelona is undoubtedly one of the Europe's most exciting cities and nowhere is this more apparent than in the variety of night-time activities to be found. Let's be honest, when you have a city with wonderful beaches, modern port developments attracting sailing enthusiasts, a huge student populati... Travel Mark Hazard Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=391980&ca=Travel There is one common mistake people make when they think about the architecture of Barcelona. It is a popular misconception that the only memorable architecture was that of the city's iconic figure, Antoni Gaudí; and even that is often dismissively passed over as somehow being simply 'quirky'. Barc... Travel Mark Hazard Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=388580&ca=Travel One of the aspects about Barcelona that many people find especially fascinating is that the city has such a variety of completely different neighbourhoods, or districts. The Gothic Quarter, Eixample, Montjuïc and Barceloneta, for example all have aspects about them that are absolutely typically 'Ba... Travel Mark Hazard Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=386983&ca=Travel The good news for all those people who still want to travel, despite the credit crunch, is that it really has never been easier to get to Barcelona. Remaining a highly popular destination for short breaks, longer holidays, stag and hen parties or simply football weekends, the Catalan city is now co... Travel Mark Hazard Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=385032&ca=Travel Barcelona is located on Spain's Mediterranean coast, sandwiched comfortably between the Besòs and Llobregat rivers. Nearly 5 million people live in the overall Barcelona metropolitan area. There are so many wonderful things to see and do in Barcelona that you need to know all your transportation opt...