Snapshots of Barcelona
27.08.2011
Details from Casa Amatller and Casa Batlló
Barcelona has a shared biking system called Bicing.
A modern building along Passeig de Gràcia with metallic curves
During the summer, the city empties and its wide avenues are ideal for motorbikes.
An unusual building with Moorish-style windows
Warning on the road that 1 out of 3 people killed in accidents are pedestrians
An old pharmacy building along the Rambla
A human statue in the Rambla
A quiet place to have a meal and chat
A fountain with a tiled mural showing the old walls of Barcelona
Colourful buildings lining the Rambla
People eating in La Boqueria market
A wide selection of olives at a stand in La Boqueria
Tourists admiring a cake through the shop window
A caricature artist at work
Small boy chasing pigeons in the Plaça Reial
A pavement restaurant in the Rambla
A tourist bus doing the rounds
A wide avenue, lined with palm trees
A katamaran comes in to the port
The Rambla de Mar, the wooden bridge crossing over to the Maremagnum Centre
Walking across the Rambla de Mar
One of the many seagulls in the port
Looking across to the Maremagnum Centre from the Moll de Fusta
Old wooden schooner moored up
Barri Gòtic
Stone walls in the Old Town of Barcelona
Door grafitti in the Barri Gòtic
Colourful shop sign
Neo-gothic bridge spanning the gap
Group of girls looking at their snapshots of Barcelona
Hand-painted fans in a shop
Tourists having a rest by the Cathedral