Thursday, August 12, 2010

Barcelona awakened your desire to visit

If the recent Spanish victory at the FIFA World Cup 2010 awakened your desire to visit Spain, then perhaps you should consider beginning your journey in the vivacious Catalan city of Barcelona. This city which is located in the autonomous Spanish community of Catalonia is often considered to be a gateway to the famed Spanish coastal region of Costa Brava though the city itself offers numerous sights and several delightful experiences which should definitely feature on any visit to Spain journey.

Getting to Barcelona is also quite easy for the city’s El Prat de Llobregat Airport (BCN) welcomes a whole host of regular as well as low cost carriers.  However your journey to Barcelona from the US is sure to involve a long haul, trans-Atlantic flight which may involve one or more stops and the best way to avoid the exhaustion and drudgery associated with such a long haul journey is to find discounted business class airfares to Barcelona for your vacation.   Cheap business class flights to Barcelona definitely do exist and if you are smart you definitely can manage to secure some great business class deals to Barcelona.

 It’s a well known fact that no two travelers who sit side by side on an aircraft have paid the same amount of money for their tickets; while one may have paid the full published fare the other may have secured his/her seat a deep discount.  Similarly cheap business class tickets to Barcelona can be found if you know where to look for them. In fact many a time airlines themselves offer cheap business seats through flash sales and other social media tools.

However if these deals pass by you, you can always try your luck with reputable airfares consolidator who almost always has a ready supply of business fares to several worldwide destinations. These airfares consolidators are essentially ticket brokers who deal directly with airlines to negotiate prices which are often 70% lower than the airlines’ published prices.  Airfare consolidator contracts are usually awarded to those companies which have an established track record in selling fares and do huge volumes of business as they can almost always guarantee the airline regular, repeat business.

Traveling in business class to Barcelona will ensure that you will arrive at your destination well rested and ready to take in the sights for business class travel affords you many luxurious amenities like fully flat beds, excellent personalized service and copious amounts of good food and wine.

 In certain cases these business class flights may also provide you with free ground transportation transfers to and from your abode in Barcelona.  You can then almost immediately begin work your way through the city’s many enchanting and world famous sights like its renowned pedestrianised, tree lined promenade of La Rambla which is flanked by the Barri Gotic ( an ancient fortified Roman settlement which today consists of  a maze of narrow streets and alleys and has within its folds attractions like the magnificent Cathedral le Seu) and El Raval which is Barcelona’s party central district which is populated by bars, clubs, restaurants and art galleries.

Also on the must-do in Barcelona list are the city’s many Gaudi-themed landmarks which were created by the city’s native son, the world famous architect Antoni Gaudi who was responsible for the city’s most renowned attractions like the Parc Guell (a fantastic sculpture park) and the incomplete but still fascinating La Sagrada Familia or the Church of the Holy Family, Barcelona’s largest church which was begun by Gaudi in 1882. 

For Museum lovers Barcelona offers several options in the form of Museu d’Història de la Ciutat which has  exhibits from the subterranean Roman settlement, Barcino, the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) which is  housed in  a  Richard Meir designed building  and has displays of magnificent 20th century contemporary works and  the Museo Picasso features the artist’s many early works and for those tourists who cannot resist the temptations of  local markets, Barcelona offers its world  famous main market,  Mercat de La Boqueria known simply as La Boqueria which offers a smorgasbord of culinary adventures.