As Spain basks in the glory of its first World Cup win,novelist Don Boyd picks his best buildings, festivals and watering holes in sexy, and seductive Barcelona - where seven of the team playBarcelona is a sexy,seductive city. Like all top-notch courtesans, it will yield up its most treasured secrets to those who can explore beyond the superficial hedonistic image it has acquired since its transformation to celebrate the 1992 Olympic games. Yes, and there are phalanxes of drunken hen and stag parties who conga up and down Las Ramblas and in and out of Antoni GaudÃ's glorious buildings,but leer beyond and you will understand a little of the Catalans' fierce desire to preserve their first city's cultural status. I can't possibly do my favourite European city justice, but here are a few recommendations.
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Source: theguardian.com