Some information that you might find useful if you are on your way to Barcelona.

If you are moving to Barcelona privately or with your company please do not use a firm called Amat Finques for more information phone or e-mail.

If you are travelling to Barcelona you can now buy a T-10 Zone 1 travel ticket which you can use on the train from the airport and also on the metro, bus and trams. For more information please e-mail or phone.

In a recent Spanish newspaper an article told of how some taxi drivers (a minority) are charging tourist four times the normal fare. Tourist arriving in Barcelona from Girona with Ryan air are dropped of in Passeig de Sant Joan. There the taxi's are waiting with their green lights turned off indicating they are out of service. When tourist approach them they take the fare but never turn on the meter. At the end of the journey they charge what they like, so please be careful.

On my return from the UK on the 2nd April 2008 at Barcelona airport I was nearly caught out by the same trick. Two cabs had their green lights turned off but were surrounded by cabs all with their green lights on. The driver of cab registration number B 7201 MN a Mercedes with cab number 10802 motioned my wife and I to his cab none of the other drivers did anything. When we entered the cab I notice the meter was covered by a magazine I told the driver to uncover the meter and it showed 13-80 euros. He then stopped the cab and reset the meter and said it was just a mistake. If I had not been on my guard he would have charged us 34-70 euros for a 21 euro fare so be careful from the main Barcelona airport. The driver has now been fined. If you have a problem with a taxi please phone +34 93 223 5151 and ask for Marc.

The all new BB5 & DCT4 Nokia sim card unlocking solution just place this sim card under the sim you want to use not the one the phone is locked to and your phone will work. I have sim cards in stock so phone or e-mail for a demonstration or to place your order. First in Barcelona and now turbo sim for more makes of mobile phones.

Please do not use a taxi with the index B 5450 vx or B 7201 MN the last taxi operates from the airport so please be careful.

Restaurants

El Mussol restaurants in the centre of Barcelona are some of the best restaurants in the city. They are located on the Carrer d'Aragó 261, phone 93 487 6151, Carrer Casp 19, phone 93 301 7610, Av Diagonal 488, phone 93 416 1553 and Av Diagonal 611-613,(Pedralbes Centre) phone 93 410 1317. These restaurants are very popular so it is always best to book or go early because after nine o'clock you will be lucky to get a table.

La Fonda off the bottom of La Rambla on Carrer dels Escudellers, 10 is one of the busiest restaurants in Barcelona. The food is superb and very cheap. They do not take bookings so you have to queue for lunch and dinner on a first come first served. If you have a big party ( hen night, stag night etc.) you can inform the restaurants before but you will still have to queue. Phone 93 301 7515.

daps restaurant is a contemporary restaurant on the Avinguda Diagonal 469 you will need to book phone 93 410 9089.

Citrus restaurant is on the right hand side of Passeig de Gracia 44,1r, up from the Placa de Catalunya this is a very popular restaurant and you will need to book for lunch or dinner phone 93 487 2345.

La Botiga is a bright modern restaurant on the Avinguda Josep Tarradellas155 phone 93 410 2704.

La Parra is a very friendly restaurant on the Carrer Rosario 52, phone 93 418 1085.

Mi Burrito Yo is a superb steak restaurant in the old quarter of the city on Paso de la Ensenanza 2, off the Carrer de Ferran phone 93 318 2742 or 93 302 1000.

Maximilian a German fare restaurant on the Gran Via de las Corts Catalanes 622 phone 93 412 5168.

MU Bufet fresh salad, rice, pizza, pasta and more on Escudellers 23-29 phone 93 302 4875 or Av Diagonal 609 planta -2 Pedralbes Centre phone 93 321 2676.

Txiki Taberna is a small tavern a ten minute train ride away from Barcelona in Castelldefels which specialises in Basque cuisine. C/ Juan de la Cierva 1, Castelldefels 08860, phone 93 636 1125.

 Amir de Nit for Lebanese cuisine on Planeta,41 Barcelona 08012

 off the Plaça del Sol.  Phone 93 218 6737

Sight Seeing

How to get to the Camp Nou catch the Metro linia 3 to Maria Cristina. Take the first exit, you are now on the Diagonal, there is a big store called El Corte Ingles walk away from the store up the Diagonal to the next junction. You are now outside the Princesa Sofia Hotel the Camp Nou is sign posted to the right of the hotel.

On the Avinguda Diagonal one of the major roads in Barcelona is a very little known park called the Parc De Cervantes. The best time to visit is between March and September. If you catch the Metro linia 3 and go to the Zona Universitaria leave the station do not take the first exit continue to the second exit taking the left set of stairs. Walk up the Diagonal crossing two roads and then a further one hundred metres and you are at the entrance to the Parc. Well worth a visit for the splash of colour and aroma.

Visit Martorell just 16kms from Barcelona and see the Devils Bridge (Pont del Diable). Buy a Zone 2, ticket and take the train. Also in Martorell is the bodegas J. Siguenza which produces Puig Munts cava (champagne).

IF you have visited Sagrada Familia then you must visit Montserrat which is a monastery on a mountain. The train leaves from Plaça Espanya at thirty six minutes past the hour ( FGC station on the opposite side too the metro). Buy a ticket to Montserrat Aeri and you will get off the train and straight on to the cable car up to the monastery. The view is fantastic and you will need at least a full day to see all there is.

If it is beaches you are looking for then just down the coast from Barcelona are Castelldefels, Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltru in that order. It takes 45 minutes to travel to Vilanova. Sitges is the home to some of the worlds leading motor cycle riders. 

Catalunya en Miniatura Parc Tematic is the biggest touristic and cultural complex in miniature in the world and the only one in Spain. Visit www.catalunyaenminiatura.com or phone 93 689 0960.

Retail Therapy

A place not found by many on their retail therapy tour is the Bulevard Rosa and next door is Antiquaris  a group of antique shops. From the Plaça Catalunya going up the left hand side of Passeig De Gracia  until the junction of Carrer d´Aragó & Passeig De Gracia. Just across this junction is one of three entrances to the Bulevard Rosa and next up is the Antiguaris well worth a visit to both.

A very good time to visit Barcelona is in July and August not just because of the weather, but because it is the sale season . So all you people who want a brilliant holiday and also some retail therapy then get over to Barcelona.

A new bookshop has just opened for English books for all ages called the Elephant on Creu Dels Molers 12 just across from the Poble Sec Metro stop on linia 3 phone 93 443 0594.

For the people who live in Barcelona I have found the flower shop of all flower shops called Navarro on Carrer  De  Valencia 320 phone 93 457 4099. This shop has everything for your flower needs, from indoor to freshly cut flowers at very  reasonable prices.

Miscellaneous

Accommodation can be a problem when you are looking for it in Barcelona because of so many business conferences. So we have put together a list of hotels and as an alternative a list of hostels which have star ratings.

For Insurance and Tax return completion try Brumwell Brokers, Placa Gal-la Placidia 1-3 esc. B 11e 2a,  Barcelona, 08006. Telephone: 93 238 4499, Fax: 93 238 4474, E-mail: brumwell@brumwell.com or visit www.taxgrup.com. A fast and friendly service.

If you have to fill in a D-6 company share form for the Ministerio de Economia. You now have to take the form to the office on Via Agusta,197 second floor.

Grand Prix 2009

To take advantage of a 15% discount order before 20th November 2008. To take advantage of a 5% discount order before 5th March 2009. If you have kept your tickets from 2008 and you send them with your order before the 31st August 2008 you will get a 40 euro discount or a 40 euro gift certifiate. Contact for more information and any assistance you might require.

We are available for tours of Barcelona if you like walking.

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