Tag: Barcelona
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Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
I’ll admit that as a schoolkid you’d have had to drag me kicking and screaming to something like the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. These days I go “oooh, I’m learning something!” Do you know what a pontil is? I didn’t until today. What you get here is a collection that spans Catalan history from pre-history up…
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Airbnb vs the People
Airbnb – and other short-term rental platforms – have long been under fire for pricing local renters out of city-centres in popular tourist destinations. But Barcelona may emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a better short-term rental market for all. Trouble on the Horizon According to a Euronews report in 2019, “the city centre’s residential…
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Travel Under Pressure
It’s time to re-think our travel habits to reduce our impact. That doesn’t necessarily mean missing-out on the best of travel.