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Article: A reckless ramble down the Ramblas
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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The man who pays his way
Spanish police and British consular officials in Barcelona have
quite enough on their platos without my adding unnecessarily to
their workload. So while in the city last week I took care about
being careless. I wanted to test the extent of street robbery there,
without resorting to consular help or distorting crime figures.
Barcelona has a strong claim to be the ideal European city.
Whether you seek culture, cuisine, nightlife, architecture or simply
a good beach, the Catalan capital is superlative. Indeed, the
problem with prescribing 48 Hours in Barcelona is the sheer
abundance of first-class attractions; in my article last Saturday I
left out sights such as the ...