Christmas is a special holiday in heart of every person. It’s like a chance for dreams to become reality and, as you know, only during these evenings nothing is impossible. But where should you spend these weekends not to forget it for your whole life? In my opinion, the best place for it is Spain.
It’s really special… Here you can try yourself as a dancer; Spain is famous for its Jota, dance on the sounds of guitars and castanets, which was made during many hundreds of years. On Christmas Eve the streets are crowded by different lights, which make the impression of miracles. The enormous number of artists and talented people go out to enjoy these nice holidays together.
In the children’s world this holiday is more important than in adults. They believe in three magical heroes, which present them some things into their shoes. But this can happened only in a case if a child has shown good behavior during the year.
The Spanish Christmas is Navidad, it means people go to church, give each others different presents and spend their time together, singing songs. It’s a special moment when incredible things can become reality. Nochebuena or the “Good night”, as the Christmas Eve is called in Spain, is a reason for family to communicate with each other and to feel the spirit of ancient, full of traditions holiday, when everything has its own special meaning.
But to say the true, actually all depend on you and your imagination. You can easily rent an auto with a Cheap Rental Car Service and go anywhere you want. My advice for you on these days is just to feel the deeper of Christmas in Spain and have a nice rest at the best places of Spanish culture.
In traditional meaning, Christmas is time to forget about all your problems and to go in special atmosphere of miracles, but if you are a simple tourist, just have a happy journey around all country.

Barcelona is a wonderful tourist destination, appealing millions of tourists with a plentiful of attractions and is suitable for both short breaks and long vacations. In recent years, the number of people visiting this place has increased and there are several reasons that are attracting the tourists to explore this city. Some of them include:
1. Climate: The city of Barcelona experiences a great weather with cool winters and hot summers and 8-9 months of sunshine can be seen in a year. The ideal time to visit this city is during May, June and September where you can expect good climatic atmosphere.
2. Sandy Beaches: With its coastline stretching for nearly 4.5 km, Barcelona has some of the great golden sandy beaches like Barceloneta, Mar Bella, Nova Icaria and Bogatell. You will get to have a view at the spectacular beauty of these beaches while enjoying waters ports and activities like surfing, and sailing along with enjoying wide range of delicacies at restaurants and bars present over there.
3. FC Barcelona: It is one of the top clubs in the world, operates a number of sports teams and can host the biggest number of audience out of all stadiums in Europe. The city has some of the famous players like Ronaldinho, Thiery Henry and Messi.
4. Tapas: Tapas are the Spanish creation and there are no other better places than Barcelona to enjoy some of the tapas in the bars. Tapas may be cold or warm mixed with cheese and olives and can be found in many different kinds in the city’s bars.
5. Activities: The city offers wide range of sports and adventure activates such as karting, diving, hot air ballooning, mountain biking, and even treasure hunts.
6. Flamenco Festival: Barcelona hosts a number of events and festivals and one of the popular one is the Flamenco festival. It is largely associated with the city’s culture and brings in several regional and national artists for the performances and shows.
Car hire in Barcelona is provided by Avis, Hertz, Europcar, and Atesa.

People who love visiting places and are averse to traveling will know the ground realities of the car rental services. More often than not they become well accustomed to the rules and regulations pertaining to rental service. But there are people who are novice and are in complete darkness regarding the same. It is they who are more vulnerable to mistakes and wrong choices. Whether you need a car hire for a longer period or just few days for a family holiday, there are certain norms that can make the experience cheap and hassle-free. Let’s take a look at them.

1. Always try to preorder the car rental. Preordering is important to attaining the cheapest price, and it also helps to make sure that you get exactly what you demand as the agency will book the same for you. Use the help from internet and order through the agency’s website, and then pick the right car that you need.

2. Always take assistance, if needed from reputed car hire or travel-related booking site. These agencies can help you find the best deals available in the market. The more time you spent with them clarifying doubts the better deal they will be able to find for you.

3. Its important to spend the time researching. Research can help you can save a great deal of money as it is important to collect apt info.

4. For all those family people and especially with children take note, never show up at a car hire agency expecting that seats will be readily available in the car. You must remember agencies only carry a limited number of cars, so it is always advisable to inform the company of your desires and exact needs.

5. Detailed scrutiny is a must. Before driving off remember to check the car parts carefully. Taking photos of the car from all possible angles might help and do it keeping the salesperson alongside you as sign of evidence.

6. Don’t leave the car rental firm without noting down an emergency contact number. It may be required for further info.

After a long and tiring journey in flight the last thing you need is to unnecessarily wait for your conveyance. So, when you get down at airport in the city (Barcelona), you wouldn’t love to wait for a taxi/cab. Long journey itself is tiring and then queuing up for a cabby to turn up can make you feel more irritated. This is exactly the reason why many people are now going for airport car service because when they disembark from the airport gate, their car rental from the airport is readily available to them for service. There are certain misconceptions among people regarding the car rental at airport. Many people are of the idea that car rental from airport is expensive but in reality it is not so. In-fact barring few exceptions they are almost the same like the one’s you find inside the city.

At times the charges can be on the higher side but going in for the airport service can give a peace of mind and can help you steer clear of any undue stress or pressure and helps you save important time. This is not all; another advantage for opting car service at airport is that when you avail this service, you almost certainly don’t have to worry about sharing your conveyance with any stranger or unknown person. The firms dealing in airport car rentals also make efforts to see that the vehicle they use is well maintained and hence is properly looked after. When you are going in for airport car hire remember few tips so as to enjoy a comfortable and problem free ride. Always opt for a reputed firm; a firm which has a good name in the market will always look to maintain its brand name so will make all possible efforts to take care of you. Reputed company can charge you little higher but they will provide good service in return. Online booking facility is also provided by many of these firms which make it convenient for people to book their cars in advance. So go for it.

People who love visiting places and are averse to traveling will know the ground realities of the car rental services. More often than not they become well accustomed to the rules and regulations pertaining to rental service. But there are people who are novice and are in complete darkness regarding the same. It is they who are more vulnerable to mistakes and wrong choices. Whether you need a car hire for a longer period or just few days for a family holiday, there are certain norms that can make the experience cheap and hassle-free. Let’s take a look at them.
1. Always try to preorder the car rental. Preordering is important to attaining the cheapest price, and it also helps to make sure that you get exactly what you demand as the agency will book the same for you. Use the help from internet and order through the agency’s website, and then pick the right car that you need.
2. Always take assistance, if needed from reputed car hire or travel-related booking site. These agencies can help you find the best deals available in the market. The more time you spent with them clarifying doubts the better deal they will be able to find for you.
3. Its important to spend the time researching. Research can help you can save a great deal of money as it is important to collect apt info.
4. For all those family people and especially with children take note, never show up at a car hire agency expecting that seats will be readily available in the car. You must remember agencies only carry a limited number of cars, so it is always advisable to inform the company of your desires and exact needs.
5. Detailed scrutiny is a must. Before driving off remember to check the car parts carefully. Taking photos of the car from all possible angles might help and do it keeping the salesperson alongside you as sign of evidence.
6. Don’t leave the car rental firm without noting down an emergency contact number. It may be required for further info.

After a long and tiring journey in flight the last thing you need is to unnecessarily wait for your conveyance. So, when you get down at airport in the city (Barcelona), you wouldn’t love to wait for a taxi/cab. Long journey itself is tiring and then queuing up for a cabby to turn up can make you feel more irritated. This is exactly the reason why many people are now going for airport car service because when they disembark from the airport gate, their car rental from the airport is readily available to them for service. There are certain misconceptions among people regarding the car rental at airport. Many people are of the idea that car rental from airport is expensive but in reality it is not so. In-fact barring few exceptions they are almost the same like the one’s you find inside the city.
At times the charges can be on the higher side but going in for the airport service can give a peace of mind and can help you steer clear of any undue stress or pressure and helps you save important time. This is not all; another advantage for opting car service at airport is that when you avail this service, you almost certainly don’t have to worry about sharing your conveyance with any stranger or unknown person. The firms dealing in airport car rentals also make efforts to see that the vehicle they use is well maintained and hence is properly looked after. When you are going in for airport car hire remember few tips so as to enjoy a comfortable and problem free ride. Always opt for a reputed firm; a firm which has a good name in the market will always look to maintain its brand name so will make all possible efforts to take care of you. Reputed company can charge you little higher but they will provide good service in return. Online booking facility is also provided by many of these firms which make it convenient for people to book their cars in advance. So go for it.

At the 6th annual 2010 ACI EUROPE awards, Barcelona Airport has won the award as the best European airport in Europe for catering over 25 million passengers. The awards were held in Milan on 18th of June.
“The airport’s ambitious €100 million environment investment plan has impressed the jury with its valuable collaboration with the disability groups” stated ACI EUROPE.
The airport has received a positive appraisal from the jury regarding the opening of the T1 as it is well designed using the latest technology ensuring flexibility in the procedures, easy access to the terminals along with providing environmental awareness and protection initiatives, which has won for it an ISO 14.001 certificate in 1999. It is the first airport in Europe to receive this certificate.
The roof of the Terminal 1 is covered with 696 panels and there is new selective waste collection system that is based as a part of the environmental sustainability development.
The jury has also considered the quality of facilities and services at the airport comprising of a wide range of restaurants and shops, quality services for business users, VIP rooms and wellness areas.
The airport’s performance in catering over 25 million passengers and its excellence in the areas related to quality services, commercial offers, safety and environmental awareness have won for it the recognition as the Europe’s best airport.
Among a few handfuls in Europe, two other airports have also been announced for handling more number of passengers in April 2010.
Car hires available at the airport are Avis, Europcar, Atesa, Hertz and Solmar.

Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain and the capital of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia.
Barcelona is an important cultural centre, a major tourist destination and has a rich cultural heritage.
To see:
Barcelona is city full of parks, 12 historic, 5 thematic, 45 urban and 6 forest parks. The Ciutadella Park in the old military citadel houses the Parliament building, the zoo and several museums.
There are close to 50 museums in Barcelona each representing a different aspect of the rich history, culture and art of the region.
Montjuic Plaça Espanya is home to Fundació Joan Miró a modern art museum, the botanical gardens, the museum of ethnology, The Catalan museum of archaeology and The Olympic museum.
With seven beaches Barcelona has 4.5kms of coastline with Sant Sebastià and Barceloneta beaches being the largest, oldest and the most frequented.
The city’s historical centre is the area around the Plaça Catalunya especially known for its fountains and statues.
Shopping:
The main commercial area of the city is the upper half of Avinguda Diagonal which cuts the city in two. This avenue is 50 m wide and about 11 km long and has many historic buildings apart from being the main shopping area of Barcelona with largest shopping center Centro Commercial Diagonal Mar.
Theatre and Music:
Theatre and Live music have many venues in Barcelona including Gran Teatre Del Liceu opera theatre, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, the Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la Música Catalana concert hall. The Sónar Festival and the Primavera Sound Festival are two annual pop music festivals held in the city.
Sport:
One of the largest in Europe, three-time winner of the UEFA Champions League FC Barcelona is a sports club known best for its football team. Barcelona has two UEFA elite stadiums. The Barcelona Marathon every March sees over 10000 participants apart from other major road running competitions held in Barcelona each year. Barcelona also is on the ATP World Tour 500 Series tennis tournament. The Circuit de Catalunya racetrack hosts the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix and the MotoGP Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix.
Barcelona Airport is located 10 km southwest from Barcelona in the town of El Prat de Llobregat.
Four main companies offering Barcelona Airport Car Hire are actually in the main terminal building. Car hire companies like Avis, Atesa, Europcar, Hertz, and Solmar can be found inside both Terminal B and Terminal C at Barcelona Airport.

Bull running is when a crowd of people run ahead of dozens of full grown bulls through the streets of Spain which leads to the areas bullring where bullfights are organized. Most famous for its running of the bulls is the festival of San Fermín in the city of Pamplona.
The weeklong festival held annually from the 6th of July to the 14th of July is steeped in tradition and folklore and attracts over a million people who attend to watch the festival.
But this event is not without risk to both people and the animal. 2nd July 2010 Fuentesauco in the province of Zamora, Sothern Spain, huge half ton bulls were released at 3 am and a 19-year-old teenager died after being gored in the chest by a bull. Several more bull runs part of a local festival were all cancelled due to the tragedy.
Every year between 200 and 300 people are injured during the run although most injuries are contusions due to falls and are not serious, though the number of deaths since 1910 is over 15.
Animal rights activists say the gory spectacles are one of the planet’s most blatant forms of animal cruelty seeking a ban. Also the number of bullfights across the country in decline, blamed on difficult economic times.
Bullfights are being questioned in Spain’s Catalonia region with local politicians set to vote on a proposed ban this month. That would see Catalonia’s last bullring in Barcelona shut down but bull runs would still be allowed.

The Spanish city of Barcelona, the autonomous capital of Catalonia, offers the out-of-town visitor the spectacular sites of a centuries-old city exquisitely preserved that blends superbly with the cosmopolitan sights and sounds of modern Barcelona in its entertainment, downtown architectures and museums.

• Entertainment

Like any cosmopolitan city in Europe, Barcelona offers excellent venues for live music and theater performances which include the world-renowned Gran Teatre de Liceu opera house, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya the Palau de la Musica Catalana concert hall and the Teatre Lliura.  The city is also home to some of the finest symphonic orchestras in Europe with the Orquestra Simfonia de Barcelona i nacional de Catalunya, better known among the locals as the OBC under the Japanese musical director Eiji Oue who had been mentored by no less than Leonard Bernstein and conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Osaka Philharmonic.

• Modern Cityscape

From there you can visit the Avinguda Diagonal, the main commercial area of the city where malls like the L’illia in the higher Diagonal avenue is located and the Diagonal Mar in the lower part.  Several skyscrapers abound with the Hotel Arts and its twin Torre Mapfre as the being the tallest both towering at 505 ft followed by the latest Torre Agbar at 472 ft.  You can marvel at these edifices while on your car hire that will make it a breeze for you and your family to get to any of the history and cultural landmarks of the city.

• Specialty Museums

One other peculiar but interesting site to visit is the Erotic Museum of Barcelona and the Cosmocaixa which is a science museum that was awarded as the European Museum of the Year in 2006.  Apart from these, the city is dotted with historic and cultural museums like the Archeology Museum of Catalonia and the Museum of the History of Catalonia.  In addition, there are specialty art museums dedicated to specific local artists like the Picasso Museum, the Fundacio Joan Miro and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies which showcase important works from these world-acclaimed artists.

Most of these museums can be visited with free entry on the first weekends of every month. But a good set of car hire is a must if you want to cover some of these museums as they are not clustered in just one part of the city.  Your hotel or airport has free city map guides that can direct you to any of these places.  Alternatively, if you have a SatNav GPS device, a download on the City of Barcelona can get you driving around town with voice-guided navigation at any time of the day. GP