At last, a Cadogan guide to Barcelona! Tourism figures show this is a city not to be missed. Colorful, festive and intense, the 'New York of Europe' has attracted unprecedented levels of interest and admiration since playing host to the Olympics in 1992. Site of the world's most beautiful street, Las Ramblas, the greatest concentration of medieval architecture in Europe, the fantastic creations of Gaudi, stunning modern art and the Museu Picasso, it is also famed for its for its nightlife, youth culture and sheer sense of style.