Barcelona is right up there on the "cool city" scale. Daughter Kristen was visiting friends in London and joined up with us here for a week in the city and travelling east through Provence to Nice. We hit some great restaurants on the walking only Las Ramblas boulevard, the city beaches... packed to full by noon, Gaudi's amazing architecture (Gaudi Park, Sagrada Familia church), traditional cathedrals, a spanish guitar concert in the stunning Palau Musica Catalonia, the superb aquarium, ... etc. Our beautiful old style luxury hotel (Hotel Giotii) was right in the mix of things. Driving, however, is a nightmare. We left our car parked for the entire visit.