Best cities for shopping in Europe

Barcelona, one of the best cities in Europe for sightseeing shopping

The management agency tax-free shopping Global Blue has released a ranking that ranks the top ten European cities in terms of its potential as a tourist destination for shopping. Both Barcelona and Madrid are well positioned, besides occupying the top positions in other listed as in the quality of transport and hotels and destinations more affordable purchase.

LONDON

Harrods department store in Brompton Road, London. They are one of the shopping meccas in the British capital, which according to Global Blue is the best European city for shopping tourism. The variety of shops and the level of some of them is behind this particular rule in the ranking, with a score of 67.3 points out of 100.

BARCELONA

Barcelona shopping

Barcelona has emerged in recent years as a pole of attraction for shopping tourism, with the landing of the great luxury brands Passeig de Gràcia (image) and with the strength of other key roads in the city, such as Diagonal . The arrival of Chinese, Russian and Arabic tourism has experienced in past summer seasons is a thermometer that reflects the health of Barcelona, with increased spending by visitors.

MADRID

Madrid shopping

Madrid, the Spanish capital, tied for second place with Barcelona as the second best destination to go shopping sightseeing in Europe, with 67.1 points out of 100. In the picture, the street Preciados, crowded on the occasion of the last winter sales, which began a few days ago.

PARIS

The French capital is placed at the top of the list with a score of 65.5 points. The luxury shops, a wide variety of textiles, leisure and gastronomy explain why attracting tourists by the City of Light. The Champs Elysees, brings together the best brands.

ROME

Rome, the eternal city, thrives on the Milan fashion and its history to become one of the shopping capitals of Southern Europe. Via del Corso and Via Condotti, near the Plaza of Spain, are two of the main arteries in spending. Global Blue gives a rating of 62.9 points out of 100. The language can be a barrier, as traders are handled in Italian.

BERLIN

The German city, punctuated with 62.3 units, offers an artistic scene that is renewed constantly. So, its shops cater to the changing trends and introduce new features that are not seen in the rest of Europe. Also adds nightlife and good public transportation, but it remains the sales time is short and the store hours are limited.

LISBON

Notable for a pleasant climate, creative cuisine and classic architecture. Prices are competitive, affordable hotels and has a wide range of restaurants, so Global Blue qualifies with 61.6 points.

AMSTERDAM

This is one of the most visited cities in Europe. It noted for its cultural and urban landscapes very different to what you see in other European capitals. Playing against that prices are high both in hotels and shopping. Score with 61.3 units.

PRAGUE

The Czech city, with a score of 59.6 points, has a rich architectural and cultural good. With affordable prices, it is advisable to visit its stores, in an environment of complete safety, as noted from Global Blue.

BUDAPEST

The Hungarian city closes the list of 10 best European cities for shopping tourism with 59.6 points. Notable for a cheap hotels, a wide range of shops and a kitchen appreciated.

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12th World Congress of Chinese Medicine

September 24th, 25th & 26th-2015 in Barcelona

12th World Congress of Chinese Medicine

From the cosmopolitan, welcoming, cheerful and curious Barcelona, a safe city which offers a rich culture, Mediterranean cuisine, a very mild climate and attractive sightseeing, we are pleased to invite you to attend the 12th WCCM 2015 on 24th, 25th and 26th September, 2015.

We appreciate the confidence the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) has placed in us to organize this event. Our concern is to make this congress a very special one and we will devote all our efforts to reach our goal.

We hope that this WCCM 2015 will be a benchmark in terms of the current situation and future prospects of the various medicines derived from ancient Chinese medicine. That is why we have chosen the topic for this congress inviting the best specialists and institutions, not only from China but also from Japan (Kampo), Korea (Korean traditional medicine) and the rest of the world.

To present from a perspective of integration, together with the iMTC (integration of the oriental medicines derived from ancient Chinese medicine and the Western medicine) the current state and future prospects, for the benefit of humankind.

The magic of Barcelona will certainly achieve that the congress attendees take many new friends, professional contacts and joyful moments back home; a valuable experience that will make their professional performance more efficient and competent – an unforgettable memory for the rest of their life.

We can only encourage you to participate in 12 th WCCM 2015, a very special event, besides hosting the General Assembly of WFCMS which should elect the new executive committee who will govern the plans of this important institution for the next four years. Strategies and working plans will be approved which will be decisive for the positioning of the professionals and institutions of the sector in the different countries of the world.

Barcelona welcomes you!

Set aside the 24th, 25th and 26th September 2015, do not miss the event!

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Barcelona Agbar Tower celebrates 10 years waiting to become hotel

The uniqueness of the building, visible from almost every geography, it became a place of sightseeing

AGBAR TOWER BCN

He emerged from the Plaza de les Glories ten years ago. A building, the third highest of the city that received all kinds of adjectives and left no one indifferent both its aesthetics and what it represented. The iconic architecture that companies and municipalities coveted at that time to show the power of an economic boom that now after the economic crisis has reneged. The building work of the French architect Jean Nouvel was officially opened to host the offices of Aigües de Barcelona ten years ago today and-if you leave- now aspires to be a luxury hotel.

The uniqueness of the building, visible from almost all the geography of the city, quickly became a place of pilgrimage for tourists. The Barcelona, ​​meanwhile, have devoted all kinds of adjectives: howitzer, geyser, suppository, dildo or cucumber, among others. However, major obstacles beyond its aesthetic singularity, always came by his controversial integration with what was then the knot Glóries now a place in transformation.

They rained criticism from a sector considered that the tower 142 meters high was an example of the architecture of solitude. So said the architect Manuel de Solà-Morales, who judged that the building represented an isolated, insolent and uncooperative architecture with its environment. But solitude did not last long and after one year proliferated other iconic buildings in their environment to give substance to the territorial limit of 22 @ and the Eixample. Chipperfield towers or Ferrater in the new Diagonal, Fermin Vazquez Els Encants, Dhub MBM or are some of them. Undoubtedly, the construction bothered to Nouvel, who always considered that the tower should shine alone, was the neighboring hotel Silken work of Juli Capella.

Future use that arises now for the tower must solve issues related to interior design, which is largely influenced by the 4,500 windows pierce the facade and the nucleus of vertical communications that travel up and down around the center of the building. Inconveniences have had much to do with the limited success to rent space inside.

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