Spain is a country rich in breath-taking architecture, deep ancient history and diverse culture. It is the third largest country in Europe with a population of 40,491,051 as of July 2008. Each region of Spain can provide you with a different feel and ambience.

The government system is a parliamentary monarchy which enables Spain to have an elected government body yet each of the nineteen autonomous regions have their own private active administrative sectors.

As a tourist destination Spain is currently the second most popular destination and receives to 59,193,298 million visitors a year. Popularity is due to the wide variety of gastronomy, fresh climate and rich culture just to name a few. The most popular and developed tourist regions include Catalonia, AndalucIa and Valencia. 

Catalonia

Catalonia has a very marked culture of its own, most evidently of Mediterranean tradition, and is distinguished of most other Spanish regions in several aspects, not at least by its language, Catalonian (although everybody speaks and understands Castilian Spanish perfectly). Certainly it is one of the most cosmopolitan places in Spain, thanks to its long tradition of international commerce.
The coast offers ideal facilities for all sorts of water sports, but everywhere you will realize about that special talent to combine the beauty of nature or monuments with modern attractions, a main reason why Catalonia developed into one of the preferred touristical destinations.
Catalonia's excellent gastronomy is characterized by seafood, rice dishes, wines of great international reputation and traditional desserts like the famous "Catalonian Cream". Catalonia's capital, Barcelona, is located at the Mediterranean Sea, offers the structures of a true metropole.


Barcelona

Barcelona, located at the Mediterranean sea in the very north of the Spanish coast, is certainly the most cosmopolitan and economically most active city in this country. It has always proved its will to be modern, to follow the latest international tendencies or be ahead of them. To the tourist this is evident specially in its architecture, which so well reflects the general approach to life in this always pulsating city.