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AVEs cruised into service as the main rail link between Madrid and Seville due to
the opening of the International Exposition of Seville—Expo 1992. Via AVE, the
Madrid to Seville trip can be done in only 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Reservations for AVE trains are required. Choose Turista, Preferente, or Club
Class. All three classes include television sets with individual earphones and four
music channels, family areas with games for kids, facilities for the disabled, tele-
phones, cafeteria, and a beverage machine. Club and Preferente Classes also
include access to AVE club lounges, newspapers, and magazines. In-seat food/
beverage service is provided only in Club Class.
Ultramodern Talgo 200 trains link Madrid and Malaga in a little more than four
hours. These gauge-changing, high-speed trains also have significantly reduced
the travel time between Madrid and Cadiz/Huelva.
Remember—reservations are
required
on Spanish trains.
The attractive blue and white
Euromed
(
Velocidad Alta Mediterranea
or Mediter-
ranean High Speed) trains provide services on the Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante
route with a cruising speed of 200 km/hour. These trains offer two classes of ser-
vice—Preferente and Turista.
Base City:
BARCELONA
City Dialing Code: 93
Barcelona as it is today, the
New Barcelona,
was created only in 1874 by joining
27 separate municipalities. It has become Spain's most prosperous port and has
developed a thriving industrial complex. The center of this new metropolitan area
is the
Plaça de Catalunya,
a square rimmed with trees and highlighted by sculp-
tures and fountains—and an abundance of pigeons. This square is where Old and
New Barcelona meet.
Founded in ancient times by the Phoenicians and occupied by the Romans,
Old Barcelona
is composed of three districts: Barri Gótic, or the Gothic Quarter,
and the Ribera and Raval districts. A visit to the History Museum in Plaça del Rei
square provides insight to Barcelona's rich and ancient past.
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