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PRACTICALITIES
Currency: euro (€)
Smoking: banned in restaurants and bars
Electric current: 220V, 50Hz
Major Barcelona newspapers:La VanguardiaandEl Periódicoare available in Spanish
and Catalan.El Paíspublishes an online English supplement (elpais.com/elpais/in-
english.html).
Discount Cards
(
www.euro26.org
) are available from most national student organisations and allow discoun-
ted access to some sights. Students generally pay a little more than half of adult admission
prices, as do children aged under 12 and senior citizens (aged 65 and over) with appropriate
ID.
adult/child €27/16; 9am-8pm) ticket entitles you to discounts at some museums.
Articket
(
www.articketbcn.org
;
per person €30) gives admission to the following six sights
for €30 and is valid for six months. You can pick up the ticket at the tourist offices at Plaça de
Catalunya, Plaça de Sant Jaume and Estació Sants train station.
Museu Picasso
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
Fundació Joan Miró
