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ADDRESSES
Addressesarewrittenas:c/Picasso24°-whichmeansPicassostreet(
carrer
)numbertwo,
fourth floor. You may also see
esquerra
, meaning “left-hand” (apartment or office);
dreta
is right;
centro
centre. C/Picasso s/n means the building has no number (
sense numero
).
In the gridded streets of the Eixample, building numbers run from south to north (ie lower
numbers at the Plaça de Catalunya end) and from west to east (lower numbers at Plaça
d'Espanya).
The main address abbreviations used in this topic are: Av. (for Avinguda, avenue); Bxda.
(forBaixada,alley);c/(forCarrer,street);Pg.(forPasseig,moreaboulevardthanastreet);
Pl. (for Plaça, square); and Ptge. (for Passatge, passage).
Costs
Barcelona is not a particularly cheap place to visit and it's more expensive on the whole than
other major cities in Spain. However, it still rates as pretty good value when compared with
the cost of visiting cities in Britain, France or Germany, especially when it comes to dining
out or getting around on public transport. Hotel prices are the main drain on the budget, and
they have increased considerably over the last few years. Realistically, you'll be paying from
€80anightforaroominasimple
pensión
,andfrom€130forathree-star orbudgetboutique
hotel. Still, once you're there, a one-day public transport pass gives you the freedom of the
city for €7.25, and most museums and galleries cost €6-7 (though a few of the showpiece at-
tractions have much higher entry fees). A set three-course lunch goes for €10-15, and dinner
from around €25, though of course the Michelin-starred destination restaurants are much pri-
cier - even so, at around €100 a head, they're still a far better deal than the equivalent places
in London or Paris.
