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Hotel Majestic
Passeig de Gracia, 68
08007 Barcelona
Rising above the art galleries, designer shops and famed cultural attractions of the Passeig de Gracia, the Hotel Majestic has graced Barcelona's modern district for 85 years, and now stands as one of the city's most prestigious addresses. Behind the hotel's striking neoclassical façade waits an interior brimming with contemporary art and the high-tech conveniences demanded by today's luxury traveler.
The tasteful renovations of all 303 units into sophisticated and stylish guest rooms, including 21 spacious Junior Suites and 8 luxurious suites have recently been completed. A roof-top swimming pool, bar and solarium afford the ultimate panoramic views where guests can relax with a sauna, steam bath or massage after a visit to the fitness center. Hotel Majestic has long welcomed royalty and celebrities, and is also a favored business meeting address in its elegantly refurbished and top-of-the-line facilities, with a variety of venues that accommodate up to 500. One of the city's most elegant addresses, Hotel Majestic has fortified its reputation with the Drolma restaurant, awarded by Michelin star in 2002, where guests will discover a world of tastes and culinary sensations of Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine.
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Apsis Gran Ronda
Ronda de Sant Antoni, 49
08010 Barcelona
The hotel is located right in the center of the city next to the Plaça Catalunya, Ramblas and Passeig de Gràcia. It has 65 rooms, totally new and totally equipped with conditioned air, television with plasma screen, minibar, hair dryer and safe-deposit box, direct telephone. Wifi access in all the hotel. Also it has restaurant and service of reception the 24 hours.
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Hotel Advance
Sepulveda 180
08011 Barcelona
4-stars hotel located in Barcelona's commercial and bussiness center. Only 3 minutes away from Plaça Catalunya, Las Ramblas, Paseo de Gracia. 15 minutes far from the Montjuïc Fair. The hotel is located in a historical building in the famous "Eixample" area. It has been completely rehabilitated with a decorators team that had given this hotel a very remarkable design.
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Turism | History
Carcassonne -- History
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 26 régions of France.
The région is made up of the following historical provinces:
Languedoc-Roussillon is the province of Languedoc: départements of Hérault, Gard, Aude, extreme south and extreme east of Lozère, and extreme north of Pyrénées-Orientales. The former province of Languedoc also extends over the Midi-Pyrénées région, including the old capital of Languedoc Toulouse.
Languedoc-Roussillon is the province of Gévaudan: Lozère département. A small part of Gévaudan is also inside the Auvergne région. Gévaudan is often considered to be a sub-province inside the province of Languedoc.
Languedoc-Roussillon is a collection of culturally Catalan pays (i.e. "countries"): Roussillon, Vallespir, Conflent, Capcir, and Cerdagne, all of which located from east to west inside the Pyrénées-Orientales département.
All of these pays (in Catalonia, on the other side of the border, a pays is known as a comarca) were part of the Ancient Regime province of Roussillon, owning its name to the largest and most populous of the five pays, Roussillon. "Province of Roussillon and adjacent lands of Cerdagne" was indeed the name that was officially used after the area became French in 1659, based on the historical division of the five pays between the county of Roussillon (Roussillon and Vallespir) and the county of Cerdagne (Cerdagne, Capcir, and Conflent).
The area covered by the Pyrénées Mountains is the home of a variety of peoples. They include the Andorrans, the Catalans, the Béarnais, and the Basques. Each group speaks its own dialect or language, and each desires to maintain and even augment its own autonomy. At the same time, these diverse groups manifest a general unity. Even though Andorra is an autonomous principality, there are still close ties to both Spain and France.
The best known peoples of the Pyrénées are the Basques. They speak a language that is non-Indo-European. They have a long tradition of fiercely defending their autonomy.
The Occitan language continues to be widely spoken around Nîmes and Uzès and in Haute-Loire and Ardèche.
The Occitan Language, which is also called Languedoc or Provençal, is a Romance language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in the south of France. Although Occitan speakers use French as their official and cultural language, Occitan dialects are used for everyday purposes and show no signs of extinction. Occitan is spoken in the area once known as Occitania. This includes the present day regions of Limousin, Languedoc-Roussillan, the old province of Aquitaine, and the southern part of the French Alpes.
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