The city of Barcelona is home to many beaches, amazing architecture, some of the finest art museums in world as wells the top restaurants and night spot, and offers a variety of options for accommodation in the top Barcelona hotels. The weather is temperate, with the Mediterranean offering relief when the summer temperatures get a little too warm. If one is sensitive to the hotter weather experienced here, then the months of July and August should most certainly be avoided. And while the humidity can tend to raise in a accompaniment to the raising temperatures, the beach breezes do offer relief and many of hotels are now equipped with air conditioning units. Only one month during the year tends to cold in the winter and that is the month of February. The rest of the year is filled with sunny mild days, and beautiful balmy nights.
Due to this fact, bicycling is one of the favorite past-times of the residents and tourists alike. Many use the bicycle as their only mode of transportation. Recently many of the roads and streets of the city have bike lanes added to the sides, providing more room and safer passage for those pedaling around town. More plans are in the works for addition of bike lanes, as well as a project being undertaken to create more roads in general as the people of the entire country are taking steps towards healthier lifestyles, and environmentally friendly sets of wheels. Paths run along the water ways for those wishing a more leisurely and scenic route, without the traffic and the noise, and a path the will lead one out of the city, for longer rides is just about completed.
For now, where the paths along the streets are not yet added, the cyclist must pedal with car and become adept at dodging the traffic on the busier city streets. City planners have been taking additional steps to ensure that Barcelona becomes a more cycle friendly city. During the weekday, commuters are allowed to transport their bikes on the Metro trains and during the weekend or holiday, and throughout the entire summer months of July and August, the commute is free from restrictions. The city has also adopted the public bike share system that is becoming more prevalent throughout all the major cities in the world. In all, similar to the towns with such moderate temperatures during the year, Barcelona is one of the best places for those that prefer and love to bike the streets instead of drive them.
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