All eyes on Cannes for MIPIM

This coming week, all eyes will fall on Cannes in France, usually known for the famous film festival, but this month hosting one of the industries biggest trade fairs, MIPIM. The fair combines keynote speeches with interesting panels and awards and is well known as a mirror to the world's property markets and trends. It offers insights of profitable strategies, real estate investments worth taking a gamble on, and is an incredible networking event, with a lot of business deals starting here.



From the 16th - 19th March, the world's largest property fair will also invite a new member - the country of Turkey. With Istanbul proudly bearing the flag of European City of Culture, Turkey is also the only country in the top ten touristic destinations to have reported positive increases in visitors, too. However, Poland will be the guest speaker this year, and many are hoping to learn important lessons from the country and its infrastructures (it's preparing a bid for the Euro 2012 Football Cup).

Even considering the financial downturn of last year, 2009 statistics boast almost 18,000 Real estate professionals, over 1800 exhibiting companies, and this year's looks to be a kick in the right direction, too.

For matters closer to home, check out Modus Vivendi Barcelona Real Estate Agency for your needs.

Barcelona Parks And Gardens - Cuitadella Park

Continuing on from the first post in this series, let's take another look at a Barcelona park. La Cuitadella is known as the "garden of Barcelona" and is the oldest public green space in the city. Stretching over 70 acres, the park houses the city zoo, small boating lakes, museums, walkways and an ornamental fountain designed by Reus-bron architect, Antonin Gaudi, who also designed Park Güell.



The park is particularly popular on weekends, with many young families taking their children to play in the infants parks, wander the paths, and shade in the vegetation. It's also a popular spot for cyclists, joggers and rollerbladers, with one side of the park offering symetrical, parallel lines of walkways in contrast to the curves around the boating lake on the opposite side. On Sundays, the park has a bohemian feel with many local artists and bongo players descending to make music, or random groups of friends with guitars and immigrant families having picnics and the like.



With such a large green space for the locals to enjoy, it's no surprise that the area around La Cuitadella is a sought after area. The park shares borers with a few neighbourhoods, with the old town areas of Barceloneta and Borne on one side, the Olympic Village and Sant Marti on the opposite, and even part of Eixample Dret at the top, looking down on a map. Each area has a range of different housing available, from brand new buidlings to hundred-year old fincas, so it's likely that you'll be able to find something within your tatses.

A great way to find out about properties in the area is to contact a Barcelona Real Estate Agency such as Modus Vivendi, who have a wide selection of properties for sale and also a protfolio of Barcelona properties for rent.