Crowds of tourists mingle with local citizenry in the popular Las Rambleas Blvd. in Barcelona. The pedestrian thoroughfare cuts through the city's old quarter. -- Photo by Dennis Doyle, AP

VRX Studios Inc., has launched the fifth city in its Great Cities of Europe campaign: Barcelona, Spain. Similar to its recently launched coverage of Paris, London, Rome and Amsterdam, VRX's coverage of Barcelona features the city's well-known neighbourhoods, public venues, and famous attractions delivering the most comprehensive, online visual coverage.

VRX's extensive coverage includes eight large format, interactive maps that highlight the city's popular districts and 59 high quality, Web-friendly, 360-degree virtual tours of Barcelona's most popular sites and attractions.

Interactive maps feature three-dimensional illustrations of the city's major architecture and are populated with icons that link to VRX's virtual tours.

The interactive visual content allows travellers to explore each city's popular tourist attractions such as the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, neighbourhoods such as Las Ramblas, and public venues including the Anella Olimpica.

VRX will soon launch similar coverage of other great cities of Eastern, Western, and Central Europe, providing the travel industry and consumers access to the most extensive and compelling interactive visual content of Europe's top vacation destinations.

"Barcelona is a leading European vacation destination and with its addition to our Great Cities of Europe program, we can now offer both European and international travel intermediaries the best Web-friendly, visual content of Europe's top five vacation destinations," said David MacLaren, president and CEO of VRX.

VRX Studios is the world leader in producing and syndicating high quality, Web-ready visual content that educates, inspires, and compels travel consumers.

Leading travel brands like Expedia, Carnival, Walt Disney, Sandals, Virgin Holidays and many more rely on the stunning visual content to educate and engage existing and potential customers. Each month, millions of consumers interact with VRX's destination and hotel content in their search of the perfect vacation.

Visit GreatCitiesof Europe.com and vrxstudios.com.