Spring & Summer Things To Do in Barcelona. With temperatures hitting the high twenties and evenings getting longer, spring and summer Barcelona is the best time for after sunset dining, Cava in the sunshine and evening street strolls. To ensure you get the most of your visit and see Barcelona like a local, here’s a few pointers on what’s not to be missed. Parks & Gardens Park Güell – Easily reached by metro or bus, Park Guell is not just a popular destination for visitors in search of the most Instagram-worthy shot, it’s also a bit of a hot spot with the locals. The park designer Gaudi, a well renowned…
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3 Things You Didn’t Know About The Spanish Civil War
Go back in time, a little over eight decades, and Spain was beginning one of the most tumultuous periods of its history. And while visitors coming for the paella, tapas and flamenco might not know all the details, La Guerra, continues to have a long-lasting impact on the nation. What began as a military coup in 1936 became a three-year civil war resulting in the death of nearly half a million people and dramatically changing the political climate in Spain. While the fighting was essentially two-sided, a battle between democracy and fascism, it was far from that simple. The parties involved were a mix of ideologies and political perspectives including…
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Unmissable Architecture In Barcelona – Alternative Guide
It’s no surprise Barcelona is a Top 10 Most Instagrammed City again in 2017. With some of the most iconic, beautiful and surprising streets in Europe, Barcelona is an architectural wonder. Old blends in with new or juxtaposes in dramatic fashion as you round the corner. Take a walk through the streets of Barcelona and discover bold Gothic mansions and distinctive and unique Modernista masterpieces all within a block. Whether you’re planning an architecture homage or just wanting to join the crowds and get your own like-worthy photos, here’s our architecture unmissable guide for Barcelona. The guide is designed to highlight some of the Barcelona jewels of architecture that go…
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Barcelona for Christmas | Catalan Traditions
CATALAN TRADITIONS FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas is a special season in Barcelona: the lights cover the city and despite the chilly weather, the city invites to take a stroll along the streets. If you are staying in Barcelona for this holiday season, here we give you the best tips to understand Catalan traditions! CITY OF LIGHTS AND MARKETS Although the Christmas period officially starts the 8th of December with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Christmas lights normally turn on during the end of November, illuminating the entire city with beautiful colors. Is the time to strolling around Barcelona streets with a warm chocolate in your hands or going to…
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Celebrate Sant Joan 2017 in Barcelona
If you are in Barcelona this Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June, remember to bring the earplugs. And if not the fireworks and noisy firecrackers will remind you! Apart from this small inconvenient of easy remedy, it is good know that in Barcelona, each one lives the verbena of Sant Joan in its way. All you need to do is walk the streets and get carried away among the different popular celebrations. In addition, this year, the Nit de Sant Joan is celebrating its 50th anniversary since the Flame of the Canigó first arrived to agermanate the Catalan peoples. The Bonfires The Flame of the Canigó arrives at noon in…
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In a Glimpse: A Night Out in Barcelona and The Night of Museums 2017
These nights of May in Barcelona are being delightful. However, when you are visiting us in the middle of November, even begining of December, Barcelona throw open its windows when the sun goes down, and it is not disappointing you either. Since we ever started this blog, two out of three posts are related to plans during the day in Barcelona. Truth is that (when you feel like it) the nightlife in here is so much tempting as well! You can start the afternoon rambling up and down the Ramblas, break into the Old Town towards the Cathedral and reach Plaça de Sant Jaume. The sun is setting down but you…
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Feria de abril de Catalunya is back
Over the 60s and 70s it took place in Spain a major demographic shift. For workers in Andalusia, Catalonia became the land of opportunity. Even such was the number of immigrants installed that (exaggeration) Catalonia came to be considered “the ninth province” of Andalusia. It is for this reason that for 45 years it has been celebrated in Catalonia one of the most colorful and authentic fairs of Sevilla, La Feria de Abril. Until May 1, you are given the opportunity to unleash the flamenco in you in this 46th FERIA DE ABRIL DE CATALUNYA. And for the last 12 years, this 2017 edition is held at the Parc Forum in…
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Black Novel in Barcelona: BCNegra 2017
Until February 4, BCNegra is being held in Barcelona. We quickly tell you what it is about, its intentionality and all those writers and collaborators who support another year (it’s been 12 years already) this week of intrigue, mystery and much more. It is the festival dedicated to the black novel, created in Barcelona in 2005 under the commissioner Paco Camarasa, who after twelve years in command has recently announced that this 2017 is his last year in charge of this love story between Barcelona and the black novel (according to words of Camarasa), alleging health issues. In four days, the black calendar in the city is featuring: The ‘dark’…
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Scaramouche The Musical
Literally meaning “small and quick quarrel”, the Catalan Theatre company Dagoll Dagom fine-tunes the thrust in this new musical, a homage to the swashbuckling film with the French Revolution as a backdrop. Two swordsmen perform a millimeter choreography on stage. Swords caress, feet dance, arms defying gravity. The public does not lose detail, sitting on the edge of the chair, in a throbbing silence. If either of the swordsman had used his sharp weapon towards the sitting area, he could cut off the tension at that moment. Mighty good. Scaramouche is a comedy musical directed by Joan Lluís Bozzo and starring Toni Viñals, Ana Sanmartín, Ivan Labanda and Mireia Mambo.…
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SUNDAYS ARE FREE IN BARCELONA: EL BORN CC I MEMÒRIA
There are no boring Sundays in Barcelona! Our proposal for this Sunday in Barcelona is EL BORN CULTURAL AND MEMORIAL CENTER Why visit EL BORN CC I MEMÒRIA? If you are keen on archaeological sites and getting to know the history of the city you are visiting or your own home place, the Born CCM is a must. It is a cultural space with museum that exhibits the ruins of the district of La Ribera in a restored market of 19th century. Historical space The building of this former El Born Market (1876) hides in its bowels an archaeological site of streets and houses in Barcelona of the 1700s. The find…
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The Largest Manga in its History
Next weekend October 29, in the aftermath of Barcelona Oktoberfest, it will take place the XXII Barcelona Manga Fair. In Plaça Univers as well as in the same area known as the exhibition center of Montjuïc -one of the world’s most emblematic urban venues. From our Hotel Continental Barcelona and Continental Palacete it takes barely 20min to reach Pl.Espanya (Metro L3). Although tickets for that weekend are already sold out, don’t panic, the fair will continue until Tuesday 1. (And the tickets offices will open Monday 31st and Tuesday 1st). No matter how much the venue grows in square meters every edition, because year after year the Manga Salón is…
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EXHIBITION: PUNK – Its Traces in Contemporary Art
This July MACBA museum (Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona) is celebrating the exhibition of PUNK – Its Traces in Contemporary Art. In fact, already from last May the MACBA is offering a tour all along the punk artistic movement and its influence in contemporary art. This July, the exhibition is specially lived with a programme in which every Thursday and in different formats as multiple documentary traces, photographs, video and painting the PUNK Art is depicted. Placing ourselves in the story line, we can say that punk art is found coming from 1976 and 1978 in London and New York. It appeared as a response to the social and…
