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Come to know and enjoy our close Raval neighborhood!
El Raval is diversity, color and charming corners to discover! The Raval neighbourhood, in the Ciutat Vella district, is located right in the centre of Barcelona and is home to around 45 different nationalities, which shows just how diverse its cultural richness can be. Anyone wishing to visit it will discover exceptional corners that you won’t find anywhere else in the city. Do you dare to ravalear? Yes, you read that right, it has its own verb. Dare to discover the other side of the Raval! Let the adventure begin! The neighbourhood’s location has allowed it to undergo an overwhelming transformation, from its beginnings as Barcelona’s Chinatown, located near the…
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3 Top Culture Barcelona Plans that you can’t miss!
3 cultural plans in Barcelona that you cannot miss! “Spring alters the blood”, a typical Spanish saying… and more these days that the advance in vaccination and the opening of restaurants at night until midnight is already being noticed. Good news that they are bringing life back to our streets and that invites you to enjoy our beautiful city with renewed enthusiasm. With the opening of the Hotel Continental Barcelona in La Rambla, we celebrate the progressive arrival of visitors and the enjoyment of good weather and the cultural, gastronomic and commercial offer of our city. In this post we are going to present you with three “must see” plans…
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Romantic Barcelona – The Couples Staycation Guide
Turn Your Date Night Into A Date Minibreak Hideaway under super-soft linen, rekindle the romance on a warm evening stroll, picnic under the trees in a secret park, and eat and drink your way from cozy café to cava by candlelight in our Barcelona guide for couples. We’ve put together some of our favorite Barcelona spots, and romantic ideas to help you plan the perfect couples minibreak. A Room for Romance – The fairy tale interiors at Hotel Continental and Hotel Continental Palacete are easy to fall in love with. Refreshed and ready to welcome guests, the Balcony Ramblas Rooms at Hotel Continental are a couple’s favorite with a polished…
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Hotel Continental Shopping Guide in Barcelona
Where To Shop In Central Barcelona? With its year-round tourist-friendly climate, the beautiful parks, dreamy architecture and of course, the exceptional cuisine, everybody knows that Barcelona is a great holiday city. But does Barcelona have good shopping? Is there more to buy than an FC Barcelona shirt with your name on the back and a bottle of cava? The short answer is a definite yes. From fashion to food and from artisan jewellery to handcrafted leather, Barcelona is a shopping dream. In our Barcelona shopping mini guide we’re going to show you the best places to shop in central Barcelona. What Is The Main Shopping Area In Central Barcelona? If…
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History in The Making at Hotel Continental
Preserving Our Heritage & Improving Guest Comfort Preserving the history of our heritage hotels is no easy task. What inspires us to ensure our Las Ramblas hotel and its rooms retain their storied charm for the next generation? Let us tell you a little about the work we have been doing at both Hotel Continental and Hotel Continental Palacete, and why we believe it is worth the effort to do it right. Hotel Continental Why It Matters Nearly a century has passed since one of Barcelona’s most famous historic hotels opened its doors, and it is seen a lot in its hundred-year history. In its earliest days during the Spanish…
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Winter Weekend in Barcelona
Barcelona Getaway Guide From Gaudi and gothic to cava and culture, our winter weekend guide is designed for the perfect Barcelona getaway. We’ve chosen some of our favourite destinations that are perfect for first-time Barcelona visitors and capture the essence of the Catalan capital. Best of all, winter is Barcelona’s quiet season, so you can soak it all in, enjoy some great Barcelona getaway deals, and avoid the queues. DAY ONE Plaça de Catalunya and La Rambla Start your day the right way with the generous buffet spread at Hotel Continental. Whether you’re an early riser, or you prefer a longer lie in, the hotel’s delicious buffet is a 24-hour…
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Four Family Friendly Barcelona Favourites
Barcelona With The Kids – Winter Guide If you’re planning a Barcelona break with the family this winter, then you’ll need to plan more than ‘looking at old buildings’ to win over the TikTok generation. So, we’ve rounded up four of our favourite kid friendly activities that are fun for the whole family, look great on Instagram, and will broaden their cultural horizons without them even realising. L’Aquàrium An oversized fish tank this is not. This is the kind of up close and personal ocean experience that is record breaking in size and marine diversity, with more underwater life in one space than you’re likely to see elsewhere. There are…
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Goodbye 2020 and Happy 2021!
We say goodbye to 2020 thanking despite “everything” the good news Today we leave 2020 behind, a totally unexpected year considering the way in which the arrival of Covid19 broke in and modified our lives. A global phenomenon that has caused a halt in world tourism and society as a whole. And despite this, we can and must always find a reason to be thankful. It is in difficult moments when we want to show and reinforce the best of ourselves. With this post we want to thank all the people, be they customers, team, family, friends, suppliers, banks, shops, restaurants and people from the neighbourhood … who have helped us to…
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Continental Palacete location of “Celos” the new single from NOITE13
More than 11.3k followers on Instagram & 128 M monthly listeners on Spotify! Souljah Jerome whose stage name is NOITE 13 has released a new single “Celos” (Jealousy in Spanish). In just 6 days already has almost 4,000 views on YouTube! It has been a great pleasure to be the scene of this new song that, as almost always, NOITE13 wants to convey a background message. With a somewhat transgressed, daring and unconventional staging, he manages to attract young audiences and achieve a great connection with them. “Jealousy is something they have wanted to impose on us …” The video, which you can see here, ends with a very interesting…
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The Continental, a hotel with a lot of history
Hotel Continental testimony of the golden age of hotels in the city and of history The Hotel Continental, located on La Rambla 138, in front of the Canaletas Fountain, has witnessed much of the city’s history portal since the end of the 19th century Discover in this documentary, made and broadcast by Betevé, the most relevant episodes of super history, the most illustrious guests and meet Our family of hotel tradition for almost 200 years! The golden age of the great hotels in Barcelona We transcribe here the text published on the Betevé website and from here we want to thank you for having dedicated a special program dedicated to…
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5 Reasons + 1 to visit Barcelona this autumn: you wont’ have any excuse!
Escape to Barcelona this Fall We know that we will have to live with Covid19 still some time and we also know that if our behaviour is responsible, everything will be fine. Fallen leaves of the banana trees, sea breeze on walks along the beaches, sunset from the Montjuïc National Palace, beer in good company, “chocolate and churros” on Petritxol street, shopping on Paseo de Gracia, visits to museums and wonderful places to enjoy in our beloved city Barcelona! Add here the whole list of the 5 relevant dates that await you in Barcelona between September and December. You no longer have an excuse to cheer up, overcome your fears…
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Barcelona Safe City
Common sense, responsibility, and trust Today, allow me to be the first-person narrator. I need to share with you the enormous concern that we Barcelonans feel about the alarming news released by our “authorities” which, as is usual in all the media, are amplified, dramatized, and try to search at all costs for the most negative side of things. To make us feel fear and desolation. In line with this, a few days ago, my friend Paula Fernández Ochoa wrote a post on LinkedIn that reproduced my thoughts in an exemplary way, here I share it with you: #ICannotNorWantMoreOfThisGarbage ?Enough is enough? There is no right on public television to…
