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Barcelona’s Best Markets That You Can Walk To
Enjoy Barcelona best Markets: buy local, unique and live an authentic experience No need for a hire car, no need for complicated directions, and all the best market vibes in walking distance from the city centre. With a mix of seasonal and permanent fixtures, famous Barcelona markets and some lesser-known newer arrivals we’ve rounded up the best markets in Barcelona centre all in walking distance from Hotel Continental. Mercat del Mercats (18 October 2019 to the 20 October 2019) Quite literally the Market of Markets, this is one of the best markets in Barcelona. A collection of the best Catalan producers, cava merchants, local stallholders and even some excellent gourmet…
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Top Things to Experience Barcelona in Autumn & Winter
Barcelona is a great city for enjoying in autumn and winter. Due to its good weather conditions and cultural life, the Catalan city will inspire you to live a perfect getaway. At Hotel Continental we celebrate the arrival of chilly weather with a 4-part series, exploring our favorite ways to experience Barcelona during these seasons. Whether you are a culture fan, foodie, music lover or sports enthusiast, the city will inspire you to get the most of it. Explore the Vibrant Cultural Life Barcelona is very well known by its active cultural life, but the autumn season is especially effervescent, with a good number of cultural exhibitions and music festivals…
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La Boqueria: The Best Fresh Products Market in the World
We recently learned that the US Cable News Network (CNN) had sent some of their journalists to visit one of our wonderful markets in Barcelona. Like thousands of other people every day, journalists strolled through the more than 300 stalls of fruit, meat and charcuterie, fish, dry fruit and even a countless of fresh and top quality products at the market of Sant Josep, known worldwide such as la Boqueria. In the middle of the bustle of las Ramblas by the House of Umbrellas (Casa dels paraigües) lays the best market in the world. And so they cataloged it very recently in the CNN world ranking of best markets of…
