by Hotel Continental | Jul 17, 2015 | Barcelona, Hotel Continental
One of the greatest British writers of all time, Eric Arthur Blair spent more than a few days in Barcelona. Better known by his pen name George Orwell the novelist was born in Bengala, British colony, in 1903. Orwell arrived in Barcelona in 1936 to be sent to the...
by Hotel Continental | Jul 6, 2015 | Barcelona
One of the recommended tours this summer in Barcelona is a ride along the coast in the famous Golondrinas of Barcelona. The Golondrinas “swallows ” are a tourist steamships that started in 1888 on the occasion of the first World Exhibition in Barcelona....
by Hotel Continental | Jun 12, 2015 | Motor
Is now beginning the Grand Prix of Catalunya MotoGP. On 12th,13th and 14th June will be held at the Montmelo circuit. After two of the most emblematic Grand Prix starts in Les Mans and Mugello, the caravan motorcycle reaches the Circuit de Catalunya. Moto GP race this...
by Hotel Continental | Jun 9, 2015 | Music
Next July is time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first concert of the Beatles in Barcelona. It was in 1965 when the British Pop Rock band landed in Spain and performed in the Catalan city for the first time on July 2nd. Now 50 years later the Sant Jordi Club...
by Hotel Continental | May 19, 2015 | Festivals
Fusion of music, sea views and the finest audiences In barely two weeks it will take place one of the music festivals branded as an unavoidable event in Europe: the Primavera Sound of Barcelona. The Festival poster became public for the first time in a hidden...
