Christmas is an ideal time of the year to walk around the streets of Barcelona, decorated with lights of every color and with a shaking commercial and social activity. Take advantge of this city...
Leisure and Culture
Sport facilities and gyms in Barcelona
If you like to be fit and do sports, one of the first things that you will want to find out when you get to Barcelona will be which sports facilities and gyms are located near your home or workplace...
Avenida Paralelo, the epicenter of the music-hall
This broad avenue that runs from the Plaza de la Carbonera, almost in the Barcelona’s dock, to Plaza de España (about 2.5 km long), was officially opened as a urban road on the October the 8th in...
Ski resorts near Barcelona
If you’re in Barcelona during the winter months and you are a skiing or snowboarding fan, for sure that this information about the skiing tracks and resorts closest to the city will be very...
The “Castanyada” and its traditions
The Castanyada is a Catalan folkloric festivity which is celebrated on the “Día de Todos los Santos” (All Saints’ Day or Day of the Dead) to honour and remember those who are no longer...
Mercado de la Boquería
We can’t keep talking about Barcelona without mentioning one of the most emblematic markets, La Boquería. The centrally located market (at your right going down La Rambla to the statue of Colón)...
Where to go to see flamenco dance in Barcelona?
One of the Spanish touristic attractions is flamenco dance and music. Although Barcelona is not one of the usual destinations to enjoy this part of our folklore, being more common to go to the south...
A day at the Tibidabo amusement park
The Parc d’Atraccions del Tibidabo or Tibidabo Amusement Park is, as the name indicates, an amusement park that stands on the Tibidabo mountain. The park was created by an entrepreneur by...
Culture and architecture come together in CaixaForum
CaixaForum is the social and cultural center of the Obra Social “La Caixa”, located in a former textile factory at the lower part of the mountain of Montjuïc, 5 minutes walking from the...
A bike route around Barcelona
The flat geography of the city of Barcelona makes it one of the most easily passable by bike in Europe, both throughout urban and natural areas. Along the coast of Barcelona you can circulate in your...
