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Poetry at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Barcelona apartments: The Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona organizes poetry readings
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona fosters debate on and awareness of themes related to contemporary architecture and urban planning, as well as encouraging studies on the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and on the Modern Movement. In accordance […]

Barcelona says goodbye to the summer with the Mercè

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Barcelona apartments: Barcelona during the Mercè 
Once again Barcelona says goodbye to the summer with the Mercè. This year, the celebrations will last for more than a week: from Friday 19 to Sunday 28 September.  During these days there are more than 600 events planned, combining musical tradition, street shows, dance, theatre, cinema, circus, cultural diversity and […]

Summer Theatre Festivals in Spain

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Barcelona apartments and  Badajoz apartments: Mérida Classical Theatre Festival and Grec Festival 2008 in Barcelona
Towns, gardens and historic locations undergo a summer transformation to host their annual theater festivals. This is the chance to enjoy the great classics in an unusual way: outdoors and in very special settings.
Mérida Classical Theatre Festival
A new edition of the […]

Sonar ´08 in Barcelona

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Barcelona Apartments: Advanced Music and Multimedia Art during Sonar ´98 in Barcelona
This year is Sónar’s 15th anniversay and the festival is still a tree with a thousand and one infinitely intersecting branches. It is a multifaceted reality that has room for many other realities on different levels, at different speeds. The Sónar 2008 program exudes […]

Grec ´08 in Barcelona

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Barcelona Aparments: Dance, Music, Theatre, and Circus during Grec ´08 in Barcelona
Summer is back in Barcelona and so it is Grec ´08. The Barcelona Festival will run from June 25th through August 2nd. Here are my recommendations:
Theatre
Historia del Soldat
Significantly, a fable has been chosen to open the 2008 Grec Festival: a contemporary reworking of Stravinsky’s […]

Primavera Sound 2008 in Barcelona

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Barcelona Apartments: Primavera Sound 2008 fills the city with good independent music
Estrella Damm Primavera Sound 2008 will take place in Barcelona between the 29th and the 31st of May. The artistic line-up will follow the same quality level as in past editions, the festival has always concentrated its energy on offering the chance to see […]

Picasso’s friends on vacation in Barcelona

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Meanwhile Picasso visits Madrid, his friends are on vacation in Barcelona. The Museu Picasso in Barcelona presents Pablo Picasso’s personal collection of art works. There are over one hundred works - including some forty paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, Rousseau, Braque, Matisse and others - gathered together over a whole lifetime paints. You can visit this […]

Travelling to Barcelona with kids

Monday, January 7th, 2008

If you are planning to visit Barcelona with your kids, I recommend you to check out Emma’s site: Kids in Barcelona. I has all the information you need about parks, theatre, museums and activities that you can do with your children. Rent your apartment in Barcelona and visit the Museu Nacional del Art de Catalunya […]

Venetian art in Barcelona

Friday, December 14th, 2007

If you would had been a tourist in the 18th century you would had visited Venice, the European city which was considered to be setting a number of trends. But, since you live in the 21st century, your destination is Barcelona, a city that recognizes Venetian art re-tracing its creativity in the exhibition `Business and […]

The Barcelona World Race will race 25,000 miles across the world

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

The Barcelona World Race, a new two-handed, non-stop round the world yacht race has started. The world’s best professional sailors from both solo and fully crewed disciplines come together to compete against each other in teams of two. They will race 25,000 miles over three months across the world in high-performance IMOCA Open 60 monohulls. […]