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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 […]
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 […]
The end of September brings the annual La Mercé festival - a celebration of the city’s patron saint “Mare de Deu de la Mercé”. The festival welcomes the autumn months and trusting that the bad weather that has plagued this summer clears up, most of the fun will take place outside. This year there are […]
Probably Barcelona’s biggest and most colourful street party, the Festa de Gracia gets underway on 15th August for one week transforming the small streets into a festival of colour, music, food and dance. Barcelona’s most bohemian neighbourhood was once a village seperated from the city itself and the independent spirit is never in more evidence […]
Barcelona’s ever popular Grec Festival gets underway this weekend until the 5th August welcoming a wide variety of cultural acts to the summer sun. The curtain raiser is the Sant Joan celebrations tonight which involves copious amounts of fireworks to welcome the summer. This year, highlights will include concerts by Teresa Parodi, Lila Downs and […]
The Catalonian Moto GP takes place from 16-18 June and always proves one of the most popular rounds of the World Championship. The race, at the Circuit de Catalunya close to Barcelona, attracts holidaymakers and race fans with around 100,000 packed into the venue. Bikes reach speeds of up to 185 mph and the races […]
If the sintliating atmosphere of 98,500 fans witnessed last night at the Nou Camp has whetted your appetite, you can have a taste yourself when Barcelona take on Real Madrid in “El Gran Classico” on the 2nd April. Tickets for this match are always at a premium but if you bring enough hard cash, you […]
With the mild winter almost at an end, the Costa Caribe Marinepark opens the doors to its outdoor pools again in March. The Universal Studios owned Costa Caribe is a short drive from Barcelona and features the wildest water slides in Spain, a huge wavepool, beach and a covered area for cooler weather. The Port […]
Barcelona holds one of its most unusual celebrations this week as animals take to the steets to celebrate The Cabalgata dels Tres Tombs. The celebration lasts until the 28th of January and comemorates St Anthony with processions and blessings of animals in various districts around the city, the largest being in the district of Sant […]
The circus comes to Barcelona this weekend thanks to Mallorcan theatre company “Res de res” who will be showing their new play “Tempo”. The acrobatic display will be shown at the Mercat de les Flors (www.mercatflors.org) and is a circus themed play that will feature some spectacular stunts and live music. Tickets are €10 and […]
