La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated for four days nearly at the end...
The biggest Christmas parade and celebration is the "La Cavalcada dels Reis d'Orient" (Catalan for the "Three Kings Parade" in English, or "Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos" in Spanish) or also known as the "Twelfth Night...
Circ Raluy is both a historic travelling circus and travelling museum of old circus caravans that is now one of Barcelona's Christmas traditions and brings a new show to town every year.
The Great Raluy Circus Show...
The Museum Marítim de Barcelona (Maritime Museum) is located by the waterfront in one of Barcelona’s finest landmark buildings: the Reials Drassanes, the medieval shipyards which are a unique example of civic Gothic a...
Discover Barcelona the easy way, a guided tour of the city on a segway, the personal transportation system designed to become a new way to efficiently and effortlessly go anywhere in the city with the minimum environm...
La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated for five days nearly at the end...
Aqualeon has a wide variety of water park rides for the whole family, as well as a safari, the latter can be enjoyed on the Safari Bus from which you can see up close: lions, Siberian and Bengal tigers, bears and jagu...
At Terres de l'Ebre, south of Catalonia, there are a variety of natural areas suitable for active tourism and adventure trekking, canyoning, climbing and observation, among others.
The idea of discovery which is al...
The European Balloon Festival takes place during the first fortnight of July in Igualada, 60km west from Barcelona, for four days (Thursday to Sunday) more than fifty hot air balloons fly the skies of this rural area ...
A trabucaire (tra-boo-ka-ee-rah) can be described as an "ancient Catalan bandit armed with a blunderbuss"
Catalan bandits already had a strong importance in the sixteenth century. It's banditry from 'the humble' be...
Catalan grub is quite different from the food of the rest of Spain. In Barcelona, the mainstay diet is typically Mediterranean, with an abundance of fish, legumes, and vegetables, the latter often served simply boiled...
Natupark is situated in 3 hectares of pine forest in Cerdanyola del Vallès, 20 km. (12 mi.) from Barcelona and is reachable by train (plus a short walk!). It also features 4 swimming pools and a restaurant. With wood...
Port Aventura is a theme park and a resort located 100 km. (62 mi.) south of Barcelona, in Salou, on the Costa Daurada. It attracts around 4 million visitors per year making it the most visited theme park in Spain and...
Piknic Electronic is about enjoying a day at the park listening to great DJ music on Sunday afternoons and evenings in Barcelona. Piknic Electronic is an outdoor open air electronic music and picnic festival for the ...
What are many of your Catalan friends doing next Sunday? From November to April, chances are they are meeting for a calçotada, a traditional party consisting mainly of eating calçots, that is, sweet onions typical fro...
More information:
http://www.skydiveempuriabrava.com/
http://www.castelloempuriabrava.com/ -Town Hall website
http://www.costabrava.org/en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Brava
How to get there from Barcel...
More information:
http://www.montsport.es/en/barranquismehorta/
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Bicycling in La Terra Alta
Horta de Sant Joan
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Consider something beyond just the simple "stand and gawp" tourism. Spain and Catalonia have a rich and varied culture that you should try to sample, for example, if you are visiting at the time of the astonishing (an...
Barcelona Bosc Urbà is a new concept in adventure; an urban adventure park. From now on, there is no need to leave the city to enjoy sports and adventure: zip wires, nets, creepers, bungee jumping, suspension bridges ...
La Foixarda, located in Montjuïc in Barcelona, is a climbing area perfect for climbing in Barcelona. It's an indoor climbing wall where you can rent equipment (harness and climbing shoes).
It also has an outdoor a...
The Aquàrium de Barcelona is an aquarium located in Port Vell, a harbor in Barcelona. The 35 aquariums at the facility are home to 11,000 animals representing 450 species, and an 80-meter (260 ft) underwater tunnel. ...
This competition is held annually to nominate the best amateur group in the city. The date vary from year to year so keep an eye on the official website (below) for the next edition.
WHEN?: it varies, check website...
Note: despite appearances, skating is forbidden in this square! Barcelona's Guardia Urbana (City Police) is quite tolerant about this, but still, if an officer wants to, you can be fined (Chap. IV of the Ordenança Mun...
"Discovering Barcelona, a travel guide for teens"...
is the ultimate guide to the wonderful city of Barcelona but with a twist: it does not aim to be a typical tourist guide covering only monuments, museums and other...
Barcelona’s biggest ornamental fountain, which was built in 1929 for the International Exhibition, offers a spectacular display of music, water acrobatics and lights which generate over 50 kinds of shades and hues. Th...
Discover a new way to adventure tourism in the county of l'Empordà in la Costa Brava, the Segway, a motorized two-wheeled vehicle that allows us to discover and explore the environment in a very nice, comfortable and ...
This season we can enjoy the Kitesurf and Hydrofoil board, the new sensation to glide over the water. Some do it in one of the best places in the world for this sport, the beach in Sant Pere Pescador, accompanied by S...
The Costa Brava is the perfect place for water activities. This time we are going to the beatiful town of Palamós to discover this fantastic water activities on beautiful waters.
The audio is in Catalan yet the vid...
More information:
Passeig de Gràcia fact file
http://www.paseodegracia.com/en/shopping-en/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeig_de_Gr%C3%A0cia,_Barcelona
http://www.02b.com/en/notices/2012/12/barcelona_s_golden_...