Montserrat is located 50 kilometers northwest of Barcelona. It is one of the most beautiful and admirable mountains in the world due to its abrupt and huge shapes. Its appearance impressive and threatening have created many legends around it. The impact it produces the first time you arrive at the mountain and contemplate the panorama is… Read More
Josep Altayó (Mataró, 1962) és Diplomat en Turisme per l’Escola d’Hostaleria i Turisme de Sant Pol de Mar (Universitat de Girona), s’especialitzà en direcció hotelera i fou director d’hotel a la cadena Guitart Hotels. Des de 1997, és director General de L’Agrícola Regional, S.A. (empresa que gestiona el complex de Montserrat) i Director General de… Read More
Fins on arriba el coneixement d’un guia de turisme? Sembla que no hi ha límits en tot el que hauria de saber. Per aquest motiu et proposem dos dies de formació que hem preparat amb molt carinyo i amb l’objectiu que sigui pràctic i enfocat a millorar la qualitat del servei de guia. En aquest primer… Read More
La Rambla is a main street situated in the center of Barcelona, with an important pedestrian part, which connects Plaça Catalunya to the Christopher Columbus monument. This large avenue is built on the bed of the former Malla stream. Walls and several convents were first built along this stream, but many were destroyed during an anticlerical riot in… Read More
Its wide offer of cultural events makes Barcelona worth a visit any time of the year. If you think that February is a calm, and even a boring month to spend some days in Catalonia’s main city, you are (luckily) wrong. It is in the middle days of February when one of the two main… Read More
Barcelona has a different atmosphere for each season of the year, not only the weather changes, but also what we like to eat. What doesn’t change is that every meal is taken quite seriously, it is the best moment of the day, around a table with your family and friends and, if you’re lucky and… Read More
A great way to enjoy even more your stay in Barcelona (if you visit the city during the first days of the year) is to know some curious traditions. Legends and myths that involve from The Three Kings or Three Wise Men of Bethlem to eating grapes at Midnight while wearing red underwear on New… Read More
On Saturday and Sunday 17-18 December Barcelona Guide Bureau participated one more year in the La Marató de TV3. This year we are very happy to announce than we collected more than 5.100 euros to give a financial boost to research on strokes and traumatic spinal cord and brain injuries. BGB superated all expectatives! This is… Read More
One of the most awaited moments of Christmas for the Spanish families is not Christmas Eve or New Year Eve but it is December 22nd. If we look at the calendar we won’t find any bank holidays on this day but it is a date in which the hopes and dreams of many are clearly… Read More
Barcelona has an antique and rich culture which is represented in a vast variety of customs. Traditions that in many occasions surprise the travellers that visit the city. Why not take a piece of this culture when you return home? In this article we recommend the top souvenirs that you should take home and the interesting history… Read More
