Is Barcelona On Your Travel Wish List? If you’ve been reading these blogs even a little while, you know how much we love Barcelona. I happily spend my life convincing people to visit! This incredible city is Europe’s largest coastal city and different from all the others. The northeast of Spain—a region called Catalonia— where… Read More
Winter:
Hi there again! If I should tell my favorite period of the year in my home city, I am sure I’d say when the winter is starting towards the end of the year in Barcelona. When I lived abroad for a while, I couldn’t avoid thinking about the winter days in Barcelona. It was a… 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
Smells like Christmas when December begins. It is a month where there is a lot of activity –but also with some stops-, in Barcelona, not only related to what is going on around December 25th. There are also very interesting traditions that are really worth (and even useful!) to know. A bank holiday before Christmas! … Read More
Winter in Barcelona is anything but boring. Mild weather, less tourists and a host of winter activities to suit all ages. It’s time to enjoy the winter delights that the big city has to offer. There are plenty of things to do in Barcelona in winter! From parks, art, tradition and history – it will… Read More
Eating can be a pleasurable but also a funny experience. And travelling to Catalonia is a great chance to ratify this fact. The Catalan gastronomy offers a wide range of delicious dishes all over the year. But between January and March there are some that you can enjoy with a laugh. Here are some… Read More
February 12th marks the feast day of Santa Eulàlia and the beginning of the city’s winter festival. But who is Santa Eulàlia, besides the co-patron saint of Barcelona? Her name means “the one who speaks well”. Born in 290 Eulàlia was a brave 13-year-old virgin, who preferred to suffer martyrdom at the hands of the Roman… Read More