Spain’s “second city” of Barcelona easily rates as one of the best cities to visit in Europe – it’s got historical sights, fantastic culture, delicious food, and you can even spend the day at the beach – what a great combination. If you’re planning your trip then check this list of ten things to do [...]
When exploring Barcelona, many people visit the beaches, La Sagrada Familia, and Las Ramblas. Barcelona is a unique city in Spain with its own culture in the region of Catalonia. When visiting this city, there are a lot of things to see that are unique to Spain itself. From its football clubs and the vital [...]
The city of Barcelona is of course renowned worldwide as one of the best cities to visit in Europe, partly due to its incredible array of sites of great historical interest. It’s hard to walk down any street without coming across some amazing building or an incredibly unusual piece of architecture, or a weird and [...]
Barcelona is world renowned as the location of several major colourful and exciting annual fiestas or festivals. These major tourist events are spread out throughout the year making it very practical to arrange a holiday or short trip to coincide with one of these events that can add enormously to a visitors enjoyment of this [...]
Barcelona is a city full of surprises, and I was certainly amazed to head underground in part of the City History Museum of Barcelona and find such a treasure trove. I stumbled across the “Conjunt Monumental Placa Del Rei” (Monumental Ensemble of the Placa Del Rei) without quite meaning to but I was glad I [...]
Barcelona is fun and lively, yet historical and intriguing, and on top of that, the weather’s usually pretty good. One surprise spot there for me and my Europe travel tip is the Museu Picasso, a surprisingly large collection of Picasso’s works from early times up to his Blue Period. The Museu Picasso is a great [...]
I stayed at the Hotel B in Barcelona for two nights on a blogger press trip in December 2009 as a guest of Turisme de Catalunya. The hotel prides itself on its fusion of avant garde style and cutting edge technology. I stayed there on the first and the third night of my trip, so [...]
If you love fresh fish and seafood you’ll love the vast array of species on sale at the Fish Market in La Boqueria in Barcelona. I was at there in December 2009 during the Catalanya Experience Blog Trip as we shopped for the ingredients for our Cook & Taste traditional cooking workshop. We needed shrimp, [...]
In my opinion one of the best ways to see this popular Spanish city is on a Barcelona Segway Tour. It was certainly my favourite activity during a blog trip to Catalonia, Spain 17 – 20 December 2009. I have to admit that I didn’t even know what a segway was before I read our [...]
If traveling to Barcelona, don’t miss out on a visit to the Boqueria Market, one of the city’s largest, public markets. There you’ll finds fruit, vegetables, seafood, meat, candy, breads and pastries presented in thousands of colors, shapes and sizes. You’ll be hit in the face with smells of every kind – from fish to [...]
