Posts Tagged ‘Apartments in Barcelona’

Calçotadas: Catalunya’s best-loved feast!

Calçotadas: Catalunya’s best-loved feast!

Being half Catalan, I’m very excited to write about Calçotadas today. They are a national treasure, and in my opinion one of the best traditions we have: on any given weekend between the end of winter and the beginning of April, family and friends gather around a flaming barbecue and dip the roasted calçots – a very [...]

2011 resolution? Winter break in Barcelona – 20% off our apartments!

2011 resolution? Winter break in Barcelona – 20% off our apartments!

New Year’s is closing in on us, the bells chiming in the distance, a veritable army of grapes at the ready and clouds of resolutions settling over the city. We want to suggest you begin 2011 by planning a trip. The following selection of apartments proudly offer a whopping 20% off for both January and [...]

Heliogàbal Bar: Exhibitions to Jam Sessions.

Heliogàbal Bar: Exhibitions to Jam Sessions.

Nestled in the heart of hippy Gracia, the Heliogàbal – after Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ teenage name – is a beacon of light for all things creative.  With an unrivalled passion to weave art into the community, every evening at 21:00h, Heliogàbal wakes up, yawns, and welcomes culture vultures and thrill seekers alike into its [...]

Escalivada and Esqueixada: Go Native!

Escalivada and Esqueixada: Go Native!

Too close to lunchtime for me to be thinking of anything but food, my growling stomach has thrown me a gastronomic bone for the blog: two foodie favourites from Catalonia with love. Now popular all over the world, Mediterranean cuisine relies on an extensive range of mouth watering veggies – tomatoes, garlic, eggplant, artichokes and [...]

Anna Maria Maiolino at Fundació Antoni Tàpies.

Anna Maria Maiolino at Fundació Antoni Tàpies.

My New Year’s resolution is to invest in an articketBCN. There are some great exhibitions coming up in the New Year and I think it’s about time I stepped off the beaten track of free and into the high class word of Barcelona’s exclusive exhibitions. The small price of Barcelona’s museum pass will open many [...]

Tailor Made Barcelona. Oscar H. Grand.

Tailor Made Barcelona. Oscar H. Grand.

It’s often hard for the modern day gentleman to get his hands on a few decent threads. Fast fashion and throwaway trends are thought to have destroyed the art of bespoke garments and unique styling, what’s happened to the individual? What’s happened to the courageous charisma of kitsch and head turners? Too many things look [...]