Posts Tagged ‘things to do in barcelona’

Scenic Walking Barcelona: Fancy getting back to nature?

Scenic Walking Barcelona: Fancy getting back to nature?

Barcelona is a great city stop off if you want to throw a bit of diversity into the mix. This sinful city is best known for its bizarre beautiful beaches and its eclectic international crowds, whilst the city sights lure in the tourists who swoon over its charming design and distinctive heritage. I think it’s [...]

Shopping, dining, dancing in Maremagnum

Shopping, dining, dancing in Maremagnum

The Maremagnum is a big American style mall in the heart of Barcelona. You will find many shops, but also restaurants, attractions, nightclubs, pubs, and much more. This emblematic shopping centre is located in Port Vell, where the Ramblas meet the sea. Very popular in Barcelona, it attracts both local and tourists with many facilities [...]

Day trip to Girona!

Day trip to Girona!

Girona is a beautiful city situated nearly a hundred kilometres north east of Barcelona. This modern city boasts many monuments and hotspots for tourists. We highly recommend you take a day trip to Girona during your stay in Barcelona. You can catch a train from Barcelona Sants Station, a return ticket will cost you nearly [...]

Barcelona Zoo: Have a GRRREAT time, kids!!

Barcelona Zoo: Have a GRRREAT time, kids!!

Founded in 1892, the Barcelona Zoo is one of the oldest but at the same time one of the most modern zoos in the world. It is located in a magnificent garden, covering 13 hectares of Ciutadella Park and containing a collection of approximately  7 500 individual animals belonging to more than 400 species from [...]

Beauty and the Beach: Another reason to come to Barcelona!

Beauty and the Beach: Another reason to come to Barcelona!

The Blue Flag awards held every year to prize the world’s best beaches have taken place and Spain once again leads the world with 493 of them! This represents international leadership, with one in every six blue flags that light the world located on the Spanish coast – and also in Barcelona! The criterion to [...]

Awe-inspiring: The Sagrada Familia

Awe-inspiring: The Sagrada Familia

Barcelona disposes of a rich architectonic heritage, and the most well-loved of Modernist symbols is the “Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia” (in English, Expiatory Church of the Holy Family). It is also known as “The Cathedral of the poor”, due to the homonymous picture of the modernist painter Joaquim Mur. It features a big [...]