Antoni Gaudi – genius or a crazed madman

Gaudi is one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish and Catalan architecture. Seen as the genius of the Modernist movement his work was not only a product of the social context of the time, but also of his own personality and devotion to the culture of Catalonia. Read more about Gaudi here: Gaudi, the [...]

Spanish weatherman sues over plastic surgery gaffe

Jose Antonio Maldonado, 64, presented daily weather bulletins on the national network TVE for 22 years, but he took early retirement last year after the simple operation to improve his looks went wrong. The operation known as blepharoplasty, should have been a simple one to remove droopy skin around the eyes making him look younger, but [...]
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Bread and Butter Trade Fair Barcelona

Barcelona will once again host on 21st, 22nd and 23rd January the most important trade fair for street fashion and urban informal wear worldwide. Wednesday will open the season of autumn and winter with Bread & Butter and thousands of visitors from around the world will flock to the city to not miss out on [...]

Alternative music in Barcelona

You already know this feeling: you wake up in the morning and you can´t get up from your lovely warm bed without music, you want to take a shower, but you can´t do it without switching on the radio, you drink a coffee to start the new day while you are listening to your favourite [...]
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Guardiola warns that Real Madrid can win “el clásico”

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola on Monday scoffed at suggestions by Real Madrid’s Bernd Schuster that the Spanish champions have no chance against their arch-rivals in this weekend’s ‘El Clásico’. “It’s not possible to win at the Nou Camp. Barça crushes everyone, it’s their year,” Schuster said late on Sunday after his club’s 4-3 defeat to Sevilla [...]
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Backpacking to Barcelona

Barcelona is a charming and magic city. Almost everyone has heard about it, whether it’s because they have read something about it in a book or because they’ve seen it in a film or maybe on television, or maybe because they have been there before. Barcelona is one of the most touristic cities in the [...]

Discovering the hidden Barcelona

Most visitors here in Barcelona, Spain generally stay within the ancient city walls. But many of the more interesting cafés, shops, and architectural sites here are in the newer neighborhoods. It’s easy to get there, although it helps to have a guide who knows their way around. But anyone can do it using the ultra-modern  transit system. All [...]

Spanish tapas: when tradition becomes food

Tapas are one of the most characteristic foods in the Spanish culinary culture. Some people assure that the tapa was born many years ago, when the Spanish king Alfonso 10th , known as the Wise,  had to eat small snacks between meals due to an illness. Another theory, which is quite realistic, tells [...]

Barcelona Extreme Sports Festival begins

The urban sports are in fashion and Barcelona, as an iconic city that embraces the latest trends, the Barcelona Extreme Sports Festival debuts on 11 and 12 October. This is an unprecedented festival in Spain. The event will take place at the Parc Del Forum in Barcelona and it will bring together the best [...]

Valencia Apartments , Eixample, Barcelona

This Neoclassic style building is located in the centre of the Eixample, a neighbourhood where you can enjoy the mix between the boulevards with little stores and the financial world of Barcelona. Read the rest of this post here: Pyrenees Travel Blog SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Valencia Apartments , Eixample, Barcelona", url: "http://www.whattoseeinbarcelona.com/valencia-apartments-eixample-barcelona/" });