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Barcelona with little ones…

Planning trip with the little ones…

If you`re planning to come soon to Barcelona with your little ones, that`s great…Barcelona offers a diversify of the leisure not only for adult tourists, there gona be fun as well for your children. Pools, amusement arcades, zoos, theme parks and aquatic attractions … A world of fun for little ones to enjoy and have the best memories. The hotels in Barcelona are well prepared to receive whole your family. Sometimes better option for accommodation in Barcelona is to get a Tourist Apartment. They are spare in whole of the city, they usually well equipped that your kids can fill almost like at home.
Here are some of the propositions to spend the greatest time with your children in one of the most special cities in the world!
ALIEN ZONE
In Alien Zone you will enjoy a spectacular adventure: a futuristic world surrounded by mist and mazes with ramps, lights and sounds, passages and enemies … and a laser gun to defeat them all. After receiving the instructions of the game master and get computerized vests begin to feel the adrenaline. Squeeze the most of your senses and get maximum points. Children between three and seven years old have to go with an adult. From that age have to do the trip alone.
PARC D´ATRACCIONS TIBIDABO

The place with the best views of the city opened in 1901 with attractions that are already worthy of museum and as such are presented in different spaces: the Automata Museum, the Aeromàgic, the Tibi-Air … Also known as The Muntanya Màgica, has attractions and venues for all tastes and ages: New Park, the roller coaster of Europe’s largest water, the DiDiDaDo, a four-dimensional cinema, the Pndol, an articulated arm to free fall … You can go on the Tram Blau, the Tibidabo funicular at the railway or Tibibus
MUSEU DE LA XOCOLATA

The origin of chocolate, its arrival in Europe and its spread on the continent are some of the data we meet in our visit to the Museum of the Chocolate. It is the first equipment of its kind in Catalonia and was made possible through the efforts of Confectionery Guild of Barcelona. The treatment of the chocolate through the ages and different peoples, the containers used in ancient times, the influence of chocolate in the world of advertising, a traditional pastry tour … And, in the museum’s own shop you can buy any of their products or participate in some of their activities, such as different workshops for children, birthday parties, the workshop lollipop or chocolate tasting.
I WILL PUT SOME MORE INFO ABOUT THE FUNNY PLACES FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES SOON…

A hotel room

Solid place for sleeping must meet clear standards. Therefore, not every motel or guest house is enough for the elite. Such people need the extra amenities which can be found in luxury hotels or apartments, which not only are better equipped, but also more convenient.

They also often have a good location. This is important so that you can reach the city center. In addition, exclusive apartments and hotels often have personalized parking spaces, so that is where I leave the car after reaching the hotel. The hotel staff provides a clean room and tourist information, which can be very useful.

It should however be taken into account a number of additional cases such as this, for how many people you need accommodation. Depending on what you will need to rent a hotel room or a whole a-couple-of-bedroom apartment. Because while hotels are usually large, and spaces in them is a lot to choose from, the better ones, the worse, more ordinary, smaller or larger.

In addition, large cities like Barcelona often have after a number of hotels to choose from, so you can choose the one, which has the best location and high standard. The very functioning of several of the premises causes the competition in the market, through which all the hotels are trying to build up the quality of its services and facilities available for rent.

BCN THE BEST OF…

BARCELONA THE BEST OF…

This fantastic city has so much to offer to visitors that you have to create a clear picture in your mind if you want to succeed in visiting everything as you’ve planned. Carefully choose your accommodation in Barcelona to make your trip exciting and easy in the same time. You´ve got huge offer the hotels in Barcelona so decide to stay in one which is well located respect the things that you wanna to see. This beautiful city is absolutely spectacular, so here are a few of the places that must be on your list; if you want to understand the true spirit of Barcelona, visit these places and you will have the kind of experience that can never be forgotten.

La Sagrada Familia

The jewel of Antoni Gaudi’s work is the icon of the city, even though he couldn’t finish it. What tourists love to do is to climb the steps leading to a tower in each of the facades; this offers them a perfect view of the architectural splendor and of the city.

La Rambla

La Rambla is the street that never sleeps; it is always packed with street performers and pavement bars which serve the famous tapas.
Catalunia’s National Art Museum

Those who are in love with art will adore this place, which is a celebration of Catalan Art. Main attractions of the museum are the objects designed by Antonio Gaudi and Romanesque Collection.

The Montjuic Gardens

Ideal place to escape of the city’s noise. In the Montjuic gardens you will be surrounded by lush vegetation in the middle of civilization; is the perfect place for a meeting with your thoughts, as the views that surround you are extremely relaxing.

L’Eixample

The place where the buildings have exquisite modernist facades which please the eye of the tourist.

Museum Picasso

The Picasso Museum is the perfect place to spend a few hours surrounded by his genius work and by his ideas.

The Santa Maria Mar Church

This Gothic Church shows us how the Spanish people adore religious. Visit and you will understand why…

Park Guell

The park is a place full of good taste and architectural magic. You will adore.

Camp Nou

A pearl of the city is the football club which plays on the famous Camp Nou Stadium. You will have a great experience along with the other 100,000 spectators and understand the fighting of Spaniards.

The Maritime Museum

The sea occupies an important place in Spain`s history, visit this museum to better understand all the past events.

Hotel in Barcelona – big or small?

There are so many hotels in Barcelona that if you are to choose one, it takes ages for you to decide which one is the best for you. You can choose from the most luxurious ones up to the cheapest rooms at the hostels. The most known hotels, however, are those which by the mean of being so recognizable in their visual form, contribute to city´s architecture. Let us take W Hotel located on the shore. The first thing that you see when you are already on the plane is that avant-garde hotel. The same happens with Hotel Barceló Raval with its modern shape it catches your attention immediately, Hotel Arts Barcelona which looks like a New York skyscraper or contemporary designs like Hotel Me and Hotel Princess.

But is it necessary for a hotel to be over 50-floor-high to be the best one? Obviously not. There are so many minute hotels in Barcelona. Sometimes you pass by and you do not even realize that this building is a hotel. This is the case, for example, of a cosy little Bed&Breakfast called Boutique Barcelona hidden in an old tenement house from 1894. The building is inhabited by Barcelonians, but one floor is adapted to receive the tourists like You. What distinguishes this place from the other hotels in Barcelona? This is the unique atmosphere that you cannot expect in grand hotels in Barcelona. When you are alone, in a new city the anonymity of big hotels does not help you to feel comfortable. What does facilitate your anxiety in a new place is a familiar atmosphere where you know all the staff, where the staff knows you by your name and whre you can obtain a personal attention in every matter.

Boqueria Market Barcelona

There’s nothing more sweet and amazing than find accommodation in Barcelona next to the one of the most famous market place in whole Europe. Possibility to buy a fresh and quality products in a walk distance from the hotel will make unforgettable your days in Barcelona. Traditional market offering everything you need to cook each meal.
Urban Bazaar is also known under two names, Mercat de Sant Josep or Mercat de la Boqueria. The history of urban markets in Barcelona dates back 1217 years, when the bazaar was used as a meat market. Since 1470 years the market grew in importance as a place for trade in pigs throughout Catalonia, then named the Mercat Bornet markets. In 1794, as amended by the name of the bazaar, the Mercat de la Pall, he was the auxiliary bazaar, not officially registered, whose job was to make the traffic on the main bazaar of the city Plaça Nova. In the early nineteenth century, when the La Rambla began to form massive slaughterhouses and fish shops, had substantially increased turnover of goods at La Boqueria. The situation has caused the destruction of the existing building and build a new bazaar. Construction work lasted from 1840 to 1853, the design of the building changed several times. In 1911 he built and opened a new market hall for the sale of fish, and in 1914 La Boqueria covered with metal and glass roof.
Today, this bazaar is one of the largest shopping destinations in Barcelona, and one of the attractions. You can’t forget about this special place on your list of the important things to see in Barcelona. Around the market place you can find many of the most beautiful hotels in Barcelona and is just the best area to get accommodation in Barcelona. Is the historic neighborhood with a really special atmosphere.

Holidays in Barcelona – alone or with company?

No matter where you go, it’s important with whom you go. Take this into account when you plan your holidays in Barcelona. The main thing is to establish the rules before a trip. Only well-chosen company will guarantee you a truly relaxed holiday. Barcelona itself guarantees you a pleasant holiday, now it is up to you whether you will have fun here or not.

Every year the same thing: the place to go is already chosen, the plans are made and now the crucial decision must be chosen with whom to go on holiday. With friends?  With your mom? Or maybe this year alone? The hardest thing is probably to go alone. Not only do you need to carry a suitcase and stay conscious not to miss the transfers from an airplane to a train, but also you’re forced to escape from the importunate candidates for summer love. I cannot really imagine a holiday with your mum.  The conflicts erupt again and one of you will have to finish the holiday earlier. Similar dangers wait for the couples who go together for holiday.  Although they spend together every minute of their holiday, in the end they think it has not been what they expected.  It seems that the safest option is to go with a your closest friends – you know each other, so nothing bad will surprise you, and you have the chance to multi-day event, so many times you could not meet because you did not have time to do it. Now you can go together to Barcelona and enjoy your company there.

An imprescindible service

A good hotel does not need five stars, golden cutlery and gold-plated taps in the bathrooms. It definitely needs to offer access to the Internet. Preferably for free.

In many cases, the decisive criterion for the selection of hotels is free and unlimited Internet access. Other conditions are not that important.

The Internet is today a medium without which most of us could not do without. Why is it in any way unpleasant, but there is nothing to hide the truth-we cannot in the vast majority of cases do without the Internet. We feel without it as without hands. Internet slowly, over the years has managed to dispatch to our consciousness. In the beginning it was not that common, which meant that you could survive without it. But then consequently it conquered our homes and minds. We check emails, read news from the world (the political, cultural, sport and social events), we play online with other people, make payments and bank transferences, talk with friends from abroad through various communicators, and some of us even work through Internet. This whole long list, which after all could have multiplied almost indefinitely, perhaps most clearly shows how important for us the Internet is.
A few years ago – you might be surprised by it. Today the office is where exactly the employee is with his cell phone and notebook. From anywhere in the world, if there is Internet access, you can download the mail, prepare the offer, report, or make – usually very cheap – a voice or video call with family or friends.

They say that the season to be jolly has arrived to Barcelona…

Here in Barcelona there are a lot of traditions for Christmas time.  They might be a little bit different of what we are used to, but different is not bad, is just DIFFERENT.

In most of the world we have the traditional Santa Claus.  You know, the fat man with the bear that brings the good kids presents.  He arrives December 24 at midnight and leaves our presents under the Christmas tree, and afterwards eats the cookies and milk we leave him.  Some countries think Santa Claus comes from the North Pole, others from Madrid.  Basically the story is more or less the same.

Here in Catalonia the story is more different.  They have what is called “Caga Tío”.  It is a piece of wood that people dress up in Christmas clothing and the night of Christmas they  hit it with a wood stick and sing a traditional song asking for presents.  The “Caga Tío” literally pops the presents for the kids.  For those that have behaved, he gives candy, toys or nice things, and for those that have been bad get Charcoal. 

Also the traditional dinner on Christmas Eve, you know, the one with the big turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, etc, it’s not so traditional in Catalonia.  It’s more a tradition acquired because of the big immigration that Catalonia has received from the rest of Spain.

San Esteban´s day, is one of the most important meals of Christmas time in Catalonia, is the day of the big meal.  Traditional people eat the traditional Canelones made of the leftover of the Christmas night meal. The Canelones have become one of the Christmas symbols for Catalonia.  It is celebrated on December 26.

Catalonia is full of traditions, we invite you to explore then and enjoy them.

Tips for your travel

Holiday is a time of joy, the winter holidays, when we’re ready to drag and spend holidays in a resort in the country or abroad.

Therefore, your concern about foreigners during the journey is dangerous as it may be natural and is very natural to want to protect your own person, and assets that you took with you on a trip.

Nobody wants to ruin their vacation because of acts of theft, money or other property left in the hotel room …

Here are some tips that can prevent such troubles:

To protect your own person:

Hotel room door must be closed permanently. When you back in the room, from your walking during the day, do not forget to close the door lock with key or a chain and use it with confidence for your safety. Better to be precautious from the beginning than to be sorry later …

When you leave your hotel room, close the door behind you and close it completely. Make sure you’ve done this. Before leaving the front door, try it, to make sure that you have not twisted the key for nothing.

Do not open the door to strangers! Use the viewfinder to see who is in front of your door. If you have not used the services of hotel staff, it is not wise to trust people who claim to be part of the hotel and staff and who present themselves at the door of your room to solve various problems.

If you are unsure, call reception to check the identity of the person who rang at the door. If you are informed that everything is okay, open the door, but do not let the chain of safety added for your protection.

Check all doors and windows in the room every time you enter and leave the room and make sure they are tightly closed and locked. This tip is especially useful if the “live” during your stay on the ground or some lower floors of the hotel.

Have a great time in Barcelona!

Meeting with Dali…

Meeting with Dalí…

This two-day trip to the “Dali Triangle” between Púbol, Figueres and Port Lligat is an unforgettable pilgrimage for all lovers of Salvador Dali.
The medieval castle Púbol (Casa-Museu Castell Dalí from 15 March to 14 June and from September 16 to November 1 Tuesday to Sunday 10.30-17.15, from 15 July to 15 September daily from. 10.30-19.15, admission 6 Euro), an eccentric genius who arranged for his painting muse Gala. The palace, which looks more like a castle, decorated by amazing furnitures, paintings, drawings and other gifts for his eccentric master of women. The most attractive place of the monument is strange garden with statues of elephants with spiders’ legs, and the main point of the program is of course the diva’s dressing room.

Second station on the route is the Museum of Figueres Teatre-Museu Dalí (July-September daily from 9-19.15, October-December Tuesday to Sunday, 10.30-17.15, admission 10 euros), one of the most visited museums in Spain. World-renowned artist and eccentric Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was born in Figueres. In the old theater, Dalí created his monument – a giant surreal masterpiece. The building crowned with concrete eggs hidden throughout a fantastic world of the surrealists, from early work by the spectacular installations until recent works. The fact that Dalí had buried here, contributed to a considerable extent, that the museum has gained a cult character.

Continuing the journey to Port Lligat, magnificent landscapes of northern Costa Brava, with a steeply descending to the sea cliff walls, often full of ravines, which open in quiet bays. You can spend the night in the beautiful town on the coast. Cadaqués offers you charming experience, romantic lanes, idyllic squares and terraces. The town was a meeting place for different artists, the regular guests were here Dalí, Picasso, García Lorca, Man Ray or Magritte. Until today, Cadaqués with the galleries, cafes and museums, is considered a different type of holiday destination.

Dali residence in the Port Lligat (Casa Museu Dalí, from 15 March to 14 June and from September 16 to January 6 Tuesday to Sunday, 10.30-17.10, from 15 June to 15 September , daily 10.30-20.10, admission 8 euros. Note: A limited number of visitors, be sure to reserve no more than three and six days earlier in the summer, phone 972 25 10 15, fax 972 25 10 83 pllgrups@dali-estate.org) is located in a small cove between the fishing boats and olive groves. You can find the scenery and light that inspired artist. In the complex maze, created by six fishing houses. Dalí and Gala live from 30 to 60 years the twentieth century. You can find here Dali´s atelier, private rooms, library and fanciful garden.

Being there you have to make a trip to the lunar landscape in a nature reserve of Cap de Creus. Ok. 10 km from Port Lligat is located northwest tip of Spain. Next to the lighthouse you can enjoy a dinner on the terrace of the small restaurant … which serves a goog food with a unforgettable esthetic experience.