In recent years, the celebration of Halloween has become very popular in Spain. It is very common to see children and adults dressed as witches, zombies or vampires in the street, but the tradition in Catalonia is that between October 31 and November 1, is to celebrate the Castanyada (chestnut festival). History tells us that …
Barcelona, archives of courtesy, shelter of the foreigners, hospital of the poor, father-land of the brave , vengeance of the offended and pleasant correspondence of firm friendship, and in site, and in beauty, unique. – DON MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Barcelona is an incredible city!The first time I visited it was back in 1996, on …
Still don’t know where to live in Barcelona? Here a short description os some districts: Ciutat Vella, the old town of Barcelona, is the historic center of the city. Formed by the four neighborhoods of Gótic, Raval, Born and Barceloneta. In it you can find some of the symbolic places of the city such as …
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it’s a woman who’s extremely vain. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Barcelona is simply beautiful. Whenever you look at it, there will be some spot that will take …
