Exchanging money in Barcelona can be a bit like choosing what to eat at your local Chinese buffet. Some of the options look perfect, some of them look sensible, some of them look really weird and some of them trigger alarm bells in the part of your brain designed to…
Montserrat is the spiritual and mystical heart of Barcelona and Catalonia. We’ve taken several trips there and experienced the amazing sights and secrets of the mountain retreat. Montserrat is a monastery with hundreds of years of history of clerics who came to the mountain for peace and spiritual reflection. The…
Barcelona is a city known for it’s food. Among the legendary plates that make visitors and locals drool are patatas bravas, a simple but delicious dish that makes the perfect partner for an ice-cold beer or a glass of agua con gas. We’ve caught ourselves comparing bravas to french fries,…
Fuzzy beards. Check.Dive bars. Check.Catalan culture. Check.Shiny new buildings. Nope. Barcelona’s Gracia neighborhood is an eclectic mix of young artists and old originals who’ve congregated in the old neighborhood to enjoy a haven of regional identity, good food and a patchwork of diverse squares which serve as the meeting point…
If you want good food, come to Catalonia. That´s the opinion of TripAdvisor reviewers who rated Girona’s El Celler de Can Roca the best restaurant in the world and Barcelona’s ABaC as the 16th best restaurant in the world in a the TripAdvisor 2014 Travelers’ Choice Awards released this week.*…
Two things we love: Barcelona and great stories about Barcelona. We’re not alone in our dual affections — Barcelona is a beloved stopover for travel bloggers around the world. This past year we’ve read dozens of posts about our beloved city. Like a protective big brother, we read these posts…
The average traveler knows Gaudi, maybe Domenech i Montaner and has probably never heard of Puig i Cadafalch. In one sense, this is great because Gaudi and was so thoroughly Catalan.In another sense, this isn’t so great because visitors miss out on Barcelona’s contemporary art scene. It’s like most of…
October, you sly dog, you. December gets the credit for being the grandaddy of all holiday months but we think October can give the yuletide month a run for its money. It’s hard to beat a period of thirty days in which the cooler temperatures of fall usher in a…
