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Category: Cultural Gems

Beering BCN: A Guide To Barcelona’s Three Most Popular Beers

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Summer is nearly hear. Temperatures are climbing. The sun is beaming. That means only one thing: BEER! The ice-cold golden god of cheap drinking is one of Barcelona’s specialties.  Your trips to the local watering hole will usually include a bottle of Moritz, Estrella Damm or San Miguel – Barcelona’s…

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Boozing BCN: A Guide To Barcelona Drinks

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Drinks are pretty much the quickest and easiest way to experience Barcelona’s culture. They’re also the most relevant: Barcelona’s tourism hits its peak during the hottest month of the year. Hottest month = lots of drinking. The city is home to many amazing bars and coctelerias, but right now we’re only interested…

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St. Jordi’s Day in Barcelona: Valentine’s Day, Catalan Style

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Long, long ago in a time when kings, queens and mighty warriors ruled the Earth, Catalonia’s national hero, St. Jordi, met a dragon. The rest, as they say, is history … St. Jordi’s Day history. Slaying the Dragon: The Story Behind St. Jordi’s Day Mighty St. Jordi (St. George) was…

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Barcelona Top 5 :: Five Reasons Why You Should Never EVER Come to Barcelona

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Don’t you just hate perfection? We’ve been in Barcelona for more than 10 years now and we would be fatally remiss if we didn’t discourage you from coming to our city for your next vacation or holiday. In fact, we’re so dedicated to dissuading you we’ve come up with our…

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The Catalan Language: Dialiect Or A Crazy FrenchSpItalian Hybrid?

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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona blog

Parles Català? The Catalan language has long-confounded armchair linguists and Barcelona travelers for its uniqueness and cultural significance. Barcelona is the epicenter of the Catalán language for many reasons — the city is the capital of Catalonia and the most famous architectural and art works in the were created by…

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Three Kings: Bringing Gifts To Our Barcelona Blog

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Roscon de Reyes, Barcelona Blog

Spaniards love their kings. Today marks the arrival of Three Kings Day (TKD) in Spain, a holiday also known as the Epiphany in other parts of the world.  TKD is a religious holiday in that it celebrates the day on which the three kings went to Bethlehem and offered gifts…

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Barcelona NYE 2015: New Year’s Eve Fireworks & More

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New Year's Celebration, Barcelona Blog

Barcelona knows how to party. NYE is a big deal in the city by the sea. Though big brother Madrid’s Puerta del Sol celebration is the closest thing Spain has to the NYC countdown, Barcelona has enough excitement to give even the most legendary NYE locations a run for their…

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Eating Your Way Through The Holidays in Spain: Foods from Christmas to Three Kings

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Spanish Christmas Shrimp, Barcelona Blog

The holiday season in Spain is a delightfully drawn-out affair beginning the weeks leading up to Christmas and joyfully traipsing their way through New Year’s Day to Three Kings Day. Along the whimsical holiday way is a king’s ransom of delicious food customarily eaten in Spain and in Catalonia on…

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Should You Give Barcelona The Cold Shoulder This Winter?

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Christmas Lights, Barcelona Blog

Hace frio. It’s a Spanish phrase which you probably already know. It means, “It’s cold.” Hace frio is something you’ll hear a lot in Barcelona these days as neighbors pass each other in the street, bundled up in thick jackets, scarves and warm hats. For the locals, the cool winter…

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Mercats of Magic: Barcelona’s Christmas Markets

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Christmas Market, Barcelona Blog

Imagine a market devoted exclusively to Christmas, draped in Christmas lights and pulsing with the good cheer of arguably Spain’s most festive season. Imagine no longer. Each year at the end of November, the Barcelona Cathedral plaza and the park in front of Sagrada Familia take their normally busy open…

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