Over the past year and a half, we’ve had a blast writing about our amazing city and the surrounding areas. While that’s inspiration enough to launch a yearly “Best of” recap of our favorite blog posts, we’ve also chosen September as our celebration of the Barcelona Experience best-of because September is…
Fron Aug. 15 to Aug. 21, Barcelona celebrated the Festa Major de Gracia, a beloved tradition in one of the city’s best neighborhoods. Gracia’s streets are one of the most fun things about checking out FMdG. Neighbors work together to decorate their streets in order to win “Best Street” at Festa…
Every year tourists and locals alike take to the streets of Gracia during the month of August to get their fill of what many believe to be the best neighborhood celebration in Barcelona. Festa Major de Gracia is the celebration of the history and heritage of the Gracia neighborhood, once…
Every traveler wants to have a memorable Barcelona restaurant experience. What you don’t want is plate of sub-standard food that isn’t as fresh as it should be. We don’t want that to happen to you either. Now don’t get too worried — you are most likely going to have a…
The inherent flaw of modern travel writing is its ravenous desire to reduce a place to five bullet points. Like a malnourished plant trying to survive on five drops of water per day, Barcelona is a miraculous creation of culture and beauty struggling to survive on curt caricatures of five…
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…
“Wow.” Few words provide a more fitting description for La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s most famous building and the crown jewel of Antoní Gaudí’s architectural career. We love the Sagrada, and we want to share it with you. Take a look below for the building’s history, highlights, interesting facts and images.…
