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…
Choosing entries for Words of the Week, our celebration of travel blogging/writing which elevates the craft, can be a difficult task. At times, our search gives us pause because we want to scream out — many well-known travel bloggers post about their visits to Barcelona, only to smear the city…
young Brit stumbles down an impossibly narrow street in Barcelona’s Old Quarter. The footpath is snaking its way through the six- and seven-story buildings huddled together, looking down on the foreigner like a group of brooding scientists watching their specimen react to a catalyst of chemicals. The tourist ambles his…
Catalunya is home to one of the coolest cultural traditions you’ll ever encounter: castellers. If you’ve just thought to yourself, “Hey, castell looks like castle,” then you win a high five from us, because you’re right on the money! A casteller is someone who builds human castles. Yeah, human castles.…
Words of the Week enters its second edition with a trio of interesting posts. If you’re new to WotW, all you need to know is that each week we search travel posts for examples of writing which elevate the art and craft of words. The series lives by the motto: …
Barcelona is one of the world’s most photogenic city. Walking, driving, metroing or biking through BCN practically demands that you have your Instagram account ready to fire off dozen snapshots of the Mediterranean’s most amazing metropolis. We posted a few months ago a series of photos we took of Barcelona’s…
Craft beer enthusiasts, rejoice. Beer enthusiasts, rejoice. Enthusiasts, rejoice. Rejoice. Our recommendation to visit Barcelona’s Edge Brewing is a call to lovers of craft beer, lovers of beer and lovers of pretty much anything to enhance their Barcelona experience by tilting back a glass of beer from Edge next time…
It’s been a good year for Catalán Cuisine. El Celler de Can Roca, a home-grown Catalán restaurant located about 100 km north of Barcelona in Girona, was named the world’s best restaurant by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a culinary committee who makes a yearly list of the world’s 100…
