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…
A few weeks ago we did a tour of the city with a family from Long Beach, California. They were an enthusiastic bunch, but nothing could prepare them for the moment they saw Antoni Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia for the first time. The dad said, “Guys, look!” His wife and…
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…
The numbers are out, and things are looking very good for La Sagrada Familia. Antoni Gaudi’s magnificent masterpiece and perhaps the most recognizable church in the world took the top spot in the Barcelona Tourism Board’s 2014 report on the top-10 Barcelona tourist attractions. We couldn’t reach Gaudi for comment…
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.…
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…
