Skye Coffee Co. turned coffee into a canvas for the sublime. Yesterday we stopped by the Van Van Mercado in Ciutadella Park, an event that’s part of Barcelona’s 2014 La Mercé festival. The finest in the Barcelona food truck scene parked their trucks, vans and trailers amid the trees and…
It’s finally here. Barcelona’s famed La Mercé will begin in less than two weeks. Locals and visitors alike will get a dizzying, beautiful crash-course in all things Catalan at a festival known for it’s art, tradition, parades and ‘how-the-heck-do-they-do-that!?’ human towers. Your La Mercé Guide: 3 Must-Sees & 1 Insider…
Like pale-skinned tourists flocking to Barcelona’s beaches, travel writers flock to the almighty ‘Top 10 Things To Do In Barcelona’ genre.We’re guilty of this too. We made our own list a few months ago. What results is a congested world of Google search results rife with information both solid and…
The year is 1218. The Moor armies in the south of what is now Spain wanted to conquer the rest of the peninsula. Christian armies from the north were doing their best to stave off their determined attackers. As with every war, prisoners were captured from both sides. Christians confined…
This past Tuesday Twitter travel discussion #TTOT featured our question, “Why do you travel?” Our questions have made it on the discussion before but this week we really enjoyed the responses from our fellow travelers. Few things widen your perspective like #travel So here they are…the insights and ideas of…
Our luxury hotel review series continues with our interview at and review of El Palace, a hotel near Barcelona’s Passeig de Grácia. This post is part of our series of reviews and in-depth information about Barcelona 5-Star Grand Luxury hotels. We launched this series to help you choose the Barcelona luxury hotel…
Today marks the beginning of the week-long Festa Major de Grácia, a yearly tradition in which enthusiastic residents of Barcelona’s Grácia neighborhood transform the narrow alleys of the barrio with magnificent paper mache sculptures of everything from trees to people to a giant tyrannosaurus rex. T-Rex guards Carrer Progrés Food,…
Our luxury hotel review series continues with our interview at and review of Mercer Hotel, a botique hotel in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. This post is part of our series of reviews and in-depth information about Barcelona 5-Star Grand Luxury hotels. We launched this series to help you choose the Barcelona luxury hotel…
Our luxury hotel review series continues with our interview at and review of Majestic Hotel & Spa, located amid the grandeur of Passeig de Gracia. This post is part of our series of you reviews and in-depth information about Barcelona hotels that fall into the Barcelona Hotel Association’s 5-Star Grand Luxury…
Our luxury hotel review series began about a month ago with our post about the W Barcelona.We decided to fine tune the process a little bit. Over the next few months, we’re giving you reviews and in-depth information about Barcelona hotels that fall into the Official Barcelona Hotel Association’s 5-Star…
