festivals and events
The year in Barcelona fiestasFeb 11, 2015 • 3 min read
Barcelona rarely pauses for breath. Year round the city rushes from one party to the next, from international music festivals to traditional street…
Catalonia Travel Stories
foodAn introduction to Catalan cuisineFeb 3, 2015 • 5 min read
Sure, Barcelona has become a cauldron of culinary kookiness, with the foams and froths of master chef Ferran Adrià and his disciples. But you can still…
foodThe Barcelona bar-hop: the city's best places to drinkJan 28, 2015 • 5 min read
Barcelona is a great city for bar-hopping. Should you feel like sipping a beer in an enchanted forest surrounded by wood-nymphs; if mid-week karaoke…
foodThe best places to eat tapas in BarcelonaDec 19, 2014 • 5 min read
Not quite a snack, not quite a meal, the tapa is all about sociability, whether that involves ordering a parade of little dishes to share over a bottle of…
artTop 10 things to do in Barcelona this JanuaryDec 19, 2014 • 4 min read
The wassailing of Christmas and New Year is over, but in Spain the best is yet to come, with the advent (or – more precisely – Epiphany) of the Three…
foodA local's guide to Christmas and New Year in BarcelonaDec 8, 2014 • 5 min read
There are few places on earth as festive-feeling as Barcelona's chocolate-box medieval heart over the Christmas period (which here runs until Epiphany, or…