History & Heritage – Barcelona 11s

Best 5 panoramic views of Barcelona

Views from Gaudi’s Park Guell in Barcelona. Post by Cleo Lowell. Barcelona is a fantastic city that offers something interesting every step of the way. You can read about the biggest tourist attractions in countless places on the Internet, in tourist guides, etc. However, here I will try to show you Barcelona from another angle. […]

The ‘balcony code’: What do the flags in Catalan buildings mean?

Once you are in Barcelona or in another Catalan city, you would probably notice that in many balconies or windows there are different kinds of flags. You would likely recognise the ‘senyera’, the official Catalan flag with its four red stripes on a yellow background. But there are many other varieties that you may not […]

6 Day Trips to take outside of Barcelona

When you arrive in Barcelona, you undoubtedly have the notion that you’ll never want to leave. While the beauty of its architecture and the culinary arts will entrance you, there are several areas outside of the city that will leave you in awe. Here is a list of our top destinations outside the metropolitan area […]

What influence did Barcelona have on Pablo Picasso? or was it Picasso on Barcelona?

Picasso in Barcelona with the Reventós Family A painter friend of mine told me the other day “Picasso is my favorite Catalan artist”. Of course I like Picasso too, can we consider him as a Catalan Artist? Technically the answer is no. Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga (Andalucía) in 1881 and it was not […]

Megaprojects in Barcelona: the Via Laietana

Urban planning has never been easy, especially when ongoing projects are of massive scale such as the case of Via Laietana in Barcelona. The street is called after the Iberian tribe who lived in the city’s area: the Laietani. When the Roman Empire arrived to the peninsula, they settled the military camp that became the […]

What to do in Barcelona Sants Montjuic?

There is in almost every city an area that has a special appreciation from nearly all citizens foreigners. If such is the case in Barcelona, I would dare to say that the district of Sants Montjuic is the one that makes everyone in town feel right at home. Sants combines the charm of the village […]

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Park Güell, where architecture and nature merge

While visiting Barcelona, you can’t miss the Park Güell –it’s a must! No other work by Antoni Gaudí better reflects the complete and perfect harmony of nature and architecture than Barcelona’s Park Güell. Initially designed as an English-style garden-city–hence the official name Park– it finally became Barcelona’s most unusual public park. The best way to enjoy every detail of […]

Delicious Bolets: a treasure that grows from the ground!

Bolets (mushrooms) at the market. Many people celebrate the arrival of Autumn because it is time for ‘Bolets’! Find mushrooms in the woods is close to a sport in Catalonia (there are even official competitions about it), and in order to succeed you need some certain skills, knowledge, intuition, and also, a little bit of luck. So […]