Month: July 2017
Almanac Barcelona
Almanac Barcelona is situated Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 619-621 in the Eixample neighborhood. Two buildings from different eras underwent extensive renovation and were combined to create the hotel comprising 91 luxurious accommodations. The award-winning interior and landscape architectural firm Jaime Beriestain Studio chose grey, beige and gold tones throughout with accents of oak and walnut. Antique […]
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La Xula Taperia
La Xula Taperia was founded around the time of the Nit de Sant Joan in 2013 by Madrileña Tamara Lefelman. It is situated on a lively corridor in the Gràcia neighborhood connecting the Mercat de l’Abaceria and Plaça de la Revolució. The bar is a popular neighborhood gathering place, where the locals come together and […]
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25 years after: Five things that Olympic Games changed in Barcelona
Olympic Games in Montjuïc, Barcelona This 25th of July commemorates the 25th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games. The adventure to host this huge event for the first time started many years before, though, with a big transformation of the city, the emergence of new infrastructures and even a change […]
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Hotel Bagués
Opened in 2010, 5-star Hotel Bagués is the result of a collaboration between Bagués-Masriera Jewelers and Derby Hotels Collection. The 31-room boutique hotel is situated on La Rambla in a palace designed in 1850 by the architect Josep Fontserè i Domènech. Previously it had housed one of Bagués-Masriera’s historic jewelery shops and part of their studio. […]
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Top 7 Barcelona Monuments in Summer by Night
Barcelona might be undeniably hot in Summer, and, like in almost every warm place in the world, life turns more active towards the evening: we selected what we considered the upcoming top 7 Summer Night plans in Barcelona’s Monuments. Take your best cocktail clothes, charge your camera and cheers! Maybe every night, perhaps once a week, […]
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Totora Restaurant
On the north coast of Peru there is a fishing cove called Huanchaco, where you can still find traditional handmade boats called Caballitos de Totora (horses of Totora), the same boats used by fishermen for 3,000 years. Founders Patricia Vega and Antonio Aramburu wanted a symbol of ancient Peruvians and their relationship with the sea […]
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