When the good weather arrives, the beach is one of the tourist attractions that everyone likes, especially families with children, since the huge variety of seaside activities on offer guarantee hours of playtime, physical exercise and entertainment. What's more, on the Costa Barcelona there are six towns that hold the Family Holiday Destination seal, which means they're particularly attentive to children's needs. Would you like to know which ones they are?
If you enjoy combining your walk with a swim, you’re in luck: you’ll find plenty of paths in the regions of Barcelona that are ideal for exploring the coastline on foot. Signposted and waymarked, they often boast information panels listing the characteristics of the route. A great deal of effort has been made with these paths to ensure that no one gets lost and that everyone can discover the beautiful landscape and nature of this part of the Mediterranean region.
Strength, balance, courage and common sense, the four key concepts of human tower building, repeated like a mantra by its practitioners. For spectators, the most appropriate words might be thrills, nerves, suspense and joy. Without a doubt, to experience a human tower building event is to navigate a sea of sensations. So it’s no wonder that UNESCO inscribed this Catalan tradition par excellence on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Very close to Barcelona you will find a great many examples of modernista works created between the 19th and 20th centuries. Urban palaces and holiday homes, churches and hospitals, warehouses and gardens, factories and cellars, all with the signature of the great architects of the movement in Catalonia: Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, among others. To commemorate this cultural trend, different towns and cities are organizing festivals and fairs to recover their aesthetic quality. Want to find out more about them?
L’Espai Rural de Gallecs, al terme de Mollet del Vallès, és un parèntesi enmig d’una zona totalment urbana; un oasi de tranquil·litat per al modern i actiu Vallès. Aquí, la preservació de la natura i l’agricultura tradicional s’uneixen a la pràctica del lleure i les activitats d’educació ambiental.
Anar de compres per les comarques de Barcelona és un gran plaer que t'hauries de permetre. Terra endins o vora el mar, són molts els pobles i les ciutats que tenen botigues centenàries on l'elegància n'és la protagonista, comerços d'alimentació regentats per mestres artesans ben sibarites, farmàcies decorades amb mobiliari modernista, i locals de moda i complements on les creacions dels dissenyadors locals conviuen amb les marques internacionals més exclusives. Et proposem cinc destinacions de 'shopping' imprescindibles.
A començaments del segle passat, l’art nouveau triomfava a París: façanes ondulades, cartells amb motius florals, escales forjades... Una nova estètica que reflectia la vida moderna de la ciutat i que, a Catalunya, va arribar amb força. Però quan els aires de l’art nouveau van creuar els Pirineus, els arquitectes catalans van reinterpretar-lo a la seva manera. És el que coneixem com el Modernisme català.
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