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What to do on the Costa Barcelona
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?
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Si busques un lloc amb paisatges bonics de muntanya a prop de Barcelona, el Parc Natural del Montseny et sorprendrà. Declarat Reserva de la Biosfera per la UNESCO, aquest massís ha estat l'escola d'excursionisme de bona part dels catalans, l'espai on molts aficionats al senderisme s'han penjat la motxilla a l'esquena per primera vegada. T'expliquem tres propostes per descobrir-ho.
Arribar a dalt de tot d'una muntanya, fer un cim, sempre comporta una sensació de culminació, de creuar la meta, d'objectiu acomplert. Si a més a més aquest cim és el més alt d'un territori, o un dels més estimats, o un dels que el seu nom s'associa a llegendes o a moments històrics, aleshores aquestes sensacions encara s'incrementen. En les següents línies recollim els que considerem els cims més mítics de les comarques de Barcelona, tots recomanables per conèixer i provar d'arribar al capdamunt!
Estàs preparat per viure una experiència única, d’aquelles que recordes tota la vida? Avui et fem una sèrie de propostes per si tens ganes de provar una cosa completament diferent, que de ben segur no et deixarà indiferent. Tant si ets atrevit i t’agraden les alçades com si prefereixes contemplar la bellesa natural des d’un lloc privilegiat, aquí trobaràs una sèrie d’aventures que cal viure, almenys, una vegada a la vida.
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