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.
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?
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?
El Baix Llobregat es una comarca ideal para los amantes del agua, ya que se hace difícil encontrar un rincón en el que no se escuche el caudal del río o las olas del mar. En el triángulo que forman las poblaciones de Collbató, Castelldefels y el Prat descubrimos cuevas, cascadas, humedales y playas de gran valor natural, además de minas, colonias textiles, pozos y esclusas muy interesantes a nivel histórico y cultural. Te presentamos algunos de los puntos turísticos más destacados de un territorio que, seguro, te sorprenderá.
If you’re looking for a place with lovely mountain scenery close to Barcelona, look no further than the amazing Montseny Natural Park, set on the Costa Barcelona. Listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, this massif has been the hiking school of countless Catalans, the place where many hiking enthusiasts first strapped on their backpacks. However, apart from going on long hikes or short walks, the park offers all sorts of options for having a great time.
A legacy with over 2,000 years of history. There is still plenty of evidence of the splendour of the Roman Empire in the regions of Barcelona: Roman cities and villas that show us what day-to-day life was like under the Romans. Their vast legacy is reflected in unique archaeological sites, museums and festivities.
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