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?
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?
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.
If you’re the sort of person who enjoys combining cultural visits in cities with nature excursions, here are four of the routes favoured by Barcelona locals, who also like to get away from it all and enjoy the outdoors, especially when these beauty spots are so close to home. These routes offer something for everyone and, like almost every other route in the country, can be enjoyed all year round.
From a high vantage point, overlooking vast expanses, you get a unique double feeling: on the one hand, you feel important while taking in so much space with your gaze; on the other, you realise how small human beings are in the immensity of nature. Be it as it may, it is a joy for the senses to glimpse the endless colours, plains and mountains that bring the region to life. Here are six prime places to enjoy panoramic views.
Reaching the top of a mountain always conveys a sense of accomplishment, of crossing the finish line or of achieving a goal. If that peak is also the highest in a region, one of the most beloved or one whose name is associated with legends or historical moments, then these feelings are even greater. Below we have compiled what we consider to be the most legendary peaks in the regions of Barcelona, all of which are worth visiting and attempting to climb.
Are you an adventurer and over 125 centimetres tall? Do you like travelling on two wheels, pedalling tirelessly and discovering nature at your own pace? You can do just that with an electric bike! In the regions around Barcelona, many centres rent them and offer GPS-guided tours. Enjoying the most impressive rural landscapes has never been so easy!
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