Culture and traditions

Discover a spectacular heritage while strolling around villages and towns in Barcelona's regions. Participate in traditional festivals and let museums nourish your sensibility.

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<p>Una imatge d'una persona practicant barranquisme d'iniciació a Castellar del Vallès (Fotografia: Pyrenees Extreme)</p>

Are you ready for a unique experience, one you will remember for a lifetime? We give you some suggestions if you feel like trying something completely different, something that will definitely leave a lasting impression. Whether you are daring and love heights or prefer to gaze at nature’s beauty from a privileged vantage point, here you will find a series of adventures that you must experience at least once in a lifetime. 

<p>Domènech i Montaner House, Canet de Mar</p>

At the beginning of the last century, Art Nouveau was all the rage in Paris: wavy facades, floral motifs on signs, wrought-iron staircases ... This new aesthetic depicted modern city life and had a huge impact in Catalonia. However, when the winds of Art Nouveau blew across the Pyrenees, Catalan architects reinterpreted it in their own way. This is what we know as Catalan Modernisme.

<p>Museu d'Art de Cerdanyola</p>

World Book Day or Sant Jordi on 23 April is the perfect time to explore the amazing Art Nouveau heritage of the regions around Barcelona. Using roses as our inspiration, we suggest a tour of five places that are a must-see if you love Catalan Modernisme, floral motifs and legends. 

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Cava Centre
Culture and traditions

An immersive, participatory and playful audio-visual activity that takes you on a journey through the origins, history, enigmas an...

Culture and traditions

La visita guiada més completa que et permetrà conèixer la importància històrica del Monestir de Sant Cugat en la història de la Ca...

Culture and traditions

Vine a les nostres visites a l'Ermita de Santa Maria de Sales i descobreix les meravelloses pintures gòtiques que amaguen al seu i...

Culture and traditions

Una visita guiada per les principals atraccions de la ciutat. Una visita que, segur, t'arribarà al cor!

Culture and traditions

Welcome at The Caves of the Toll, where will be able to endinsar-vos at a voyage for the prehistory.

Culture and traditions

Vine a visitar aquest espectacular conjunt monumental on la força de l’aigua ha conformat un paisatge geològic únic i singular.

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