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>Colònia de Viladomiu Nou</p>

If you have a curious mind and are looking for a family-friendly activity, then plan a day trip to the colònies tèxtils (textile model villages) of the regions of Barcelona. Built between the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century, they’re still full of working machines, fabrics you’re allowed to touch and plenty of amazing stories. Ready to journey into the past?

<p>2021 Fireworks Display (Photo: Phylloxera Festival Association)</p>

Cava is a world-famous sparkling wine that no important meal or celebration can be without. It’s part of our everyday life, a fixture of the dining table. As children we wonder whether those bubbles we aren’t allowed to taste will tickle our mouths. But have you ever wondered how and why cava began to be produced in the Penedès area? The story takes us to Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, covering dramatic events of the 19th-century history when phylloxera wiped out 90% of Europe’s vineyards...

<p>Railway Museum</p>

Do you know where the things we consume every day come from? Do you know how they’re made or done, and by whom? How is the copper wire that brings electricity into our homes manufactured? How does water reach our taps? Where does the cement used to build your home come from? How about the clothes you wear and the spaghetti you eat? Six museums in the counties of Barcelona explain the inner workings of everyday things. Is your curiosity piqued??

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Culture and traditions

Descobert l’any 1961 per Marià Ribas i Bertran i el seu equip, el Clos Arqueològic de Torre Llauder va ser declarat el 1964 Monume...

Culture and traditions

The Colònia Borgonyà became one of the most important industrial model villages in Catalonia. Come and explore it on this gui...

Culture and traditions

An amazing museum in which to explore the history of science and technology in Catalonia.

Culture and traditions

Cada primer dissabte de mes pots descobrir tots els secrets del jaciment de la mà dels arqueòlegs que hi treballem. Inscripció prè...

Culture and traditions

Gaudeix d'una visita al monestir al teu ritme, amb dos recorreguts audioguiats que et permetran descobrir la història i l'arquitec...

Culture and traditions

At the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park we can find out what the men and women of the Neolithic era were like, what they did and how...

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