If you’re a curious-minded person looking for a great family day out, we recommend organising a trip to the textile model villages in the regions of Barcelona. Built at around the turn of the 20^th century, they still contain fully-functioning machinery, fabrics you can feel and so many amazing stories that you’ll be blown away. So how about a journey back in time?

Many of us tend to associate Romanesque art with austerity and simplicity, discreetly blending in with nature. And this is very true, especially of the small churches built in the 11^th and 12^th centuries in mountain villages. However, it can also be a rich and complex artistic style that reflects the aristocratic sensibility of the monks who lived in the monasteries at that time.

Per fortuna, cada cop més persones gaudeixen dels plaers de la creació artística: formar-se, investigar, practicar, produir, difondre i exposar interessa a un bon grapat de gent de totes les edats, amb independència de gèneres, orientacions sexuals, recursos econòmics o nivells educatius. I ja ni tan sols és important viure a les grans capitals per rebre la visita de les muses! Les deesses que protegeixen el cant i la poesia, la dansa i la pintura, també van als pobles més petits, als boscos de roures i alzines, a les mansions elegants i a les esglésies de pedra integrades a la natura. No t'ho creus? Et presentem cinc racons de les comarques de Barcelona on l'art i la creativitat en són protagonistes.

Go shopping while strolling through town centres steeped in history, with iconic buildings, charming streets and lively avenues. You can do so in the shopping districts of Granollers, Igualada, Mataró, Terrassa, Sitges, Vic, Vilafranca del Penedès and Vilanova i la Geltrú. You will find international brand shops and long-standing places, an ideal mix for the best shopping experience. If you can, take a look, browse and shop in 8 absolutely unique shopping areas.

If you like running and the mountains, there are many interesting options waiting for you in the regions around Barcelona. Tough races to test your limits, narrow paths to rediscover yourself, endless trails to enjoy the incredible beauty of nature. So, choose a race, put on your trainers and get ready to feel an unusual sense of freedom wash over you with every stride. 

Some believe that gastronomy is a landscape placed on the table, a surprising statement that could not be more true in the counties of Barcelona. With an enormous diversity of crops and a prodigiously rich coastline, an infinite number of products await discovery every day of the week in the markets and, more specifically, at a host of traditional gastronomic festivals.