The Menu del Dia is one of Spain’s best kept secrets, which so many visitors miss out on, because they are not aware of it. You can enjoy a three course meal with wine at a very reasonable price, if you simply know where to find a Menu of the Day. The typical lunch in…
Works Spanning the Modernista and Noucentista Periods of Catalan Architecture If you look at the sheer quantity of buildings and projects by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Barcelona, you realise that he is the most prolific but often the least consistent of the three great Modernista architects. Born in 1867, Josep Puig i Cadafalch was 15 years…
Barcelona Gothic Quarter Accomodation I’m very impressed with the 4 Star Barri Gotic Hotels available because they cover a broad price spectrum as well as offering very different perspectives of Barcelona’s wonderful Gothic Quarter. As in other hotel articles I’ve listed the hotels starting very approximately at Plaça de Catalunya and working down towards the port…
Plaça Catalunya And Around If you’re coming on holiday, Barcelona City Centre is where you are likely to spend most of your time and where you will probably look for accommodation. Many hotel, hostel and apartment booking sites suggest that some establishments are closer to the City Centre than they actually are so the aim…
The Block Of Discord The Manzana de la Discordia or Block of Discord is the name given to a section Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona. The Block of Discord is so named because in less than 100 metres we find a major building by each of Barcelona’s trio of star Modernist architects. Casa Lleó Morera…
La Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia The History of Barcelona Cathedral, as it stands today, is a record of well over 1,500 years of Christian devotion and construction, but the area, roughly the peak of Mont Tàber, has been a place of worship since, at least, the times of Roman Barcino. The first Christian…
March 3rd is Saints’ Day of Sant Medir of Barcelona. Medir was a peasant farmer and is co-patron saint of Sant Cugat. His festival is also celebrated in the Barcelona neighbourhoods of Gràcia and Sant Gervasi de Cassoles as well as in Sant Cugat. Legend has it that, during the Diocletian persecution, Sever, the Bishop of Barcelona was…
The Rambla of the Sea The Rambla de Mar isn’t really part of La Rambla proper but as it is included in most of the guidebooks, it’s definitely worth including here. It’s also an absolutely beautiful walk that gives you a wonderful view of Montjuïc and the bottom section of the Barri Gòtic, so although including it as…
Between The Port and Barcelona Airport The Zona Franca-Port area, although included as part of the Sants-Montjuïc District, is not technically a neighbourhood because it does not include any residential zones. Bordered by the Barcelona neighbourhoods that comprise Marina de Sants and the towns of el Prat de Llobregat and l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, the Polígon Industrial…
Chapter 22: The Revival of Catalan Culture under Franco Catalan culture under Franco didn’t so much undergo a revival as a survival. It never ceased to exist but had been so suppressed that it disappeared from view. It was almost as if a field of wild flowers had been concreted over. Given the strong tradition…
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