Barcelona Travel Blog

Most people coming to Barcelona have a few ‘must-see’s on the list. Many of those, if not the majority include a variety of modernist buildings from the likes of Gaudi, Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, to name but a few. Renowned structures such as Casa Batllo, La Pedrera,...

You’ll quickly realize after arriving in Barcelona, that the ‘new city’ is very different from the windy back alleyways, narrow streets, midevil courtyards and cobblestone roads that make up the ciutat vella. Everything above Plaza Catalunya, better known as the Eixample, was built...

They’re weird, tacky, tasteless, yet totally Barcelona. If you’re looking for a cheap and original holiday souvenir (particularly a Christmas present), the Caganar is the way to go. A Caganar is a figurine of a Catalan man (or basically any character from nuns to caricatures of famous people ), dressed...