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Harbour Palace Apartments
Barcelona Apartments - Autumn discounts with amazing views
Barcelona Ramblas Clock Apartment
New ADSL Wi-Fi Internet Connection in the Ramblas Clock
Barcelona Apartments in Born Area
Harbour Palace apartments in a building with views over the Marina Port Vell
Winter special discounts on Barcelona apartments
Autumn in Barcelona with special discounts
Barcelona apartments in Gracia
Vila Gracia Barcelona flats building, short and long term rentals
Works in the City Center Penthouse apartments City Block
Construction of a Municipal Parking, Gymnasium and Pre-school building
Plaza Real in Barcelona
Popular Square at the side of the famous Ramblas with nice bars and restaurants
Las Ramblas
Popular street in Barcelona to stroll from Port Vell to Plaça Catalunya
Barcelona Bus Turistic - Tourist Bus
An interesting way to discover the most important sights of Barcelona
Specchio Magico in Barcelona
Italian Atmosphere Restaurant in Gracia Neighbourhood
Modernisme Walking Tour
A Stroll to discover Barcelona's Catalan Modernist Style Architecture
Homenatge a Picasso (Tribute to Picasso in Barcelona)
Antoni Tàpies Sculpture at the passeig Picasso close to the Parc de la Ciutadella
Barcelona Aquarium
Moll d'Espanya del Port Vell de Barcelona
Roman Barcelona – Barcino
Conjunt Monumental de la Plaça del Rei - Gothic Neighborhood
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Catalan modernist Hospitalary complex by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Cerveceria El Vaso de Oro
First-rate Tapas Bar and good Chilled Beer in the Barceloneta Neighborhood
Plaça Catalunya Barcelona Square
Plaça Catalunya, large square in between Ciutat Vella and the Barcelona Eixample
Kiosko Universal in the Mercat de la Boqueria
Seafood and fresh fish restaurant in Boqueria Market
Mercat de la Concepcio, Eixample Neighborhood
Oldest fresh food Market in the Eixample Neighborhood
Enchanting Barcelona Tours
A different way to discover Barcelona
Apartments in Barcelona
About Barcelona
In About Barcelona we have information of things that are happening in the city, events, fairs, congresses, or popular events that will take place together with Festivals and Concerts, Sporting Events and Art Exhibitions. Also information on interesting places to vist and what we like to call our favourite places, museums and outdoor sculptures. And if you are interested, we can provide your Barcelona Accommodation for your stay during the events, congresses or Festivals you are willing to participate.
We hope that our Barcelona apartments will suit your needs during your visit to the city.
City Info > Restaurants & Bars
The Boqueria Market, also known as Sant Josep, just off the Ramblas, has many interesting things to show to the visitors and buyers. From the spectacular and colorful variety of fruit and vegetable stalls at the entrance from the Ramblas or the amazing round center with the fresh fish and seafood over the icy countertops to preserve them at low temperature or the stalls of meats from different animals: bull, ox, cow, horse, lamb, veal and hunting animals or birds and eggs; the amazing and varied collection of mushrooms when the season comes, the stalls with pork products, pates and cheeses or...
Kiosko Universal in the Mercat de la Boqueria
The Boqueria Market, also known as Sant Josep, just off the Ramblas, has many interesting things to show to the visitors and buyers. From the spectacular and colorful variety of fruit and vegetable stalls at the entrance from the Ramblas or the amazing round center with the fresh fish and seafood over the icy countertops to preserve them at low temperature or the stalls of meats from different animals: bull, ox, cow, horse, lamb, veal and hunting animals or birds and eggs; the amazing and varied collection of mushrooms when the season comes, the stalls with pork products, pates and cheeses or...
Sporting Events > Athletics
The Barcelona Half Marathon, the first long distance race held in the city each year, in its 21st edition will take place this year on January 30th on the distance of 21.097 km, certified by the Royal Spanish Athletic Federation (RFEA), with the start and end on the Passeig Lluis Companys.
The Barcelona Half Marathon is the opening event in a series of Barcelona races open to all runners, and it is also used as preparation for the Barcelona Marathon that will take place in March.
As in all races of this type, the start has been divided into sections in function of the best official Half...
Mitja Marato Barcelona 2011
The Barcelona Half Marathon, the first long distance race held in the city each year, in its 21st edition will take place this year on January 30th on the distance of 21.097 km, certified by the Royal Spanish Athletic Federation (RFEA), with the start and end on the Passeig Lluis Companys.
The Barcelona Half Marathon is the opening event in a series of Barcelona races open to all runners, and it is also used as preparation for the Barcelona Marathon that will take place in March.
As in all races of this type, the start has been divided into sections in function of the best official Half...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
Plaça Catalunya once stood outside the city walls, and was a yard outside the city located just in front of one of the main gates, from roads started to the surrounding populations. This made it the ideal place to for an open market and became an important point in the life of the city.
When the walls were demolished the new city urban plan (L’Eixample) designed by Ildefonso Cerdà. Cerdà did not include any special place where the Plaça Catalunya is now located, since, according to the project, the Barcelona Gothic neighborhood and the other old...
Plaça Catalunya Barcelona Square
Plaça Catalunya once stood outside the city walls, and was a yard outside the city located just in front of one of the main gates, from roads started to the surrounding populations. This made it the ideal place to for an open market and became an important point in the life of the city.
When the walls were demolished the new city urban plan (L’Eixample) designed by Ildefonso Cerdà. Cerdà did not include any special place where the Plaça Catalunya is now located, since, according to the project, the Barcelona Gothic neighborhood and the other old...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, December 2010
This coproduction from The Welsh Naional Opera (Cardiff) and The Opéra National de Lyon with Music direction of Fabio Luisi and stage direction of Peter Stein of The “commedia lirica” ,Giuseppe Verdi's last Opera, "Falstaff", will be performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona during the month of December with The Liceu Symphony Orchestra and the Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus having on stage two different casts (the second with a nearly complete Spanish cast at reduced prices) being in the leading...
Falstaff - Giuseppe Verdi
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, December 2010
This coproduction from The Welsh Naional Opera (Cardiff) and The Opéra National de Lyon with Music direction of Fabio Luisi and stage direction of Peter Stein of The “commedia lirica” ,Giuseppe Verdi's last Opera, "Falstaff", will be performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona during the month of December with The Liceu Symphony Orchestra and the Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus having on stage two different casts (the second with a nearly complete Spanish cast at reduced prices) being in the leading...
City Info > Tours
A walking tour guide through the Ramblas and part of the Gothic Neighborhood to end up at the Cathedral.
There are different ways to discover Barcelona, and the many interesting places in the city. It is possible to do it by your own or it can be interesting also to be accompanied by a guide that will give you tips about the places you are going through.
One of the classic walks around the Gothic Quarter that takes around 2 hours and a half starts at Plaça Catalunya and walking down the Ramblas on direction to the Port first you will find newspaper stands and probably several human...
The Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter
A walking tour guide through the Ramblas and part of the Gothic Neighborhood to end up at the Cathedral.
There are different ways to discover Barcelona, and the many interesting places in the city. It is possible to do it by your own or it can be interesting also to be accompanied by a guide that will give you tips about the places you are going through.
One of the classic walks around the Gothic Quarter that takes around 2 hours and a half starts at Plaça Catalunya and walking down the Ramblas on direction to the Port first you will find newspaper stands and probably several human...
Art and Culture > Outdoor Sculptures
Joan Miró (1893-1983) was approached In 1968 with a project to design a mural for the new terminal at Barcelona Airport. He not only accepted the commission but agreed to deliver three works that would serve to welcome visitors to the city on their arrival by air, land and sea. 6 years after the Mural for the terminal, in 1976, Miró designed the Pla de l’Ós pavement, located in the middle of the Ramblas, close to the Liceu Opera House and the Boqueria market. Following the artist’s request, the pavement has not been protected as a museum piece but is treated...
Joan Miro - Pla de l’Ós pavement
Joan Miró (1893-1983) was approached In 1968 with a project to design a mural for the new terminal at Barcelona Airport. He not only accepted the commission but agreed to deliver three works that would serve to welcome visitors to the city on their arrival by air, land and sea. 6 years after the Mural for the terminal, in 1976, Miró designed the Pla de l’Ós pavement, located in the middle of the Ramblas, close to the Liceu Opera House and the Boqueria market. Following the artist’s request, the pavement has not been protected as a museum piece but is treated...
Art and Culture > Outdoor Sculptures
This big public sculpture, titled Monument, more than 8 meters tall, is a large-scale version from the original in wood, 80 centimeters high, executed in 1935 by the Catalan surrealist sculptor born in Lleida on 1908 Leandre Cristòfol. It is his first work to appear in Barcelona and was chosen by him when the City Hall offered a place on the new public square, George Orwell square, that had been created after cleaning up from old buildings the space in between the streets of Escudellers, Arenes and Arai. It was unveiled in September of 1991, eight years before the death...
Leandre Cristofol - Monument
This big public sculpture, titled Monument, more than 8 meters tall, is a large-scale version from the original in wood, 80 centimeters high, executed in 1935 by the Catalan surrealist sculptor born in Lleida on 1908 Leandre Cristòfol. It is his first work to appear in Barcelona and was chosen by him when the City Hall offered a place on the new public square, George Orwell square, that had been created after cleaning up from old buildings the space in between the streets of Escudellers, Arenes and Arai. It was unveiled in September of 1991, eight years before the death...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
Gothic Neighbourhood
Of all the streets of Barcelona, with no doubt, the most popular one is the Ramblas (Les Rambles in Catalan or Las Ramblas in Spanish).
Going down from Plaça Catalunya (nerve centre of the city) to Columbus Monument at the Port Vell (Old Port) and with the addition in the 90s of the wooden walkway into the Harbour to connect with the Maremagnum (a Mall with the Barcelona Aquarium and the Imax theatre closed by in the middle of the old port) or up from the Port Vell to Plaça Catalunya this long stroll with different names (Rambla de Canaletes, Rambla dels...
Las Ramblas
Gothic Neighbourhood
Of all the streets of Barcelona, with no doubt, the most popular one is the Ramblas (Les Rambles in Catalan or Las Ramblas in Spanish).
Going down from Plaça Catalunya (nerve centre of the city) to Columbus Monument at the Port Vell (Old Port) and with the addition in the 90s of the wooden walkway into the Harbour to connect with the Maremagnum (a Mall with the Barcelona Aquarium and the Imax theatre closed by in the middle of the old port) or up from the Port Vell to Plaça Catalunya this long stroll with different names (Rambla de Canaletes, Rambla dels...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
El Barri Gotic - Gothic Neighbourhood
Located just a small arcaded passageway away from the Ramblas there is the Plaça Reial (Plaza Real). Designed by the architect Francesc Daniel Molina and build in 1848 over what had been and old religious convent from the Capuchinos (Caputxins). This beautiful place has a square plant, and is quite ample and delimited by the walls of one single building (it is like an interior patio). The facades of this building are made up of numerous balconies, and have like tile roof terraces.
It is an important and lively meeting place especially at night,...
Plaza Real in Barcelona
El Barri Gotic - Gothic Neighbourhood
Located just a small arcaded passageway away from the Ramblas there is the Plaça Reial (Plaza Real). Designed by the architect Francesc Daniel Molina and build in 1848 over what had been and old religious convent from the Capuchinos (Caputxins). This beautiful place has a square plant, and is quite ample and delimited by the walls of one single building (it is like an interior patio). The facades of this building are made up of numerous balconies, and have like tile roof terraces.
It is an important and lively meeting place especially at night,...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu - March/April 2008
From March 19 to April 10 Richard Wagner is back at the Ramblas Coliseum with the Grosse Romantische Oper, Tannhäuser in a new co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Paris National Opera and the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Tannhäuser was first performed in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 11 February 1887-
Tannhäuser, written between 1843 and 1845, is probably the most mature of the young Wagner's operas and the richest in dramatic ideas and musical inventiveness. The theme of redemption through love,...
Tannhauser
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu - March/April 2008
From March 19 to April 10 Richard Wagner is back at the Ramblas Coliseum with the Grosse Romantische Oper, Tannhäuser in a new co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Paris National Opera and the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Tannhäuser was first performed in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 11 February 1887-
Tannhäuser, written between 1843 and 1845, is probably the most mature of the young Wagner's operas and the richest in dramatic ideas and musical inventiveness. The theme of redemption through love,...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - February /March 2008.
Elektra is a one-act opera-defined as a «Tragödie»- by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903—the first of many such collaborations between composer and librettist, based on Sophocles' eponymous tragedy. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909, and remains a part of the standard operatic repertoire.
This new Co production between the Gran Teatre Liceu and La Monnaie-De Munt from Brussels is conducted by Sebastián Weigle...
Elektra by Richard Strauss
Gran Teatre del Liceu - February /March 2008.
Elektra is a one-act opera-defined as a «Tragödie»- by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903—the first of many such collaborations between composer and librettist, based on Sophocles' eponymous tragedy. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909, and remains a part of the standard operatic repertoire.
This new Co production between the Gran Teatre Liceu and La Monnaie-De Munt from Brussels is conducted by Sebastián Weigle...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, November 07 to January 08
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. The premiere took place at the Cairo Opera House, which had been inaugurated two years earlier, in 1869 (the year of the opening of the Suez Canal) on 24 December 1871. First performed in Barcelona on 16 April 1876 at the Teatre Principal. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 25 February 1877. It has become the most frequently performed title in the theatre's history.
One of the prime attractions of this particular co-production, between the...
Aida - Guiseppe Verdi
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, November 07 to January 08
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. The premiere took place at the Cairo Opera House, which had been inaugurated two years earlier, in 1869 (the year of the opening of the Suez Canal) on 24 December 1871. First performed in Barcelona on 16 April 1876 at the Teatre Principal. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 25 February 1877. It has become the most frequently performed title in the theatre's history.
One of the prime attractions of this particular co-production, between the...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
New Year Concert - Gran Teatre del Liceu, January 2008
The popular New York director Woody Allen will offer in Barcelona on January 1st a concert of New Year in the Gran Teatre del Liceu. His well-known passion for jazz and for the clarinet, instrument that Allen use to lead his New Orleans jazz Band, brings him to Europe with an extensive Tour.
This European Tour will take Woody Allen and the New Orleans Jazz, among other cities, to London at the Hammersmith Apollo, to Paris at the prestigious Châtelet Theater, Athens, Luxembourg, Budapest, Brussels and Lisbon.
In addition to the...
WOODY ALLEN & HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND
New Year Concert - Gran Teatre del Liceu, January 2008
The popular New York director Woody Allen will offer in Barcelona on January 1st a concert of New Year in the Gran Teatre del Liceu. His well-known passion for jazz and for the clarinet, instrument that Allen use to lead his New Orleans jazz Band, brings him to Europe with an extensive Tour.
This European Tour will take Woody Allen and the New Orleans Jazz, among other cities, to London at the Hammersmith Apollo, to Paris at the prestigious Châtelet Theater, Athens, Luxembourg, Budapest, Brussels and Lisbon.
In addition to the...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Vincenzo Bellini at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
For closing the season 2006-2007 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu it will be on stage the Opera Norma, Lyric tragedy in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani based on the work by Alexandre Soumet. Music by Vincenzo Bellini. First performed on 26 December 1831 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 16 October 1847.
Norma (1831) is unquestionably one of Bellini's great operas, and one of the finest in the bel canto repertory and the entire history of opera.
Co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu and...
Norma - Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
For closing the season 2006-2007 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu it will be on stage the Opera Norma, Lyric tragedy in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani based on the work by Alexandre Soumet. Music by Vincenzo Bellini. First performed on 26 December 1831 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 16 October 1847.
Norma (1831) is unquestionably one of Bellini's great operas, and one of the finest in the bel canto repertory and the entire history of opera.
Co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu and...
Fairs and Congresses > Fairs
Barcelona Contemporary Art at the Drassanes Reials, May 2007
A long list of more than 40 galleries will attend to this new contemporary art fair in Barcelona from different countries of Europe, United Sates, Canada, Brazil, China and Japan. The selection committee for this first year of Swab has well known names as Leo Konig (from Leo Koenig Inc, New York), Marta Moriarty (from Vacío 9, Madrid) and Fred London (from Fred London, UK). These galleries will bring well-known contemporary artists and also the new names that emerge and have never presented their works in Spain.
The place...
Swab International Art Fair
Barcelona Contemporary Art at the Drassanes Reials, May 2007
A long list of more than 40 galleries will attend to this new contemporary art fair in Barcelona from different countries of Europe, United Sates, Canada, Brazil, China and Japan. The selection committee for this first year of Swab has well known names as Leo Konig (from Leo Koenig Inc, New York), Marta Moriarty (from Vacío 9, Madrid) and Fred London (from Fred London, UK). These galleries will bring well-known contemporary artists and also the new names that emerge and have never presented their works in Spain.
The place...
Musical Events and Dance > Ballet-Dance
Antonio Gades Ballet Company at the Liceu, April 2007
4 opportunities to see in Barcelona the particular version of the ballet Carmen, directly inspired in Merimée’s tale, with the choreography made by Antonio Gades in the 80’s with music form George Bizet and Paco de Lucía, first presented to the public at the Théâtre de Paris in 1983, starring Cristina Hoyos and Gades himself.
Antonio Gades, who died in 2004, was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer that contributed to popularize the flamenco art on the international stage. He also collaborated...
Ballet Carmen
Antonio Gades Ballet Company at the Liceu, April 2007
4 opportunities to see in Barcelona the particular version of the ballet Carmen, directly inspired in Merimée’s tale, with the choreography made by Antonio Gades in the 80’s with music form George Bizet and Paco de Lucía, first presented to the public at the Théâtre de Paris in 1983, starring Cristina Hoyos and Gades himself.
Antonio Gades, who died in 2004, was a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer that contributed to popularize the flamenco art on the international stage. He also collaborated...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, April 2007
From April 4 to April 25 there will be ten opportunities to listen to the Romantische Oper Der fliegende Holländer /“The Flying Dutchman”/ considered the first of Wagner's mature operas, composed in 1843 and first performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 December 1885.
Libretto and music by Richard Wagner based on the text Aus den Memorien des Herren von Schnabelewopski by Heinrich Heine.
Conducted this time by Sebastian Weigle, the Music Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona since 2004, with Allan Titus on...
Der fliegende Holländer
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, April 2007
From April 4 to April 25 there will be ten opportunities to listen to the Romantische Oper Der fliegende Holländer /“The Flying Dutchman”/ considered the first of Wagner's mature operas, composed in 1843 and first performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 December 1885.
Libretto and music by Richard Wagner based on the text Aus den Memorien des Herren von Schnabelewopski by Heinrich Heine.
Conducted this time by Sebastian Weigle, the Music Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona since 2004, with Allan Titus on...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
At the Liceu Opera House, February 2007
The Concert initially scheduled for November 26th 2006, will finally take place on 7 February 7th 2007 at 21.30 pm.It is always a pleasure and an honour to have Montserrat Caballe singing in Barcelona and more even in the Liceu Opera house. With the company of Manuel Burguesas at the piano she will offer music from composers like Haendael, Cherubini, Niedermayer, Nicolai or Catani in the first part or Brahms, Massenet, Saint-Saëns or Goundod in the second half. Born in Barcelona, her international debut began in New York with a...
Recital Montserrat Caballé
At the Liceu Opera House, February 2007
The Concert initially scheduled for November 26th 2006, will finally take place on 7 February 7th 2007 at 21.30 pm.It is always a pleasure and an honour to have Montserrat Caballe singing in Barcelona and more even in the Liceu Opera house. With the company of Manuel Burguesas at the piano she will offer music from composers like Haendael, Cherubini, Niedermayer, Nicolai or Catani in the first part or Brahms, Massenet, Saint-Saëns or Goundod in the second half. Born in Barcelona, her international debut began in New York with a...