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Manna Gelats - An Intimate Place to Rest

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If we are on holiday we should make the best of it, shouldn't we? So how about making your holiday more yummy? Manna Gelats promises you to offer the most delicious ice cream assortment in Barcelona city . If you want to give a break you can make use of an opportunity by having a seat at Manna Gelats in Barcelona or after dinner at late hours you may want to have some desserts so you can try crepes or ice cream served at Manna Gelats.  Ice creams offered here are home made and present special Italian tastes in Barcelona city . The service and the shop owner is really kind. It's a small and authentic place to stop by. If you are looking for a place for breakfast or brunch, Manna Gelats have delicious menu to serve. Is Manna Gelats expensive? We should say it is not. The prices can vary between 1 and 10€ at most. Ice cream species change and you have chance to taste sherbet, milky or ice creams with chocolate. When you drop by Manna Gelats, you can try some Argentinian breakfast...

Automata Museum of Tibidabo

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Can a mountain have much things to serve to a traveller at a time? If it is Tibidabo mountain, it is absolutely yes! In our previous post, we tried to write about Tibidabo mountain. In the article you can find information about amusement park, funicular and the mountain view. Beside these beauties, there is one more thing you can enjoy if you love museums. This time it is an automata museum. Automata Museum of Tibidabo which is located at the Amusement Park offers you the 19th and 20th century automata spanning examples. What is more, it can be great experience to see the latest acquisition of a finalist in the automata competition held in 2005, Japan. All the objects in the museum are in good shape and repair so this Automata Museum is candidate to be the one in its contemporaries and you will have chance to see coin operated figures at fairgrounds, children toys that look like vintage and mechanical games. If you would like to add extra meaning to your holiday in Barcelona city , t...

Photos of Palace of Catalan Music Building

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In top ten list there is Palace of Catalan music with its original Spanish name Palau De La Musica Catalana . In Barcelona city , this magical and amazing building is one of the places you should visit on your holiday. In our previous post we tried to mention about Palace of Catalan Music . To see how amazing this building is we are happy to present some photos of Palace of Catalan Music . If you like to tour at photos you can check our Gallery part. You can find many photos of Barcelona city and tourist attractions. If you want to know everything about Barcelona city before you plan your travel or for those who hesitate to plan a holiday in Barcelona I hope our site will help you while giving your decision. Here below you can find Palace of Catalan Music photos . These photos make you have desire to visit Barcelona as soon as possible. Enjoy the tour. Your  Barcelona city travel guide will continue to inform you about tourist attractions in Barcelona city .

International Enviromental Film Festival

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It's time to experience the atmosphere of living in an artistic world by joining International Enviromental Film Festival in Barcelona between 6 and 13 November. Hold in every year Barcelona Film Festival is worth to attend if you are a real cinema lover. From all over the world many stars will be attending this fantastic event in November 2014. As you know from our other articles, Barcelona city hosts many art activities throughout a year so your time of travel in Barcelona city doesn't make any changes as you can come across lots of events in Barcelona city in a year. Many concerts, theatre shows, film festivals, cultural and traditional celebrations make a lot contribution to the city. So International Film Festival 2014 Barcelona will host lots of films such as short documentaries, short films or premiere shows. For any kind of movie you will be able to watch many good projects. From 6th to 13th November, you shouldn't miss this event if you are in Barcelona city ...

All About My Mother - A Film Shot in Barcelona

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Being a city lover means that you should really know everything, at least, most of the thing about Barcelona city . Until today we have tried to write about many tourist attractions in Barcelona city . Besides, hotels, pensions, things to do, transportation in Barcelona city are one of those information you can find at our site. Of course these subjects come first when you do search about a new city but we being Barcelona city travel guide site try to tell and write about anything about this fantastic Barcelona city . So here in this article you will learn about films set in Barcelona city so far. One of these films shot in Barcelona is All About My Mother ( Todo Sobre Mi Madre) by Pedro Almodovor in 1999. Actually the movie starts in Madrid but later continues and ends in Barcelona . Costars are Penelope Cruz, Cecilia Roth and Marisa Paredes. In this film you can see Teatre Tivoli, Cementiri De Montjuic, Hospital Del Mar, Palau De La Musica Catalana and Sagrada Familia. At our site...

A Quim Family Tradition - Quimet & Quimet Restaurant

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Are you looking for the best tapas bars in Barcelona city ? Then, we would like to introduce   Quimet & Quimet Tapas Bar . There are many good tapas bars in different areas of Barcelona city but you can be sure that  Quimet & Quimet is the best tapas bar in Barcelona . We hear that previous visitors say  Quimet & Quimet is really small and there are no seats in the bar which looks like a small room but with all heart we can say that, this tapas bar offers really best small dishes such as salmons with yoghurt and honey, croquettes, yoghurt with anchovy, canned preserves ,etc. Quimet & Quimet offers their visitors best tapas in the city . Thinking of canned preserves may look like you will have to eat frozen undelicious food which are sold in the supermarkets but no, not in  Quimet & Quimet bar. The restaurant's specialty is canned preserves. Since four generations Quimet family have run this tapas bar. Quimet & Quimet which was ...

Italian Wind '' La Poma'' Restaurant in Barcelona

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When you arrive in a different country first thing you think about where to eat and drink ? So in Barcelona city there are many good restaurants and pubs you can eat or spend a good time. Here in this article, we are going to try to introduce a special Italian Food Restaurant in Barcelona city called La Poma. If you travel or stay around La Rambla street on El Raval district this can be the best choice to taste Italian pizza and Mediterranean food in the city. Firstly we suggest you taste delicious tapas food and If you miss or want to try different kind of food it may be a good choice to spend lunch or dinner time in La Poma .  What can we eat in Barcelona city in La Poma? The restaurant offers you lots of different delicious cuisine in Las Ramblas street. You can have caprese salad with rocket, tomato and basil oil, pizza kinds with porcini, gorgonzola cheese and caramelized onions. If you want to have fish menu you can try Catalan style cod with garlic mousseline. After you c...

Casa Mila ''La Pedrera'' Museum

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While wandering around in Barcelona , in the heart of the city, it's highly possible to come across a wonder of art designed by Antoni Gaudi. Even if you have decided to discover the city without any tour or city guide while walking around in Barcelona streets you may see many fascinating buildings which ring a bell in your minds that the buildings are really worth to see. So without wasting time you should pop in these amazing buildings as most of them  were possibly designed by magnificent Catalan architecture Antoni Gaudi . So Casa Mila in other words La Pedrera ( a quarry) is located in the city centre. If you walk through the street called La Passeig de Gracia which hosts many chic and expensive brands to shop, you will come across Casa Mila on the corner of Exiample district. The idea of building a house resembling an art of work came up with Pere Mila who was rich thanks to his widow wife and hurted for living in a noble district in Barcelona city . So the history of Casa...

Santa Maria Del Mar Church Photos

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In our previous article we tried to mention about Santa Maria Del Mar Church which is the symbol of Gothic Catalan Church surviving in Barcelona city . The Basilica which was built for merchants in the history became a symbol of the city centre. Even after many disasters it went through before, Santa Maria Del Mar Church is standing monumentally in Libera district. It is one of those sacred destinations you should stop by in Barcelona city . Before you plan your Barcelona city travel you may want to check some photos of Santa Maria Del Mar Church . Beside seeing the basilica you can visit cafes around it and have a sit. While doing this you can watch this fantastic monument and drink your coffee. If you like discovering a city with its whole history then we highly recommend you see this central Gothic church in Barcelona city . Here there are some Santa Maria Del Mar Church gallery if you would like to see what it is like. For more Barcelona city photos please check our Gallery pa...

Santa Maria Del Mar Church

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Whenever you visit Barcelona Santa Maria Del Mar Church in other words Cathedral of Libera, it is waiting for you standing with its outstanding presence in the centre of the city. Basilica of Santa Maria Del Mar which is one of the must see places in Barcelona city has a particular importance with being the single Gothic church surviving in Barcelona . As in the Middle Ages, the architecture world had started to experience a change and besides generally most of the churches' construction continued nearly more than a century but Santa Maria Del Mar Church was built only in 55 years in the heart of the city in order to provide merchants and shipwrights' worship in the city. The most outstanding virtue of the church is being a Gothic church in Barcelona city. When we look at its history we can see that it was built in 14th century and the construction began in 1329 and continued till 1383. The architects were Berenguer de Montagut and Ramon Despuig. The interesting and fascina...

Public Holidays In Barcelona

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In previous article we tried to introduce some public holidays in Barcelona which are religious or national holidays. If your agenda for your Barcelona city travel coincides with any of these bank holidays in Barcelona you may be lucky to be able to watch a real local festival that belongs to the city and you just should be aware that public transportation in bank holidays can be limited and restaurants, banks, bars, offices or shops are closed on those days. If the holidays cross Tuesday or Thursday then Barcelona people will take Monday or Friday off. In Barcelona city they call it pont or puente when they combine the days on holidays. Here we will continue to mention about national holidays in Barcelona from March. You can check January and February holidays in Barcelona if you click N ational holidays in Barcelona . HOLIDAYS IN MARCH Good Friday and Easter Week is observed to welcome spring in Barcelona city . Catalan call it Holy week as a week of holy occasions starts with P...

Holidays in Barcelona City

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Barcelona city likes to celebrate any kind of holidays. They don't distinguish whether it is a bank holiday ( public holiday) or religious holiday . For each holiday they organize a ceremony. People in Barcelona at festivals dance, come together and enjoy the holidays. We here try to explain all kinds of holidays celebrated in Catalan world such as bank, national, religious, holy or public holidays. What do Barcelona people do in public holidays? How do they celebrate the national holidays? Some holidays are celebrated all around Spain but some are just regional holidays. So when you plan your Barcelona city travel you can take the holidays days into consider and may arrange your calendar if you would like to participate the festivals in Barcelona city. You will find the holiday explanations separately and mentioned in each month. HOLIDAYS IN  JANUARY New Year's Eve is celebrated on 31st December and 1st January. It's Spain official public holiday  and in every region ...

How Can You Spend A Day In Barcelona?

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You are travelling to another country and on your way you will pass by Barcelona city during your trip. So you have got just one day and you don't know how you can get best of Barcelona city in a day. If it is summer time you can book up your agenda with really enjoyable activities. From sunbathing at Barceloneta beach to watching A Magic Fountain Show you can spend your day fully. A short walk and fast shopping if you need something for the rest of your holiday on Las Ramblas street and then an appetizer with delicious tapas .  For your best day in Barcelona city follow Barcelona city travel guide . We can offer a quick but good day option in Barcelona city for your daily trip. You can start your day with a fast breakfast in the morning and around 10 you can have a big breakfast with delicious coffee. Between two breakfasts you can walk through the streets to see what's going on. After the big breakfast you can go down La Ramblas street and check the shops to buy some ...