Low temperatures, thick clothes, long nights, Christmas and then back to work … it is winter time.
Being a Mediterranean city, winter does not hit as strong as in others cities in Europe. Temperatures may range between 0 and 10º C and the snow never usually appear. However, we are so used to nice weather that when cold [...]
For those people visiting or staying in Barcelona during the month of August, there are some nice and interesting activities to enjoy their visit to Barcelona. One of these activities would be the well-known Festes de Gracia.
From mid August and for 9 days, the Gracia area is filled with joy, music and [...]
This is the view when the plane approaches Barcelona airport. If the weather is good, it is simply beautiful.
The origin Barcelona and alternative names for Barcelona, including synonyms or abbreviations:
* At least two other versions of the foundation of Barcelona have been proposed by romantic historians since the fifteenth century. One credits the Carthinagean general Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, with the foundation of the city around 230 BC under the name of [...]
