This year’s Mobile World Congress will include:

• A world-class thought leadership conference featuring visionary keynotes and action-provoking panel discussions
• An exhibition with more than 1,300 companies displaying the cutting-edge products and technology that will define the mobile future
• An Awards ceremony  and industry seminars that highlight the most innovative mobile solutions and initiatives from around the world
• And most importantly, the planet’s best venue for mobile industry networking, finding business opportunities, and making deals

In 2009, Mobile World Congress hosted approximately 47,000 mobile professionals from 182 countries. More than 50% of these were C-Level executives, and 9,000 of them represented mobile network operators from around the world.  In addition, more than 2,400 members of the press reported from the event, representing more than 1,500 media groups from 76 countries.

Fira de Barcelona is located at Avenida Reina Maria Cristina s/n 08004 Barcelona. How to get there:

Plaza España (lines L1 and L3 )

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Pza. Espanya/Martorell-enllaç

Pza. Espanya/Manresa

Pza. Espanya/Can Ros

Pza. Espanya/Olesa

Pza. Espanya/Igualada

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9, 13, 27, 30, 37, 50, 56, 57, 65, 79, 91, 109, 153 & 157

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For more information concerning the Congress visit here

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Lleida-Alguaire airport was inaugurated the 17th of January with a symbolic flight between Barcelona and Lleida, however, it will not be until the 5th of Febrary when it will officially begin operations. Vueling and Ryanair will be the airlines operating from Lleida-Alguaire airport and first flights will be:

• Paris – Orly (Vueling)

• Palma de Mallorca (Vueling)

• Milano – Bergamo (Ryanair)

• Frankfurt – Hahn (Ryanair)

For more details regarding Lleida-Alguaire airport click here. Unfortunately, this website is just in Catalan this airport is not yet in operation so I would expect this website into Spanish and English immediately.

It is true that Lleida is quite far away from Barcelona (about 150km) however it gives people the choice of flying to Lleida, which should be quite cheap as Lleida-Alguaire airport is trying to promote itself, spend few days in this beautiful area and then drive or take the train to Barcelona.

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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 times arrive seems like there is not much to do a part of remain warm at home… we can suggest some nice things to do during winter in Barcelona.

Go skiing

Andorra and the Pyrenees are less than 3 hours driving from Barcelona and it is a lovely place for a week-end. Pyrenees have many modern and high-quality ski resorts. If you like skiing this is the place for a enjoyable and well deserved week-end.

Note: Barcelona is currently willing to hold the Olympic Winter Games of 2022.

Andorra is also known for its famous thermal baths (such as Caldea).

Ice Skating

In fact, it is available the whole year. Barcelona has 2 places to practise it:

Skating Barcelona at Roger de Flor 168 tel. 93-2452800, for more information click here

Camp Nou between the stadium and Palau Blaugrana tel. 93-4963630, for more information click here

Mercado de Santa Lucia

As a tradition, before winter arrives, the avenue of the Cathedral holds the Santa Lucia market. This is a special market where all kind of traditional objects related to Christmas time can be bought.

Rebajas

After the “Reyes Magos celebration”  (traditional and local celebration similar to Santa Claus), from the 7ht of January until the end of March, clothing stores make important discounts on their products.

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The most interesting and exciting game was the game that took place last day between Cuba and Spain. It was the longest game played this weekend (4 hours) and it nearly gave us a huge surprise as Spain was very close to beat the Cuban team. Cuba, the most favourite team to win this World Championship had very serious problems to beat a Spanish team who had chances to win until the very end and left very good sensations.

Fans filled the Carlos Perez de Rozas Stadium during the entire weekend and everybody had a really good time. The atmosphere was terrific.

We look forward to seeing the Championship coming back  to Barcelona soon.

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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 party all the time. Since many many years , streets are decorated by neighbours in search of becoming the most beautiful and attractive street of the whole area. This would be one of the biggest Barcelona traditions.

Gracia Area is located at the north side of Barcelona, at the end of Paseo de Gracia. The closest Metro stations are Fontana (L3 line) and Joanic (L2 line).

This year, and after a difficult decision, Verdi Street was coronated as the best coronated street and it looked like this:

Gracia are not the only ‘Fiestas’ holded in August in Barcelona as when Gracia are ended, ’Fiestas de Sants’ starts. Sants Area can be reached by Metro at stations: Sants Estació (L5 and L3 line) and Plaça de Sants (L5 and L1 lines).

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The main reason for this, is that a large amount of business are closed in August so people are “forced” to take holidays. Locals normally leave Barcelona in August to go to the beach or the mountain so the city gets less crowded, but just to certain extent, don’t think the city gets empty as this is definitely not the case.

Of course some shops and restaurants will be closed but mainly at “local level” in non-touristic areas. City centre and the main tourist attractions will remain open so you will not miss anything.

Of course it is probably the warmest month of the year which could be hard for people coming from the UK or Ireland for example, but it is not as bad as the south of Spain, so just try avoiding outdoor activities during between 12 and 17h and use suncreen products.

For those of you who enjoy the sun, barcelona has several beaches easily accessible using public transport. If you go to the beach, just remember to apply sunscreen at least 20 minutes prior to sun exposure.

Anoter positive thing is that in August there are less queues for restaurants, museums, nightclubs, … so it is easier to get a table in a restaurant or get a taxi to get back to your hotel.

On the down side, sport activities really slow down so you will not be able to watch any F.C. Barcelona game as the football season does not start until the first week of September.

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