Baseball World Cup Barcelona 2009

Barcelona has been the venue this weekend for the first round of the Baseball World Championship 2009. From Thursday to Saturday, inconditionals fans of this sport have had the chance to enjoy top level baseball games between Cuba, Puerto Rico, South Africa and the host nation Spain.

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.

Baseball WorldChampionship in Barcelona

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.

September 13th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Events, Sports | 2 comments

Fiestas de Gracia

Gracia

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).

August 23rd, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Barcelona, Events, Useful information | Leave a comment

Is August a good time to visit Barcelona?

In my opinion it definitely is, as the city is less crowded so you have more “space” for you to enjoy your vacation.

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.

July 28th, 2009 | Category: Useful information | One comment
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