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Festa del Mercé
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 10:10
La Mercè is the “most important festival”of the city of Barcelona. It has been an official city holiday since 1871, when the local government first organized a program of special activities to observe the Roman Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Mercy, La Mare de Déu de la Mercè in Catalan. Although the actual feast day is September 24, the festivities begin a few days beforehand.
Some of the most important features of the festival were introduced in the year 1902, when parades included papier maché “giants” known as gegants i capgrossos, the first Castell competition in the city, and a popular dance from Empordà that was becoming popular throughout Catalonia: the Sardana. The holiday has enjoyed immense local popularity ever since.Among more recently introduced traditions are the annual Catalonian Wine Fair; a special correfoc; a marathon race; and the particularly popular pyromusical, a spectacular display of synchronized fireworks, water fountains, and music conducted at the base of the mountain of Montjuïc.
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Restaurant el Xalet
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 11:19
The restaurant Montjuïc El Xalet, unique in Barcelona, is placed on mountain of Montjuïc.
With its spectacular views of Barcelona, the restaurant, which was inaugurated in 2004, is located next to the swimming pools of the 1992 Olympic Games (where Kylie Minogue used to shoot her video clips), and in front of the funicular and the singular telepheric that carries to the top of the mountain and to Montjuïc’s castle.
Danone restaurant
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 10:41
Danone opened in the mid-2009, on the occasion of its 90th anniversary, its first modern and fashion restaurant. It is located on Barcelona’s Diagonal, it offers healthy and mediterranean cuisine at very attractive prices and has a yoghourterie, a little museum and conference rooms.
La Roca Shopping Village
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 10:04
The La Roca Shopping village has been the first outlet village to be established in Spain and is the only place in the country where you can buy upmarket brands at discount prices. The village, that is located in the heart of the Catalonian country only 40 minutes outside of Barcelona, has been constructed in the honour of the great modernist architecture the area has to offer and therefore does not just offer excellent shopping opportunities but also wonderful and admirable surroundings.
The village itself offers more than 100 different outlet stores of women, men, children and lifestyle high-end brands with discounts of up to 60%. Among these are Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Desigual, Levis, Miss Sixty, Pepe Jeans, Swarovski and many more.
Festa Major de Gracia
Monday, 06 September 2010 10:41
Every year in August the famous neighbourhood festival Festa Major de Gracia takes place in this district of Barcelona. It is a huge event for the barrio of Gracia that used to be an individual village and that was later connected to the city of Barcelona. The celebration usually lasts one week and is very famous and popular throughout all of Catalonia that leads to thousands of people coming every year to watch and to be a part of this extraordinary festival. Throughout the neighbourhood there are decorations, food stalls, music, performances, craft stands, and in the main squares such as Plaza del Sol and Plaza Rius i Taulet live concerts are held of different types of music (jazz, classic, rock…). The main attraction of the fiesta is however, the way the neighbours decorate their streets. It is a competition between the neighbouring streets whoever decorates theirs best and most creative.
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