Snowboard FIS World Championships

From 14th to 22th of January 2011 Barcelona and La Molina will host the Snowboard World Championships FIS.

Athletes from all over the world show the art of slipping in the snow in all styles and levels.

By road:
Optimum Accessibility - GPS: 42º20’03.90”N · 1º56’04.59”E

By train:
Renfe telephone: 902 24 02 02
Web Renfe: http://www.renfe.es/

By bus:
Segales telephone: 902 13 00 14
Web Segales: www.sagales.com

Urban Bus:
Internal transport service between "Pista Llarga", at the pistes La Molina Renfe station

Barcelona Cathedral

The earliest origins of Barcelona Cathedral date back to a basilica with three naves, destroyed by Al-Mansur in 925. The remains of this basilica can be seen at the City History Museum. Around 1046, Bishop Guislabert pushed for the construction of a new cathedral. There are hardly any references to this cathedral. It is believed to have occupied part of the Gothic building but all that has been preserved is Romanesque.

Building work began in 1298. Construction was very slow: the Crypt of Saint Eulalia and the choir-stall are from the end of the 14th century; the cloister from the 15th century and the retrochoir and the organ from the 16th century. The façade was finally finished in the early 20th century, by the architects Josep Oriol Mestres and August Font i Carreras, based on an early 15th century design by the French architect Mestre Carlí. Rather than Catalan Gothic, the style is Nordic Gothic The façade is 70 metres high and crowned with an image of Saint Helena, by the sculptor Eduard Alentorn.

In the cloisters, for Corpus Christi, there is a typically Barcelonian custom, l'ou com balla: an egg (ou) is put into the jet of water in the cloister garden fountain to make it "dance". There is also a pond with thirteen white geese. Always thirteen, because that is how old Saint Eulalia was when, according to legend, she was martyred.

The Barcelona Cathedral is located in the heart of Gotic Quatier.

Time tables:
Week from 13:00h to 17:00h.
Holiday days: from 14:00h. to 17:00h.
Ticket: 5,00 €


Font: Web de Ajuntament de Barcelona

The Magic Kings arrives at Barcelona!

Next 5th of january, the "Magic Kings" or the "Reyes Magos" arrives at Barcelona to bring a lot of gifts to the good boys and coal to the bad ones!

They will arrive like every year by ship at 16.30h on the Moll de la Fusta near Maremagnuma with the royal party and reception ceremony.

At 18.30 am they will start the parade from the Marqués de l'Argentera for Via Laietana, pl. Urquinaona, pl. de Catalunya, pl. Universitat, Ronda de Sant Antoni, Sepúlveda, Vilamarí, Lleida until Av. Rius i Taulet.

This parade will be full of excitement, colors, songs and dances that help to preserve the magic of this special day.

What to do for New Years eve in Barcelona?

If you are in Barcelona during the New Year’s eve, we suggest some ideas about where to go.

Go to a restaurante can be a nice idea, but you have to know that so many people celebrate the New year in Barcelona in restaurantes. for that we recommend to make a reservation before.
Some good resturantes near our Bed and Breakfast can be a nice choose for this special night:

Near BBB - Jardinets we recommended:
El Rústico in Terol street number 39 in Gracia
L'Anxoveta in Sant Domènec street number 16 in Gracia

Near BBB - Casanova can be:
Vinya-Roel in Villaroel street number 190 in Eixample
El Velodromo in Muntaner street corner with Passatge Pellicer in Eixample

Close to Casa Maca:
Club Solo in Passatge Concepció in Eixample
La Musclería in Bruc street corner with Mallorca street in Eixample

At 12 o’clock everyone eats 12 grapes at every ring of the clock at midnight and if you do it succesfully, you can make a wish for New Year.

This year, the weather help to spend the time waiting for the New Year on the street, the people meet every year in Plaça Catalunya or Plaça Reial to eat the grapes and say hello to 2012. Don't forget to bring the cava and the grapes!

After that, everything are in your hands! All the bars and clubs will be open, full of people, you only have to choose one!

Some suggestions:

Razzmatazz
Sala Apolo
Harlem Jazz Club
Shoko

We wish you a Happy New Year!

BBB - Casanova Guest House

We renovated the rooms...every day we try to make something more cozy our house.

In BBB - Casanova Guest House, Fabiola and Juan help us in this tired (and dirty!) job!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

We're renovating our Bed and Breakfast!!!

Thanks to Mauricio and Fabiola (our hosts in BBB-Jardinets and BBB-Casanova) we have renovated our rooms.

we want to invite you to visit us and check it!

There is only a example of the work that they are doing.