This 5th January will arrive the Magic Kings' Parade!!!

This year you can enjoy of the cavalcade of the Magic Kings with its lights, colors and floats.

Next January 5th, the 3 Magic Kings, will arrive at the Moll de la Fusta at 17:00hs where they will start a parade around the city with more than a thousand people helping them. (see the route here: http://www.bcn.cat/recorregut/ ).

The 11 large floats will distribute over 12,000 kilos of candy, so be prepared!

The magic night with the Magic Kings will arrive soon!

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THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT

The Columbus monument stands at the end of la Rambla, near the sea.

Take the lift inside the column to the viewing gallery at the top and enjoy panoramic views of Barcelona, 60 meters above the ground.

If you look north, you'll be able to make out the Gotic Quarter and the city's historic building: the bell towers of the Cathedral, Santa María del Mar and La Merçè. You'll see the bustling Rambla, which meanders up to the Plaça de Catalunya and marks the entrance to teh Eixample district, where you'll find the city's main modernista landmarks and the Sagrada Familia church.

If you look towards the sea, to the east, and follow the coastline, you'll be able to see the modern Forum district in the distance with its photovoltaic cell and tall buildings. Nearer to you, the twin towers flank the entrance to the Olympic Marina. The old harbour, or Port Vell, and the industrial port are below you at the foot of the monument.

To the south, stands Montjuïc Hill, with its castle at the top. Montjuïc is also the site of museums, gardens, theatres and the Olympic Ring. At the foot of the hill, just beyond the Reials Drassanes that house the Museu Marítim, you'll see the three chimeneys at the botoom of the Paral·lel, and avenue which is a major retail, cultural and entertainment hub.

And finally, if you look west, you'll see Collserola Natural Park, the vast green lung surrounding the city, with the Collserola Tower and the Tibidabo Amusement Park as its two stand-out attractions.

Timetable:
Daily from 8:30 to 20:30hs

Price 4€

Access:
Plaça Portal de la Pau (at the end of las Ramblas)
Metro Drassanes, line 3 color green



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CAROLS IN "LAS RAMBLAS"

Today at 18:30, the Association of friends of Las Ramblas, invites you to a concert of carols from around the world that give the "Coral Sant Ignasi", which combines Catalonia's traditional classics and moderns.

Later, to get warm, nothing like a popular chocolate with "melindros & coques"...nothing more traditional!!!

Come on!

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ROMANESQUE MANGER

The representation of the birth of Jesus with figures for Christmas is a long tradition in Catalonia.

Faithful to this custom, the Sant Jaume square annually hosts a Christmas crib; this is a classic in Barcelona.

This year's crib reproduces part of a romanesque chapel in ruins, with its cloister, in a very Mediterranean landscape.

You can visit it until 29 December in the lobby of the City of Barcelona located in the Plaça Sant Jaume from 11hs to 20hs.

Fuente: Ajuntament de Barcelona
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ICE-RINK IN BARCELONA

A huge but temporary ice-rink has just been build on the Placa Catalunya -the centre of the city-centre- in our beautiful city of Barcelona. It measures over 1200 square meters and has capacity for 350 people. The roof is made of a semi-ransparent dome where images are being proected. To get a bit warm there is the typical "Churros con Chocolate" place.

During the first day of it's opening, already 6000 skaters enjoyed this new attraction. It will be open every day until January 8th, 2012 from 10:00hs to 21:00hs, and the Fridays and Saturdays until 23:00hs.

The costs are 6.00€/half hour and 8.00€/hour, but, if you buy something in the shops around the Plaça catñunya, you can get a 2x1 coupons.

Fuente: La Vanguardi y El Mundo

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RENT A SCOOTER

Explore Barcelona in a different and highly original way – on a scooter! An exciting alternative to conventional tours, Barcelona Scooter gives you access to every corner of the city and helps you make the most of your sightseeing time.
Barcelona Scooter provides a guided panoramic tour of Barcelona's main tourist landmarks, on 125cc automatic scooters with four-stroke engines. The tour is escorted by an English-speaking guide who will tell you about the history of the sights at each stop.

By Barcelona Scooter, you will see the jewels of Catalonia's art nouveau and modernism movements, such as Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, the Hospital de Sant Pau, La Pedrera Casa Mila and of course the bizarre Casa Batlo.

Continue to Montjuic Park, renowned for its gardens and sporting facilities. Sights include the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, the Poble Espanyol, or Spanish Village, and the Olympic Stadium which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1992 Olympic Games.

The Barcelona Scooter tour finishes with a glide along the waterfront through Port Olimpic and Parc del Forum.

Choose the single scooter option or share with a friend on a double scooter - the choice is yours!

Duration: 3 hours (approx.)
Departure Point: Pg. Joan de Borbo, 80-84 Barceloneta
Return Details: Returns to original departure point
Price:
from 50 €

Metro:
Barceloneta

Email:
info@cooltra.com

Web:
www.cooltra.com

Phone:
93 221 4070

IN A ANONYMOUS WORLD...melodies from the underground

The city, a place where everything moves in multiple directions, where the continued pursuit of its citizens is immersed in the spin life, it keeps small oasis, that since the humanity has memory, let go the imagination and make the world more pure, cleaner and creative.

"In an anonymous world ..." is a photographic exhibition by art students who have portrayed from different viewpoints, the lives of those who work submerged in a sea of anonymous faces, those who live in an anonymous world, those who do not leave any opportunity to demostrate that there are other ways of understanding the life: THE UNDERGROUND MUSICIANS.

You can enjoy this exposition in the metro station of "Diagonal" (line 3 color green and line 5 color blue) in the Espai Merçè Sala.
It's open from 18th November to 30th January 2012 from Monday to Friday from 10:00hs to 20:30hs
The entrance is free.

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