Is there any sort of natural phenomena in your home town? Here in Catalonia, near a small town known as Castellar del Riu, Berguedà, there are the remnants of a very important tree. Discovered in the early 18th century, this beautiful pine tree was stumbled upon by...
Did you ever wonder what represents the figure of a donkey that can be seen in some cars and walls on the streets of Barcelona? The Catalan Donkey, know as the Ase Català or Ruc Català, is a native race of donkey from the Catalan province of Girona. Nowadays is...
Carnival, traditionally known as Carnestoltes in Catalonia, is one of the most popular festivals in the world. It starts always on the Fat Thursday (Dijous gras) and ends with the burial of the sardine or also, like many towns in the Pyrenees, the burning or burial of...
The Santa Eulalia festivity is the largest winter festival of Barcelona starting the 6th until the 15th of February. The streets of Ciutat Vella and, above all, La Rambla, are filled with giants, devils, big heads, castellers, dances and other elements of popular...
All the country at these dates throws into Easter traditions. You could see a lot of traditions like processions and religion ceremonies in all along Spain and above all in Andalucia (south of Spain). In Catalonia is quite different and we are going to explain it to...
The Carnival word has its origin in the Latin “Carnelevarium”, whose meaning is “bye to meat”. It consists of eating all products (principally meat) that they couldn’t eat during the following forty days of Catholic Lent. This is the reason...
Winter in Barcelona isn’t too cold, but anyway it’s time to look for some cozy places or time to go to theatre. Barcelona’s agenda is full, as usual. In this post we’re going to bring into focus some interesting performance that will take place in Barcelona, in...
