B-Days: Discover Barcelona at incredible rates

Planning a visit to Barcelona? Check out our calendar and take advantatge of B-Days: the new incredible promotion at B-Hotel. For only 65€ per night, stay in one of our B-Rooms.

 Seamlessly blending avant-garde style with ultimate functionality, B-Rooms are equipped with the latest technologies and electronic devices; they also feature high design furnishings, minimalist decor, total luxury and excellent services, such as free Wi-Fi, natural lighting, and king size beds or two singles. Cots are also available.

B-Hotel in Plaza Espanya is a perfect place to stay when visiting Barcelona; it’s just ten minutes from La Rambla and Plaza Catalunya, as well as all the museums on Montjuïc. Its ideal location, in one of Barcelona’s most exciting areas, and just steps away from Fira de Barcelona fairgrounds, has made B-Hotel a key landmark during business meetings and trade conventions.

Click here and check out our B-Days calendar

B-Hotel: Biggest rooms in Barcelona

Our B-Hotel has been awarded with the ”Biggest Rooms” distinction by venere.com users worldwide.

B-Hotel pays homage to the city of Barcelona, the modernity and design capital, through the giant letter B sculpture which sits atop the building, marking the city skyline.

The innovative and minimalist B-Hotel showcases a perfect balance of avant-garde style and cutting-edge technologies. The building features a blend of the latest architectural trends, and stands eight stories tall. It is home to 84 rooms and a private parking garage. It makes a great meeting place and has a beautiful and impressive lobby, where guests can enjoy drinks at the B-Bar or share some tapas and fine local wines in the B-Celler. Also offers a terrace with solarium, an incredible pool on the eighth floor, and some amazing views overlooking Plaza Espanya, Montjuïc and the Gran Via. It may be the only terrace in town with free Wi-Fi.

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Buff Epic Run: A mad mud race

Next Sunday December, 20th from 10.30 am on, Montjuïc Castle and other surrounding spaces will become the setting for the Buff®  Epic Run®, a 10-km course with several obstacles to get through including mud pools, straw walls, tube mountains, tyre barriers and rope mazes.

This exceptional 10-km course will have over a thousand participants and include a special race for children between the ages of 13 and 16, which will cover several points on Montjuïc mountain, the most notable being the Castell grounds. You can still sign up for it, but places are limited. Enrolments can be made until December, 17th. 

Here you can see the official videoclip of 2008 Edition:

There are lots of prizes for the adult race and these are varied and highly original, and those taking part on the race in fancy dress will have also some extra points. Awards will go for the most capable in overcoming obstacles, in men’s and women’s categories; for the person who has come the furthest to take part; and for the oldest and youngest participants; prizes for the best fancy dresses, as an individual and in a group; the largest fancy-dressed group, the most original fancy-dressed group, etc…

More inf@: Buff Epic Run Ocisport

2nd Lluís Companys race - run & walk

In a tribute to the People’s Olympics that were due to be held in Barcelona in 1936, today Saturday 3 October, will see the 2nd Lluís Companys’ run and walk, which is open to everyone.

The aim is to regain the spirit of fraternity, good sportsmanship and solidarity those games originally intended while commemorating and reclaiming a sporting event linked to the city and imbued with the values of democracy and solidarity.

The walk is planned to start at 9.30 am and the run half an hour later at 10 am. The route starts opposite INFEC (the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia) on Avinguda de l’Estadi, and goes round the Olympic Ring.

The People’s Olympics were the democratic government’s answer to the Berlin Olympic Games of that same year, now 70 years ago, with their marked xenophobic and racist character. They were held under Hitler’s Nazi regime, with the aim of demonstrating the sporting superiority of the Aryan race.

However, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War cut short these games, which were due to open on 19 July, 1936, the day after Franco’s military uprising.

Web Lluís Companys race  |  Check the route

Mascota Barcelona - Pet Exhibition

For the first time in Spain, three important events dedicated to pets will be held in the same exhibition centre and on the same dates:  Fira de Barcelona’s Mascota Show where the latest pet food and pet care products will be presented; the Southern European Veterinary Congress attended by around 5.500 experts; and the international reptile and amphibian fair, Expoterraria. From the 1st to the 4th of October his coincidence will turn Barcelona into a reference point for pet professionals and lovers.

Mascota, which arose from the transformation of Sizoo and the Festival de la Mascota, will showcase the latest trends in food, health, accessories and specialised services for domestic animals. Although a trade fair, the general public will have the opportunity to see these new products at the weekend, on the 3rd and 4th of October, in the Montjuïc exhibition centre, also the setting for the other two major events which, together, will occupy halls 2, 5, 7 and 8 and the Plaça de l’Univers.

The show’s list of proposals includes the Pets’ Fashion Catwalk where the new collections of pet fashion and accessories will be presented, featuring designers like Adolfo Domínguez, and a large variety of activities for the whole family such as aquarium and cat exhibitions, training trials, a dog beauty contest and children’s workshops with service dogs for persons with disabilities, among others.

At the same time, around 5.500 experts on animal health will attend the Southern European Veterinary Conference - 44th Congress of the Association of Spanish Specialist Veterinarians of Small Animals (AVEPA), which will feature 200 conferences and speakers from around the world. Topics at the event will include Leishmaniosis disease in dogs, new medical and surgical advances, clinic management and veterinarian assistant training. There will also be specialised workshops on diagnostic techniques and dog behaviour, among others.

www.salonmascota.com  1 & 2 october: only professionals  | 3 & 4 october: general public

NN Hotels: www.nnhotels.com  | We suggest accommodation at B-Hotel (www.b-hotel.com) located at Plaza España

Barcelona: one of the world’s happiest city

Barcelona is the third happiest city in the world, according to the American magazine Forbes, overtaken only Rio de Janeiro and Sydney, at first and second places, respectively.

 The list was drawn up from data supplied by a survey among ten thousand people from twenty countries.

Barcelona is recognised for its warm climate, lively culture and football team, as well as its classic Mediterranean nature.

Barcelona is followed by Amsterdam, Melbourne and Madrid, in fourth, fifth and sixth places respectively. Next come San Francisco, Rome, Paris and Buenos Aires, which make up the ten cities perceived to be the happiest in the world, according to Forbes. 

So, why not joining this happiness-circle in one of the best hotels in Barcelona? Núñez i Navarro Hotels brings you 9 centrally located hotels in Barcelona, all different but amazing.

Discover the happiness of Barcelona with www.nnhotels.com

Cool hotel & very convenient location: B-Hotel

We stayed at the B-Hotel from 1 to 5 August.

Cool hotel from the pool on the roof to the Breakfast room on the 1st floor with fantastic views over Plaza Espanya.
The rooms are really well laid out, the decor is funky in a minimalist way, the breakfast was excellent and the location is very convenient - close to the city centre, transport connections and to Montjuic.
Staff were friendly and helpful. Already, we are recommending it to friends as the place to stay in the best city in Europe.

Experience posted by Phoebe Muckian, Sept 09.

B-Hotel: a relaxed 5* experience

We stayed in the B-Hotel from the 7th to 9th August - couldn’t fault anything about this hotel.  The first impression was excellent & staff were simply superb - their help & suggestions ensured that we experienced the real Barcelona (instead of the usual ready made tourist areas).

The location of the hotel was excellent - close to the tour bus stop, aerobus stop and fantastic sights including the Palace, fountains & Bull Ring (was also close enough - but far enough away from the Ramblas - if you know what I mean!).

The facilities, including the impressive pool (& view!) was a delight - nice way to relax after travelling around Barcelona. Everything about our stay was perfect (apart from the fact that Barcelona were playing in USA) - we will be back at some stage and will certainly be back to the B-Hotel!

Easily a relaxed 5* experience!

Experience posted by Sean McGrattan, Aug 09.
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Hotel Barcelona Universal review

Had five days at the Barcelona Universal in early July 2009.  On arrival we asked for a quiet room and they obliged.  The staff were very friendly.  The room was clean and spacious.  The hotel was central for the Ramblas and harbour area and was very close to the Metro. We would definately use it again.  There were plenty of cafes across the road for breakfast.  Try the Dino pan.  For evening meals try the Bella La Napoli on Margarit and La Bodegueta on Carre De Blai very close by in Poble Sec.

Experience added by Byron & Lynda Leeson, Aug 09.

Summer nights in Barcelona

 A Midsummer Night’s Dream could be title of this post, but William Shakespeare has already used it, so we won’t paraphrase.

There are many things to do and visit in Barcelona during the day. Gaudí buildings, La Rambla, 5km of beaches, the new architecture at Diagonal Mar and Forum, Camp Nou and the FCBarcelona museum,…
But what happens when the Sun is down? Don’t let the Moon fool you: Barcelona still has many things to offer !

Cinemar
Can you imagine being able to enjoy the best films ever on board ship? Well, once again, Barcelona harbour is offering you the chance. With “Cinemar” you can recall the first pictures produced by the seventh art, as well as the comic gems of silent cinema, while enjoying the Barcelona coastline.

Cinema at Sala Montjuïc
Sala Montjuïc is the name used to identify the dry moat of Montjuïc Castle during summer nights. Outdoors cinema on a fantastic location with Barcelona as background.

Montjuïc Magic Fountain
Probably the best-known show of Barcelona nights. A combination of music, light and water.

Urban nights by the City History Museum
From a visit to a Civil War air-raid shelter to a night of poetic astronomy. These are two of a dozen ideas on the museum nights.

More inf@:  Barcelona Website

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