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Nous sommes partis avec un bb super hotel.

Nous vous le recommandons pour son accueil la sympathie de tout le monde, la propreté, le confort, la proximite avec le metro et tous les acces.

Experience posted by Patrick Attal, August 2010.

B-Hôtel se trouve au cœur de la ville. Idéalement situé face à la Place Espanya et à la gare ferroviaire de Barcelona Sants, il se trouve à une distance de dix minutes de métro de la Place Catalunya, des Ramblas, du Passeig de Gracia, des plages de Barcelone et du Camp Nou. Il est aussi facilement accessible depuis l’aéroport international Barcelona El Prat (BCN).

Sardinas & Rumba in La Caseta del Migdia, Montjuïc

The summer invites you to enjoy the open air. And there’s nothing better than a good meal with some good music out in the open to while away the hot days. These are the ingredients for “Sardines&Rumba“, the new culinary event on Montjuïc mountain this summer.

Book a Wednesday night during July and August (from 9 pm on) and enjoy a big public sardine barbecue, accompanied by the best of Catalan Rumba, and extraordinary views of Barcelona harbour from Montjuïc.

These culinary nights are a new initiative from the La Caseta del Migdia (Marc Ros, co-organiser) and Moritz.

Besides sardines, anyone going to “Sardines & Rumba” will be able to savour a first dish and some very refreshing desserts. The full menu includes a salad, six barbecued sardines and a melon and watermelon shish kebab.

As for drinks, in addition to beer you’ll find a Catalan-style jug of wine, to make it an especially traditional menu. The total cost per person is €19. For further information make a booking, please call 934 235 434.

Where: La Caseta del Migdia (Mirador del Migdia-Montjuic)

The Teatre Lliure will reopen in September

The Teatre Lliure in the Gràcia district will be reopening its doors on 30 September with “Cat on a hot tin roof” by Tenesse Williams.

The announcement was made by the director of the Lliure, Àlex Rigola, who will be directing the production and embarking on his final season in the post. The play is a co-production with the Centre Dramàtic Nacional and features Muntsa Alcàñiz.

Rigola has explained that the theatre will hold between 200 and 350 people according to the format, and that it will keep the “austere” style of seats without armrests that give the “feeling of sitting on a bench” and the sort of “closeness you would experience if you were in an Agora”.

The second production staged by the Lliure in Gràcia will be Harold Pinter’s “Celebration“, directed by Lluís Pasqual. Another play scheduled to be performed here is “Les dues dones que ballen” by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, with the season being closed by “Dos“, directed by Eduard Fernández.

The headquarters of the Lliure in Montjuïc, the Fabià Puigserver auditorium, will open the season with “Belmonte“, by Cesc Gelabert and music by Carles Santos. The musician will also be directing “Amarat“, a show on the world of circus.

Walking with dinosaurs in Barcelona

Dinosaurs come back to life near B-Hotel and Hotel Barcelona Universal.

65 million years later, and the dinosaurs are back. The show “Walking with Dinosaurs” re-creates the era these creatures lived in.

More specifically, following the guidance of scientists, fifteen life-sized dinosaurs capable of moving and roaring have been built, including the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex. The staging at Palau Sant Jordi offers its audience a chance to take part in these pre-historic reptiles’ struggle for survival.

It’s a dazzling arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality set to captivate young and old alike. Marvel at the story of their 200 million year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned! So make sure you have your seat to see the return of the dinosaurs!

Where: Palau Sant Jordi
When: Until May 9th, 2010
More info: Walking with Dinosaurs

XXXII El Corte Inglés Race - Ciutat de Barcelona

Next Sunday, May 30th 2010, El Corte Inglés Race will again bring athletes and amateurs to Barcelona streets, on which is the largest urban race in Europe.

 Registration, totally free, is already open and everyone can join the race. You can register both by internet or personally at El Corte Inglés shopping centers. Registration will finish on May 27th through internet; or May 29th on shopping centers.

All participants will receive for free a a fragment of the original tartan of the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, inaugurated on the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, and recently renovated. And the first 10.000 participants will also receive a free ticket for the European Athletics Championship to be held in Barcelona during July 2010.

El Corte Inglés Race is one of the most important and better known popular races. This is greatly due to the support given by both public and private institutions and, most of all, to the massive response of the citizens of Barcelona who, through their participation, have made it possible for the celebration of this sporting event to be eagerly expected year after year. By the year 1994 the number of participants in the Cursa had grown to 109,457 athletes, a number of runners that still today holds a Guinness Record.

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

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