Discover Barcelona on a cool beach cruiser

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Renting a bike is the fastest way to discover a city to see all attractions and unknown treasures in the open air! Barcelona has become cycle-friendly with many cycle paths, making it easy to ride through the city.

But why rent an ordinary bike, when you can see Barcelona from a beach cruiser? Beach cruisers are bikes with big balloon tires, have an upright seating posture, a single-speed drive train and a straightforward steel construction. At ‘Cruising Bike Barcelona’ you can choose from 40 different models, ensuring you ride on a special bike: a pink bike with blue flowers or a sturdy black bike with hot flames; there is a variety to choose from. Continue reading

Upcoming Events in Barcelona

16/12/2012- Buff Epic Run 2012 Barcelona

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This annual run takes place every December and is sure to be an unforgettable experience. Participants, dressed in fancy dress, run an 8km obstacle course around Montjuic castle consisting of mud pits, tires, and more. For the children of the family, there’s also the Mini Buff Epic Run. This will truly be an unforgettable experience that is fun for the whole family! Continue reading

5 best restaurants in Barcelona

Alba Granados

Alba Granados is one of the best steakhouses in Barcelona. The restaurant serves high quality steak, fish and wine at reasonable prices.  What make the place even more special are the outstanding service and an elegant atmosphere. Those who want to have a romantic dinner with their partner can sit outside on the balcony and enjoy the food. Continue reading

Events for next week in Barcelona!

Anti-karaoke in Barcelona

What to do on the very hated Monday? Gather your friends and go to Anti-Karaoke in Sala Apolo in Barcelona. This well known party is described as a fusion between a rock concert, a Broadway musical and a crazy house party, and has become very famous in the Barcelona nightlife scene. So if you like to sing, especially rock songs, it´s something you don´t want to miss out on! There will be an animated live audience of around 300 people cheering you on. And it has been a great success because this is already the 7th year Anti-Karaoke is hosted in Sala Apolo. A ticket is only 8 euros and it includes a drink. Go to the website to buy your ticket.

 

Freestyle Motocross show

Are you a big fan of those guys on motorcycles doing amazing and crazy tricks? Then you should go to the Freestyle Masters MX in Barcelona on the 18th of November. It´s a freestyle Motocross show hosted at Palau Sant Jordi arena at the Montjuic hill. Some of the world´s best freestyle Motocross riders will perform in the show with some incredible stunts and tricks. If you are familiar with the Motocross scene, names like Dany Torres, Adam Jones, Tom Páges, ´Taka´ Higashino and Rémi Bizouard will make you extremely happy. For more information about this event go to the official website.

If you want to buy the tickets immediately go to this website.

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This Week In Barcelona!

Our best picks for what’s going on this week in Barcelona:

1. Barcelona Jazz Festival 2012

Running throughout November, the Barcelona Jazz Festival hosts some of the best jazz performers in the world in venues across the city. Musicians include Milow, Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea. Continue reading

Autumn In Barcelona

Here at Casamona, we’re still missing the summer. But we’re finding out that the changing of the seasons is opening up a whole new side to the city. There is, after all, much more to Barcelona than its favourable weather. If, like us, you’ve been twiddling your thumbs at the weekends without the guaranteed fall-back of another trip to the beach, Continue reading

Upcoming events for next week in Barcelona!

Festival In-Edit in Barcelona

If you are a big fan of music and you like good documentaries, you should definitely visit the In-Edit Beefeater Festival. It’s a Music Documentary Festival in Barcelona that starts Thursday the 25th of October and will last till Sunday the 4th of November. This great festival is all about good music documentaries made by music fans, for music fans. It’s already the 10th anniversary of the Beefeater Festival and it has brought the best music documentaries to Barcelona. The documentaries will be shown in the cinema Aribau Club, Aribau Multicines and some other venues. For more information about the documentaries, tickets and more, visit the official website from the In-Edit Beefeater Festival.

 

Scissor Sisters in Barcelona!

To the joy of many fans, the Scissor Sisters are coming to Barcelona! They will be performing in the big club Razzmatazz. Their music is fun and can mostly be described as upbeat dance pop, poprock, glamrock and elecetroclash. There most successful song ‘I don’t feel like dancin’, was popular in Europe and actually makes you want to dance! Sometimes their music sounds like it took a trip to the 80’s. So from old to young everyone can enjoy their fun music and dance to the groovy beats. This Monday is your chance to see this great band. Tickets are only 28,50 euros and still available.  For more information about tickets check the website.

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Somorrostro

Somorrostro, in the backstreets of Barceloneta is a cosy and welcoming restaurant with fresh fish from ‘La Lonja de Barceloneta’ to the table in only a matter of hours, Somorrostro without a doubt has the freshest fish in the area of Barceloneta, if not the whole of Barcelona.

Probably one of the most fascinating experiences is watching local fish dealers bid for fresh fish only minutes after they have come off one of the many fishing boats which have been out all day. Most people Continue reading

Best shopping experience in La Roca Village

La Roca Village is the ideal place for anyone who likes to shop and wants some fantastic value deals.  In La Roca Village, visitors can find over 100 shops and restaurants with up to 60% discounts.Most people shop there to save money, others enjoy the atmosphere of the place and are looking for clothes which are no longer in stores to find something a little bit different. Besides La Roca Village is very convenient because it is only 30 minutes away from Barcelona.

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