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www.catalunya.com Cultural Tourism Club Catalogue http://cultura.catalunya.com 2010 The ancient museum, faded madonnas, And the extreme painting of today! A candid whim: I’m exalted by the new, enamoured of the old.

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Culture is a stamp of identity for Catalonia, a land of artists and entrepreneurs seeking the essence of its spirit in the past, a spirit that is both innovative and outward-looking. From the valleys of the Pyrenees to the Delta, from to inland Catalonia, a kaleidoscopic landscape has served as a reference point and source of inspiration for architects, sculptors, musicians and painters alike. This catalogue aims to be an instrument for becoming acquainted with the culture of Catalonia and its tourism opportunities by bringing together the products offered by the member companies and institutions of the Cultural Tourism Club. The selection is organised around four main themes: origins, modernity, geniuses of the 20 th century and living heritage, inviting you to discover the symbiosis between nature and culture, between the landscape and the work of creators from every era, constituting one of the main attractions our land offers to visitors. Welcome to Catalonia.

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Catalonia, culture and landscape: Geniuses of Catalonia Origins Picasso 36 Rock paintings 8 Miró 37 Ancient Iberian route 9 Dalí 38 Greek colonies 10 Tàpies 39 Roman Catalonia 11 The Romanesque 12 Living heritage Counts of the Pyrenees: Routes of the birth of Catalonia 14 Music: Festivals and seasons 42 Route of the Good Men 16 The cello of Pau Casals 43 Jewish Catalonia 17 Comedy and drama 44 The royal monasteries of Catalonia: Theatre, film and circus festivals 45 Cistercian route 18 Museums: Live and breathe art 46 Domus templ i : The Templars route 19 The past returns 48 The splendour of Catalonia: The Gothic 20 The soul of things 49 Castles and fortresses 21 Handcrafted 50 Popular festivals 51 Culture and spirituality 52 Catalonia, culture and landscape: The Way of St James in Catalonia 53 Modernity 54 Gaudí 24 55 Domènech i Montaner 26 56 Puig i Cadafalch 27 57 Industrial tourism 28 UNESCO World Heritage 58 routes 30 Places of memory 31 Cultural Tourism Club New architecture 32 Literary routes 33 Directory, Club Members Cultural Tourism 62

Cova dels Vilars, Os de (Terres de Lleida)

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins

Catalonia is a thousand-year-old land where visitors can discover everything from dinosaur footprints and traces of Neanderthal man to a rich Roman heritage and many towns and locations that have retained airs of the Middle Ages. The landscape invites us to lose all notion of time and to relish the beauty of these settings.

Santa Maria, Castelló d’Empúries Empúries () (Pirineus) (Costa Brava)

Cova d’en Daina, Romanyà de la Selva (Costa Brava) Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 7 Rock paintings

Horses, red deer, bulls, archers and hunters: schematic and abstract drawings of figures which anticipate the discoveries of modern art. The Mediterranean region of the Iberian Peninsula boasts the most important collection of rock paintings in Europe, declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Catalonia plays host to 60 sets of paintings in stone, caves and rock shelters: a fascinating and intriguing legacy that transports us to the beginnings of civilisation.

Rock paintings at Ulldecona, Dolmen at Pedra Gentil, Montnegre (Catalunya Central) Roca dels Moros at (Terres de Lleida) Tarragona (Costa Daurada)

Megalithic monuments Places to see For further information Cave art route . Coordinated by the Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya, www.mac.cat Neolithic man buried the dead in the ridges it takes in three prehistoric sites: See p. 74 encircling settlements. Menhirs and Parc Arqueològic Mines de Gavà dolmens can be seen in other places. Many Abrics de l’Ermita Rock Painting www.patrimonigava.cat of these monuments have been conserved Interpretation Centre in Ulldecona See p. 77 and exemplify a heritage in full harmony (Terres de l’Ebre). Eleven rock shelters Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà with the landscape. featuring paintings of hunters and symbolic www.altemporda.org figures, and an interpretation centre to gain See p. 94 Megalithic monuments in the Serra a better understanding of the context and Patronat de Turisme Diputació de Lleida de l’Abera . Five signposted routes allow the symbolism. www.lleidatur.com visitors to discover a collection of See p. 100 115 dolmens and 15 menhirs dating Prades Mountains Rock Painting Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació from Neolithic times between Interpretation Centre in Montblanc de Tarragona - Costa Daurada and , a stone’s throw from i Terres de l’Ebre (Costa Daurada). An approximation www.costadaurada.info Cap de Creus (Costa Brava). of prehistory from the perspective of art www.terresdelebre.travel Various megalithic monuments can also and the history of culture. See p. 101 be seen in the surrounding area of Llançà, Universitat de Barcelona Port de la Selva and Cadaqués, near the Roca dels Moros at El Cogul www.ub.edu/cultural See p. 106 sea. A megalithic route brings together (Terres de Lleida). The most well-known three unique dolmens in Roses. collection of rock paintings in Catalonia. Noteworthy among the animal and human Dolmen of the Cova d’en Daina . figures of El Cogul is the depiction of a ritual A large-scale very well preserved tomb in dance: the phallic dance. Romanyà de la Selva (Costa Brava).

8 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins Olèrdola (Costa del Garraf) Ancient Iberian route

The birth of Iberian culture was related to the influence of eastern peoples on the Iberian Peninsula between the 8 th and 6 th centuries BC. In recent years, the have been the subject of important international exhibitions. Catalonia, where the vestiges of Iberian culture are quite scattered, offers visitors the opportunity to explore the treasures and to visit settlements and fortresses.

Coordinated by the Museu d’Arqueologia Village of Puig Castellar in Santa Coloma For further information de Catalunya, it brings together the most de Gramanet (Barcelona). important Iberian archaeological sites Jaciment i Centre d’Interpretació from this period. El Castellet de in . del Camp de les Lloses de Tona La Moleta del Remei (mill) in Alcanar www.campdeleslloses.cat See p. 72 Places to see (Terres de l’Ebre). Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya • The Iberian settlement on Sant Andreu www.mac.cat Fortress of Els Vilars in . mound in (Costa Brava). Indigete See p. 74 El Molí de l’Espígol (mill) in city and museum bringing together the Ajuntament d’Alcanar (Terres de Lleida). main archaeological discoveries. www.alcanar.cat See p. 93 Things to do • Olèrdola . Walls and archaeological site Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà in a strategic enclave. The institutions in charge of the www.altemporda.org See p. 94 archaeological sites included on the Ancient • Citadel of Calafell (Costa Daurada). Iberian route organise conferences, Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà www.visitemporda.com An ancient fortification that has been dramatised visits, historic reconstructions See p. 94 restored and designed to recreate the life and tastings of Iberian food, among other Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Calafell of its inhabitants. activities. Many sites have services for www.turisme.calafell.cat groups and school groups. See p. 101 Other archaeological sites on the Ancient Iberian Archaeological dig site and route Interpretation Centre of Camp de les Lloses de Tona (Catalunya Central). Puig Castellet , in A permanent space dedicated to the (Costa Brava). ancient Iberian and Roman worlds featuring archaeological collections and an Turó del Montgròs in . L’Esquerda interpretation centre, which organises in . Casol de Puigcastellet in archaeological and history workshops. . El Cogulló in . Ca n’Olivé in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Catalunya Central).

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 9 Empúries (Costa Brava) Greek colonies

Unlike the Romans who dominated the entire length and breadth of Catalonia, assimilating the inhabitants of its settlements, the Greeks only established colonies in Empúries and Roses for trading reasons. The choice of location could not have been better: a large bay sheltered by the mountains that form Cap de Creus and in close proximity to a fertile plain, Empordà.

Empúries (Costa Brava). Roses, history and nature (Costa Brava). For further information The Greek and Roman city: walls, streets, An initiative to provide insight into the drainage system and port, imperative historic heritage of the former Greek colony Espai Cultural La Ciutadella de Roses for trading between the Greek colonisers in an exceptional location in the Bay of www.patrimonideroses.cat See p. 68 and the indigenous peoples. The statute Roses. Special attention is afforded of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, to the citadel of Roses, featuring vestiges Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya - Empúries www.mac.cat is one of the most noteworthy features. of the colony of Rhode and its museum, See p. 74 the castle of La Trinitat, the megalithic park Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà and the natural site on the Falconera www.altemporda.org headland. See p. 94

Citadel of Roses, Girona (Costa Brava) Roman Catalonia

The wars between Rome and Carthage made the former Greek colony of Emporion a strategic location. The Romans arrived there in 218 BC. Subsequently, an urban fabric was to develop with the great metropolis, , the capital of Hispania Citerior, and the important city of Barcino (Barcelona). Wide-ranging evidence of the Roman presence is felt in Catalonia: large public works, patrician villas and the archaeological sites in Tarragona, declared World Heritage.

Roman amphitheatre, Tarragona (Costa Daurada)

underground amid the houses and streets Places to see For further information of a Roman city. The city walls are the most Tarragona (Costa Daurada). important in the Western Empire. Ciutat Romana The circus, the forum of the colony, www.museudebadalona.cat the provincial forum, the amphitheatre, the Elsewhere in Catalonia, visitors can see See p. 65 walls and the necropolis all lie within the the ruins of Baetulo and the Museu de Oficina de Turisme de urban complex. Ancient Tarraco marks Badalona, Iesso (), Mataró, Teià www.lagarriga.cat See p. 98 the centre of a network of great Roman and the Museu de Lleida. Patronat de Turisme Dip. de Lleida sites, which also include the Berà arch, www.lleidatur.com the Roman quarry at El Mèdol, and the Things to do See p. 100 villas in Els Munts and the great mausoleum • Tarraco Viva. Roman festival of Tarragona Patronat de Turisme Dip. de Tarragona in . www.costadaurada.info (Costa Daurada). Everyday life, music, See p. 101 Roman camps, cuisine and erotic literature. Roman villa of Can Terrés in La Garriga Patronat Mun. de Turisme de Tarragona www.tarragonaturisme.cat (Catalunya Central). A country mansion • Roman route in a hot-air balloon to See p. 101 dating from the 1 st century BC. ancient Iesso in Guissona (Terres de Lleida). Terra de Comtes i Abats, el Ripollès www.terradecomtes.cat See p. 103 (Catalunya Central). • Stroll along the Capsacosta Roman Road The best-preserved Roman baths from the Pas de Traginers (Vall de Bianya) Thermalia on the Iberian Peninsula. www.visiteucaldes.cat to Sant Pau de Segúries (Pirineus). See p. 103 Turisme de Barcelona Barcelona . The Museu d’Història de www.barcelonaturisme.cat la Ciutat enables visitors to take a stroll See p. 104

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 11 Pantocrator, Sant Climent de Taüll, Vall de Boí (Pirineus) The Romanesque

Catalonia came into being sheltered by the Pyrenees around the year 1000 AD, and the Romanesque is its characteristic style. Some one hundred years ago, an archaeological expedition led by the Institut d’Estudis disseminated worldwide an art that is set apart by its austerity and spirituality. In the set of Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boí, declared World Heritage by UNESCO, architecture merges harmoniously with the natural environment. The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona plays host to mural paintings of tremendous beauty that adorn the interior.

12 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins Monastery of (Costa Brava)

Sant Pere de Rodes , the starting point for Surrounding the figure of the Pantocrator Val d’Aran plays host to the church of the Way of Saint James in Catalonia, and are the apostles and blessed saints as well Era Assumpció de Maria in Bossòst and Santa Maria de , on the Costa as various biblical scenes. The pantheon of the church of Santa Maria d’Arties , which Brava, constitute two monasteries built in the counts of Barcelona can also be seen. are the two most noteworthy churches the 10 th and 13 th centuries. Located in Near is the Monastery of Sant Joan featuring a Lombard Romanesque style a magnificent setting, Sant Pere de Rodes de les Abadesses (12 th -century). Church from the 12 th and 13 th centuries. Among dominates Cap de Creus. At Santa Maria of Sant Cristòfol in Beget. the other churches worth visiting are the de Vilabertran, an important pilgrimage church of Sant Andrèu de Salardú , centre, visitors can see the set of monastic Vall d’Àneu: Abbey of Santa Maria in Gerri the church of Sant Miquèu de Vielha , the buildings comprising the church, cloister de la Sal and the church of Sant Just i sanctuary of Era Mair deth Diu in Cap and ’s palace. Pastor in Son. Monastery of Sant Pere d’Aran and the remains of the pre- del Burgal in La Guingueta d’Àneu. Romanesque church of Santa Maria Girona: the bell tower of the old de Mijaran . Romanesque , known Vall de Boí boasts the most important as ’s Tower , the church group of Romanesque churches in the Cardona is home to the church and of the former Monastery of Sant Pere de world, built by stone masons and Lombard of Sant Vicenç (11 th century). Galligants , the Arab baths and the Treasure artists: Sant Climent and Santa Maria of the Cathedral of Girona which houses de Taüll , Sant Joan de Boí , Santa Eulàlia Sant Cugat del Vallès: Monastery of Sant a masterpiece, the Tapestry of Creation . d’Erill la Vall , Sant Feliu de Barruera , Cugat del Vallès (9 th century). Particularly the church of La Nativitat , the Hermitage noteworthy is the impressive cloister Besalú boasts an extraordinary set of of Sant Quirc de Durro , Santa Maria with 72 pairs of columns and capitals. medieval buildings: the bridge, the church de Cardet and Assumpció de Cóll . These of the Monastery of Sant Pere , Sant simple and elegant buildings invite The complex comprising the churches of Julià , the former pilgrim hospital, Casa gatherings and were built with granite Sant Pere in (9 th -12 th centuries). Cornellà and the church of Sant Vicenç . ashlar, wooden beams and rafters and This is the sole group of three Episcopal barrel vaults, and slender bell towers churches, which were common in the The portal of the Monastery of Santa serving a dual function of communication Middle Ages, to have survived. Special Maria de Ripoll is the most important work and surveillance of the land. mention should be given to the murals of Romanesque sculpture in Catalonia. and baptismal pool.

Beget, Camprodon (Pirineus) Medieval bridge in Besalú (Pirineus)

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 13 Counts of the Pyrenees: Routes of the birth of Catalonia

This is a new tourism product dedicated to the medieval origins of Catalonia which takes in the region of the Pyrenees from Cap de Creus to Vall de Boí by way of two main networks and 13 local trails that bring together monuments and churches, villas and museums.

Costa Brava Pirineus Pallars Sobirà Vall d’Àneu. Abbey of Santa Maria in Gerri Alt Empordà Garrotxa de la Sal and the church of Sant Just Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes In Besalú: Church of the Monastery of Sant i Pastor in Son. Monastery of Sant Pere th (10 century). Pere, Sant Julià, the former pilgrim hospital, del Burgal in La Guingueta d’Àneu. Castle of . Casa Cornellà and the church of Sant Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran Vicenç. Alta Ribagorça (12 th -13 th centuries). Vall de Boí. The most important set In Castelló d’Empúries: of Santa Ripollès of Romanesque churches in the world Maria, curia, prison, Pont Vell and Counts’ The portal of the Monastery of Santa Maria built by stone masons and Lombard th Palace, among others. de Ripoll (12 century). artists: Sant Climent and Santa Maria de The pantheon of the counts of Barcelona. Taüll, Sant Joan de Boí, Santa Eulàlia d’Erill Baix Empordà Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses la Vall, Sant Feliu de Barruera, the church th La Bisbal d’Empordà: Castle of the Bishops (12 century). of La Nativitat, the Hermitage of Sant Quirc th th of Girona (11 -12 centuries). Church of Sant Cristòfol in Beget de Durro, Santa Maria de Cardet and th Peratallada: Castle of Peratallada (12 century). Assumpció de Cóll. These simple th th (10 -11 centuries); church of Sant Esteve and elegant buildings invite gatherings, and th de Peratallada (13 century). were built with granite ashlar, wooden beams : Church of Sant Pere (11 th century). Santa Maria de Talló in (12 th century). This is the most important and rafters and barrel vaults, and slender Gironès religious building in Cerdanya. bell towers serving a dual function of Girona: Charlemagne’s Tower, the church Santa Maria de Músser in Lles. It has a communication and surveillance of the land. of the former Monastery of Sant Pere solid bell tower with a pyramid-shaped roof. Pallars Jussà de Galligants, Arab baths. Treasure Alt Urgell Church of Santa Maria de Covet of the Cathedral of Girona, featuring an th Cathedral of La Seu d’Urgell. One of the (12 century). exceptional work, the Tapestry of Creation . Mur castle (11 th century). Museu d’Art de Girona, housing a collection finest examples of the Italianate style of . Particularly noteworthy of the Romanesque in Catalonia featuring Solsonès are the carvings and capitals, some of a cloister and the Museu Diocesà, which Cathedral of Santa Maria de Solsona which originate from Sant Pere de Rodes. houses the manuscript of the Beatus (12 th century). Three Romanesque th of La Seu d’Urgell (10 century). have survived, in addition to the chapel of La Mare de Déu del Claustre (12 th century). Sant Climent de Taüll, Vall de Boí (Pirineus) Museu Episcopal and bell tower of Cathedral (Catalunya Central) Tapestry of Creation , (Costa Brava)

The Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Solsona Church of Sant Vicenç de Torelló. The Museu Episcopal in Vic houses one houses some mural paintings from the The architectural complex of Santa Maria of the finest collections of in church of Sant Quirze de Pedret. de Lluçà. Catalonia, including reliefs from the portal, The impressive bell tower of the Cathedral capitals and other significant Romanesque Berguedà of Vic rises to 46 metres and was elements. Church of Jaume de Frontanyà (11 th century). consecrated in 1038 by Bishop Oliba. Paintings of the church of Sant Quirze de Pedret in (9 th -10 th centuries). Various Visigothic, pre-Romanesque and Romanesque buildings and monuments. For further information Church of Sant Vicenç d’Obiols (9 th century). Centre del Romànic de la Vall de Boí Consell Comarcal del Berguedà Church of Sant Llorenç prop Bagà www.centreromanic.com www.elbergueda.cat (10 th -12 th centuries). See p. 67 See p. 95 Catalunya Central Monestir de Sant Cugat Consell Comarcal del Pallars Jussà www.turisme.santcugat.cat www.pallarsjussa.net Bages See p. 73 See p. 95 Church and crypt of Sant Vicenç Museu Episcopal de Vic Oficina de Turisme de Besalú (11 th century) in Cardona. www.museuepiscopalvic.com www.besalu.cat See p. 76 See p. 96 Monastery of Santa Maria de l’Estany and its 12 th -century church. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya Oficina de Turisme de Vic - Impevic www.mnac.cat www.victurisme.cat Monastery of Sant Benet, the current home See p. 77 See p. 99 of Món St Benet, is a Benedictine monastery Ajuntament de Terrassa Patronat Comarcal de Turisme th which was built in the 12 century and www.visitaterrassa.cat de la Cerdanya remained active until the 19 th century in Sant See p. 94 www.cerdanya.org See p. 99 Fruitós de Bages. Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà www.altemporda.org Patronat de la Vall de Boí See p. 94 www.vallboi.com Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere See p. 100 Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà de (10 th -11 th centuries) www.visitemporda.com in Les Masies de Roda. See p. 94

Romanesque Art at the MNAC An extraordinary collection of murals originating from the churches of Vall de Boí and forming part of the Counts of the Pyrenees route can be seen in Barcelona. The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) also plays host to a remarkable collection of medieval and modern art.

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 15 Route of the Good Men

Interest in other forms of spirituality gave rise to Catharism, a religious doctrine that finds its roots in Occitania in medieval times. In 1213, Pope Innocent III launched a crusade against the “Good Men” (men and women of staunch moral fibre, who rejected wealth and opposed the and the feudal system). This tourist trail reconstructs the route the Cathars followed in Catalonia on their way into exile, from the legendary castle of Montségur in the French region of Ariège to the sanctuary of Queralt, near , passing through the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.

Places to see Things to do For further information

Sanctuary of Queralt in Berga (Pirineus). Today the Route of the Good Men Consell Regulador del Camí Standing at an altitude of 1,200 metres is a long-distance path (GR-107) that can dels Bons Homes and commanding magnificent views, be followed on foot, on horseback and www.camidelsbonshomes.com See p. 68 it constitutes the starting point for the route. by mountain bike on many stretches. During the journey you can retrace the Consell Comarcal del Berguedà www.elberguedà.cat Gósol castle (Pirineus). A walled town at steps of the Cathars through the Pyrenees. See p. 95 the foot of Pedraforca that has retained its Visitors can also drive to the former places Patronat Comarcal de Turisme medieval character and where visitors can of residence of the Good Men in the de la Cerdanya see the remains of the castle of the barons www.cerdanya.org counties of Berguedà, Alt Urgell and of Pinós. See p. 99 Solsonès. Solsona Turisme Centre of the Middle Ages and the www.solsonaturisme.com Cathars in Bagà (Pirineus), an interpretation See p. 102 centre dedicated to Catharism, which is housed in the former Palau dels Pinós.

Bellver de Cerdanya (Pirineus). The original town centre, dating from the 13 th century, featuring the church of Sant Jaume and the arcaded square, is very well preserved. On the outskirts of Bellver is the church of Santa Maria de Talló, which is considered the Romanesque cathedral of Cerdanya and is surrounded by a group of another twelve churches.

Bellver de Cerdanya (Pirineus) Gósol, Berguedà (Pirineus)

16 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins The Call in Girona The Mikveh in Besalú (Pirineus) Tortosa (Terres de l’Ebre) (Costa Brava) Jewish Catalonia

The Jews arrived on the Iberian Peninsula in the 1 st century, not many years after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Jewish communities exerted a great influence in the social, economic, cultural and political life of Catalonia between the 12 th and 14 th centuries. In the wake of their expulsion from in 1492, this legacy fell into oblivion. In recent years, some of the main buildings in the Jewish quarters of Girona and other cities have been restored, and itineraries have been created which highlight the importance of the Jewish contribution to medieval Catalonia.

Girona (Costa Brava) gravestones and the remains of the Jerusalem, Carrer Major de Remolins, Sinagoga Nova (New Synagogue). Carrer de Vilanova and Plaça de Figuereta The Call (Jewish quarter) . The labyrinthine makes for a pleasant stroll. steep narrow streets surrounding Carrer de Besalú (Pirineus). The Mikveh in Besalú la Força in Girona were home to the Jewish was the third discovered in Europe in 1964, community for over six hundred years. and is considered to be one of the best With a Jewish population of over three preserved of the ten existing ritual bath For further information hundred inhabitants, it was the second- houses in Europe. The former medieval Patronat Call de Girona largest in Catalonia (after Barcelona). In the synagogue dating from 1264 has been www.girona.cat/call 13 th century, Nahmanides, more commonly restored and houses an interpretation See p. 78 known in Catalan as Bonastruc ça Porta, centre on the Call. Oficina de Turisme de Besalú set up the first Kabbalah school on the www.besalu.cat Peninsula there. Barcelona . In the 13 th century, the Jewish See p. 96 community in Barcelona reached 4,000 Oficina de Turisme de Castelló d’Empúries Centre Bonastruc ça Porta . Housed in inhabitants. A signposted itinerary has been www.castello.cat See p. 97 the former house of Nahmanides on Carrer created amid the narrow streets of the Call de la Força in Girona, this centre between Banys Nous, Sant Sever, Sant Oficina de Turisme de Tortosa Honorat and the Baixada de Santa Eulàlia www.tortosaturisme.cat incorporates the Museu d’Història dels See p. 98 Jueus, which reconstructs the history surrounding Casa de l’Alquimista, where you can visit an interpretation centre. Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació of Jewish communities in medieval de Tarragona - Costa Daurada Catalonia, and holds an important Hebrew One of the highlights of the itinerary through i Terres de l’Ebre gravestone collection. the Call is a visit to the place where the www.costadaurada.info Sinagoga Major (Great Synagogue) once www.terresdelebre.travel Guided tours through the Call and stood on Carrer de Marlet. See p. 101 educational tours organised by the Museu Turisme de Barcelona d’Història dels Jueus. Tortosa . The Call Vell (old Jewish quarter) www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p. 104 in Tortosa, a warren of narrow alleyways The Institut d’Estudis Nahmànides that have survived to the present day, was Caminos de Sefarad. Red de juderías a gift to the Jews from the Count de España is a documentation, research and training [email protected] centre on Jewish culture. of Barcelona in 1148. The Call Nou (new www.redjuderias.org Jewish quarter) was built in the 13 th century Castelló d’Empúries (Costa Brava). Urban and many of its architectural features still layout of the Call, inscriptions in Hebrew, stand. The area comprising Carrer de

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 17 The royal monasteries of Catalonia: Cistercian route

A movement of monastic reform came into being in the 11 th century that proposed a return to a life of work, prayer and welcoming pilgrims. The monarchs of Catalonia and Aragon entrusted the Cistercian order with the construction of large monasteries in the lands that had been recovered from the Muslims. The monasteries of , and Poblet – together with the pantheon of the monarchs of the Crown of Aragon – constitute three jewels of . A tourist itinerary has been created around them combining architecture and landscape.

Monastery of Santes Creus (Costa Daurada) Vallbona de les Monges (Terres de Lleida) Catalonia’s three main Cistercian not support monastic life, so visitors are For further information monasteries make up the Cistercian route, free to stroll around the entire grounds. a set of tourist itineraries combining culture Prominent are the monks’ dormitory, which La Ruta del Cister and leisure. www.larutadelcister.info plays host to classical music concerts See p. 73 in summer; the royal sepulchre of Peter the Monastery of Poblet in Vimbodí Museu d’Història de Catalunya Great featuring a large red porphyry urn; (Costa Daurada). The largest www.mhcat.cat and the 14 th -century cloister. See p. 75 inhabited Cistercian monastery in Europe, declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona , de Tarragona - Costa Daurada A guided tour starts out from the Royal in Vallbona de les Monges (Terres de www.costadaurada.info Gate through the different rooms of the old Lleida). This is the only convent on the route See p. 101 cloistered monastery. that has had an uninterrupted community Noteworthy is the church of Santa Maria de for over 800 years. Poblet, with the Renaissance-style retable, Of note are the two Gothic domes, the cloister with washing room, the chapter the Romanesque cloister, the collection house, the refectory and library. The Royal of heraldic coats of arms in the chapter Pantheons of the Crown of Aragon are house, the chapel of La Mare de Déu del found in Poblet. Claustre, the abbatial church and the tomb The monastery is home to two museums: of Queen Violante of Hungary. the Museu de Poblet containing a priceless collection of parchments and incunabula, Vallbona de les Monges offers excellent and the Museu de la Restauració. lodging. There are hiking and mountain biking trails (GR-175) taking in other places Monastery of Santes Creus of cultural or historical interest or of natural in Aiguamúrcia (Costa Daurada). The most beauty. The main route covers 104 km and faithful reproduction of Bernard de has 26.5 km of variant paths for people Clairvaux’s building plan. Currently it does travelling by mountain bike or on horseback.

18 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins Miravet (Terres de l’Ebre) Domus templ i : The Templars route

Founded at the end of the 11 th century to safeguard the Temple of Jerusalem, the religious and military order of the Templars established itself very early on in Catalonia. The Templars fought in the conquest of Tortosa and Lleida and were showered with donations from the Crown of Aragon and Catalonia. Testimony of their legacy is still palpable today in the large border region between Catalonia, and Aragon, in which a tourist itinerary has been created linking fortified houses and urban settlements, with the Ebro River as a constant point of reference.

Miravet castle (Terres de l’Ebre). Built in The Cathedral of Santa Maria, dating from For further information a strategic location over the course of the the 14 th century, is also worth a visit. Ebro River, Miravet castle was an important Guided tours of Miravet and its Museu d’Història de Catalunya administrative and political centre in the www.mhcat.cat surroundings. 13 th century, which housed the archives See p. 75 and treasures of the Templar Order of the Oficina de Turisme de Tortosa Gardeny castle and the Order of the Crown of Aragon. www.tortosaturisme.cat Temple Interpretation Centre , in Lleida See p. 98 The original Romanesque structure has (Terres de Lleida). The Gardeny complex, survived, revealing its military use with the built in the mid-12 th century, is one of the Patronat de Turisme Diputació de Lleida www.lleidatur.com outbuildings arranged around a large major exponents of Templar architecture See p. 100 central courtyard. in the Crown of Aragon. Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació The walls extend over a crag on the river, A walled structure with the buildings inside de Tarragona - Terres de l’Ebre below which lies the old Muslim farmstead. arranged around a central courtyard. www.terresdelebre.travel Particularly impressive are the tower and See p. 101 Tortosa (Terres de l’Ebre). The Knights residence and the Romanesque church Turisme de Lleida Templar gave impetus to the development of Santa Maria de Gardeny. www.turismedelleida.cat of new quarters beyond the confines of the See p. 104 old Roman walls. Though Suda castle was not the work of the Templars, the order had important military obligations there. The castle commands magnificent views of the Ebro River.

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins - 19 The splendour of Catalonia: The Gothic

The Gothic style characterises civic buildings such as the Drassanes (shipyards) and the Saló del Tinell in Barcelona, as well as the of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona and Tortosa. In the Middle Ages, the cathedral constituted the focal point and mirror of city life. Its architecture symbolically reflects the order of the Church, the chapels below the nave bringing together the community according to their guild. A visit to the Catalan cathedrals enables you to gain an insight into the process of long- term building work in which many creators and craftspeople played a part.

Santa Maria del Mar (Barcelona) Cloister of (Costa Daurada)

Girona Cathedral (Costa Brava). Built on La Seu Vella in Lleida (Terres de Lleida). Solsona Cathedral (Pirineus). It constitutes the site of the old Romanesque cathedral, Its distinctive silhouette is a representative part of a collection of medieval buildings it features a large nave measuring some icon for the inhabitants of Lleida. Particularly together with the Museu Diocesà, the 23 metres, the widest in the world, making it worthy of note are the bell tower, the cloister Hospital d’en , Casa Aguilar and the one of the most singular works of medieval and the Porta dels Apòstols. Castellvell castle. architecture. Particularly noteworthy are the cloister and the Romanesque Charlemagne’s Tarragona Cathedral (Costa Daurada). La Seu d’ (Pirineus). Tower. Built over a Roman temple dedicated A masterpiece of to Augustus. Particularly impressive features at the centre of a valuable set of buildings. Itineraries and guided tours are organised include the large , the cloister, around it, as well as a window the chapter house and tombs. workshop. For further information (Terres de l’Ebre). Worth Basilica of Santa Maria in Castelló Oficina de Turisme de Castelló d’Empúries seeing are the Retable of the Transfiguration www.castello.cat d’Empúries (Costa Brava). The Cathedral by Jaume Huguet and the Retable of Santa See p. 97 of Empordà, containing a magnificent Maria on the main altar. Oficina de Turisme de alabaster retable. www.manresaturisme.cat La Seu de Manresa (Catalunya Central). See p. 98 brings together A monument completed over four centuries: Oficina de Turisme de Tortosa the Gothic quarter with the buildings of Plaça Gothic style with a Renaissance façade and www.tortosaturisme.cat del Rei. Of particular note are the chapel of See p. 98 cloister. Santa Llúcia, the cloister and the neo-Gothic Oficina de Turisme de Vic - IMPEVIC façade. www.victurisme.cat (Catalunya Central). From See p. 99 Romanesque to neo-Classical. Particularly Church of Santa Maria del Mar Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Tarragona worthy of note are the Romanesque crypt, in Barcelona is the finest example of the www.tarragonaturisme.cat the two-storey cloister and the decoration . Nearby stand the medieval See p. 101 adorning the large nave, the work of Josep palaces on Carrer de Montcada, which now Turisme de Barcelona Maria Sert. house museums and art galleries. www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p. 104 Turisme de Lleida www.turismedelleida.cat See p. 104

20 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Origins Requesens castle in La Jonquera (Costa Brava) Castles and fortresses

The castles and fortresses scattered throughout Catalonia transport visitors to a past characterised by battles to control borders and to exploit the conquered lands. When no longer required for defensive purposes, they were turned into palaces and seigniorial homes. Many Catalan towns and villages have maintained their castle, which crowns the settlement; there are castles and watchtowers integrated into the natural landscape and walled villages both inland and by the sea.

Mur castle and Guàrdia castle (Pirineus). and watch towers, it is the only preserved castle and walls (Costa Brava). Built in the high mountains, on summits and walled enclosure on the Catalan coast. Of medieval origin and dominating the in valleys that, in the 10 th and 11 th centuries, passage from the Pyrenees to Barcelona, constituted the border between the Christian Castles of Lleida (Terres de Lleida). The it was restored in the 18 th century. and Muslim worlds. castles of Lleida are brought together in a series of activities enabling visitors to gain For further information Castles of Empordà (Costa Brava). an insight into local culture, geography and de Lleida Peralada castle is an important centre for traditions. The Castle route proposes an www.castellsdelleida.com culture and recreation, housing a museum itinerary (Castells de Lleida) through villages See p. 90 and a casino. Every year, it plays host to and towns with castles. Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà the International Music Festival, serving as www.altemporda.org a point of reference for summer activities. Montblanc and the castles on the Costa See p. 94 Daurada . The walled town of Montblanc Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà Empordà includes other cultural attractions www.visitemporda.com (rising to 1,500 metres and featuring some such as the citadel of Roses, Requesens See p. 94 thirty towers and various military buildings) castle in La Jonquera, Mongrí castle in Consell Comarcal del Pallars Jussà and the castles of Calafell and Escornalbou Torroella de Montgrí, Peratallada castle and www.pallarsjussa.net in Riudecanyes. See p. 95 Empordà castle in La Bisbal d’Empordà, Hostalric the last two of which are now hotels. castle (Catalunya Central). www.hostalric.cat See p. 96 Documentary evidence from the 12 th century The old quarter of Oficina de Turisme de Tossa de Mar exists, and is located within the natural park (Costa Brava). With its large fortified towers www.infotossa.com of the castle itself. See p. 99

The Peninsular War

A new tourist itinerary taking in the main scenes of the Peninsular War (1808-1814): paths and shortcuts, castles and monuments reminiscent of the occupation of Catalonia by Napoleonic troops, guerrilla resistance, the sieges of Girona and Tarragona and the Battle of Bruc.

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, MACBA (Barcelona)

Catalunya, culture and landscape: Modernity

Modern Catalonia is the product of industrialisation, the revival of traditions and a cosmopolitan spirit. Around the year 1900, Modernisme (Catalan ) became the style of the great civil works and the learned middle class, and it particularly left its mark in the field of architecture by way of the work of the great masters: Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch. In the 20 th and 21 st centuries, Josep Lluís Sert, Ricard Bofill, Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue have taken the baton.

Prat de la Riba Educational Institute in Reus (Costa Daurada) The Sagrada Família (Barcelona) Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona)

Santa Caterina market (Barcelona) Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity - 23 Gaudí

The architecture of Antoni Gaudí does not cease to astound and enthral. At times, it is the structural forms and sophisticated building techniques that capture the attention of visitors. At other times, it is the use of materials and the fantasy and originality of the decorative features. Resources have been developed in and around his main creations, declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, so as to gain an understanding of Gaudí’s world and the historical and cultural context in which he carried out his work.

Park Güell (Barcelona) Casa Batlló (Barcelona) Colònia Güell crypt (Barcelona) Casa Milà, “La Pedrera” (Barcelona)

Park Güell (1900-1914). A garden city Barcelona For further information in harmony with nature containing arcades, Casa Milà “La Pedrera” (1906-1910). viaducts and a large square with benches Casa Batlló An apartment block in Barcelona’s Eixample covered with a mosaic of ceramic www.casabatllo.cat district which is reminiscent of megalithic fragments that were designed by Jujol. See p . 66 monuments, it features a roof terrace with Junta Constructora del Temple chimneys and staircases covered with a Colònia Güell crypt (1908-1915) in Santa de la Sagrada Família mosaic of ceramic fragments. Currently www.sagradafamilia.org Coloma de Cervelló (Costa del Garraf). See p . 72 a cultural centre under the auspices Paraboloids, hyperboloids, helicoids: La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya of Fundació Caixa Catalunya, it contains geometry at the service of architecture. a space dedicated to Gaudí and a obrasocial.caixacatalunya.com One of Gaudí’s most daring creations, See p . 72 reconstructed apartment, enabling visitors to where he experimented with ideas to later see how middle-class families lived in 1910. Consell Comarcal del Berguedà apply on the Sagrada Família. www.elbergueda.cat See p . 95 Casa Batlló (1905-1907). Gaudí refurbished Other places of interest an existing house and converted it into Consorci de Turisme del Baix Llobregat (Colònia Güell) a magnificent palace, with an undulating Cooperativa Obrera Mataronense www.turismebaixllobregat.com scaled roof reminiscent of a dragon and (1878-1882) in Mataró (Costa del Maresme). See p . 95 a multi-coloured façade suggestive of a lake One of Gaudí’s first works, akin to the spirit Patronat Municipal de Turisme of water lilies. of utopian socialism. i Comerç de Reus www.reus.cat/turisme/ Sagrada Família . With the towers Jardins Artigas (1903-1910) in La Pobla See p . 102 on the Nativity façade and the pinnacles de Lillet (Pirineus). Garden with caves, Turisme de Barcelona anticipating cubism, it constitutes one of sculptures and fountains: a replica of Park www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p . 104 the most renowned buildings in the world. Güell in Catalonia’s great outdoors.

Palau Güell (1885-1900). The residence of Gaudí Centre Reus in Reus (Costa Count Güell, patron and friend of Gaudí, a Daurada). An interpretation centre of the stone’s throw from La Rambla in Barcelona. life and work of Gaudí and his birthplace: objects and books, multi-screen audiovisual (1883-1889). A summer presentations and sensory models explain house in the Gràcia district boasting a his association with Reus. spectacular ceramic-tile and brick façade.

Park Güell benches (Barcelona)

Jujol

The world has discovered Josep Maria Jujol in recent years. An outstanding disciple of Gaudí, he was the author of such emblematic works as the Park Güell bench and the paintings of “La Pedrera”. Jujol is an architect with his own personality, a pioneer in the use of references of artistic tradition and the use of inexpensive materials in architecture and design. His Baroque, sensual and brilliant work identifies with the landscapes of the Camp de Tarragona region.

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity - 25 Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner is a precursor of architectural rationalism with diaphanous structures and a modern use of iron frames and bare brickwork. At the same time, his architecture is characterised by his penchant for ornamentation alluding to medieval Catalan tradition. Mosaics, stained glass, wrought iron, sculptures: a delirious world of shapes and colours culminating in the stage and skylight of the Palau de la Música Catalana.

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona) Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona)

Fonda Espanya (1902). Next to the Gran Barcelona For further information Teatre del in Barcelona, a 1900s-style Palau de la Música Catalana (1905-1908). restaurant with submarine lighting. Fundació Antoni Tàpies Designed for the Orfeó Català, it was www.fundaciotapies.org conceived as a temple of art with allegorical Other works See p . 69 sculptures and spectacular stained glass Palau de la Música Catalana windows. Casa Museu Lluís Domènech i Montaner www.palaumusica.cat in Canet (Costa del Maresme). See p . 81 th Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau This 17 -century farmhouse houses the Patronat Municipal de Turisme (1902). A unique structure comprising architect’s studio and a collection of works i Comerç de Reus pavilions surrounded by gardens, small that include the Ateneu Obrer, the www.reus.cat/turisme See p . 102 brick towers, mosaics and sculptures and restoration of the castle of Santa Florentina a monumental entrance open to the city, and Casa Roura. Turisme de Barcelona with the staircase and tower facing www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p . 104 the Sagrada Família. i Casa Navàs in Reus (Costa Daurada). A grand public building Editorial Montaner i Simón (1879). and an elegant and luxurious private An industrial building, now home to the residence with furnishings by Gaspar Homar. Fundació Antoni Tàpies. Visitors can also see Casa Rull in Reus.

Castell dels Tres Dragons . The restaurant Casa Solà-Morales in (Pirineus), for the 1888 World Fair, now the Museu the Mausoleum of James I the de Zoologia. Conqueror in Tarragona and the Bodega Cooperativa in L’Espluga de Francolí Casa Lleó Morera (1902). On Passeig de (Costa Daurada). Gràcia, next to Casa Batlló.

26 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity Casaramona factory Caves Codorniu, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Costa del Garraf) Palau del Baró de Quadras (Barcelona) (Barcelona) Puig i Cadafalch

At the end of the 19 th century, the Catalan school of architecture rejected the classical tradition to revive Gothic forms and the style of the great cathedrals. adopted the model to build luxurious residences (Palau del Baró de Quadras), apartment blocks () and industrial buildings (Casaramona factory, now home to the CaixaForum cultural centre).

and café in Casa Martí, Barcelona For further information a stone’s throw from Plaça de Catalunya. (1898-1900). An eclectic CaixaForum style influenced by Flemish architecture, Other works www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial it houses the Centre del Modernisme. See p . 65 On the Costa del Maresme . Casa Amatller Casa Tarrades - Casa de les Punxes Puig i Cadafalch built various buildings (1905). One of the most spectacular www.amatller.org in (Can Garí family residence) See p . 65 buildings in the Eixample district, evoking and in Mataró (Casa Coll i Regàs, now the medieval past. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya - home to the Fundació Caixa Laietana, MNAC Casaramona factory (1911). An industrial Can Sisternes, La Beneficència, the Council www.mnac.cat See p . 77 building featuring wide and bright naves. Chamber in the Town Hall, Casa Parera Currently home to the CaixaForum cultural and El Rengle market), brought together Turisme de Barcelona centre. in a tourist itinerary. www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p . 104 Other buildings by Puig i Cadafalch in Caves Codorniu (1906) in Sant Sadurní Barcelona include: Palau Macaya on Passeig d’Anoia (Costa del Garraf) with de Sant Joan, Palau del Baró de Quadras the reception hall, the wine cellars and the on Diagonal (currently home to Casa Àsia) Porch of the Presses. Piece by Gaspar Homar at the MNAC - Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Practical beauty Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) engendered a revolution in the field of decorative arts. Among the most noteworthy artists of this movement are the cabinet-maker and furniture designer Gaspar Homar and the jeweller Lluís Masriera. The work of Gaspar Homar is on display at the Casa Navàs in Reus and in the rooms of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, which houses the collection of works he produced for Casa Lleó Morera by Lluís Domènech i Montaner on Passeig de Gràcia. Jewellery by Lluís Masriera is on view at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Museu d’Art Jaume Morera in Lleida. Museu Nacional de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (mNACTEC), Terrassa (Barcelona) Industrial tourism

Catalonia led the Industrial Revolution on the Iberian Peninsula. Economic growth spawned by industrialisation was central to the artistic and cultural revival of Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau). The industrial world holds a two-fold attraction from the point of view of tourism: on the one hand, gaining an insight into age-old manufacturing processes which have survived to the present day; and on the other hand, discovering the legacy of industrial architecture dotted throughout Catalonia.

Cal Riera textile colony, Puig-reig (Pirineus) Salt mine, Cardona (Catalunya Central)

28 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity Lock on the River Llobregat, Berguedà (Pirineus)

La Xarxa de Turisme Industrial Museu Nacional de la Ciència For further information de Catalunya (XATIC) brings together i la Tècnica de Catalunya (mNACTEC) twenty Catalan towns that bear testimony in Terrassa (Catalunya Central). Discover Freixenet to Catalonia’s industrial past, from the the workings of a textile factory by way of www.freixenet.cat most traditional to the most modern: from a set of machinery allowing visitors to follow See p . 69 cork production to mining, from paper the entire manufacturing process of fabrics, Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica production to textile colonies. and permanent exhibitions dedicated de Catalunya (mNACTEC) www.mnactec.cat to energy and transport. See p . 75 Salt Mountain Cultural Park in Cardona Parc Cultural de la Muntanya de Sal (Catalunya Central). The geology and Museu Industrial del Ter in www.salcardona.com history of the exploitation of salt from (Catalunya Central). A museum on the See p . 78 Neolithic times to industrial uses, inside subject of industrialisation demonstrating Xarxa de Turisme Industrial de Catalunya an old mine. the great production and social (XATIC) transformations generated by exploiting www.xatic.cat Ecomuseu-Farinera in Castelló the energy from the Ter River from the See p . 79 d’Empúries (Costa Brava). Flour production mid-19 th century. Oficina de Turisme de Castelló d’Empúries dating back to medieval times, an old www.castello.cat 19 th -century mill and a museum which VINSEUM, Museu de les Cultures del Vi See p . 97 explores the relations between industry de Catalunya in Vilafranca del Penedès Oficina de Turisme de Manresa and landscape, people and the land. (Costa del Garraf). Explore all the senses www.manresaturisme.cat See p . 98 and the entire history of wine. Temporary Museu de la Tècnica de Manresa exhibitions, guided tours by prior in Manresa (Catalunya Central). Housed in arrangement, viticultural itineraries and the facility which provided the city’s water family activities. supply. Surrounding it is a network of industrial establishments open to visitors: textile factories, flour mills and an old slaughterhouse.

El Pinell de Brai cooperative cellar (Terres de l’Ebre)

Wine cathedrals Traditionally, wine and cava production for export has constituted one of Catalonia’s sources of wealth. Wineries and warehouses were built in Modernista -style (Catalan Art Nouveau) by such prestigious architects as Cèsar Martinell and Josep Puig i Cadafalch. A tourist route allows visitors to follow itineraries to some of the main wine-producing areas of Catalonia: , Vilafranca del Penedès and Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. What’s more, you can pay a visit to 50 cooperative cellars, the so-called wine cathedrals, among which the El Pinell de Brai wine cellar is noteworthy.

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity - 29 Modernisme routes

Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) characterised the style of large public buildings (markets, hospitals, theatres, factories and schools) and also many private buildings including private and summer residences. In recent years, routes have been created that illustrate this heritage and associate it with the surrounding landscape.

Freixa farmhouse, Terrassa (Catalunya Central) Palau Maricel, (Costa del Garraf) Modernisme route (Barcelona)

Modernisme route . A signposted route Mausoleum of James I by Domènech For further information through Barcelona with a guide, discounts i Montaner. on visits to Modernista buildings and leisure Cementiris de Barcelona, SA options in bars and restaurants housed Other routes www.cbsa.es in buildings of the period. See p . 66 Raspall route in Vallès Oriental (Catalunya Oficina de Turisme de la Garriga Central). The work of the architect Joaquim Sitges (Costa Daurada). Between 1892 www.lagarriga.cat Raspall in L’Ametlla, , La Garriga See p . 98 and 1899, Sitges was a meeting place for and . Modernista artists in the company of the Oficina de Turisme de Manresa www.manresaturisme.cat writer and painter Santiago Rusiñol. Worth Manresa (Catalunya Central). Around Plaça See p . 98 visiting are the Racó de la Calma with Cau de Sant Domènec on Passeig de Pere III Ferrat and the Palau Maricel, in addition Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Tarragona and Carrer del Born, is a set of Modernista - www.tarragonaturisme.cat to various private residences. style middle-class houses, public and See p . 101 religious buildings and establishments. Patronat Municipal de Turisme i Comerç Reus (Costa Daurada). Surrounding the de Reus new Gaudí Centre Reus, the Modernisme www.reus.cat/turisme Modernisme among vineyards , wine route in Reus includes a visit to the Institut See p . 102 cellars, buildings... Modernisme also left its Pere Mata and Casa Navàs by Domènech Turisme de Barcelona mark amidst vineyards. We suggest visiting i Montaner. www.barcelonaturisme.cat the most noteworthy exponents of this See p . 104 movement by taking a guided tour in the Tarragona (Costa Daurada). The altar Turisme de Sitges - Agència de Promoció cities of Vilafranca del Penedès, Sant in the church of Jesús i Maria by Gaudí, www.sitgestur.com Sadurní d’Anoia and Gelida. See p . 104 the Metropol Theatre by Jujol, and the

Cities of silence A visit to cemeteries, where the remains of writers and artists are laid to rest, has a long-standing tradition across the world. In Catalonia, this tradition has an added attraction: a large part of Modernista sculpture with artists such as Clarà and Llimona takes in great mausoleums, tombs and pantheons. From the small cemeteries of and to the cemetery of Poblenou and Montjuïc in Barcelona, where guided tours are given, an entire world is awaiting discovery. Corbera d’Ebre (Terres de l’Ebre) Places of memory

The (1936-1939) is one of the crucial chapters in the contemporary history of Catalonia. The will to retrieve memory and learn lessons applicable to the present day has led to the restoration of locations where historic events took place. The air-raid shelters in Barcelona bear testimony to the punishment inflicted on the city, the object of aerial attacks. Trenches and fortifications have been restored around the Ebro River, the site of a devastating battle.

Consorci Memorial dels Espais de la Soldiers of Salamis route in Pla de Route taking in air-raid shelters and Batalla de l’Ebre (COMEBE) in Corbera l’Estany (Costa Brava). Various itineraries Vesper de la Gloriosa airplanes in Santa d’Ebre (Terres de l’Ebre) promotes the to the settings of the novel Soldiers Margarida i els Monjos (Costa del Garraf). restoration of the sites of the harshest of Salamis to relive the final days of the battles of the Spanish Civil War – the old Spanish Civil War. For further information town of Corbera d’Ebre, Les Deveses, Els Barrancs, Serra de Pàndols – with Museu Memorial de l’Exili in La Jonquera Museu Memorial de l’Exili signposted routes and a memorial. (Costa Brava). A permanent exhibition tells www.museuexili.cat the story of the exodus of the Republicans See p . 76 Museu de Gandesa (Terres de l’Ebre). in January 1939. La Jonquera, one of the Patronat Comarcal de Turisme A permanent space on the subject of the main crossing points from Catalonia, brings de la Cerdanya www.cerdanya.org Spanish Civil War promoted by the Centre together testimony of the journey of the See p . 99 d’Estudis de la Batalla de l’Ebre. vanquished and their new life in France Turisme de Barcelona and various Latin American countries. www.barcelonaturisme.cat Refuge 307 in Poble Sec in Barcelona. See p . 104 A recently restored air-raid shelter, Montellà i Martinet bunker site in Martinet COMEBE comprising a 400-metre tunnel with (Pirineus). A guided tour of the fortifications www.batallaebre.org a capacity for 2,000 people. built for the Franco regime in the Second World War as a precautionary measure El Merengue de . A mound, against possible invasion by the allies. the site of violent battles at the Segre front.

Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity - 31 City of Barcelona (Barcelona) New architecture

The Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel and the new Santa Caterina market by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue have become symbols of a new Barcelona seeking its place in the world. The skyscrapers on the seafront are the latest manifestation of contemporary architecture, a tradition spanning almost one hundred years in Catalonia: from the avant-garde movements of the 1930s to the rationalism of the 1950s and the urban and monumental contributions of the Olympic Games.

Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. Santa Caterina market in Barcelona. For further information Designed as the German pavilion for the The most noteworthy feature of the 1929 World Fair of Barcelona and rebuilt restoration of the old market, the work Fundació Mies van der Rohe Barcelona in 1986. Inside, visitors can feast their eyes of Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, www.miesbcn.com upon the Barcelona Chair by Mies van is the 4,200 m 2-tiled roof in a kaleidoscope See p . 70 der Rohe. of colours, made by Toni Cumella and Museu d’Art Contemporani Josep Miàs in . de Barcelona - MACBA Torre Agbar in Barcelona. The work www.macba.cat of Jean Nouvel in Plaça de les Glòries. . Built by the architect See p . 75 Inaugurated in 2005, it is one of the most Norman Foster, it is Barcelona’s Turisme de Barcelona characteristic features of the new Barcelona communications tower. Located in the www.barcelonaturisme.cat See p . 104 skyline. Spectacular with night illumination. Serra de Collserola, surrounding the city, it boasts a panoramic viewing point. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) . The clear rationalism of Richard Meier at the service of contemporary creation. The great glass façade allows natural light to enter, thus fusing it with the environment.

Design: Reason and madness Utility and beauty, imagination and irony: Barcelona has constituted the gateway to contemporary design on the Iberian Peninsula. A dual approach: functional and rationalist currents and post-modern trends which seek the empathy of the user with the object with sensitivity and humour. Museums, boutiques and permanent exhibition spaces are an open showcase for creators from all over the world. The exhibitions and activities of the Foment de les Arts i el Disseny (FAD), next to the MACBA, are a point of reference for city life.

32 - Catalonia, culture and landscape: Modernity Literary routes

Catalonia’s modernity also manifests itself in literature whether it be in Catalan, Spanish or even foreign languages. Some years ago, routes were crafted allowing places and monuments to be discovered thanks to writers who resided there and were able to capture the spirit of the settings in their work.

Plaça del Diamant (Barcelona)

Espais Escrits – Xarxa de Patrimoni Some bestsellers translated across For further information Literari Català . Association bringing the world such as the Soldiers of Salamis together heritage and study centres by Javier Cercas on the Spanish Civil War Institut d’Estudis Catalans on contemporary Catalan writers, which of 1936-1939, Shadow of the Wind by www.iec.cat organises activities to become acquainted Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Cathedral of the Sea Institució de les Lletres Catalanes with literature in relation to locations: by Ildefonso Falcones, dedicated to the www.gencat.cat/cultura/ilc/ from 19 th -century pioneers such as Jacint church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona, Ramón Llull Verdaguer to such avant-garde masters have given rise to their own literary routes. www.llull.com as J. V. Foix and Joan Brossa by way of the classics: Salvador Espriu, Mercè Rodoreda Espais Escrits www.espaisescrits.cat and Josep Palau i Fabre.

Biblioteca de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Writing in Catalan Part of the cultural wealth of Catalonia is found in its language, Catalan, which has led to a rich literary tradition from the Middle Ages to the present day. Many of its authors have been translated into the main foreign languages: from Tirant lo Blanc to Mercè Rodoreda, and from Ausiàs March to Quim Monzó. Albert Sànchez Piñol is the most translated author today. The Institució de les Lletres Catalanes and the Institut Ramon Llull are the bodies entrusted with disseminating in Catalonia and across the world.

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Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona)

Geniuses of Catalonia

Catalonia is internationally renowned for its artists who have played a role in shaping the sensibility of the 20 th century: the melancholic world of the first Picasso, born in Malaga and trained in Barcelona, the luminosity of Miró; the unconscious of Dalí; the material painting of Tàpies and his beginnings in the Dau al Set group. Architects, designers and writers afford their support and place Catalonia at the avant-garde of contemporary creation.

Façade of the Teatre-Museu Dalí in (Costa Brava) Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona)

Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí, Portlligat (Costa Brava) Geniuses of Catalonia - 35 de Barcelona (Barcelona) Horta de Sant Joan (Terres de l’Ebre) Picasso

Deemed one of the greatest artistic geniuses of all time, Picasso (1881-1973) spent the decisive years of his training in Catalonia. He studied at the La Llotja school and became known in Modernista circles at Els Quatre Gats café. He forged a strong rapport with the landscape of two Catalan towns: Gósol, where he painted some of his most significant works from the Rose Period, and Horta de Sant Joan, where cubism was born.

Barcelona Other places of interest Santiago Rusiñol at the time of Els Quatre Gats, when Picasso was an unknown artist. Museu Picasso de Barcelona . Established Centre Picasso Horta de Sant Joan in 1963, it holds a collection of over (Terres de l’Ebre). An interpretation centre 3,800 works. In addition, it organises that reconstructs Picasso’s stays in this For further information temporary exhibitions on Picasso and his village in 1899 and 1909. Fundació Palau period. Visitors can delve into the close Museu Picasso de Gósol (Pirineus). www.fundaciopalau.cat bond Picasso shared with Barcelona in See p. 71 On display are reproductions of the works his youth and formative years by way Picasso produced there in 1906. Montserrat of his first academic works, from his studies www.montserratvisita.com at La Llotja school, and his association with Museu de Montserrat (Catalunya Central). See p. 74 Modernisme around the year 1900. In 1968, The collection includes oil paintings and Thermalia, Museu de Caldes de Montbui the artist presented the series The Maids drawings from his early period and a wide i Oficina de Turisme of Honour , which comprised 58 paintings selection of his graphic work, originating www.visiteucaldes.cat See p. 103 with various interpretations of the famous from private donations. painting of the same title by Velázquez. Turisme de Barcelona Museu Thermalia , in Caldes de Montbui www.barcelonaturisme.cat Els Quatre Gats , a stone’s throw from (Catalunya Central). With the legacy of the See p. 104 Plaça de Catalunya, is a Modernista café sculptor Manolo Hugué, a great friend Turisme de Sitges - Agència de Promoció which played host to Picasso’s first solo of Picasso, with whom he shared www.sitgestur.cat exhibition. the Bohemian world of Paris. See p. 104 Museu de Ceràmica in the Palau de Cau Ferrat in Sitges (Costa del Garraf). Pedralbes displays a collection of Picasso’s Testimony to the friendship between Picasso ceramic pottery. and the Modernista painter and writer

Fundació Palau Josep Palau i Fabre (1917-2008) was the leading expert on the work of Picasso, his books having been translated all over the world. The Fundació, which takes his name, in Caldes d’Estrac (Costa de Barcelona Maresme), bears testimony to their friendship over the years: paintings, drawings, engravings and books with dedications, a large library on Picasso and a collection of 20 th -century Catalan painting. Paving in Pla de l’Ós on La Rambla in Barcelona (Barcelona) Miró

The work of Joan Miró (1893-1983) has not lost its capacity to marvel. The forcefulness of his graphic work, the vibrancy of his colours and the enigma of his signs constitute part of Barcelona’s landscape. Testimony to his work is dotted throughout the city from the airport to La Rambla to Parc de l’Escorxador, and particularly the Fundació Miró in Montjuïc, housing a collection of paintings, drawings, graphic work, sculptures, ceramics and tapestries bequeathed by the artist to the city of his birth.

Fundació Miró in Barcelona. The most in terminal B of the airport produced in For further information complete collection of the work of Joan collaboration with Llorenç Artigas (1970), Miró, comprising more than 14,000 works: the paving in Pla de l’Ós (1976) on Centre Miró 217 paintings, 178 sculptures, 9 tapestries, La Rambla, and the Woman and Bird www.centremiro.com 4 ceramic works and graphic work sculpture in Parc de l’Escorxador made See p. 67 including some 8,000 drawings. Set up in collaboration with Joan Gardy Artigas. Fundació Joan Miró in 1971 at the initiative of the artist, www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org See p. 70 the Fundació Miró is a study centre Mont-roig del Camp (Costa Daurada). on contemporary art and a large exhibition Miró’s world came into being in Mont-roig space. Together with Miró, the architect del Camp, where his father had acquired Josep Lluís Sert built one of the finest a farmhouse. Much of his early work, museums in the world on account of its of meticulous realism, drew its inspiration rational layout. Airy, spacious and flooded from scenes of farm life. The Centre Miró with natural light, it blends into the de Mont-roig del Camp explains the artist’s mountain landscape of Montjuïc. In addition association with the town by means of to the works of Joan Miró, a small collection facsimiles of some of his better known of contemporary art is also on display, works produced in Mont-roig del Camp. assembled in tribute to Miró one year after It includes the tapestry The Lizard with his death. Golden Feathers , made in conjunction with Josep Royo, and the screening of two Public interventions in Barcelona . documentaries on the painter’s relationship The work of Joan Miró has catapulted with the town. to fame in Catalonia and has leapt from museums to the street. Several examples are to be found in Barcelona: the tile mural

Geniuses of Catalonia - 37 Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on Her Shoulder , Salvador Dalí Dalí

The work and personality of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is intertwined with the landscape of Empordà, an omnipresent backdrop mythicised in his paintings and in his secret life: Figueres, the city of his childhood where he designed the theatre-museum; the Bay of Portlligat in Cadaqués where he had a home and studio; and Púbol castle, a gift to his wife Gala.

Teatre-Museu Dalí in Figueres (Costa Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí in Portlligat dissemination and study of his oeuvre. Brava). The largest surrealist object in the (Costa Brava). In 1930 Dalí moved to The work of Dalí is on display in various world, opened in 1974, it makes use a small fisherman’s hut in Portlligat, museums in Catalonia: the Museu de of the ruins of the former Municipal Theatre. attracted by the scintillating landscape, l’Empordà in Figueres, the Museu de On display are more than 1,500 works the luminosity and the remoteness of the Montserrat, the Museu Comarcal del comprising paintings, drawings, sculptures, setting. He constructed his house little Maresme in Mataró and the Museu Abelló engravings, installations, holograms, by little over the course of forty years. in Mollet del Vallès. The Museu del Joguet stereoscopes and photographs, as well as de Catalunya in Figueres exhibits toys various works expressly created for the Casa-Museu Gala Dalí in Púbol belonging to the artist, including his teddy museum. Among the most renowned (Costa Brava). A medieval castle Dalí bear Don Osito Marquina . works are Self-Portrait with L’Humanité acquired in 1969 which he adapted (1923) and numerous portraits of Gala. as a home for his muse, Gala. Visitors can For further information Dalí’s collection of paintings includes works explore the murals and a garden with Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí by El Greco, Piranesi, Marià Fortuny, Marcel sculptures. www.salvador-dali.org Duchamp and Wolf Vostell. A collection of See p. 70 jewellery has also been on view since 2001. La Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí is the Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona Night visits are organised in summer. steward of Dalí’s legacy. The institution www.costabrava.org seeks to ensure the preservation, See p. 100

38 - Geniuses of Catalonia Tàpies

Symbols and textures, the world of the unconscious and a harsh reality erupt onto the surface of the canvas or sculpture incorporating everyday objects: the work of Antoni Tàpies is a constant exploration of the material’s capacity both for expression and to give shape to the different forms of spirituality. With works spread throughout the finest museums of the world, Tàpies’ sensibility is refined when in contact with the Catalan and Barcelona landscape. His foundation is a benchmark for contemporary art.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona)

Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona For further information Tàpies chose one of the most emblematic (MACBA) . The work of Tàpies is a point buildings in Modernista (Catalan Art of reference in the museum’s collection Fundació Antoni Tàpies Nouveau) Barcelona for his foundation, for its experimentation with material and its www.fundaciotapies.org the former Editorial Montaner i Simón pursuit of a new spirituality. The MACBA See p. 69 publishing house by Domènech i Montaner, permanently exhibits Rinzen , a work Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona - and dedicated it to the study and produced as a protest against the war MACBA www.macba.es dissemination of contemporary art. in Bosnia, awarded a Golden Lion at the See p. 75 Crowning the rooftop is the impressive Venice Biennale in 1993. Tàpies sculpture Cloud and Chair . Opened Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya - MNAC in 1990, the Fundació Antoni Tàpies boasts www.mnac.cat the artist’s finest collection: from his 1950s’ See p. 77 work influenced by surrealism to the exploration of textures and materials which has characterised his work over the last forty years.

Two Gypsies , Isidre Nonell. MNAC - Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona)

The Catalan school of painting Joaquim Vayreda, Hermen Anglada Camarasa, Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell, Joaquim Torres-Garcia, Albert Ràfols Casamada: Catalan painting extends far beyond the internationally renowned names. Its emergence takes on a new dimension when visitors are acquainted with the wealth and diversity of the Catalan school of painting, which commenced in the 19 th century and developed from Paris to Barcelona, from realism to conceptual art. Catalonia boasts a series of museums and private foundations which play host to this legacy and make it accessible throughout the land.

The Roman circus of Tarragona (Costa Daurada)

Living heritage

In Catalonia, culture means people. Concerts and festivals, museums and cultural centres have an audience that grows year on year thanks to activities catering for all ages and every public. Catalonia plays host to the latest trends in museology while popular culture is undergoing a moment of revival. This living heritage is within the reach of visitors with amenities adapted to the different forms of travel.

Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica in Terrassa (Catalunya Central)

Festival Grec 2008 (Barcelona) Living heritage - 41 Music: Festivals and seasons

Barcelona is one of the European capitals of opera with the Gran Teatre del Liceu and its regular seasonal programme. Classical music has two large coliseums: L’Auditori and the Palau de la Música Catalana. The Sónar electronic music festival is a trendsetter on the international music scene. Passion for music palpitates throughout Catalonia: from the schubertiades in Vilabertran on the Costa Brava to the Festival de Jazz de Terrassa or the Festival de Flamenco de .

Sónar festival (Barcelona)

L’Auditori de Barcelona and the Museu programme approaches the classic For further information de la Música . Symphony and chamber repertoire from a contemporary perspective. music, ancient, modern and contemporary L’Auditori music and world music. L’Auditori occupies Summer festivals . The Festival www.auditori.cat a building designed by the architect Rafael Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada See p. 81 Moneo, and is home to the Orquestra (Costa Brava), the Festival Internacional Palau de la Música Catalana Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de de Músiques de Torroella de Montgrí (Costa www.palaumusica.org Catalunya (OBC) and the Museu de la Brava) and the Festival Internacional de See p. 81 Música, which places an emphasis Música de Cantonigròs (Catalunya Central) FESTIVALS on the importance of music as a vehicle constitute part of the European Festival Cruïlla Barcelona for expression and communication between Association’s calendar of events, unmissable www.cruillabarcelona.com people. It features two auditoriums with in the months of July and August. See p. 79 a capacity for an audience of 2,340 and The impressive architectural settings hosting Festival Castell de Peralada 610 people respectively, and presents www.festivalperalada.com performances further enhance the appeal a regular programme which features See p. 80 of these festivals: the medieval castle performances by leading international in Peralada, the church of Sant Genís and Festival Internacional de Música figures. de Cantonigròs Plaça de la Vila in Torroella de Montgrí www.fimc.es and the town of Cantonigròs in the See p. 80 Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. magnificent landscape of the Collsacabra Home to the Orfeó Català choral society, it Joventuts Musicals de Torroella de Montgrí mountains. www.festivaldetorroella.com plays host to various seasons of symphonic See p. 80 music and caters for all musical genres. Old and new traditions . Catalonia plays Schubertíada a Vilabertran For performers and bands, “doing a Palau” hosts to festivals with a personality all www.schubertiadavilabertran.cat denotes acknowledgement of a career. of its own, such as the Música als Castells See p. 81 Tours are given of the Lluís Domènech season, organised by the Fundació Privada Música als Castells i Montaner building, which was extended Castells Culturals de Catalunya; www.castellscatalunya.com/cat-1-14 by Òscar Tusquets and his team. schubertiades, organised by the Associació Franz Schubert in the medieval town of Gran Teatre del Liceu is the opera house Vilabertran (Costa Brava); and among the in Barcelona. Constructed in 1847 at the more recent festivals, the Cruïlla de Cultures initiative of Catalan civil society, the opera festival in Mataró, dedicated to modern and house was rebuilt in 1999 by the architect popular world music spanning traditional Manuel de Solà Morales following a blaze folk to pop and hip-hop. which had completely destroyed it. Its

42 - Living heritage Gardens at Vil·la Casals (Costa Daurada) The cello of Pau Casals Pau Casals (1876-1973) was a prodigious cellist and ambassador for Catalonia throughout the world. The town of El Vendrell conserves his legacy: his homeplace, Vil·la Casals, which contains the instruments and personal belongings of the maestro, and the Auditori Pau Casals, which holds performances and concerts. Special attention is afforded to cellists, composers and Catalan performers in the Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals, held in the months of July and August.

Vil·la Casals . The Fundació Pau Casals L’Auditori Pau Casals opened in 1981 seeks to preserve and disseminate the in the seafront neighbourhood of Sant legacy of this outstanding musician. Salvador, a stone’s throw from Vil·la Casals. On the seafront promenade of Sant It features a regular classical music Salvador in El Vendrell (Costa Daurada) programme to which jazz and dance you can visit Vil·la Casals, built between performances have been added in recent 1910 and restored between 1931 and 1936 years. It plays host to the Festival by the architect Antoni Puig Gairalt. Casals Internacional de Música Pau Casals. lived here until 1939 when he was forced Visitors can also see the house where into exile. The current museum, opened Pau Casals was born, the Baroque organ in 2001, contains a wealth of artworks and played by his father, dating from 1777, documentation related to Casal’s trajectory the Hermitage of Sant Salvador and Casals’ as a man, musician and advocate of peace. tomb. A visit is recommended to the vantage point and the gardens of the villa, a sanctuary of peace and harmony, ideal for gatherings. For further information

Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell www.elvendrellturistic.com See p. 102

Living heritage - 43 Comedy and drama The Grönholm Method by Jordi Galcerán (a satirical take on corporate competitiveness in the recruitment process performed in various countries across the world) marks the new lease of life afforded to theatre in Catalonia, which features new script writers, directors and actors with innovative approaches exploring the different facets of modern life. The classics remain by its side: Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, and Dagoll Dagom, Josep Maria Flotats and the Comediants, La Cubana and La Fura dels Baus.

The Grönholm Method , by Jordi Galcerán

Barcelona performing arts at the foot of Montjuïc achieved popular acclaim, adaptations mountain. of the classical repertoire and new Teatre Nacional de Catalunya approaches to experimental and textual Teatre Romea . Opened in 1863, it is one of in Barcelona is a building characterised theatre. by classical lines, designed by Ricard Bofill the oldest theatres in Catalonia and a venue which houses two theatres and a multi- open to new playwrights. purpose space. Its programme features Barcelona plays host to a number of For further information contemporary theatre and Catalan classics, privately-run theatres, including the Teatre Patronat Municipal de Turisme with an emphasis placed on quality and Poliorama, Teatre Tívoli, Teatre Borràs, spectacular performances. de Tarragona Teatre Victòria, Teatre Apolo, Teatre Condal, www.tarragonaturisme.cat Mercat de les Flors is dedicated to music, Sala Beckett, Espai Brossa and Teatreneu. See p. 101 dance and audiovisuals. Patronat Municipal de Turisme i Comerç Theatrical performances are held all over de Reus Teatre Lliure features a regular programme Catalonia in Teatre Fortuny and Teatre www.reus.cat/turisme dedicated to the classics and contemporary Bartrina in Reus, Teatre Metropol in See p. 102 theatre. Tarragona, Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador Turisme de Barcelona in Lleida, Teatre Municipal El Jardí in www.barcelonaturisme.cat Together with the Institut del Teatre and the Figueres, Teatre de Salt and Teatre See p. 104 Museu de les Arts Escèniques, the Mercat Municipal in Girona, which present a regular Turisme de Lleida de les Flors and the Teatre Lliure comprise programme featuring works which have www.turismedelleida.cat a complex of venues dedicated to See p. 104

Fira de Teatre de Tàrrega 44 - Living heritage (Terres de Lleida) Sitges (Costa del Garraf) Theatre, film and circus festivals Immerse yourself in the festival ambiance, attend live performances by extraordinary artists and discover shows and films which broaden horizons, not to mention long-standing festivals.

• Festival de Cinema de Muntanya Theatre For further information de Torelló (Catalunya Central) • Fira de Teatre de Titelles de Lleida Oficina de Turisme de (Terres de Lleida) Circus www.cubelles.cat • Festival d’Estiu de Barcelona – Grec See p. 97 • Trapezi in Reus and Vilanova i la Geltrú • Fira de Teatre de Tàrrega Patronat Municipal de Turisme i Comerç (Terres de Lleida) (Costa Daurada) de Reus • Temporada Alta in Girona and Salt www.reus.cat/turisme (Costa Brava) Places to see See p. 102 Turisme de Barcelona In Cubelles (Costa Daurada) visitors can Cinema www.barcelonaturisme.cat see the “Charlie Rivel Hall”, a permanent See p. 104 • Festival de Cinema Internacional exhibition dedicated to the famous clown Turisme de Lleida de Lleida (Terres de Lleida) Josep Andreu (1896-1983), born there www.turismedelleida.cat • Festival de Cinema de Girona and known internationally as Charlie Rivel. See p. 104 (Costa Brava) Turisme de Sitges - Agència de Promoció • Sitges – Festival Internacional de www.sitgestour.cat Cinema de Catalunya (Costa de Garraf) See p. 104 • Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona Museums: Live and breathe art

In recent years, the concept of an art museum has been turned on its head. These days museums and galleries constitute dynamic centres which put forward new interpretations of tradition, linking past works with contemporary ones and offering a whole host of resources and activities to the public. Museums in Catalonia span a broad spectrum of themes: from the Romanesque to the pioneers of cinema and from Pre-Colombian cultures to contemporary art.

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, MNAC (Barcelona)

Barcelona “La Pedrera” . Home to the Fundació Caixa CaixaForum . Three exhibition rooms Catalunya, its programme features dedicated to ancient and contemporary art, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya - 20 th -century art exhibitions. photography and multi-media art, MNAC . Perched on the mountain of obrasocial.caixacatalunya.com an auditorium and a multi-media library. Montjuïc in Barcelona, it houses a collection See p. 72 Home to the Fundació ”la Caixa”. of Romanesque murals unlike any other www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial in the world because the museum’s Centre de Cultura Contemporània See p. 65 architectural structure reproduces the de Barcelona (CCCB) . A cultural centre shape of the apses and chapels from which with various exhibition rooms, specialised Mies van der Rohe Pavilion . A classic the paintings were taken. The collection in urban culture. of modernity in the field of architecture reaches 1930 and comprises a significant www.cccb.org and design in Barcelona. amount of Modernista art. See p. 66 www.miesbcn.com www.mnac.cat See p. 70 See p. 77 Fundació Miró . The art of Miró and temporary exhibitions dedicated to his Museu Picasso . Boasting the most Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona contemporaries and the luminaries complete collection of the work produced - MACBA . This museum has set a of 20 th -century art. by Picasso in his youth and formative years, benchmark in the world of contemporary www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org this museum occupies five medieval art with a regularly renewed permanent See p. 70 residences on Carrer de Montcada. collection, themed exhibitions, retrospectives www.museupicasso.bcn.es of the most renowned Catalan creators and Fundació Tàpies . The work of the great exhibitions by international artists. master of material painting and themed www.macba.cat exhibitions dedicated to new artists. See p. 75 www.fundaciotapies.org See p. 69

46 - Living heritage Museu d’Art de Girona (Costa Brava) “La Pedrera”, home to the Fundació Caixa Catalunya (Barcelona)

Elsewhere Museu d’Art de Girona . Housed in Museu de Montserrat . Dedicated the former Episcopal palace, it brings to the archaeology of the Biblical East, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí . It operates together more than 8,500 objects from the iconography of the church of Santa three spaces linked to the life and work of the Romanesque period to the end Maria de Montserrat, gold and silverware, Dalí: the Teatre-Museu Dalí in Figueres, the of the 20 th century, with an impressive 15 th - to 20 th -century art with work by Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí in Portlligat and collection of liturgical and decorative art. Berruguete, El Greco, Caravaggio, Luca the Casa-Museu Castell Gala Dalí in Púbol. www.museuart.com Giordano, Tiepolo, and among the modern www.salvador-dali.org See p. 70 painters, Fortuny, Rusiñol, Casas, Nonell, Museu Episcopal de Vic . Established Mir, Gimeno, Anglada Camarasa, Picasso in 1891 and now housed in a contemporary Fundació Palau in Caldes d’Estrac. Works and Dalí. Also on display is a representative building at the heart of the historic centre, by Picasso, testimony to his friendship with collection of French impressionism with it contains one of the largest art collections Josep Palau i Fabre, and a collection works by Monet, Sisley, Degas and in Catalonia and one of the finest of Catalan painting. Pissarro. www.fundaciopalau.cat collections of medieval art in Europe, with www.montserratvisita.com See p. 71 highly valuable works such as the Descent See p. 74 from the Cross in Erill la Vall, a collection of Fundació Privada Vila Casas painted altarpieces and the retable of Santa Museu Diocesà de Lleida . Its collection in Barcelona, Torroella de Montgrí Clara by Lluís de Borrassà. is divided between the Episcopal palace and (Costa Brava). Three spaces www.museuepiscopalvic.com (paintings, gold and silverware and liturgical dedicated to exhibitions, painting See p. 76 ornaments) and the church of Sant Martí and contemporary art, respectively. (medieval sculpture). www.fundaciovilacasas.org See p. 71

Fundació Palau, Caldes d’Estrac (Costa de Barcelona Maresme)

Living heritage - 47 The past returns

Great events, battles and heroic feats have given way to the daily experience of the common man in history museums. How did our ancestors live? How did they earn a living, how did they enjoy themselves and what did they think of the world? This new museography, combining real objects with audiovisuals, models and interactive modules, allows us to delve into the very depths of history.

Mies van der Rohe Pavilion (Barcelona)

Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya Museu d’Història dels Jueus in Girona Fundació Roses, Història i Natura in Barcelona with various centres (Costa Brava). The history of the Jewish in Roses (Costa Brava). An institution distributed throughout Catalonia. Primitive community in Catalonia from the 9 th and entrusted with the integral management settlements, Iberian culture, the Greek 14 th centuries. of the town’s heritage on Cap de Creus: legacy, Roman origins and Christianity www.girona.cat/call the citadel, castle, megalithic park and with a collection of pieces taken from See p. 78 natural site on the Falconera headland. excavations of the archaeological sites www.patrimonideroses.cat Museu Episcopal de Vic (Catalunya in Empúries and Ullastret. See p. 68 www. mac.cat Central). Prehistory and ancient history as See p. 74 well an important collection of medieval art. Castells de Lleida (Terres de Lleida). Of particular note is the work of Joan Gascó. A route taking in fortresses and fortified Museu d’Història de Catalunya The collection of decorative and industrial art houses in the southeast of the province in Barcelona. The exhibition comprises brings together thousands of pieces, from of Lleida. period reconstructions and interactive everyday objects to liturgical items. www.castellsdelleida.com objects, taking visitors on a journey from www.museuepiscopalvic.com See p. 90 prehistoric times to the 20 th century. See p. 76 Housed in the former general warehouses Món St Benet (Catalunya Central). Casa Batlló in Barcelona. Visit one of the of the port of Barcelona (1901). A 12 th -century Benedictine monastery, www. mhac.cat most extraordinary buildings by Antoni active until the 19 th century. The medieval See p. 75 Gaudí and explore the intricate details rooms were recovered and restored by concealed behind the magnificent façade. the family of the painter Ramon Casas. Museu d’Història de la Ciutat de Girona www.casabatllo.cat www.monstbenet.com in Sant Antoni (Costa Brava). A former See p. 66 See p. 87 18 th -century Capuchin convent. Palau Moxó . A building which retains The exhibition describes the history Ecomuseu de les Valls d’Àneu in Esterri a period ambiance provides a window of Girona, from its establishment to the d’Àneu (Pirineus). An interpretation centre into the life of a family from Barcelona transition to democracy. and itinerary through the towns and villages th th www.ajuntament.gi/museuciutat between the 18 and 20 centuries. of Pallars provides an insight into the way www.palaumoxo.com of life in high mountain settlements. See p. 77 www.ecomuseu.com/

48 - Living heritage The soul of things

From the vastness of the cosmos to the microscopic constituents of matter, means of transport, toys, agricultural tools and the workings of a textile factory, Catalonia boasts a network of science and technology museums illustrating industrial traditions and everyday life, which pave the way to knowledge.

Museu Marítim (Barcelona) Museu del Cinema in Girona (Costa Brava)

CosmoCaixa in Barcelona. The science Salt Mountain Cultural Park in Cardona Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica museum belonging to Fundació ”la Caixa”: (Catalunya Central). The former facilities de Catalunya (mNACTEC) in Terrassa a large exhibition space on the laws of Mina Nieves afford visitors the (Catalunya Central). Its main facility is housed of nature featuring live animals, objects, opportunity to explore the salt outcrops in the former factory Vapor Aymerich, Amat i interactive experiments and participatory of Cardona and the unique natural Jover. It features four permanent exhibitions: activities. and material heritage that makes this “The Textile Mill”, exploring the workings www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial an unmatched setting in the world. of a textile factory in the early 20 th century; See p. 68 www.salcardona.com “Homo Faber”, illustrating the evolution See p. 78 of science and technology from Neolithic Museu del Cinema . Tomàs Mallol times to the Industrial Revolution; Collection in Girona (Costa Brava). From (Barcelona). Built on “Enérgeia” and “Transport”. Chinese shadow puppetry to the Lumière the occasion of the World Fair of 1929 www.mnactec.cat brothers, 500 years of the history of in Barcelona, the traditional architecture See p. 75 images, the background and origins of film, of different regions in Spain is faithfully as well as its evolution until the advent replicated. Museu Maritím de Barcelona . The old of television. www.poble-espanyol.com medieval shipyards bear testimony to www.museudelcinema.cat See p. 78 a seafaring culture: model ships, nautical instruments, ex-votos, charts, maps and a Natural Space L’Aquàrium de Barcelona . Twenty-one replica of the royal galley of . (Catalunya Central). The effects of water aquariums, three marine eco-systems www.mmb.cat on a place: caves and rock formations in Catalonia (the marshes of the Ebro Delta, See p. 76 where men from the Middle Ages created a cove on the Costa Brava and an sanctuaries of meditation and reflection underwater cave), the deep sea, cold water Museu del Joguet de Catalunya such as the church of Sant Miquel, built environments and fresh tropical waters. in Figueres (Costa Brava). A collection into a rock shelter. The large central aquarium gives visitors the containing more than 4,000 toys and www.santmiqueldelfai.cat opportunity to stroll among sharks, rays themed exhibitions which examine different See p. 69 and sunfish. aspects of kids’ toys and their association www.aquariumbcn.com with art and culture. See p. 73 www.mjc.cat

Living heritage - 49 Handcrafted

Wood turning, pottery, alabaster, saints carved in wood and plaster: handicraft production has developed throughout the length and breadth of Catalonia. Decorative objects are crafted using the raw materials native to each area, which are enchanting on account of their beauty and popular charm, and because they bear testimony to century-old traditions.

Handcrafted products

Handicrafts in Catalonia La Bisbal d’Empordà pottery Arenys lace (Costa de Barcelona (Costa Brava). The pottery of La Bisbal has Maresme) and L’Arboç lace Catalonia boasts a whole host of significant become emblematic. Visitors can explore (Costa Daurada). The fineness of the lace and representative handicrafts. the Terracota Museu and the Escola embroidery from these two towns makes Craftsmanship and the innovation de Ceràmica. them unique. of Catalan designers are interwoven with our land’s culture. Black pottery of Quart (Costa Brava) Wool of Pallars sheep in Vall d’Àssua and Verdú (Terres de Lleida). Leaving (Pirineus). Given the surplus of native sheep Examples of these unique handicrafts the finished earthenware jugs in the kiln wool, it is used for insulation in construction include: for hours affords a black colour that makes and as a raw material for textile crafts this pottery so characteristic. in the area. Sarral alabaster (Costa Daurada). A town renowned for its tradition in extracting Burnt wood of and manufacturing alabaster. Visitors can (Costa Brava). Turning yields a finish that explore the town’s Museu de l’Alabastre. darkens the works produced, making them instantly recognisable. Fan palm (Terres de l’Ebre). Strips For further information of braided fan palm are woven together Cardona salt (Catalunya Central). Artesania Catalunya to produce the desired object. The Salt Mountain in Cardona is the largest www.artesania-catalunya.com salt outcrop in Western Europe. See p. 105

City of craftspeople

Handicrafts, designer items and souvenirs of the city are available in Barcelona’s Poble Espanyol. It is one of the largest communities of craftspeople in Spain, bringing together forty establishments from a broad spectrum of artistic disciplines including glass, pottery, sculpture, leather, engraving, jewellery and textiles. Poble Espanyol has been declared an Area of Handicraft Interest by the Government of Catalonia, and constitutes the first Arts & Crafts Shopping Centre in Barcelona.

50 - Living heritage La Patum in Berga (Pirineus) Popular festivals

Catalonia affords visitors the opportunity to take part in its traditional festivals. Some, such as the sardana dance and castells (human towers), have spread across the world and have become a badge of Catalan identity. There are also devils and tree festivals, giants and bestiary figures of ancient origins. Music and fire: the streets are transformed and a crowd gathers in a collective spectacle that sparks the imagination of contemporary artists.

Festivals declared CORPUS CHRISTI Vilafranca del Penedès (Costa del Garraf), of national interest by the Festa Major de late August Government of Catalonia (Festival of Sant Feliu de Pallerols). Sant Festa Major de Castellterçol (Festival Feliu de Pallerols (Pirineus), Whitsuntide of Castellterçol). Castellterçol (Catalunya CARNIVAL La Patum (great popular festival). Central), August Festa dels Traginers de Berga (Pirineus), week of Corpus Festes del Tura d’Olot (Tura Festival). (Cart Driver Festival). Balsareny (Catalunya Christi Olot (Pirineus), 8 September Central), Sunday before Carnival Festa de les Enramades de Sallent Festa Major de Cardona (Festival Carnaval de Vilanova i la Geltrú . Vilanova (Festival of Garlands). Sallent (Catalunya of Cardona). Cardona (Catalunya Central), i la Geltrú (Costa Daurada) Central), week of Corpus Christi second weekend in September EASTER WEEK Festa de les Enramades d’Arbúcies Festes de Santa Tecla de Tarragona Processó i Dansa de la Mort (Procession (Festival of Flower Carpets). Arbúcies (). Tarragona and Dance of Death). Verges (Costa Brava), (Costa Brava), week of Corpus Christi (Costa Daurada), 23 September Holy Thursday SANT JOAN NEW YEAR Via Crucis vivent de Sant Hilari Sacalm Festa de les a Isil (Festival of Festa del Pi de Centelles (Pine Tree (Live Stations of the Cross). Sant Hilari Bonfires and Torches). Alt Àneu (Pirineus), Festival). Centelles (Catalunya Central), Sacalm (Costa Brava), Good Friday 23 June 30 December Processó del Sant Enterrament de Tarragona (Procession of the Holy TOWN FESTIVALS AND PATRON SAINT Other popular festivals Entombment). Tarragona (Costa Daurada), FESTIVALS Fira de la Candelera de Good Friday Festa Major de Reus (Festival of Reus). (Candlemas Fair). Molins de Rei (Costa del Festa de l’Arbre i Ball del Cornut Reus (Costa Daurada), 29 June Garraf), late January / early February de Cornellà de Terri (Festival of the Tree Festa dels Raiers (Rafters’ Festival). Ball del Sant Crist de Salomó (Holy Christ and the Horned Dance). Cornellà de Terri (Pirineus), first weekend Dance). Salomó (Costa Daurada), May (Costa Brava), Easter Monday in July Aplec del Cargol de Lleida (Snail Festival). La Passió d’ (The Passion Festa Major de Gràcia (Festival of the Lleida (Terres de Lleida), mid-May Play). Esparreguera (Costa del Garraf), Neighbourhood of Gràcia). Barcelona, week Festes decennals de la Mare de Déu March and April of 15 August de la Candela (Decennial Festival of the La Passió d’ Festa Major de Sant Bartomeu (Festival Candlemas Virgin). Valls (Costa Daurada), (The Passion Play). Olesa de Montserrat of Sant Bartomeu). Sitges (Costa Daurada), 2011 (Catalunya Central), March to May late August Festa Major de Vilafranca del Penedès www.catalunyaturisme.com (Festival of Vilafranca del Penedès).

Living heritage - 51 Culture and spirituality

Since the dawn of antiquity, religious beliefs and spiritual practices have led to pilgrimages. The Way of Saint James, linking towns and cities across Europe in a network with many ramifications, is a pragmatic example of such. Alongside these pilgrimage routes, which today have been recovered on account of their culture and landscape, new centres of attraction have emerged with a new means of expressing transcendence.

Montserrat (Catalunya Central)

Montserrat . The Monastery of Montserrat a spellbinding landscape of cliffs, rock For further information (Catalunya Central) was founded in 1025 shelters, lakes and waterfalls. by Benedictine monks in a magnificent La Passió d’Olesa (Catalunya Central). Montserrat natural setting. The Escolania, at the service www.montserratvisita.com A tradition which dates back to the of the sanctuary, is one of the oldest music See p. 74 16 th century: a performance of the Passion schools in Europe. The museum houses Oficina de Turisme de Manresa of Christ in which the entire local an extraordinary collection of archaeology www.manresaturisme.cat community takes part. from the Biblical East, liturgical objects, See p. 98 old and modern painting. The monastery Sakya Tashi Ling is the name of the Espai Natural de Sant Miquel del Fai stands in a natural park, which is unrivalled Buddhist monastery in the El Garraf Natural www.santmiqueldelfai.cat See p. 69 in the world. Park. The small Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) palace, Plana Novella, is home Associació La Passió d’Olesa de Montserrat Cova de Sant Ignasi in Manresa to the Buddhist community. www.lapassio.cat (Catalunya Central). In 1522, St Ignatius See p. 79 of Loyola spent eleven key months of his life Monastery of Santa Maria de de Fundació Monjos Budistes Sakya Tashi Ling in Manresa, the product of which was the les Avellanes in Os de Balaguer (Pirineus). www.monjesbudistas.org book The Spiritual Exercises . A medieval monastery featuring a See p. 71 Romanesque cloister and a Gothic church. Monestir de les Avellanes Sant Miquel del Fai (Catalunya Central). Accommodation is available. www.monestirdelesavellanes.com An old Benedictine monastery set amidst See p. 87 La Passió d’Olesa (Catalunya Central)

52 - Living heritage The Way of Saint James in Catalonia: from Cap de Creus to Terres de l’Ebre (Terres de l’Ebre) The Way of St James in Catalonia

From El Pertús, Montserrat, Barcelona, Tarragona or the Ebro Delta. The Way of Saint James extends throughout Catalonia in branches that converge in Saragossa, Jaca and Logroño: millennial routes that have preserved the medieval tradition and which increasingly attract more visitors. Traditions include the Fanalets de Sant Jaume procession commemorating Saint James’ passage through the city of Lleida.

Since the Middle Ages, the Way of Saint In Catalonia, the Way of Saint James sets The route comes to an end in Alcarràs, James has led European pilgrims to the out from the Monastery of Sant Pere de where it joins the Aragonese route, which apostle’s tomb in Rodes in the Cap de Creus Natural Park. continues on to Logroño. in Galicia. A tourist itinerary traces his It joins up with Vilabertran, home to the passage through Catalonia, a journey which canonical church of Santa Maria, and leads can be followed on foot or by bicycle. to El Pertús. Vestiges of the medieval past can also be seen in Figueres and Girona. For further information Those wishing to follow the route are Montserrat represents another one of Catalan Tourist Board entitled to discounts in guesthouses and the important stages. The 14 th -century www.catalunya.com country houses as well as some hostels Llibre Vermell (Red Book) of Montserrat and lodging places. Pilgrim passes, brings together the songs of the pilgrims available from dioceses, Friends’ and testifies to the age of these routes. Associations of the Way of Saint James and the Monastery of Montserrat, must be The old Universitat de and La Seu shown to gain access to lodging places. Vella in Lleida constitute other important With this pass, pilgrims can obtain monuments on the route, combining the Compostela, the official certificate architectural works and sets of monuments for having completed the pilgrimage. with sites of natural interest such as Ivars Lake, which boasts an interesting The route is signposted with the symbol birdwatching facility. of a shell or scallop.

Barcelona

Living heritage - 53 Barcelona

Barcelona plays host to a broad spectrum of tourist attractions, organised in such a way so as to make the most of a visit whether it be a weekend (taking advantage of the exceptional cultural, sporting and leisure events held every year) or a longer break. It is worthwhile to synchronise trips with the city’s high moments: the eve of Sant Joan in the month of June, or La Mercè festivities in September.

Places to see with the Parc Barcelona and the Centre de Cultura Zoològic and the Museu de Ciències Contemporània de Barcelona. Architecture by Gaudí. See p. 24 Naturals. Barcelona Card . Free urban transport plus Modernisme. See p. 30 The seafront : , Barceloneta some 100 discounts and free admission L’Eixample , designed by Ildefons Cerdà and Vila Olímpica. at museums, cultural centres, shows, theatres, leisure establishments, nightclubs, and featuring an urban grid pattern crossed Montjuïc : the Museu Nacional d’Art de shops, restaurants, alternative transport by wide avenues and truncated square Catalunya, the Museu d’Arqueologia, the and other services. blocks, unique in the world. Fundació Miró, the Museu d’Etnologia, La Rambla and the Raval with its the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, CaixaForum, Barcelona Bus Turístic . Three routes museums and Boqueria market. Poble Espanyol and Jardí Botànic. around the city on a double-decker bus and a booklet of discount vouchers. Barri Gòtic featuring Roman ruins, Tibidabo : Torre de Collserola and funfair. the Museu Frederic Marès and the Museu Guided tours . On foot, by coach, bicycle, Diocesà. Barcelona at hand motorbike or helicopter. Barri de with the Museu Picasso, Articket . Visit the city’s finest museums Arqueoticket . the Museu Barbier-Mueller, the church at half price: the Museu Nacional d’Art of Santa Maria del Mar and the Palau de de Catalunya, the Museu Picasso, the Turisme de Barcelona Fundació Miró, the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, www.barcelonaturisme.cat la Música Catalana. See p. 104 the Museu d’Art Contemporani de

54 - Living heritage Girona

Girona has restored the splendour of its past. The old city’s monuments spread out from the cathedral: the Arab Baths stand alongside the old Jewish quarter, the Modernista architecture of Rafael Masó, Romanesque churches and Benedictine monasteries. Much of Girona’s appeal lies in the ambiance of its streets and squares, which have retained a tranquil and pleasant pace.

Places to see The work of the Modernista architect Girona at hand Rafael Masó : Casa Masó, Casa Ensesa, Old town : the former Benedictine Casa Batlle and Casa Colomer, the Teixidor Guided tours . The old quarter, walls and Monastery of , flourmill and Casa de la Punxa. fortifications, Pedret and Sant Daniel (on the now home to the Museu d’Arqueologia de right bank of the Ter River), the architecture Girona, Passeig de la Muralla, the church of Museu del Cinema . The Tomàs Mallol of Masó and legends. Sant Feliu and the Arab Baths. The Museu Collection, featuring 25,000 pieces. Tailor-made tours . Itineraries catered d’Art de Girona and the Museu d’Història to personal interests. de Girona. Call and the Museu d’Història dels Jueus. Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona www.costabrava.org Cathedral with the Tapestry of Creation See p. 100 and the Beatus of Liebana. Bourgeois Girona : Carrer de Ciutadans and Rambla de la Llibertat.

Living heritage - 55 Tarragona

A large Roman city on the shores of the Mediterranean, a medieval jewel and a little-known Modernista city. The archaeological walk, the provincial forum, the praetorium, the Roman circus, the amphitheatre and early Christian necropolis; gradually the capital of Hispania Citerior came into being. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

Places to see the chapel of Santa Tecla la Vella, the Torre Tarragona at hand de l’Arquebisbe, the Torre d’en Tintorer, Roman Tarragona . The archaeological La Muralleta, the Torre de les Monges, the Guided tours through Roman and walk, the provincial forum, the praetorium, Torre d’Arandes and Torre de les Morenes. medieval Tarragona, Modernisme and the the Roman circus, the amphitheatre, the St Fructuosus Jubilee Year route from 2008 local forum, the museum and the early Modernista Tarragona and the work to 2009 commemorating the anniversary Christian necropolis. of Josep Maria Jujol . The Teatre Metropol of the martyrdom of Bishop St Fructuosus and the Deacons St Augurius and In the environs: the late Roman site of by Jujol and various buildings by Gaudí and St Eulogius, who were all burned at the El Francolí, the aqueduct of Les Ferreres, Domènech i Montaner, noteworthy among stake in Tarragona’s amphitheatre the mausoleum of Centelles, the Torre which are the Casa Musolas, Casa Salas in 259 AD. dels Escipions, the quarry at El Mèdol, the and Casa Rabadà, the school run by the Roman villa at Els Munts and the Berà arch. Teresian nuns, the central market and the mausoleum of James I. Tarragona Card . For free urban transport, Tarragona celebrated the St Fructuosus admission to museums and discounts Jubilee Year in 2008. In the surrounding area, more works by Jujol: in various establishments. the church of El Sagrat Cor de Vistabella; the Medieval Tarragona . The arcades of Carrer sanctuary of Our Lady of Montserrat in Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Tarragona de la Merceria, the Castell del Rei, the Montferri; the churches in El Vendrell, Roda www.tarragonaturisme.cat cathedral, the Jewish quarter, the former de Berà, Bonastre, Creixell, Constantí and See p. 101 Hospital de la Seu, the chapel of Sant Pau, Bràfim; Casa Bofarull, Casa Andreu and the Palau del Cantoner de la Seu, Casa Solé in the town of Els Pallaresos.

56 - Living heritage Lleida

Lleida is the gateway to the Pyrenees: virgin landscape, mountain churches and the prehistory of Catalonia. The city developed on the shores of the Segre River, and it flies the flag for water culture with a specialised museum and various themed itineraries. The countryside makes its strong presence felt in the city in the form of its produce, which is sold and used in its cuisine. La Seu Vella and the Palau de la Paeria, home to the municipal authorities, are the most noteworthy buildings.

Places to see Visitors can explore the wineries and the Lleida at hand parish church of Sagrat Cor, designed by Medieval Lleida : La Seu Vella, the Rubió i Bellver, in Raimat. Guided tours to explore and delve into 13 th -century Palau de la Paeria, housing the city and its most important monuments. the municipal authorities, and the Order Centre d’Art La Panera . Opened in 2003 Guia’t a la carta . Tailor-made tour service. of the Temple Interpretation Centre. with an exhibition by Antoni Tàpies, it is a benchmark for contemporary art. Bus panoràmic . A different way Museu de l’Aigua . An 18 th -century edifice, of experiencing the city in an open top bus, nerve centre of the water route. Visitors can also explore the Museu de accompanied by a tour guide. la Paeria, the Museu Diocesà i Comarcal, “Lleida at hand” guide Roda Roda . The Lleida transport museum. the Museu d’Art Jaume Morera and the Archaeology Hall of the Institut d’Estudis Mountain biking routes in the city’s Modernisme in Lleida . Testimony Ilerdencs. natural surroundings. to the work of the architect Frances de Paula Morera i Gatell is dotted throughout Museu de Lleida Diocesà i Comarcal . Turisme de Lleida the city. Of particular note are the Takes visitors on a journey through the www.turismedelleida.cat See p. 104 Escorxador, now home to the Teatre history of Lleida, from the first evidence Municipal, Casa Melchior, Casa Magí of human presence to modern times. Llorens and Casa Baró.

Living heritage - 57 UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage is a protection plan for the world’s cultural and natural assets whose aim is to conserve, catalogue and disseminate places deemed part of humanity’s common heritage. Eight hundred and fifty one places and cultural manifestations around the world have been listed, six of which are found in Catalonia.

La Vall de Boí (Pirineus) Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona)

Catalan World Heritage 2000. Archaeological site of Tarraco in Tarragona: the Berà arch, the Torre dels The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific Escipions, the Roman villa in Centcelles, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) the Museu Arqueològic de Tarragona, the works in conjunction with countries across museum and early Christian necropolis, the world to identify and protect places the villa at Els Munts, the Roman wall of cultural and natural significance which and the archaeological walk, the aqueduct constitute part of humanity’s common of Les Ferreres, the Roman amphitheatre, heritage. Catalonia boasts the largest the praetorium (provincial forum), the quarry number of classified sites in Spain and at El Mèdol, the local forum, the Roman ranks among the leading European heritage circus and the temple. countries. 2000. Romanesque churches of the Vall 1984 and 2005. The work of Antoni Gaudí de Boí : Sant Climent and Santa Maria de in Barcelona : Park Güell , Palau Güell , Taüll, Sant Joan de Boí, Santa Eulàlia d’Erill Casa Milà , the Nativity façade and crypt la Vall, Sant Feliu de Barruera, Santa Maria of the Sagrada Família , Casa Vicens de Cardet, La Nativitat and Sant Quirc de and Casa Batlló , as well as the crypt Durro and Assumpció de Cóll. at Colònia Güell in Santa Coloma de Cervelló. Acknowledgement of the most 2005. La festival , internationally acclaimed Catalan artist. Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Living and popular 1991. Monastery of Poblet . A Cistercian centuries-old tradition. masterpiece which has retained the monastic way of life. In addition, UNESCO included in the World Network of Biosphere 1997. and Palau Reserves in 1978. de la Música Catalana by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The medieval past at the service of civil society.

1998. Rock paintings of the Iberian Mediterranean : The rock shelters of the Serra de Godall, cave paintings in the Prades mountains and La Roca dels Moros, among others.

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Santa Maria de Vilabertran (Costa Brava)

Cultural Tourism Club In recent years, a large number of tourist offerings linked with culture have appeared in Catalonia. The Cultural Tourism Club brings together 127 entities that work in this field: museums and cultural centres, public institutions, hotels, travel agencies and service companies. The goal of the Cultural Tourism Club is to promote the cultural tourism network in Catalonia and provide operators and visitors with resources to organise their trips as they see fit.

Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada (Costa Brava)

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MONUMENTS, MUSEUMS Palau Moxó - Barcelona page 77 AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS Parc Arqueològic Mines de Gavà page 77

Badalona Ciutat Romana page 65 Parc Cultural de la Muntanya de Sal page 78 CaixaForum page 65 Patronat Call de Girona page 78 Casa Amatller page 65 Poble Espanyol Barcelona page 78 Casa Batlló page 66 Xarxa de Turisme Industrial de Catalunya - XATIC page 79 CCCB page 66 Cementiris de Barcelona, SA page 66 FESTIVALS, MUSIC AND THEATRE Centre del Romànic de la Vall de Boí page 67 Centre d’Observació de l’Univers page 67 Associació La Passió d’Olesa de Montserrat page 79 Centre Miró page 67 Cruïlla Barcelona page 79 Consell Regulador del Camí Festival Castell de Peralada page 80 dels Bons Homes page 68 Festival Internacional de Música CosmoCaixa page 68 de Cantonigròs page 80 Espai Cultural la Ciutadella de Roses page 68 Joventuts Musicals de Torroella de Montgrí page 80 Espai Natural de Sant Miquel del Fai page 69 L’Auditori page 81 Freixenet page 69 Palau de la Música Catalana page 81 Fundació Antoni Tàpies page 69 Schubertíada a Vilabertran page 81 Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí page 70 Fundació Joan Miró page 70 ACCOMMODATION Fundació Mies van der Rohe Barcelona page 70 Costa Brava Verd Hotels page 82 Fundació Monjos Budistes Sakya Tashi Ling page 71 EvadeHotels page 82 Fundació Palau page 71 Hostal del Senglar page 82 Fundació Vila Casas page 71 Hotel Barcelona Catedral page 83 Jaciment i Centre d’Interpretació del Camp Hotel Barceló Atenea Mar page 83 de les Lloses de Tona page 72 Hotel Barceló Raval page 83 Junta Constructora del Temple de la Sagrada Família page 72 Hotel Barceló Sants page 84 La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya page 72 Hotel Cèsar - Restaurant la Fitorra page 84 L’Aquàrium de Barcelona page 73 Hotel Duquesa de Cardona page 84 La Ruta del Cister page 73 Hotel Estela Barcelona page 85 Monestir de Sant Cugat page 73 Hotel Mas Passamaner page 85 Montserrat page 74 Hotel Rekord page 85 Monumenta page 74 Hotel Restaurant Bremon page 86 Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya - MAC page 74 Hotel Termes Montbrió page 86 Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona - Hotel Urbis Centre page 86 MACBA page 75 Monestir de les Avellanes page 87 Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya - Món St Benet page 87 mNACTEC page 75 Neri Hotel & Restaurant page 87 Museu d’Història de Catalunya page 75 Sercotel page 88 Museu Episcopal de Vic page 76 Museu Marítim de Barcelona page 76 Museu Memorial de l’Exili - MUME page 76 Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya - MNAC page 77

62 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory TOUR OPERATORS AND OTHER SERVICES Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona page 100 Patronat de Turisme Diputació de Lleida page 100 across spain page 88 Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Tarragona - Barcelona Guide Bureau page 88 Costa Daurada i Terres de l’Ebre page 101 Barcelona On-Line page 89 Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Calafell page 101 Boí Taüll Resort page 89 Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Tarragona page 101 Bonavia Tours page 89 Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell page 102 Castells de Lleida page 90 Patronat Municipal de Turisme Catalunya Bus Turístic page 90 i Comerç de Reus page 102 CostaVision incoming services Solsona Turisme page 102 Spain - Portugal - page 90 Terra de Comtes i Abats, el Ripollès page 103 Cremallera i Funiculars de Montserrat page 91 Thermalia, Museu de Caldes de Montbui Geoland Tours page 91 i Oficina de Turisme page 103 ICONO Serveis Culturals page 91 Torisme Val d’Aran page 103 Marfil Travel, SL page 92 Turisme de Barcelona page 104 Mediterranean Incoming Services page 92 Turisme de Lleida page 104 Pirineu emoció page 92 Turisme de Sitges - Agència de Promoció page 104 Punt de Benvinguda page 93 SegwayCAT page 93 PARTNERSHIPS

Artesania Catalunya page 105 PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS FOR TOURIST PROMOTION Barcelona Centre Universitari page 105 Centre de Promoció de la Cultura Popular Ajuntament d’Alcanar page 93 i Tradicional Catalana page 105 Ajuntament de Terrassa page 94 Sistemes alimentaris / UOC page 106 Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà page 94 Subdirecció General de Museus page 106 Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà page 94 Universitat de Barcelona page 106 Consell Comarcal del Berguedà - Universitat de Girona page 107 Oficina de Turisme page 95 Consell Comarcal del Pallars Jussà page 95 Consorci de Turisme del Baix Llobregat page 95 Diputació de Barcelona page 96 Hostalric page 96 Oficina de Turisme de Besalú page 96 Oficina de Turisme de Castelló d’Empúries page 97 Oficina de Turisme de Cubelles page 97 Oficina de Turisme de Figueres page 97 Oficina de Turisme de la Garriga page 98 Oficina de Turisme de Manresa page 98 Oficina de Turisme de Tortosa page 98 Oficina de Turisme de Tossa de Mar page 99 Oficina de Turisme de Vic - IMPEVIC page 99 Patronat Comarcal de Turisme de la Cerdanya page 99 Patronat de la Vall de Boí page 100

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MONUMENTS, MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS Badalona Ciutat Romana Badalona, Roman City Plaça de l’Assemblea de Catalunya, 1 Times 08038 Barcelona Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm and Tel. (+34) 933 841 750 4 to 8 pm; Sundays and public holidays, www.museudebadalona.cat 10 am to 2 pm [email protected] Mondays closed Closed: 6 January, 11 September,

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CaixaForum

Avinguda de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8 Henri Cartier-Bresson, along with concerts, 08038 Barcelona lectures, literary activities and multimedia art. Tel. (+34) 934 768 630 www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial Times [email protected] Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm Saturdays, open until 10 pm Wednesdays in July, open until 11 pm Closed: 1 and 6 January and 25 December

Facilities and services • Guided tours to the Modernista (Catalan Located in a former Modernista (Catalan Art Art Nouveau) building and the exhibitions • Cafeteria-restaurant (Special menu Nouveau) factory created by Puig i Cadafalch, • Individual tours. Free entry for gluten-intolerant and diabetic persons) CaixaForum has become one of the most vital • Group tours must be booked in advance • Multimedia library and dynamic cultural centres in the city (see website) of Barcelona. • Educational workshops for schools Accessible building and families (see website) In recent years, exhibitions have been • Lectures, films, concerts and multimedia The centre provides a lactation room, dedicated to artists such as Salvador Dalí, performances (see website) wheelchair service and pushchairs Auguste Rodin, Lucien Freud, William Turner, • Gift and book shop Jean-Honoré Fragonard, William Hogarth and

Casa Amatller

Passeig de Gràcia, 41 i Costa commissioned Josep Puig i Cadafalch 08007 Barcelona to perform in 1898 to convert the building into Tel. (+34) 934 877 217 his private residence. It is currently the property www.amatller.org of the Fundació Institut Amatller d’Art Hispànic, [email protected] created in 1941 by Teresa Amatller i Cros for c i n

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Casa Amatller. Its activities are subordinated u to the progress of the works. F Declared a Monument of National Interest Times • Educational workshops in 1976 and located on the “Manzana de la • Children’s workshops Discordia” (city block/apple of discord) on Check the opening times online • Library Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia, the Casa • Photographic archive Amatller is one of the maximum exponents of Facilities and services Modernista architecture. It is the result of the • Guided tours of the Museum House Limited accessibility for people thorough remodelling that Antoni Amatller in Catalan, Spanish and English with reduced mobility

Beget (Pirineus) Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 65 Casa Batlló

Passeig de Gràcia, 43 Behind its light-filled façade, depicting a calm 08007 Barcelona sea, the Casa Batlló hides a world of dreams, Tel. (+34) 932 160 306 full of surprises. It is a work of art that Fax (+34) 934 883 090 enables you to enjoy a unique, unforgettable www.casabatllo.cat experience. [email protected] Times Open all year round, from 9 am to 8 pm (check exceptions)

Facilities and services • Visits with audio guides lasting one hour in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Portuguese • Guided tours for people with visual The Casa Batlló, one of Antoni Gaudí’s and hearing impairments Limited accessibility for people masterpieces, invites you to enter and get • Bookings for groups with reduced mobility to know a building that is one of the symbols • Space hire of Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) and • Gift shop universal architecture.

CCCB Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture – CCCB Carrer de Montalegre, 5 A multidisciplinary cultural centre dedicated 08001 Barcelona to urban phenomena with a wide programme Tel. (+34) 933 064 100 of exhibitions, music, performance art, film, Fax (+34) 933 064 101 courses, debates, lectures and urban www.cccb.org itineraries. [email protected] The CCCB occupies the remodelled building of the old Casa Provincial de la Caritat, a charitable hospice created in the year 1802.

Times Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 8 pm Thursdays, from 11 am to 10 pm Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), Accessibility for people 1 January and 25 December with physical disabilities

Facilities and services • Bar-cafeteria • Archive • Gift shop

Cementiris de Barcelona, SA Cemeteries of Barcelona Tel. (+34) 902 079 799 Cementiris de Barcelona provides residents www.cbsa.es of Barcelona with two routes through the [email protected] cemeteries of Montjuïc and Poblenou, the oldest and most loaded with individual and collective memory, symbolism and history.

The Montjuïc route Carrer Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58 08038 Barcelona • Open all year round, from 8 am to 6 pm • Guided tours on the second and fourth Limited accessibility for people Sunday of each month at 11 am with reduced mobility UNE-EN ISO 15017 certification A stroll through the Poblenou cemetery Avinguda Icària, s/n 08005 Barcelona • Open all year round, from 8 am to 6 pm • Guided tours the first and third Sunday of each month at 10.30 am in Catalan and at 12.30 pm in Spanish

66 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Centre del Romànic de la Vall de Boí Boí Valley Centre for Romanesque Art Carrer del Batalló, 5 Visitor orientation, the Romanesque Art and 25528 Erill la Vall Architecture Interpretation Space, opening Tel. (+34) 973 696 715 the churches to the public and many guided Fax (+34) 973 696 714 visits are just some of the services the Centre www.centreromanic.com offers. [email protected] Times Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 2 pm and 5 to 7 pm; Sundays, 10 am to 2 pm Closed 1 January and 25 December

Facilities and services • Visitor orientation and information service • Interpretation space of Romanesque art • Service opening to the public of the and architecture Romanesque churches of the Boí Valley • Shop (Sant Climent and Santa Maria de Taüll, • Customer service and published material Sant Joan de Boí, Santa Eulàlia d’Erill la Vall, in Catalan, Spanish, English and French The Centre for Romanesque Art is the Sant Feliu de Barruera and the Nativity organisation charged with managing all of Durro and in summer and Easter week, Full accessibility for people the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, Santa Maria de Cardet) with reduced mobility classed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. • Guided tour service of the churches

Centre d’Observació de l’Univers Universe Observation Centre Camí del Coll d’Ares, s/n connection between the public and scientific 25691 Àger knowledge, which draws the visitor into the Tel. (+34) 973 053 022 / (+34) 973 455 246 passionate world of science, enabling them to www.parcastronomic.cat discover the Montsec environment. We take [email protected] full advantage of the features of a unique location in terms of sky quality for observing

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Times Facilities and services Fridays and the eve of public holidays, • Organised visits all week by groups of more from 6 pm to 12 midnight than 30 people with prior booking Saturdays, 10.30 am to 2 pm and • Bookings for groups: The Universe Observation Centre (COU) 4 to 12 midday Tel. (+34) 973 053 022 / (+34) 973 455 246 is a large entertainment space which aims Sundays and public holidays, 10.30 am • Sessions in Catalan and Spanish to become the reference centre for teaching to 2 pm and 4 to 10 pm • Shop and dissemination of astronomy and geology Open for Easter week, summer and • Workshops in Catalonia. The COU is a nexus for Christmas school holidays Full accessibility for people with reduced mobility

Centre Miró Miró Centre Carrer Major, 2 an original tapestry: The Lizard with Golden 43300 Mont-roig del Camp Feathers (1989). Tel. (+34) 977 837 337 www.centremiro.com The Centre Miró offers the possibility of [email protected] completing a route based on the work of Miró through nine places where he painted pictures that have scarcely changed; these are the originals of the original paintings. This route is known as “3MR: Mirar, Miró, Mont-roig”.

Times Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm. Saturdays, from 11 am The Centre Miró was created in 2004 as an to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm. Sundays interpretation centre on the work of Joan Miró and public holidays, from 11 am to 2 pm in relation to Mont-roig del Camp. There are Closed: Mondays 22 reproductions of paintings from his first phase (from 1914 to 1923), including: House Facilities and services • Gift shop with Palm Tree (1918), Village and Church • Guided tours in Catalan and Spanish of Mont-roig (1919), The Farm (1921-1922) • Miró itinerary through the municipal area Full accessibility for people and The Tilled Field (1923-1924), as well as of Mont-roig del Camp with reduced mobility

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 67 Consell Regulador del Camí dels Bons Homes Regulatory Council of the Route of the Good Men Carrer Pujada a Palau, 7 The Route of the Good Men is a signposted 08695 Bagà itinerary that unites the sanctuary of Queralt Tel. (+34) 938 244 861 (Berga) and the castle of Montségur (Ariège, www.camidelsbonshomes.com France). This is an outdoors route that allows [email protected] visitors to relive the history of one of the most influential cultures of the Middle Ages – Catharism – as well as its influence in the realms of belief, art, literature and thought.

Activities and services • Routes on foot, on horseback, on mountain bike and by car • Route information office • Accommodation and restaurants • Specialised guides • Visits to natural resources along the route • Observation of the flora and fauna

CosmoCaixa

Carrer d’Isaac Newton, 26 on Earth, CosmoCaixa has created a 08022 Barcelona temporary exhibition model that ties the great Tel. (+34) 932 126 050 themes of science together with present-day Fax (+34) 932 537 473 realities through a combination of scientific www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial objects and live experiments. [email protected] Times Open Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm Closed: Mondays (except public holidays and those falling on Easter Week, the Christmas season, and in summer), 1 and 6 January and 25 December

Facilities and services • Guided tours of the temporary exhibits CosmoCaixa is a centre dedicated to • Cafeteria-restaurant with own kitchen Full accessibility for people scientific divulgation and environmental • Book shop and gift shop with physical disabilities themes belonging to Fundació ”la Caixa”. • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, ISO 14001 environmental certification English and French With a permanent exhibition dedicated to the evolution of matter from the origins of the Universe to the appearance of humankind

Espai Cultural La Ciutadella de Roses Roses La Ciutadella Cultural Space Avinguda de Rhode, s/n Times 17480 Roses Winter: October to May, from 10 am to 6 pm; Tel. (+34) 972 151 466 closed Mondays Fax (+34) 972 151 150 Summer: June and September, from 10 am www.patrimonideroses.cat to 8 pm, every day; July and August, from [email protected] 10 am to 9 pm, every day

Facilities and services • Guided tour of the fortress and the museum in Catalan, Spanish, French and English • Evening visits Full accessibility to the museum • Family activities and limited accessibility to the fortress • Educational activities for persons with reduced mobility La Ciutadella Cultural Space presents • Cultural and natural heritage routes the historic evolution of Roses from Antiquity in Roses to modern times, including its Greek and • Space hire Roman past and its Visigothic and medieval • Gift shop legacy and the Renaissance-era fortress. • Cafeteria with Wi-Fi zone

68 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Espai Natural de Sant Miquel del Fai Sant Miquel del Fai Natural Site Apartat de correus 8 Between the 10 th and 14 th centuries, 08182 Sant Miquel del Fai hosted an important Tel. (+34) 938 658 008 Benedictine community that has left a Fax (+34) 938 656 420 Romanesque and Gothic architectural legacy www.santmiqueldelfai.cat that is well-integrated within a spectacular [email protected] landscape of caves and cliffs. Years ago it became a leisure and recreation area for families and groups. The caves of Sant Miquel and the caves of Les Tosques, as well as the spectacular waterfall of the Tenes River, are not to be missed. • Group bookings depending on availability • Workshops (see website for schedule) Times • Performance of the “Story of the Bat Open Sundays and public holidays, Easter of Sant Miquel del Fai” every Sunday Week and the entire month of August and public holidays Closed: 15 December to 15 January • Space hire (see website) • Gift shop • Picnic area with a bar service on Sundays Facilities and services and public holidays • Guided tours every Sunday and public • Children’s play area holidays • Car park

Freixenet Freixenet (guided tours of the cellars) Carrer de Joan Sala, 2 During the tour, visitors will see how cava 08770 Sant Sadurní d’Anoia was first made and how it is created Tel. (+34) 938 917 096 nowadays with the help of the latest Fax (+34) 938 917 077 technology. You will tour the modern part www.freixenet.cat of the winery in a mini train. At the end of [email protected] the tour you can enjoy a tasting of our entire t e n

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© Times Monday to Thursday, mornings and • Special visits for schools afternoons • Space rental Friday to Sunday, mornings only • Specialised shop The Freixenet wine cellars are just 45 minutes • Parking from Barcelona and easily accessible. Facilities and services In car, by the AP-7 in the direction of Lleida / • Guided tours of the cellars Limited accessibility for people Tarragona. Exit 27 Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. • Possibility of à la carte private visits with reduced mobility By train, Line 4, Renfe Rodalies direction • Customer service and published material ISO 9001 Management Quality Certificate Vilafranca del Penedès / Sant Vicenç de in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, IFS and BRC food safety certificates . The entrance to the cellars is German and Italian 50 metres from the station. • Bookings for individuals and groups ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificate

Fundació Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies Foundation Carrer d’Aragó, 255 The Foundation houses one of the most 08007 Barcelona complete collections of the work of Antoni Tel. (+34) 934 870 315 Tàpies. Furthermore, it organises temporary Fax (+34) 934 870 009 exhibitions, lectures and film seasons. www.fundaciotapies.org [email protected] Times Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm Closed: Every Monday, 1 and 6 January and 25 and 26 December

Facilities and services • Guided tours lasting one hour in Catalan. With prior booking, Spanish, French, Italian and English are also available • Tours with audio guides in Catalan, • Gift shop Located in a Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) Spanish, English and French • Library building in Barcelona’s Eixample district, • Activities with the educational service • Space hire the Fundació Antoni Tàpies was created with prior booking in 1984 to promote the study of modern and • Specific activities for special symposia Full accessibility for people contemporary art. with prior booking with reduced mobility

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 69 Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation Torre Galatea. Pujada del Castell, 28 The Casa-Museu in Portlligat provides 17600 Figueres testimony on Dalí’s art of living. In this residence Tel. (+34) 972 677 500 and studio, the artist gave free rein to his Fax (+34) 972 501 666 exuberant personality. www.salvador-dali.org [email protected] Times Teatre-Museu Dalí in Figueres July to September: Everyday from 9 am to 8 pm August: Night-time visits from 10 pm to 1 am (see website for dates) October, May and June: Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30 am to 6 pm November to April: Tuesday to Sunday from 10.30 am to 6 pm The Teatre-Museu Dalí , built over Closed: 1 January, 25 December and Mondays Facilities and services the remains of the old theatre of Figueres, (except public holidays) • Guided tours for groups in Catalan, Spanish, is presented as a total piece of art dedicated to Castell Gala Dalí in Púbol French, English, German and Italian the world of Salvador Dalí, from his first creations Open from 15 March to 31 December (according to availability) to his contact with the avant-garde movements (see website for times) • Gift shop in all three museums and into his mature phase. Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí in Portlligat The Castell Gala Dalí in Púbol , open to the Limited accessibility for people Open from 15 March to 6 January public since 1996, was conceived as a tribute with reduced mobility (prior booking required; see website for times) to Gala, the artist’s wife and muse.

Fundació Joan Miró Joan Miró Foundation Parc de Montjuïc, s/n dedicated to the art of our times and research 08038 Barcelona by young creators. It is also open to other Tel. (+34) 934 439 470 cultural manifestations such as music and Fax (+34) 933 298 609 activities for children . www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org [email protected] Times October to June: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm July to September: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 8 pm Thursdays, from 10 am to 9.30 pm • Workshops Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am • Concerts in summer to 2.30 pm • Children’s shows Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), • Gift shop Created in 1975, the Fundació Joan Miró 1 January and 25 and 26 December • Book shop presents the most important public collection • Cafeteria-restaurant of the work of Joan Miró, one Facilities and services • Space hire of contemporary art’s most original • Guided tours and influential artists . • Visits with audio guides in Catalan, Full accessibility for people Joan Miró wanted his foundation to serve Spanish, English, French, German with reduced mobility as a centre for the study of contemporary art and Japanese

Fundació Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Mies van der Rohe Foundation Barcelona Avinguda de Ferrer i Guàrdia, 7 Exhibition and rebuilt in 1986 on its original Parc de Montjuïc site. Its innovative architectural structure 08038 Barcelona represented a radical change in the Tel. (+34) 934 234 016 arrangement of space, having a great Fax (+34) 934 263 772 influence on the development of modern www.miesbcn.com architecture. The Pavilion also displays the [email protected] Barcelona chair, one of Mies van der Rohe’s own pieces, as well as a bronze reproduction of the sculpture Der Morgen [Dawn] by Georg Kolbe. The Fundació Mies van der Rohe is responsible for the Pavilion’s conservation. • Guided tours organised for groups with prior booking in Catalan, Spanish Times and English Open all year round, Monday to Sunday • Book shop specialised in architecture from 10 am to 8 pm • Space hire This emblematic building by Mies van der Rohe Full accessibility for people is a key reference in 20 th -century architecture. Facilities and services with reduced mobility A visit to the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion is • Free guided tours for individual visitors an aesthetic, sensorial experience unique to in Catalan, Spanish and English Barcelona. The famous German Pavilion was on Wednesdays and Fridays from 5 pm designed for the 1929 Barcelona International to 7 pm

70 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Fundació Monjos Budistes Sakya Tashi Ling Sakya Tashi Ling Buddhist Monks Foundation Palau Novella. Parc Natural del Garraf of humanity and a centre for pilgrimage which 08818 is a living example of peace and harmony. Tel. (+34) 902 503 353 Fax (+34) 937 432 363 Times www.monjesbudistas.org Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 1.30 pm and [email protected] 4 pm to 7.45 pm Weekends and public holidays, from 9 am to 7.40 pm (without interruption) Closed Mondays Times are modified in November, December, January and February. Contact us for more information • Refectory-dining hall for the community The Buddhist monastery of the Garraf is • Education service a space where you can learn to develop your Facilities and services • Teaching programmes potential for happiness following a method • Self-guided visits in Catalan, Spanish, • Specific programmes for organised groups, of proven efficacy over 2,550 years old, at the English, French, Italian and German companies and educational centres hands of a community of monks who carry • Prior booking recommended for groups • Accommodation out tasks to benefit society. • Conference series on meditation • Handcrafts, shop, bookshop What the monastery offers culturally and and Buddhism • Gardens and relaxation areas spiritually, along with its beautiful natural • Workshops on self-recognition • Parking environment, make it a magnificent heritage and relaxation and meditation techniques

Fundació Palau Palau Foundation Carrer de la Riera, 54 Times 08393 Caldes d’Estrac Summer hours: Tuesday to Saturday, from Tel. (+34) 937 913 595 11 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8.30 pm; Fax (+34) 937 912 751 Sundays and public holidays, from 11 am www.fundaciopalau.cat to 2 pm [email protected] Winter hours: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10.30 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm; Sundays and public holidays, from 10.30 am to 2 pm

Facilities and services • Commentated visits on Picasso and Barceló • Special guide for persons with reduced Poet, storyteller, essayist and one of the • Guided tours of the foundation’s exhibitions mobility world’s greatest experts on the work of • Literary route through Caldes d’Estrac: • Space hire Picasso, Josep Palau i Fabre (1917-2008) “Caldes d’Estrac, Pearl of Poets” • Gift shop brought a collection of Picasso’s works, • Route through Caldes d’Estrac: “Caldes • Library Catalan paintings, a specialised library and d’Estrac, Poets, Personalities and Legends” • Relaxation Space an important fund of documentation together • Workshops for all ages on different artists, in the foundation that bears his name. but especially on Picasso Full accessibility for people • Family activities on the first Sunday of every with reduced mobility Throughout the year, the Fundació Palau month organises temporary exhibitions and activities related to art and literature.

Fundació Vila Casas Vila Casas Foundation www.fundaciovilacasas.com / [email protected]

Can Framis, contemporary Can Mario, contemporary Palau Solterra, painting space sculpture space contemporary It is an 18 th -century textile factory Located in a former cork factory photography space located in the heart of the 22@ from the early 20 th century, it Located in a 15 th -century building, a

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Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 71 Jaciment i Centre d’Interpretació del Camp de les Lloses de Tona Camp de les Lloses de Tona Archaeological Site and Interpretation Centre Carrer de Pau Casals, 2 The archaeological collection contains objects 08551 Tona from daily life, ritual objects and coins. Tel. (+34) 938 125 234 www.campdeleslloses.cat Times [email protected] Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 am to 2 pm Other days by arrangement • Let’s Be Archaeologists Facilities and services • Gift shop • Guided tours: Camp de les Lloses de Tona is a Republican “Discover a Roman Village” Limited accessibility for people Roman site, in the process of being (the Camp de les Lloses) with reduced mobility excavated and conserved since “Discover a Medieval Village” SICTED quality certification the 20 th century up until now, which has (Pla del Castell de Tona and El Barri) an interpretation centre on life in ancient times “The Tona Water Route”, from the Romans before and after the Roman conquest. to last century’s spas • Workshops: “Daily Life 2,100 Years Ago”, “Let’s Set a Roman Table” and “Games in Antiquity”

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© Times October to March, from 9 am to 6 pm • Prior booking required for group visits April to September, from 9 am to 8 pm • Educational material for students 1 and 6 January and 25 and 26 December, • Gift shop from 9 am to 2 pm Limited accessibility for people La Sagrada Família is Antoni Gaudí’s most Facilities and services with reduced mobility famous building and the one that most readily • Guided tours in Catalan, Spanish and English Limited accessibility for people identifies Barcelona around the world. Gaudí • Audio guides in Catalan, Spanish, English, with visual and hearing impairments dedicated more than forty years of his life French, German, Italian, Portuguese to building it. Since his death, different and Russian

La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya La Pedrera of Caixa Catalunya Passeig de Gràcia, 92 A visit to Caixa Catalunya’s La Pedrera includes 08008 Barcelona the Gaudí Space up in the attic, the terrace Tel. (+34) 902 400 973 / (+34) 902 202 138 with its impressive chimneys and a visit (bookings) to a Modernista (Art Nouveau) apartment, Fax (+34) 902 202 139 (bookings) the re-creation of a bourgeois apartment obrasocial.caixacatalunya.com according to the aesthetic mores at the [email protected] beginning of the period in which it was built. Times Winter hours (from November to February, both included): Monday to Sunday, from 9 am to 6.30 pm (last admission at 6 pm) Summer hours (from March to October, both included): Monday to Sunday, from 9 am to 8 pm (last admission at 7.30 pm) • Tours with audio guides in Catalan, Closed: 1 and 6 January, 25 and 26 December Spanish, Basque, Galician, English, French, and one week during the month of January Caixa Catalunya’s La Pedrera, or “quarry”, German, Italian and Portuguese for maintenance known popularly as Casa Milà, is the • Adapted for persons with auditory headquarters for Caixa Catalunya’s Social and seeing difficulties Projects. It has exhibition halls and an auditorium Facilities and services that hosts music and dance performances, • Temporary and permanent exhibitions Full accessibility for people conferences and debates on themes of current • Space hire with reduced mobility interest. • Tours for groups and schools with prior booking

72 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory L’Aquàrium de Barcelona Barcelona Aquarium Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n world devoted to Mediterranean ecosystems. 08039 Barcelona It also has a tropical area, an oceanarium, Tel. (+34) 932 217 474 Planeta Aqua and the Explora space, Fax (+34) 932 219 226 which offer different possibilities for discovery www.aquariumbcn.com by families and groups. [email protected] Ticket sales Winter hours (October to May): Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 9 pm; Sundays and public holidays, from 9.30 am to 9.30 pm • Family activities on weekends Summer hours (June to September): • Gift shop Monday to Sunday, from 9.30 am to 9.30 pm; • Restaurant (July and August): Monday to Sunday, • Space hire from 9.30 am to 11 pm • Possibility of organising dinners Open all year round; last admission one hour and cocktail receptions before closing Full accessibility for people With more than 11,000 samples of marine Facilities and services with reduced mobility animals, L’Aquàrium de Barcelona is a centre • Guided tours for groups (prior booking dedicated to life at the bottom of the sea. required) This is the most important aquarium in the • School activities

La Ruta del Cister The Cistercian Route Carrer de Sant Josep, 18 43400 Montblanc Tel. (+34) 977 861 232 www.larutadelcister.info [email protected]

The Cistercian Route is formed by 65 Times municipalities in the counties of Alt Camp, (see website) www.larutadelcister.info Conca de Barberà and Urgell which arose around three Cistercian order monasteries Facilities and services created in Catalonia in the 12 th century: the • The Cistercian Route summer concert season Monastery of Santes Creus , the Monastery • Trekking and orientation along The Cistercian of Santa Maria in Vallbona de les Monges Route and the Monastery of Poblet . The Cistercian • GR175 The Cistercian Route Route combines heritage, landscape, • For booking and other services, please gastronomy, handicrafts, history and tradition. see the website

Monestir de Sant Cugat Jardins del Monestir, s/n The Sant Cugat Monastery was one of the 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès main centres in Medieval Catalonia. Currently, Tel. (+34) 936 759 951 the monastery complex consists of the church Fax (+34) 935 895 350 and a cloister that houses the central www.turisme.santcugat.cat headquarters of Sant Cugat Museum. a www.museu.santcugat.cat s

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Times Facilities and services Cloister • Guided visits by specialised teachers Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 1.30 pm • Workshops and 3 pm to 7 pm (8 pm from 1 June • Educational shows and stories to 30 September) • Temporary exhibitions at the Museum Sundays and public holidays, 10 am • Shop to 2.30 pm • Bookshop Church From 9.30 am to 12 midday and 6 pm to 8 pm Full accessibility for people Please respect the times of religious services with reduced mobility

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 73 Montserrat

Monestir de Montserrat, s/n The museum, one of the most important 08199 Montserrat in Catalonia, presents a valuable collection www.montserratvisita.com of Biblical archaeology, Catalan art and [email protected] 20 th -century art with works by Picasso, Dalí and others. Furthermore, the mountain offers the possibility to do some hiking and participate in mountain sports.

Times From 9 am to 8 pm

Facilities and services The mountain of Montserrat shelters • The masterpieces in Montserrat Museum, • Tours with audio guides in Catalan, the basilica of the patron saint of Catalonia the recently recovered hermitage complex Spanish, English, French and German and a Benedictine monastery with a long of Sant Joan and Sant Onofre, or a stroll • Food and accommodation services, guided tradition in the field of culture that is world through Josep Maria Subirachs’s work tours and ticket bookings for independent renowned for hosting one of the oldest in the church, are just a few of the new visits children’s choruses in Europe. programmed visits which will enable you to discover in depth, with personalised Limited accessibility for people attention, the more emblematic qualities with reduced mobility of Montserrat Monastery and its environs.

Monumenta

Carrer de Provença, 201, local Monumenta is the brand that identifies the We invite you to discover our proposals in the 08008 Barcelona catalogued castles and buildings of Catalonia, pleasant setting of a catalogued building . Tel. (+34) 934 513 605 members of APCECC. www.monumenta.info Make your booking and revel in its history. It offers a wide range of possibilities for [email protected] For detailed information please visit: leisure-time activities , helping to conserve its www.monumenta.info heritage. It identifies the hotels, rural accommodation, restaurants, celebrations, events, concerts, cultural or sports activities, guided tours, one- off routes, castles, farmsteads, Modernista , Gothic, urban or rural houses and so on.

Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya - MAC Archaeology Museum of Catalonia - MAC Passeig de Santa Madrona, 39-41 The MAC also coordinates cultural tourism 08038 Barcelona projects such as the Ancient Iberian route and Tel. (+34) 934 246 577 the Cave art route, the latter of which includes Fax (+34) 934 254 244 a group of paintings more than 8,000 years www.mac.cat old which form part of UNESCO’s World [email protected] Heritage.

Times For the times for each museum and dig site, please see the website

Facilities and services • Guided tours for groups (prior booking The aim of the Museu d’Arqueologia de required) Catalunya is to conserve, research and raise • Dramatised visits awareness of the archaeological remains that • Educational workshops illustrate the historical evolution of Catalonia • Historic staging from prehistory to the Middle Ages. It has • Lectures eleven centres distributed throughout • Educational activities for students Catalonia. • Organisation of free activities for all • Space hire

74 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA Barcelona Museum for Contemporary Art - MACBA Plaça dels Àngels, 1 Times 08001 Barcelona Weekdays, from 11 am to 7.30 pm Tel. (+34) 934 120 810 (from 25 June to 24 September, from 11 am Fax (+34) 934 124 602 to 8 pm) www.macba.cat Saturdays, from 10 am to 8 pm [email protected] Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 3 pm Open Mondays; closed on non-public holiday Tuesdays From 25 June to 23 September, Thursdays and Fridays, open till 12 midnight s

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Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya - mNACTEC Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia - mNACTEC Rambla d’Ègara, 270 Built between 1907 and 1909 by the architect 08221 Terrassa Lluís Muncunill, the museum’s main facility is Tel. (+34) 937 368 966 located in Terrassa in a former Modernista -style Fax (+34) 937 800 192 (Catalan Art Nouveau) textile factory, which is www.mnactec.cat deemed to be one of the most aesthetic [email protected] industrial buildings in Europe. Furthermore, it has various branches spread throughout Catalonia where visitors can see industrial processes from the past. It operates as the central administration for a network Facilities and services of 25 centres and museums distributed • Temporary and permanent exhibitions throughout Catalonia. • Guided tours in Spanish, English and French • Demonstrations and dramatisations every Times weekend, except August • Gift shop Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 7 pm • La Terrassa del Museu restaurant Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, • Tourist information point from 10 am to 2.30 pm The mNACTEC seeks to preserve the scientific • Group visits with prior booking July and August, from 10 am to 2.30 pm and technological heritage of Catalonia, provide (see website: www.mnactec.cat) Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), an insight into the industrialisation process 1 and 6 January and 25 and 26 December and disseminate knowledge of modern-day Full accessibility for people science and technology by way of its permanent with reduced mobility and temporary exhibitions.

Museu d’Història de Catalunya History Museum of Catalonia Plaça de Pau Vila, 3 Original objects and documents, historical 08003 Barcelona reconstructions, and computer and Tel. (+34) 932 254 700 audiovisual equipment help visitors to gain an Fax (+34) 932 254 758 understanding of everyday life in the different www.mhcat.cat periods of history. [email protected] Times Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm; Wednesdays until 8 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 2.30 pm • Prior booking required for adult and school Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), groups on days open to the public 1 and 6 January and 25 and 26 December • Space hire • Gift and book shop Facilities and services • Cafeteria-restaurant • Guided tours for individual adults without • Library The History Museum of Catalonia presents prior booking on Sundays and public an interactive itinerary through Catalonia’s holidays, at 12 noon on the second floor Full accessibility for people history, from prehistory to the present, and and at 1 pm on the third floor with reduced mobility temporary exhibitions on subjects of historical • Guided tours in Spanish, French and interest. English for groups with prior booking

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 75 Museu Episcopal de Vic Episcopal Museum of Vic Plaça del Bisbe Oliba, 3 Times 08500 Vic Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 7 pm Tel. (+34) 938 869 360 (April to September) Fax (+34) 938 869 361 Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 1 pm www.museuepiscopalvic.com and from 3 pm to 6 pm (October to March) [email protected] Saturdays, from 10 am to 7 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 2 pm Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), 1 and 6 January, 25 and 26 December and Easter Sunday

Facilities and services The medieval art collections at the Museu • Free tour with commentary Episcopal de Vic are a point of reference • Tours arranged for groups in Catalan, for European Romanesque and . Spanish, French and English Full accessibility for people Furthermore, the Museu Episcopal de Vic • Programme of educational activities with reduced mobility is a cultural centre which organises temporary (prior booking required) SICTED quality certification exhibitions, lectures, seasons, courses, • Family activities on Sundays guided tours and a wide range of educational • Space hire activities. • Gift shop

Museu Marítim de Barcelona Maritime Museum of Barcelona Avinguda de les Drassanes, s/n Times 08001 Barcelona Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm Tel. (+34) 933 429 920 Ticket sales until 7 pm www.mmb.cat Closed: 1 and 6 January and 25 [email protected] and 26 December

Facilities and services • Temporary exhibitions • Workshops and activities for the whole family • Space hire ([email protected]) The Maritime Museum of Barcelona has • Gift shop Full accessibility for people begun a process of thorough renovation. • Cafeteria with reduced mobility This transformation will culminate in 2013 • Restaurant with the opening of a new museum. • Library • Wi-Fi You can currently access the replica of the Royal Galley of John of Austria and see some model boats. The Museum maintains its offer of children’s and family activities and temporary exhibitions.

Museu Memorial de l’Exili - MUME Memorial Museum of Exile - MUME Carrer Major, 43-47 Times 17700 La Jonquera From June to September: Tel. (+34) 972 556 533 Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm Fax (+34) 972 556 534 From October to May: www.museuexili.cat Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 6 pm [email protected] Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 2 pm Closed Mondays

Facilities and services • Educational services for school groups and adults (prior booking) • Guided visits, workshops and exile routes The Museum promotes the recovery of the • Customer service and published material history of exiles from our country, especially in Catalan, Spanish, English and French the Republican exile caused by the Spanish • Free guided visit for individuals on the last Civil War (1936–39). Yet exile is a Sunday of each month (prior booking) phenomenon of universal scope that has • Free visit with audio-guide in Catalan, Limited accessibility for people affected and continues to affect people Spanish, English and French with reduced mobility around the world. It must be considered • Shop, bookshop in all its facets: social, economic, • Exhibitions, book launches, conferences, psychological, political and cultural. concerts (check the website)

76 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya - MNAC National Art Museum of Catalonia - MNAC . Parc de Montjuïc Among the artists represented are such 08038 Barcelona important names as El Greco, Velázquez, Tel. (+34) 936 220 376 (information) / Fortuny, Gaudí, Casas, Juli González, (+34) 936 220 360 (offices) Dalí and Picasso. Fax (+34) 936 220 374 www.mnac.cat Times [email protected] Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 7 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 2.30 pm Closed: 1 January, 1 May, 25 December and Mondays (except public holidays) • Workshops for groups with different disabilities, at-risk groups and children Facilities and services with special needs • Free guided tours for individuals in Catalan • Wheelchair and pram loan The MNAC takes you on a trip through 1,000 and Spanish • Space hire ([email protected]) years of art: from the most important collection • Guided tours for groups (prior booking • Library of Romanesque art in Europe to the Modernisme required) in Catalan, Spanish, French • Cafeteria (Catalan Art Nouveau) of the avant-garde. Also and English ([email protected]) • Restaurant worthy of mention are the collections of Gothic, • Audio guide in Catalan, Spanish, English, Renaissance and Baroque art, drawings, French, Italian and Japanese Full accessibility for people engravings, posters, photographs and coins. • Workshops for schools with reduced mobility

Palau Moxó - Barcelona

Plaça de Sant Just, 4 Built in 1770 in the heart of the Gothic quarter 08002 Barcelona by one of the master builders who worked Tel. (+34) 933 152 238 on Barcelona’s cathedral, Palau Moxó offers Fax (+34) 933 198 460 a glimpse into the way of life of an old family www.palaumoxo.com from Barcelona. [email protected] Facilities and services • Guided one-hour tours in Catalan, Spanish and English • Bookings for groups of ten persons or more • Concerts, gala dinners, meetings, cocktail receptions and snacks • Lift service Limited accessibility for people with reduced mobility

Parc Arqueològic Mines de Gavà Gavà Mines Archaeological Park Carrer de Jaume I, 7 On a visit to the Park you can accompany an 08850 Gavà archaeological project that is researching one à

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Times . J From 16 September to 15 June: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm; Saturdays, 10 am to 7 pm; Sundays and public holidays, • Experimental workshops 10 am to 2.30 pm • Education service From 16 June to 15 September: Monday • Sensory visit to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm and Sundays, • Summer camp • Shop Around 6,000 years ago, the inhabitants 10 am to 2.30 pm. Closed 1 and 6 January, • “Sundays in the Park”, seminars, open days, of what is now Gavà extracted a green stone, 24 June and 25 and 26 December evening visits, etc. variscite, from the subsoil, from which they created jewellery. For 1,000 years they dug Facilities and services Full accessibility for people shafts, galleries and chambers, and so a new • Guided visit with reduced mobility large-scale production activity came into being: • Guided visit in English, French and Italian mining. (prior booking) SICTED quality certification

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 77 Parc Cultural de la Muntanya de Sal Salt Mountain Cultural Park Carretera de la Mina, s/n Explore history, geology, mineralogy and 08261 Cardona botany within the context of humankind’s Tel. (+34) 938 692 475 exploitation of salt from Neolithic times down Fax (+34) 938 692 265 to the present. www.salcardona.com [email protected] Times Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 3 pm (two times for individual tours: 11.30 am and 1.30 pm) Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 am to 6 pm (tours every 30 or 45 minutes , last visit at 4.30 pm). Please ask about public holidays • Salt-based handicrafts Closed: 13 and 14 September and from • Audiovisual presentations 20 December 2010 to 20 January 2011 • Workshops using salt, minerals and a laboratory Facilities and services • Historic gymkhana A visit to Salt Mountain offers the possibility • Descent in special vehicle into the mountain • Guided tours of the historic centre of exploring the salt outcrops of Cardona and hike by foot with safety helmet and of Cardona and the unique natural and material heritage guide to the subterranean caves • Guided tours of Cardona castle that makes this place unmatched in the entire • Free stroll around the old mining installations • Space hire world. • Open air museum space

Patronat Call de Girona Municipal Board for the Jewish Quarter in Girona Carrer de la Força, 8 Times 17004 Girona Jewish History Museum Tel. (+34) 972 216 761 From September to June: Sundays, Fax (+34) 972 214 618 Mondays and public holidays, 10 am to 2 pm; www.girona.cat/call Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm [email protected] July and August: Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 2 pm Closed 1 and 6 January, 25 and 26 December Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm; Wednesdays and Thursdays, also 4 pm to 7 pm; Closed Sundays and public holidays July and August: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 3 pm; Wednesdays, also 5 pm to 8 pm; Located in the heart of the Call (Jewish quarter), Closed weekends and public holidays • Courses and conferences the Bonastruc ça Porta Centre aims to recover • Specialized library and value the Jewish heritage of Girona, Facilities and services • Gift shop Catalonia and Spain as a whole. • Guided visits in June, July and August • Space hire • See schedule and booking information It is the headquarters of both the Jewish History • “Nights in the Call” – Concerts every on the website Museum and of the Nahmanides Institute Thursday in August at 10 pm of Studies and offers visitors a wide range of • Activities for children every Wednesday Limited accessibility for people services and formative and ludic activities. in July and August at 6.30 pm with reduced mobility

Poble Espanyol Barcelona

Avinguda de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13 workshops where you can watch the creative 08038 Barcelona process of glasswork, pottery, leatherwork, Tel. (+34) 935 086 300 jewellery, fabric and much more. The route lets Fax (+34) 935 086 333 you get to know artwork better through www.poble-espanyol.com the collection of the Fundació Fran Daurel, the [email protected] sculpture garden and the monumental sculpture of Josep Guinovart. l o y

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78 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Xarxa de Turisme Industrial de Catalunya - XATIC Industrial Tourism Network of Catalonia - XATIC Masia Freixa. Plaça de Josep Freixa i Argemí, s/n XATIC is an association of towns and 08224 Terrassa resources for industrial tourism that has Tel. (+34) 937 397 421 the aim of increasing knowledge of and Fax (+34) 937 368 593 promoting this type of tourism through routes www.xatic.cat dedicated to industrialisation in Catalonia, [email protected] as well as specific museums and interpretation centres. On the other hand, through our “Live Industry” programme, we promote tourist visits to live industries. It is a way of getting to know the production processes of companies associated to the aforesaid programme.

FESTIVALS, MUSIC AND THEATRE Associació La Passió d’Olesa de Montserrat The Passion Play of Olesa de Montserrat Association Carrer d’Anselm Clavé, 109 La Passió d’Olesa, which recreates the 08640 Olesa de Montserrat Passion of Jesus Christ, has been performed Tel. (+34) 937 781 009 since 1538. A thousand actors, musicians Fax (+34) 937 785 181 and other performance specialists participate www.lapassio.cat in it for free. [email protected] It is performed at the Nou Teatre de la Passió, a modern theatre with capacity for 1,499 people.

Times The season is from the month of March to the month of May Full accessibility for people with reduced mobility Facilities and services • Bar • Gift shop • Tours of the theatre where the performance is held with prior booking

Cruïlla Barcelona Cruïlla Barcelona Music Festival Parc del Fòrum This is a festival with no musical borders, Barcelona developed along creative lines that are www.cruillabarcelona.com common in Europe but not so habitual in our [email protected] country. The aim is to promote a concept of urban music with roots and new sounds that evolve from the development of societies around the world, where traditions take on new dimensions and people share their creative conditions.. From 5 pm onward, the festival offers 12 hours of non-stop music, on three stages, Performances with a relaxation area and food available. Ben Harper & Relentless7, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Macaco, Alpha Blondy, Fans of good music can now mark these Love of Lesbian and many more dates in their agenda. We’ll see you at Forum Now being held for the third time, the Cruïlla Park. Barcelona music festival has taken a leap in quality: these are two days of excellent urban Dates music in the middle of the Barcelona summer. 16 and 17 July

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 79 Festival Castell de Peralada Peralada Castle Festival Carrer del Castell, s/n One of the most popular musical events 17491 Peralada in Catalonia, this is a common place to go Tel. (+34) 972 538 292 / (+34) 935 038 646 in the summer. www.festivalperalada.com [email protected] The programme combines Catalan artists with international ones, and established performers with those who are up and coming.

Season dates From mid-July to mid-August

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Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs Cantonigròs International Music Festival Carrer de València 435, 1r 1a This is a festival based on the competition 08013 Barcelona and exhibition of mixed choral music, female Tel. (+34) 932 326 444 choirs, children’s choirs and popular dances, Fax (+34) 932 463 603 which is held at Cantonigròs in July each www.fimc.es year. Music and dance is possibly the [email protected] medium of communication that most moves people’s souls. That is why we have l l i employed this medium to get to know f o B

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Joventuts Musicals de Torroella de Montgrí Torroella de Montgrí Musical Youth Groups Carrer de l’Onze de Setembre, 2 The Torroella de Montgrí International Festival 17257 Torroella de Montgrí of Music began in 1980 and has been held Tel. (+34) 972 760 605 each year from mid-July to the end of August Fax (+34) 972 760 648 in the Renaissance Gothic setting of the www.festivaldetorroella.com church of Sant Genís and the Plaça de la Vila . [email protected] The programme focuses on classical Western music, yet in recent years the festival has opened up to pop and world music.

Season dates From mid-July to the end of August

Facilities and services • Bar • See website for festival programme • Ticket sales by telephone (+34) 972 761 098

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80 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory L’Auditori

Carrer de Lepant, 150 The building, the work of Rafael Moneo, 08013 Barcelona combines a sober modern exterior with the Tel. (+34) 932 479 300 / (+34) 932 479 301 comfort and meticulously researched acoustic www.auditori.cat excellence of its four concert halls. [email protected] Furthermore, L’Auditori is the headquarters of the Superior School of Music and the Music Museum.

Season dates Season from September to July (see website for schedule)

Symphony music, chamber music, early Facilities and services Full accessibility for people music, choral music, modern music, world • Music Museum with reduced mobility music and children’s and family concerts... • Bar Member of ECHO L’Auditori de Barcelona is an indispensable • Restaurant after the symphony concerts point of reference for music lovers • Car park everywhere.

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Schubertíada a Vilabertran Schubertiade in Vilabertran Carrer de la Marina, 164, pral. 3a Each year, the Franz Schubert Association 08013 Barcelona and Jeunesses Musicales of Figueres Tel. (+34) 932 449 050 / (+34) 972 500 117 organise schubertiade at Vilabertran. Fax (+34) 932 659 080 www.schubertiadavilabertran.cat These schubertiades recreate the social [email protected] gatherings that Franz Schubert had with his friends. Here they offer lied recitals and chamber music with first-rate Spanish and international artists.

Season dates Full accessibility for people From August to September with reduced mobility

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 81 ACCOMMODATION Costa Brava Verd Hotels

Carretera de Palamós, km 328 The Costa Brava Verd Hotels chain includes 17253 Vall-llobrega 91 hotels in the region represented by three Tel. (+34) 972 600 034 / (+34) 972 600 035 brands. The Costa Brava brand brings the Fax (+34) 972 600 112 hotels of the coast together, Blau Verd unites www.reservashoteles.net those of the city and the interior and Petits [email protected] Grans Hotels de Catalunya represents charming establishments with no more than fifteen guest rooms. All three brands offer their guests an attentive and meticulous level of service. For more than 18 years, Costa Brava Verd Facilities and services Hotels has organised hiking, bicycle tourism, • Overnight hotel stays plus tickets to the Dalí- culture and gastronomy packages. Many of its themed museums (Figueres, Portlligat, Púbol) establishments hold quality certification: Q, ISO • Four-night Romanesque route (Girona, and the Catalan government’s Emblem of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Santa Maria Guarantee of Environmental Quality. de Ripoll, Besalú and Beget) Category: 91 hotels, from two-star to five-star • Restaurants • Spa Number of beds: 5,767 (total) • On-line purchase of packages and special offers

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EvadeHotels

Carrer de Pilar Franquet, 22A Marketing and sales representation of small, 08870 Sitges “exclusive” hotels. Hotels that offer luxury, fine Tel. (+34) 938 114 689 cuisine, culture, spas and, above all, unique, Fax (+34) 938 114 684 exclusive experiences. Under this commercial www.evadehotels.com name you’ll discover a team of collaborators [email protected] i

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Hostal del Senglar

Plaça de Montserrat Canals, 1 The Hostal del Senglar is an establishment 43440 L’Espluga de Francolí with its own personality, situated in the heart Tel. (+34) 977 870 121 of the Cistercian Route, in a privileged setting, Fax (+34) 977 870 127 surrounded by a verdant Mediterranean www.hostaldelsenglar.com garden. With over three decades of [email protected] experience celebrating all classes of banquets, it offers service, cuisine and a setting that set it apart. Category : Two-star Number of guest rooms : 38 Full accessibility for people Open all year round with reduced mobility

Facilities and services • Cistercian Route • Museum of Rural Life • Font Major Museum Cellar • Fasina Museum • Cellars route • Montblanc, Medieval city • MTB and excursion routes

82 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Hotel Barcelona Catedral

Carrer dels Capellans, 4 Rated as excellent by 93% of its guests, 08002 Barcelona the hotel Barcelona Catedral is exclusive, Tel. (+34) 933 042 255 modern and comfortable. In an unbeatable Fax (+34) 933 042 366 location in the Barri Gòtic district, it is close . A www.barcelonacatedral.com .

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Hotel Barceló Atenea Mar

Passeig de Garcia Fària, 37-47 It has a terrace where you can be served any 08019 Barcelona meal from midday to midnight. Guests have Tel. (+34) 935 316 040 free access to the gym, which has the latest Fax (+34) 935 316 090 equipment, and Jacuzzi. www.barcelo.com [email protected] Category: Four-star Number of guest rooms : 191 Open all year round

Facilities and services • Private parking • Beach in front of the hotel • Shopping centre 10 minutes on foot • Future marine zoo This hotel faces the New Mar Bella beach, close to the conference centre CCIB. Its Activities Full accessibility for people rooms offer spectacular views of the sea and • Visit to the Sagrada Família with reduced mobility the city. The à la carte restaurant El Comedor • Modernista (Art Nouveau) route offers a magnificent lunch and unbeatable • Route through Port Vell [Old Port] Mediterranean cuisine of the season. • Visit to the Barcelona Aquarium

Hotel Barceló Raval

Rambla del Raval, 17-21 of the entire city. From there, you can enjoy 08001 Barcelona unforgettable sunsets while having a drink or Tel. (+34) 933 201 490 soaking in the outside Jacuzzi in the summer. Fax (+34) 933 201 491 We recommend the B Lounge restaurant, www.barcelo.com open from midday till midnight. [email protected] Category : Four-star Number of guest rooms : 186 Open all year round

Facilities and services • Public parking next to the hotel • Music and DJs in the evenings It is located in the very heart of the city, • Terrace on the ground floor in a bustling neighbourhood. The rooms are equipped with the latest technology, such as Activities Full accessibility for people a Nespresso coffee-maker, iPod charger, and • Route through the Ribera district with reduced mobility en suite shower. Enjoy the strategic location • Route through the Barri Gòtic district of this circular, eleven-floor building, with • Visit to the MACBA a terrace called 360º and unique views • Visit to the Maritime Museum

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 83 Hotel Barceló Sants

Plaça dels Països Catalans, s/n This is the best connected hotel in the entire 08014 Barcelona city. It has completely sound-proofed, exterior Tel. (+34) 935 035 300 rooms. It offers unbeatable cuisine in the Fax (+34) 934 906 045 à la carte restaurant El Bistrot and La Cantina www.barcelo.com buffet. There is also a cafeteria service with [email protected] light, fast meals. You can relax in the sauna or do exercise in the hotel gym. Travel through the city quickly and comfortably: two metro lines and suburban trains take you around the city and its Activities environs. AVE (high speed train) station nearby. • Visit to Montjuïc Park Category : Four-star • Visit to the Fundació Joan Miró Number of guest rooms : 377 • Visit to the MNAC and the National Palace • Visit to the Stadium Open all year round Full accessibility for people Facilities and services with reduced mobility • Private parking

Hotel Cèsar - Restaurant la Fitorra

Carrer d’Isaac Peral, 4-8 This small, romantic hotel with gardens and 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú a swimming pool is right next to the beach. Tel. (+34) 938 151 125 Old “Indian” (mansion built using colonial Fax (+34) 938 156 719 money) mansion reconverted into a hotel www.hotelcesar.net dedicated to dreaming and rest. Excellent [email protected] food. Above all, very close to Barcelona. You’ll love it! Category : Three-star Number of guest rooms : 36 Limited accessibility for people Facilities and services with reduced mobility • Visits to wine cellars • Museums: Railway, Víctor Balaguer, Can Papiol • Water sports • Equestrian sports

Hotel Duquesa de Cardona

Passeig de Colom, 12 Visitors will enjoy total relaxation and peace Tel. (+34) 932 689 090 near Barcelona’s marina while taking in Fax (+34) 932 682 931 the lights of the Mediterranean Sea. 08002 Barcelona www.hduquesadecardona.com Category: Four-star [email protected] Number of guest rooms: 40 Accessibility: one adapted room and, in general, the hotel is accessible for those with reduced mobility

Facilities and services • La Duquesa restaurant • Terrace bar • Outdoor swimming pool with solarium This historic building from the mid-18 th century, • Public car park in front of the hotel a former seat of nobility and refuge for kings, • Wi-Fi available throughout the hotel has been remodelled and adapted to offer • Two function rooms for social events the best service to its guests. or company meetings

84 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Hotel Estela Barcelona

Avinguda del Port d’Aiguadolç, 8 This art gallery hotel, in a Mediterranean style, 08870 Sitges faces the sea just in front of the Cala Tel. (+34) 938 114 545 l’Aiguadolç and next to the recreational Fax (+34) 938 114 546 marina. In addition to our hotel services, www.hotelestela.com guests will encounter contemporary works [email protected] of art and, in the common areas, temporary painting and sculpture exhibitions. Category: Four-star Number of guest rooms: 64

Facilities and services • Restaurant • Outdoor swimming pool • Space hire • Close to the golf course

Hotel Mas Passamaner

Camí de la Serra, 52 This hotel designed in the 1920s by 43470 La Selva del Camp the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner has Tel. (+34) 977 766 333 a garden containing hundred-year old trees Fax (+34) 977 776 336 surrounded by agricultural fields. www.maspassamaner.com [email protected] Category: Five-star Number of guest rooms: 26 (one adapted) Open all year round

Facilities and services • La Gigantea gastronomic restaurant • Spa and wellness area • Tennis and paddle tennis courts • Heliport • Activities in the open air (4x4, quads, tasting sessions, teambuilding...)

Hotel Rekord

Carrer de Muntaner, 352 In a location that cannot be beat, right 08021 Barcelona in the heart of Barcelona’s business district, Tel. (+34) 932 001 953 the Hotel Rekord is a haven of peace which Fax (+34) 934 145 084 provides its guests with exquisite and www.hotelrekord.com personalised service. Given its proximity [email protected] to the main arteries of transport, visitors will find they can move comfortably around the city. Category: Four-star Number of guest rooms: 15 Open all year round

Facilities and services • Guest room service • Laundry service • Gym • Free ADSL access • Car park

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 85 Hotel Restaurant Bremon

Carrer Cambres, 15 Located in what used to be the school 08261 Cardona of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity Vedruna, Tel. (+34) 938 684 902 right in the heart of the old centre of Cardona, Fax (+34) 938 684 903 this hotel combines traditional and modern www.hotelbremon.com aesthetics in a spirit that is always welcoming. [email protected] In addition to the beauty of its décor are the attractions of a traditional Catalan restaurant and some spectacular views of the castle and Salt Mountain. Category: Three-star Number of guest rooms: 19 The restaurant has limited accessibility for people Open all year round with reduced mobility Facilities and services • Les Monges restaurant with possibility of booking the Adalés room • Terrace-solarium with bar service • Smoking is prohibited inside the hotel

Hotel Termes Montbrió

Carrer Nou, 38 This hotel is located on a 17-hectare estate Vehicle access: highway T-310, km 10.5 surrounded by a botanic garden with 43340 Montbrió del Camp hundred-year plants, fountains, ponds and Tel. (+34) 977 814 000 a lake, in addition to an architectural complex Fax (+34) 977 826 969 in the Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) www.rocblanchotels.com tradition. [email protected] Furthermore, the hotel has a thermal centre to enjoy a restful and relaxing stay in the middle of an exceptional location in terms of nature and culture.

Category: Four-star Activities Number of guest rooms: 214 • Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) route • Cistercian route Open all year round • Tarragona World Heritage • Escornalbou castle Facilities and services • El Goya and El Grill Miró (in summer) ISO 9001/2000 quality certification restaurants • Thermal centre with beauty treatments • Aquatonic, a thermal recreation area • 12 function rooms for meetings

Hotel Urbis Centre

Plaça de Corsini, 10 stations. This is an ideal starting point for 43001 Tarragona visiting Universal Port Aventura and the area’s Tel. (+34) 977 240 116 golf courses. Fax (+34) 977 243 654 www.hotelurbiscentre.com Of special mention is the restaurant Cocvla, [email protected] where guests can savour a menu full of a selection of traditional, Mediterranean and Roman dishes, the latter being the product of the hotel’s gastronomic research efforts. Category: Three-star Number of guest rooms: 44 Open all year round

Facilities and services One of the most centrally-located hotels • Weekends with “A Taste of Rome” in Tarragona, the Hotel Urbis Centre lies right • Gastronomic getaways next to the World Heritage sites: the Roman • Business centre forum, the amphitheatre, the theatre, • Restaurant the circus, etc., as well as the train and bus • Bar

86 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Monestir de les Avellanes

Carretera C-12, km 181 de Balaguer a Àger function rooms with different capacities and 25612 Os de Balaguer its own traditional cuisine. Tel. (+34) 973 438 006 Fax (+34) 973 438 038 Mass times: Monday to Saturday at 8.00 pm, www.monestirdelesavellanes.com Sundays at 10.30 am [email protected] Category: Three-star Number of guest rooms: 37 Open all year round, except Christmas Day

Facilities and services • Sporting routes involving mountain bikes Located in a 12 th -century monastery in and hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing a region with great cultural tradition and and water sports potential for delighting tourists, the Monestir • Cultural tours of medieval towns, museums de les Avellanes is currently being run and Romanesque hermitages by the Marist Brothers religious order. Within • Complex of four swimming pools the monastery, you will find a 12 th -century in Os de Balaguer (3 km) • Visits to wine cellars Romanesque cloister, as well as a Gothic • Organisation of congresses, seminars, • Visits to the Universe Observation Centre church. coaching, personal wellbeing courses, yoga Monestir de les Avellanes has double rooms and tai chi Full accessibility for people furnished with a full bathroom and seven • Restaurant with reduced mobility

Món St Benet

Camí de Sant Benet, s/n centre offering visits and activities which is 08272 Sant Fruitós del Bages chaired by chef Ferran Adrià; Hotel Món Tel. (+34) 938 759 400 (four-star); three restaurants (one boasting Fax (+34) 938 759 423 a Michelin star) and a congress and www.monstbenet.com convention centre. [email protected]

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Neri Hotel & Restaurant

Carrer de Sant Sever, 5 At Neri Hotel & Restaurant, time appears to 08002 Barcelona stand still and luxury and glamour are Tel. (+34) 933 040 655 combined in atmospheres that blend warm Fax (+34) 933 040 337 colours, agreeable textures, relaxing music, www.hotelneri.com seductive aromas and indescribable tastes. [email protected] Category: Four-star Number of guest rooms: 22 Open all year round

Facilities and services This 12 th -century Medieval palace is located • Restaurant • Daily press in the heart of Barcelona’s Barri Gòtic district, • Private room • DVD and CD directory combining the echoes of the past with • Lounge bar • À la carte massage, sheet and towel a sophisticated contemporary style. The • Sant Felip Neri Terrace • Shoeshine service boutique hotel offers 22 exclusive rooms and • Solarium attic • 24-hour room service a high-quality restaurant inviting you to dine • Plasma television • Night coverage with all five senses. • Music and DVD systems • In-room bar ISO 14001 quality certification • Wi-Fi service

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 87 Sercotel Hotels

Carrer de París, 120 Along with your hotel booking, the chain 08036 Barcelona provides you with entrance tickets to Tel. (+34) 933 636 360 monuments, museums and theme parks, Fax (+34) 902 906 936 as well as tourist guides and route planners, www.sercotel.com among other services. [email protected] One of the singularities of hotels in this chain is their long heritage and commitment to their cultural and geographical surroundings. Each hotel creates its own personality by integrating the culture of the city that hosts it into its facilities and the services it offers. Sercotel Hotels are a port of entry into the Catalan towns where they are based. Sercotel Hotels offer hotels at many Catalan To emphasise this they promote intense destinations that have been declared cultural activity related to predominant UNESCO World Heritage Sites . Catalan cultural values. Limited accessibility for people with reduced mobility

TOUR OPERATORS AND OTHER SERVICES across spain

Avinguda del Príncep d’Astúries, 20, 3-a across spain is a company 08012 Barcelona offering tourist services Tel. (+34) 932 386 891 specialised in incentives, Fax (+34) 915 233 590 conventions, sport and cultural www.across-spain.es tourism. We have a team [email protected] of 10 people available to attend to you at our offices in Barcelona and Madrid. across spain is an official issuer of entry tickets to FC Barcelona and the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack at Montmeló.

Barcelona Guide Bureau

Via Laietana, 54, 3r 4a Barcelona Guide Bureau is an agency 08003 Barcelona specialised in organising all types of guided Tel. (+34) 932 682 422 tours through Barcelona and Catalonia. Fax (+34) 932 682 211 www.bgb.es The tours include an official guide-interpreter www.BarcelonaGuideBureau.com with certification in Catalonia and possible [email protected] tickets for transport and visits to monuments and museums, all made-to-measure for each client. They offer private tours in any language as well as regular tours in English: “Barcelona Daily Sightseeing Tours”.

Facilities and services • Guided tours • Transport (private cars, minibuses, coaches and bicycles) • Ticket management for any museum or monument, as well as for restaurants and shows • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and Italian

88 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Barcelona On-Line

Carrer de València, 352, pral. 2a 08009 Barcelona Tel. (+34) 933 437 990 Fax (+34) 933 171 155 www.barcelona-on-line.es [email protected]

Barcelona On-Line is an incoming travel Facilities and services agency with more than ten years of • Individual and group bookings for an entire experience in the tourist sector and which range of accommodation in Barcelona offers all kinds of services to visitors starting and Catalonia in general from the very moment of their arrival. • Transfers, transport, coaches The agency organises guided tours of the • Set or made-to-measure day trips most prominent cultural sites in Barcelona for groups with special interests and day trips throughout Catalonia • Organisation of events, congresses, accompanied by guides specialised in incentives Catalan art, culture, history and traditions.

Boí Taüll Resort

Carrer d’Amigó, 14-16 Located in the Pyrenees of Lleida in Alta 08021 Barcelona Ribagorça County, Boí Taüll Resort is a large Tel. (+34) 902 406 640 tourist complex dedicated to leisure and Fax (+34) 932 094 610 mountain sports. Since it first opened www.boitaullresort.com 17 years ago, it has been a special place for [email protected] enjoying holidays in the midst of the outdoors any time of year. The Boí Taüll Resort offers skiers the highest slopes in the Pyrenees. The fact that the resort faces north guarantees snow of an excellent quality. There are 10 green slopes, 7 blue ones, 26 red ones and 9 black ones in addition to Free Xperience, a zone with • Hiking snowcross, boardercross and snowpark. • Entertainment for children and adults There are no queues or large crowds. • Children’s park/club for guests staying at the resort Facilities and services • Activities in the outdoors • Tours of the Romanesque complex • Spa Augusta declared World Heritage by UNESCO • Aigüestortes and Sant Maurici Lake National Park

Bonavia Tours

Carrer Ample, 8 Bonavia Tours has more than 20 years of 08360 experience in organising groups and routes Tel. (+34) 937 943 932 across Spain, Andorra, Portugal and Morocco Fax (+34) 937 943 933 with made-to-measure programmes for each www.bonaviatours.com client that can be adjusted according to [email protected] different prices, themes and levels of quality. Among its programmes, mention must be made of the Great tour of the religions, the Way of Saint James, the Great tour of the cities of UNESCO and the Plata route, as well as its Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau), gastronomic and wine routes.

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 89 Castells de Lleida Castles of Lleida Carrer Major, 7-9 Castells de Lleida offers the public a series 25737 Montsonís of tourist activities and services related Tel. (+34) 973 402 045 / (+34) 973 400 265 to castles, culture, nature and tradition that Fax (+34) 973 400 735 include castle tours, wine and food tasting, www.castellsdelleida.com Spanish Civil War routes and much more. [email protected] It also manages accommodation for stays in country homes, the hire of castles and country homes for events and celebrations in addition to organising courses and workshops for groups (archery, medieval clothing, etc.).

Facilities and services • Guided tours inside castles • Management of bookings in rural tourism buildings for events and celebrations

Catalunya Bus Turístic

Plaça de Catalunya, 17-S Montserrat and Sitges 08002 Barcelona A visit to Catalonia’s most emblematic Tel. (+34) 932 853 832 mountain followed by a stroll through Sitges. www.barcelonaturisme.cat/cbt Leaving daily from Barcelona (except www.barcelonabusturistic.cat Mondays), from 8.30 am to 7 pm. [email protected] Dalí’s Figueres and Girona Experience the charm of one of Europe’s Market and culture in Vic oldest Jewish quarters in Girona and get to A stroll through Vic’s historical centre know something of Dalí’s life and art. Leaving including Catalonia’s most traditional outdoor daily from Barcelona (except Mondays), from market. Leaving every Tuesday from 8.30 am to 8 pm. Barcelona, from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.

The Catalunya Bus Turístic enables you Wine and cava F1, shopping and Modernisme to discover Catalonia’s secrets along five Find out how wines and cavas are created close to Barcelona routes from Barcelona. Tours on fully in renowned wineries like Freixenet, Torres and A visit to the Formula One Circuit de equipped buses with a guide to provide you Jean Leon, followed by a tasting. Leaving Catalunya, Mataró’s Modernisme (Catalan with all the information you’ll require on the Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays Art Nouveau) and La Roca Village. Leaving route. You can also book private tours. from Barcelona, from 8.30 am to 4 pm. every Saturday from Barcelona, from 8.30 am to 8 pm.

CostaVision incoming services Spain - Portugal - Andorra

Carrer de Pau Claris, 99-101 As a receptive tour operator especially 08009 Barcelona orientated towards the international market, Tel. (+34) 933 197 072 CostaVision has valuable experience in Fax (+34) 933 101 042 organising visits and tours, both for www.costavision.es individuals and groups, on any theme [email protected] combining leisure, culture, wine and gastronomy and wellbeing in any destination throughout Spain, Portugal and Andorra.

Facilities and services • Accommodation in Spain, Portugal • Restaurants and shows and Andorra in hotels of all categories • Transport service in bus or private coach • Guided visits with official tour guides, (transfers, excursions, tours) specialised in specific subjects • Our booking department answers requests • Entry tickets into museums and in over 6 languages monuments

90 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Cremallera i Funiculars de Montserrat Montserrat rack and funicular railways Carrer del Cardenal , 4 right into the centre of the religious sanctuary. 08017 Barcelona Free parking. Tel. (+34) 902 312 020 Fax (+34) 933 663 350 By taking the funicular railways of Sant Joan www.cremallerademontserrat.cat and Santa Cova, you can enter the natural [email protected] park to enjoy a spectacular environment.

Times Every day of the year, from 8 am to 8 pm. Frequencies and times variable according to season

Facilities and services • Combined tickets on sale for the Montserrat Museum and Audiovisual Space “Montserrat portes endins” (Inside Montserrat); lunch, etc. The rack railway is the best way of reaching • Free visit to the exhibition on the old rack Full accessibility for people Montserrat. The journey only takes railway with reduced mobility 15 minutes, but this is sufficient to appreciate • The rack railway has been thoroughly the mountain’s peculiar silhouette and adapted for patrons with reduced mobility, incomparable views until you are delivered but not so for the funiculars

Geoland Tours

Carrer del Mas Baiona, 50-56 Geoland forms part of a significant business Polígon Industrial Can Roqueta organisation in the tourism sector, Bardet 08202 Group (including the business units of Bardet Tel. (+34) 937 450 756 Autocars and Iberplan Viatges), which Fax (+34) 937 450 758 operates in diverse sectors of the Spanish, www.geoland.info European and, lately, Chinese markets. [email protected] Currently the company boasts extensive experience and thorough knowledge of Catalan terrain, culture and folklore. It offers guided tours to different spots of great historical and heritage value. • Music festivals and concerts • Gastronomic routes and eco-tourism Facilities and services • Traditional Catalan festivals • Routes through Catalonia’s main museums • Trips in old Spanish frigates along • Special programmes on Catalan the Mediterranean coastline Romanesque art • Religious tourism • Cistercian Route • Itineraries on contemporary and Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) art

ICONO Serveis Culturals

Avinguda del Portal de l’Àngel, 38, 4t 2a ICONO Serveis Culturals organises tourist 08002 Barcelona and cultural itineraries, as well as gastronomic Tel. (+34) 934 101 405 activities. Enjoy the best tours on Dalí, Fax (+34) 934 108 588 Picasso, Gaudí, Romanesque art, Gothic art www.iconoserveis.com and Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) art, [email protected] etc., all led by professional guides. Both small and large groups are welcome, and there are special offers for sea cruise stopovers.

Facilities and services • Guided tours throughout Catalonia • Team building cultural activities for congresses • Dramatised visits • Literary routes

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 91 Marfil Travel, SL

Plaça d’Europa, Edifici Royal, apt. 101-102 Marfil Travel is an incoming travel agency 43840 Salou with more than 30 years of experience Tel. (+34) 977 382 863 in the tourist sector and which offers cultural Fax (+34) 977 381 350 routes throughout Catalonia, Spain, Portugal www.marfiltravel.com and Morocco. [email protected] With its own weekly programme for individual or group visitors, Marfil Travel designs made- to-measure routes with the help of a team of professionals who come from different countries.

Facilities and services • Made-to-measure cultural routes • Official guides • Accompanying guides • Hotel bookings • Assistants for groups in hotels • Individual transfers • Coach hire • Scheduled cultural routes

Mediterranean Incoming Services

Avinguda de la Verge de Montserrat, 132, 1r 1a of languages and subject specialisations, 08820 technical staff for assistance at congresses, Tel. (+34) 931 856 300 conventions and when travelling, and luxury Fax (+34) 931 856 303 vehicles of diverse capacities, each with its www.mediterraneanincoming.com own chauffeur, chosen for their high-quality [email protected] service.

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Times • Tourism packages From 9 am to 1.30 pm and 4 pm to 8.30 pm • Customer service in English, French, German and Italian Facilities and services • Accommodation bookings: Full accessibility for people rural accommodation, hostels and hotels with reduced mobility We are a highly specialised, receptive agency • Activities: rafting, walking and horse riding in the Catalan Pyrenees, offering a • Guided visits to museums personalised service. We provide the entire and organised tours

92 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Punt de Benvinguda Point of Welcome Carrer de Berenguer Carnicer, 3 Punt de Benvinguda provides visitors with 17003 Girona guides throughout the city of Girona and the Tel. (+34) 972 211 678 counties of the region with its booking service. www.gironabooking.com [email protected] This is a great opportunity to learn about the history, art and different cultures and religions that have left their mark on Girona and the surrounding area throughout the centuries.

Times Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 5 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 9 am Full accessibility for people to 2 pm with reduced mobility

Facilities and services • Guided tours of Lloret de Mar • Guided tours of Sant Feliu de Guíxols • Guided tours of Dalí’s hometown of Figueres and the museum • Guided tours through the city of Girona and its Napoleonic-era sites

SegwayCAT

Baixada de Caçador, 2 SegwayCAT offers you the chance to get 08002 Barcelona to every corner of Barcelona and Girona Tel. (+34) 933 104 108 / (+34) 645 262 092 without wearing out your feet. www.segwaytours.cat [email protected] Our Segway tours allow you to take advantage of the latest technology to take a fun look at all those spots that make Barcelona and Girona such memorable cities. We propose itineraries of around 2-3 hours, which you can combine with a photo session, hotel bookings, a dinner of tapas, wine tasting, or a relaxing swim.

Times Facilities and services All week long by telephone or email • Official Barcelona Segway Tour • Official Girona Segway Tour • Segway Hotel Pack, Segway Relax Pack, Segway Wine Pack, Segway Tapas Pack, Segway Photo Pack

PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS FOR TOURIST PROMOTION Ajuntament d’Alcanar Alcanar Town Council Carrer de la Generalitat, 10 The Iberian village of La Moleta del Remei and 43530 Alcanar the Iberian Culture Interpretation Centre, Casa Tel. (+34) 977 732 013 / (+34) 977 737 639 O’Connor, introduces you to this historical Fax (+34) 977 730 790 legacy. We can also highlight our magnificent www.alcanar.cat cuisine and fabulous beaches. [email protected] La Moleta del Remei Saturdays and Sundays July, August and September, from 5 pm to 8 pm Rest of the year, from 11 am to 8 pm

Casa O’Connor July, August and September: Thursdays and Fridays, from 5 pm to 8 pm; Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 am to 2 pm A location with a privileged position in the Rest of the year: Mediterranean, Alcanar is Catalonia’s Thursday to Sunday, from 5 pm to 8 pm southern port, halfway between Barcelona • Guided service for groups or individuals and València, consisting of three contrasting Facilities and services visits (bookings: tel. (+34) 977 737 639) towns: Alcanar, les Cases d’Alcanar and • General combined ticket to La Moleta • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, Alcanar-Platja. del Remei and Casa O’Connor English and French

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 93 Ajuntament de Terrassa Terrassa City Council Raval de Montserrat, 14 Yet Terrassa is also a lively city, with highly 08221 Terrassa dynamic cultural and leisure options. Tel. (+34) 937 397 019 / (+34) 937 397 421 Exceptional spaces for business tourism, Fax (+34) 937 368 593 handcraft products, its Jazz Festival, www.visitaterrassa.cat Modernista Fair, hockey, seasons of dance, [email protected] music and theatre, casteller (human tower) a performances and golf complete the wide v o n a s

selection on offer. a C a i d a Times B Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 7 pm Situated close to the Natural Park of Sant Saturdays, 10 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm • Sale of handcraft products at the Terrassa Llorenç del Munt, just 30 minutes from Sundays, 10 am to 2 pm Turisme shop Barcelona, this university and industrial town • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, is rich in heritage. Worth highlighting are its Facilities and services English and French industrial (industrial Art Nouveau architecture) • Guided tours and Medieval heritages (Ègara Episcopal see), • Tourist information as well as its landscape value. • Publications

Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà Alt Empordà County Council Carrer Nou, 48 The county of Alt Empordà is a land of great 17600 Figueres cultural wealth with more than 150 megalithic Tel. (+34) 972 503 088 / (+34) 972 514 355 monuments, more than 100 Romanesque Fax (+34) 972 505 681 churches and more than 100 castles www.altemporda.org and fortresses. Moreover, it boasts excellent [email protected] examples of Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) architecture.

Times From 9 am to 2 pm

Facilities and services • “Alt Empordà all the way”: a close-up view of local cultural heritage in the area’s schools • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English and French

Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà Baix Empordà County Council Carrer dels Tarongers, 12 The Tourism Department of the Consell 17100 La Bisbal d’Empordà Comarcal del Baix Empordà, together with Tel. (+34) 972 642 310 the Culture and Cultural Heritage Department, Fax (+34) 972 645 575 are in charge of promoting, publicising www.visitemporda.com and conserving the county’s cultural offering, [email protected] which is structured along the following lines: history, heritage, museums, music, popular events, important figures, markets and fairs and legends and traditions.

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94 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Consell Comarcal del Berguedà - Oficina de Turisme Berguedà County Council - Tourist Office Carretera C-16, km 96,2 recent past linked to the coal, textile and 08600 Berga cement industries. Within the county, you can Tel. (+34) 938 221 500 also explore Antoni Gaudí’s legacy to Pobla Fax (+34) 938 212 857 de Lillet as well as view the landscapes that www.elbergueda.cat Pablo Picasso painted during his stay at [email protected] Gósol. Neither should you skip the festivals and cuisine that give the Berguedà a large part of its essential character. é n n o

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Consell Comarcal del Pallars Jussà Pallars Jussà County Council Carrer de Soldevila, 18 Through its Promotion and Citizenship 25620 Department, the Pallars Jussà County Council Tel. (+34) 973 650 187 publicises all the activities related Fax (+34) 973 652 831 to the county’s cultural products right www.pallarsjussa.net at the foot of the Pyrenees. [email protected] Times Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 3 pm Monday afternoons, from 4 pm to 6 pm

Consorci de Turisme del Baix Llobregat Baix Llobregat Tourist Promotion Consortium Carretera Nacional 340, Parc Torreblanca declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Visitors 08980 can also see historical evidence dating from Tel. (+34) 936 852 400 prehistory and the Roman and medieval Fax (+34) 936 851 868 legacies down to the present day. www.turismebaixllobregat.com [email protected] Times Winter hours: Monday to Thursday, from 8 am to 2.30 pm and from 4.30 pm to 7 pm; Fridays from 8 am to 2.30 pm Summer hours: Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 3 pm

Facilities and services • Tourist information for visits to sites Baix Llobregat is notable for its heritage, of interest, activities, routes, unique events, especially with regard to its Modernista food and accommodation (Catalan Art Nouveau) works, and the most • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, representative example of them is Colònia English and French Güell, a work by Antoni Gaudí which has been

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 95 Diputació de Barcelona Barcelona Provincial Council Travessera de les Corts, 131-159 Barcelona Provincial Council offers Recinte Maternitat, Pavelló Mestral information of all kinds on the rich heritage 08028 Barcelona that exists just scant kilometres from the city Tel. (+34) 934 022 966 of Barcelona, which extends the range Fax (+34) 934 022 968 of tourist possibilities in the Catalan capital. www.diba.cat/turisme It also offers consultancy services to public [email protected] and private tour operators to improve their competitiveness while promoting the tourism on offer.

Facilities and services • Information on cultural tourism resources • Information on festivals and cultural events • Information on cultural and tourist routes and packages • Collaborative programmes with public and private tour operators to improve their competitiveness • Promotion of culture on offer through intermediaries

Hostalric

Carrer del Raval, 45 Having been declared a Cultural Asset 17450 Hostalric of National Interest, the town of Hostalric Tel. (+34) 972 864 565 conserves one of the most notable Fax (+34) 972 865 276 monumental legacies from the Catalan www.hostalric.cat Medieval period in its virtual entirety, presided [email protected] over by the imposing military fortress from o

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Oficina de Turisme de Besalú Besalú Tourist Office Plaça de la Llibertat, 1 Besalú is one of the best-conserved medieval 17850 Besalú complexes in Catalonia and was declared a Tel. (+34) 972 591 240 National Historical and Architectural Complex Fax (+34) 972 591 150 in 1966 due to its great architectural value. www.besalu.cat This is a trip from the present to the past [email protected] through a city that has maintained the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.

Times Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm

Facilities and services • Guided tours arranged • Daily guided tours: Mikveh baths and synagogue • Jewish quarter interpretation centre • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English and French

96 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Oficina de Turisme de Castelló d’Empúries Castelló d’Empúries Tourist Office Plaça del Joc de la Pilota Enjoy itineraries with commentary and guided 17486 Castelló d’Empúries tours of the capital of the old county Tel. (+34) 972 450 802 of Empúries in an enclave that stands out Fax (+34) 972 156 233 for the beauty of its landscapes and for www.castello.cat surroundings that offer many leisure time [email protected] possibilities. This office is located along the . c n I

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Oficina de Turisme de Cubelles Cubelles Tourist Office Plaça del Castell, 1 Under the title “Come and learn about Charlie 08880 Cubelles Rivel”, Cubelles presents Josep Andreu Tel. (+34) 938 952 500 Lasserre’s personal collection featuring Fax (+34) 938 953 250 Charlie Rivel, the most popular and universal www.cubelles.cat of clowns. [email protected] The exhibition is located in a hall in Cubelles castle. Here visitors can see clothing, mementos and images of Charlie Rivel’s performances.

Times Facilities and services Winter hours: Tuesday to Saturday, • Tour of the exhibition in Cubelles castle from 10 am to 12.30 pm; Thursday • Stroll through the town’s old quarter afternoons, from 5 pm to 6 pm • Trip to see the house where the artist Summer hours: Tuesday to Saturday, was born (outside only) from 10.30 am to 1 pm and from 5.30 pm • Tour of the church of Santa Maria to 7 pm de Cubelles Closed: Sundays, Mondays and public • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, holidays English and French

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Oficina de Turisme de Figueres Figueres Tourist Office Plaça del Sol, s/n The Technical Museum of l’Empordà is a space 17600 Figueres that aims to recall and understand the past. Tel. (+34) 972 503 155 The castle of Sant Ferran, the largest 18 th - Fax (+34) 972 673 166 century fortress in Catalonia, boasting five large www.figueres.cat bastions, forms part of the Figueres landscape, [email protected] so a visit to this fortification is mandatory, as is a stroll through the town centre, offering significant buildings and Modernista houses.

Times Summer hours: Monday to Saturday, from • Information on local guides, 9 am to 8 pm; Sundays, from 10 am to 3 pm accommodation and food and drink Figueres is closely linked to Salvador Dalí Information points: Plaça Gala-Dalí and Plaça • Information on companies specialising thanks to his Theatre Museum and the Gala- de l’Estació in tourist and cultural activities Salvador Dalí Foundation. The Rambla Winter hours: Please inquire at the office • Information on bicycle, hiking and car is the location for two of the most important routes museums in Figueres, the Empordà Museum, Facilities and services • Information on festivals and events which houses an interesting collection of art • From 9 July to 11 September, Monday • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, and archaeology, and the Catalonia Toy to Saturday: “Dalí’s town of Figueres” English, French and German Museum, one of the country’s most original guided tour. Discounts to visit the museums and entertaining. of the city. Prior booking required

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 97 Oficina de Turisme de la Garriga La Garriga Tourist Office Edifici Raspall-Maiol. Carrer dels Banys, 38-40 The presence of thermal springs was one of 08530 La Garriga the main inspirations for tourist development, Tel. (+34) 938 605 663 which transformed it into one of the favourite Fax (+34) 938 718 281 summer retreats of the Catalan bourgeoisie www.lagarriga.cat in the early 20 th century. This fact led to the [email protected] construction of grand Modernista mansions in the village.

Times Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 1 pm and Monday afternoons from 4.30 pm to 7 pm

Facilities and services • Summer Modernista (Catalan Art Nouveau) route • Tour of the air raid shelter SICTED quality certification at different • Tour of the ruins of Can Terrers establishments throughout the town Only a half-hour from Barcelona, La Garriga • History of the Spanish Civil War has traditionally been a centre for leisure • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, and summer holidays. English, French and German

Oficina de Turisme de Manresa Manresa Tourist Office Via de Sant Ignasi, 40, baixos One of the itineraries is called: “The Legacy 08240 Manresa of a Universal Pilgrim” and illustrates how Saint Tel. (+34) 938 784 090 Ignatius of Loyola left his mark in many places. Fax (+34) 938 784 156 Visitors from all continents come to Manresa for www.manresaturisme.cat its cultural and spiritual interest. [email protected] Manresa also offers three important museums: the County Museum, the Technical Museum and the Geology Museum. The irrigation canal, which forms part of the city’s Medieval past, has one departure point for visitors at the Parc de l’Agulla. The route offers architecture and nature in a remarkable, little- known landscape. Facilities and services • Guided tours Times • Dramatised tours Experiencing Manresa’s 1000-year-old history Summer hours (1 July to 15 September): • Workshops for adults and children means also learning about Catalonia’s history. Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm and from • Role plays The variety of heritage and historical elements 5 pm to 7 pm • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, make it accessible and easy to view. Manresa Winter hours (15 September to 10 June): English and French offers you the chance to follow three signposted Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm itineraries and other customised routes from the Saturdays, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm Medieval period up to industrialisation. to 8 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 2 pm

Oficina de Turisme de Tortosa Tortosa Tourist Office Plaça del Carrilet, s/n Tortosa, a city with more than two thousand 43500 Tortosa years of history, lies on the banks of the Ebro Tel. (+34) 977 449 648 River and is the gateway to two natural parks: Fax (+34) 977 511 256 Delta de l’Ebre and Ports de Tortosa-Beseit. www.tortosaturisme.cat [email protected] Declared a Historical and Artistic Complex,

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98 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Oficina de Turisme de Tossa de Mar Tossa de Mar Tourist Office Edifici La Nau. Avinguda del Pelegrí, 25 and artistic heritage that includes the walled 17320 Tossa de Mar medieval centre of the Old Town. Tel. (+34) 972 340 108 Fax (+34) 972 340 712 The mountain area offers good trails for hiking www.infotossa.com and mountain biking, which visitors can follow [email protected] to discover hidden spots and panoramic views of stunning beauty. Tossa de Mar has modern tourist infrastructure with a wide array of accommodation and much to offer in terms of gastronomy, shopping, sports, entertainment and relaxation.

Times Facilities and services Summer hours: Monday to Saturday, from • Information on accommodation, gastronomy, 9 am to 9 pm; Sundays and public holidays, activities and festivals from 10 am to 2 pm • Information on culture and monuments Tossa de Mar and its coastline make up some Winter hours: Monday to Saturday, from 10 am • Information on hiking and mountain bike of the most symbolic landscapes on the to 1.30 pm and from 4 pm to 7.30 pm. Closed: routes Costa Brava. Its natural beauty is Sundays and public holidays • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, complemented by an important historical English, French, German and Italian

Oficina de Turisme de Vic - Impevic Vic Tourist Office – Impevic Carrer de la Ciutat, 4 that has been in existence since the Middle 08500 Vic Ages. Tel. (+34) 938 862 091 Fax (+34) 938 892 637 Times www.victurisme.cat Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 2 pm [email protected] and from 4 pm to 8 pm

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Patronat Comarcal de Turisme de la Cerdanya Cerdanya County Tourist Board Cruïlla de la carretera N-152 Cerdanya is a county with particular amb la carretera N-260 geographical, climatic and historic features, 17520 Puigcerdà one of the widest valleys in Europe and an Tel. (+34) 972 140 665 important leisure and holiday centre where Fax (+34) 972 140 592 culture can be found everywhere: from the www.cerdanya.org mountain wildlife to Romanesque art. [email protected] Times Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 1 pm

Facilities and services • Interactive information point open 24 hours • Tours of Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque religious heritage sites • Information on hotel and sporting facilities

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 99 Patronat de la Vall de Boí Vall de Boí Board Passeig de Sant Feliu, 43 This municipality is formed by eight small 25527 Barruera communities and is known around the world Tel. (+34) 973 694 000 for its Romanesque churches, declared World Fax (+34) 973 694 121 Heritage by UNESCO. www.vallboi.com [email protected] Forty kilometres of signposted pathways cross the entire valley and allow visitors to explore its unique landscapes.

Facilities and services • Guided tours of the Romanesque complex • Guided tours of Aigüestortes and Sant Maurici Lake National Park • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English and French

Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board Avinguda de Sant Francesc, 19, 4t The Costa Brava and the Girona Pyrenees 17001 Girona boast a wide and varied spectrum of cultural Tel. (+34) 972 208 401 attractions: interesting dolmens and menhirs Fax (+34) 972 221 570 from prehistoric times, the Graeco-Roman www.costabrava.org ruins of Empúries, Romanesque chapels, [email protected] medieval villages, a Jewish legacy and even pictorial attractions such as the Dalí Triangle. What’s more, visitors can enjoy a whole host of concerts and music festivals, theatre performances and popular feasts.

Facilities and services • Information on local guides • Information and accommodation bookings online • Information on the programme of activities in the region around Girona: routes and guided tours, gastronomic shows, festivals and fairs, etc. • Information on tourist resources regarding culture and the outdoors

Patronat de Turisme Diputació de Lleida Lleida Provincial Council Tourist Board Rambla de Ferran, 18, 3r All year long, Lleida allows visitors to enjoy 25007 Lleida a great variety of sports, a unique culture, Tel. (+34) 973 245 408 / (+34) 902 101 110 local cuisine and a full range of rural tourist Fax (+34) 973 245 558 offerings. www.lleidatur.com [email protected] Facilities and services • Information on the tourist offerings of the Pyrenees and the Terres de Lleida region: monuments, museums, cultural routes, religious tourism, gastronomic shows, handicrafts and tradition, as well as other tourist products that complement all the region has to offer • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English and French

Internet Quality Agency (IQUA) certification

100 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Tarragona - Costa Daurada i Terres de l’Ebre Tourist Board of the Tarragona Provincial Council - Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre Passeig de Torroja, s/n Highlights of the cultural heritage along the Costa 43007 Tarragona Daurada and in the Terres de l’Ebre region Tel. (+34) 977 230 312 include monuments declared World Heritage, Fax (+34) 977 238 033 such as Roman Tarragona and the monastery www.costadaurada.info in Poblet. The cultural offering is extensive and [email protected] comprises a multitude of festivals and popular feasts. Carrer de l’Àngel, 6, 3r, Edifici Siboni 43500 Tortosa Facilities and services Tel. (+34) 977 444 447 • Guided visits to monuments declared World Fax (+34) 977 445 400 Heritage www.terresdelebre.travel • Interpretation centres dedicated to artistic [email protected] geniuses: Picasso, Gaudí, Casals and Miró • Routes to get to know the area’s Cistercian monasteries: Santes Creus and Poblet • Natural spaces: Serra de Montsant Natural Park, Ebro Delta Natural Park, Els Ports Natural Park, Poblet Natural Area of National Interest, Sebes Natural Reserve and Meander of Flix • Canoeing, rock climbing, hiking and bicycle tourism

Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Calafell Calafell Municipal Tourist Board Carrer de Sant Pere, 29-31 Sant Miquel and Santa Creu Castle are some 43820 Calafell evidence of the history that has accompanied Tel. (+34) 977 699 141 us through time up until today. The town Fax (+34) 977 692 981 offers a blend of sea, sport and a well- www.turisme.calafell.cat stocked table. [email protected] Times Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 8 pm Saturdays, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 2 pm

Iberians and Romans, Arabs and feudal lords Facilities and services • Management and coordination of Calafell all form part of Calafell’s history. A door open • Tourist information on the town: as a Family Tourist Destination to the Mediterranean, Calafell blends the accommodation, sightseeing, restaurants, • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, wealth of its historical heritage with the cuisine, activities and festivals, MTB routes, English, French and German powerful attraction of five kilometres of guided Nordic walking tours and so on beaches offering fine, golden sand. • Organisation of various ceremonies and ISO 9001:2008 quality certification The Iberian citadel, the Museu Casa Barral, events: Carnival, culinary events, marine fair, the Bot Salvavides (lifeboat), the church of concerts, singing of the Calafell “Habaneras”, among others

Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Tarragona Tarragona Municipal Tourist Board Carrer Major, 39 With this title, added to a wide array 43003 Tarragona of services and fully-equipped tourist Tel. (+34) 977 250 795 infrastructure, Tarragona offers visitors Fax (+34) 977 245 507 its heritage, gastronomy, beaches, culture, www.tarragonaturisme.cat leisure activities and commerce. [email protected] Times Winter: from October to June Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 2 pm • Tarragona Card: free entry or discounts Summer: from July to September at over 100 sites and shops The Patronat Municipal de Turisme de Monday to Saturday, from 10 am to 9 pm • MP4 video guide to Roman Tarragona Tarragona represents both the public and Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 2 pm and to Medieval and Modernista Tarragona private sectors and promotes Tarragona • Merchandising by organising and participating in different Facilities and services • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, actions: fairs, workshops, press trips, • Guided tours through Tarragona “2,000 English, French, German, Italian and familiarisation trips and promotions. Years of History at Your Feet”. Roman route Portuguese In the year 2000, Tarragona received the and Medieval route, on electric bike, distinction of World Heritage from UNESCO. on Segway, by boat; urban cove and nature

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 101 Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell El Vendrell Municipal Tourist Board Avinguda de Brisamar, 1 Take a journey through music centred on the 43880 Coma-ruga, el Vendrell musician Pau Casals, native son of the town, Tel. (+34) 977 680 010 at the Pau Casals International Music Festival Fax (+34) 977 683 654 and the Auditorium with a stable programme www.elvendrellturistic.com dedicated to Catalan cellists, composers and [email protected] performers. The Art route and Culture route link up all the artistic expressions that have arisen in the town.

Times Winter hours: Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 2 pm; Saturdays, from 10 am to 1.30 pm Summer hours: Monday to Saturday, from 9.30 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 8.30 pm; Sundays and public holidays, from 9.30 am to 2 pm

Patronat Municipal de Turisme i Comerç de Reus Reus Municipal Tourist and Trade Board Raval de Robuster, 43, 3r It is also responsible for managing the Gaudí 43240 Reus Centre Reus, the new interpretation centre Tel. (+34) 902 360 200 dedicated to the life and work of the architect Fax (+34) 977 343 904 Antoni Gaudí.

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Solsona Turisme

Plaça Major, 11 tradition. Its yearly festival has been declared 25280 Solsona a Heritage Festival of National Interest, and its Tel. and fax (+34) 973 481 009 Carnival, a Festival of National Tourist Interest. www.solsonaturisme.com [email protected] Solsona is the capital of a rural county in the Pyrenees foothills waiting to be discovered. Let yourself be surprised by its streets in the deep silence of a splendid morning, or during the chaos of its market days and festivals.

Times Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 6.30 pm (summer until 7 pm) Saturdays, 10.30 am to 1.30 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm • Guided visits on Saturdays and public Sundays and public holidays, 10.30 am holidays through the historical centre, Strolling through Solsona will lead you into to 1.30 pm ice well and Cathedral a city brimming with history and longstanding • Group guided visits to other spots traditions which are evident in every corner Facilities and services (Museum, , etc.) of the Old Town. It is a town of giants and • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, • Summer concert series mythical beasts, of knife-making and culinary English and French

102 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Terra de Comtes i Abats, el Ripollès El Ripollès, Land of Counts and Consorci Ripollès Desenvolupament The Land of Counts and Abbots is a project Carrer de Joan Miró, 2-4 in cultural tourism promoted by the Ripollès Polígon Industrial Els Pintors Development Consortium. It presents Ripoll 17500 Ripoll as the cradle of Catalonia and the origin Tel. (+34) 972 704 499 of the Catalan nation, around the figures of Fax (+34) 972 704 530 Count Wilfred and Abbot Oliba; the literary s l www.terradecomtes.cat a myth of Count Arnau, linked to Mataplana s a C [email protected] and Sant Joan de les Abadesses; and the n o m i legend of the Nine Famous Barons and a R the hero Otger Cataló, linked to the Montgrony Sanctuary. The Land of Counts and Abbots re-evaluates tangible resources: architectural, cultural and historical assets. Yet it also emphasises the area’s immaterial assets such as the literary myth and the region’s history itself to create tourism products that are related to the area. The Interpretation Centre of the Count Arnau myth is now operating.

Thermalia, Museu de Caldes de Montbui i Oficina de Turisme Thermalia, Caldes de Montbui Museum and Tourist Office Plaça de la Font del Lleó, 20 The Thermalia Museum of Caldes de Montbui is 08140 Caldes de Montbui a centre based around the culture of the thermal Tel. (+34) 938 654 140 springs. The building is from the 14 th century, Fax (+34) 938 653 400 renovated in the 1980s. Here you will find the www.visiteucaldes.cat main public exhibition on the painter-sculptor [email protected] Manolo Hugué, along with a series of pottery pieces, lithographs and drawings by his friend Pablo Picasso. It houses the permanent exhibition “The Spa’s Effervescence”. a

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Torisme Val d’Aran Val d’Aran Tourism Carrer Major, 10 The churches of the Val d’Aran have 25530 Vielha successfully conserved the legacy of a simple Tel. (+34) 973 641 815 religiosity rooted in mountain life traditions Fax (+34) 973 642 351 which persisted until quite recently and are www.visitvaldaran.com now the subject of routes and museums. [email protected] Museums and monuments • Musèu dera Val d’Aran (Vielha)

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Facilities and services Customer service in the following • Temporary exhibitions languages: • Workshops • Aranese, Catalan, Spanish, English • Romanesque route and French • Romanesque Val d’Aran “Q” quality certification

Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 103 Turisme de Barcelona Barcelona Tourism , 123, pral. Turisme de Barcelona is in charge of spreading 08008 Barcelona information about Barcelona abroad. At the Tel. (+34) 933 689 700 same time, it markets a series of products Fax (+34) 933 689 701 to make visitors’ stays easier and more www.barcelonaturisme.cat enjoyable. [email protected] Times Customer service hotline at (+34) 932 853 834 Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and German (according to availability)

Facilities and services • Tourist and cultural information on the city • Last-minute hotel bookings • Ticket sales for shows • Sales of tourist products (Barcelona Bus Turístic, Catalunya Bus Turístic, Barcelona Card, Aqueoticket, Barcelona Walking Tours, Articket, etc.)

Turisme de Lleida Lleida Tourism Carrer Major, 31 bis We invite you to visit the city of Lleida 25007 Lleida to discover its most remarkable sights: from Tel. (+34) 902 250 050 the hills crowned by the Seu Vella (Old See) Fax (+34) 973 700 480 and the Templar castle of Gardeny to the www.turismedelleida.cat Lleida Museum, among others. We notify you [email protected] of new developments in the city, and are here to help you choose the best option for your stay. We can organise a customised visit for you.

Times Monday to Saturday, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm • Personalised customer service in Catalan, Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am Spanish, English, French and German to 1.30 pm • Indibil Booking Centre • Sale of exclusive books and gift items Facilities and services from Lleida • Tourist and cultural information on the city’s most significant monuments

Turisme de Sitges - Agència de Promoció Sitges Tourism – Promotion Agency Plaça d’Eduard Maristany, 2 the Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival, 08870 Sitges among others. Furthermore, it also celebrates Tel. (+34) 938 944 251 traditions such as Carnival, the Barcelona- Fax (+34) 938 941 521 Sitges Vintage Car Rally, Corpus Christi, the www.sitgestur.cat Town Festival and Harvest Festival. [email protected] Times Winter (01/01 – 01/06 and 18/10 – 31/12): Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm; Saturdays, 10 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm; Sundays, 10 am Situated just 30 km south of Barcelona, to 2 pm Sitges is well renowned for its offer: around Summer (01/06 – 17/10): Monday to Friday, 300 days of sunshine annually, 17 beaches, from 9 am to 8 pm; Saturdays, 10 am in close communion with its culture, delicious to 8 pm; Sundays, 10 am to 2 pm cuisine, widely varied shopping opportunities, • Sale of own merchandising products the survival of deep-rooted tradition and Facilities and services • Hotel bookings maximum quality and excellence in its • Tourist information and advice • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, services. • Sale of tourist services: Guided tours English, French, German and Italian The brand “Sitges, Festival Town” of Sitges, “Sitges Artist Workshops” route encompasses several cultural events such as and excursions

104 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory PARTNERSHIPS Artesania Catalunya

Artesania Catalunya of the CCAM (Trade, Handcraft and Fashion Consortium of Catalonia) accredits, promotes and disseminates Catalan handcrafted authenticity. Carrer dels Banys Nous, 11, baixos Its mission is to highlight the value of 08002 Barcelona handcrafted goods, empowering production, Tel. (+34) 934 674 660 consolidate the trade’s contemporary nature Fax (+34) 934 674 670 and protect artisans’ interests. www.artesania-catalunya.com

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Barcelona Centre Universitari Barcelona University Centre Carrer del Torrent de l’Olla, 219 The Barcelona University Centre (BCU), 08012 Barcelona according to Barcelona’s Metropolitan Tel. (+34) 932 389 049 Strategic Plan, has the mission of promoting, Fax (+34) 932 289 259 coordinating and directing all those actions www.bcu.cat which the Government of Catalonia, the [email protected] Barcelona City Council, Barcelona universities and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation deem suitable for promoting Barcelona as an international university hub. The BCU came into being in 1997 and has the aim of providing those aspects related to the extra-academic life of the foreign university community, the students, professors and researchers who come from other parts of Spain and overseas. Due to its characteristics, the BCU is a unique Facilities and services organisation in Spain. • Offering accommodation to foreign students, professors and scientists Times • Managing activities for the cultural Customer service from 9 am to 2 pm and social integration of this collective • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, English and French

Centre de Promoció de la Cultura Popular i Tradicional Catalana Centre for the Promotion of Catalan Popular and Traditional Culture Passatge de la Banca, 1-3 The CPCPTC was founded in 1993 in order a

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Cultural Tourism Club - Directory - 105 Sistemes alimentaris / UOC Food systems / UOC Rambla del Poblenou, 156 The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) is an 08018 Barcelona internationally recognised online university Tel. (+34) 933 263 600 that offers student-centred learning plus the Fax (+34) 933 568 822 benefits of customised studies and flexibility, www.uoc.edu accessibility and collaboration. [email protected] It has a strong international presence, is sensitive to diversity in its environment and committed to the capacity of education and culture for bringing about social change. It has established alliances with universities and research institutions in different countries, and is also committed to promoting Facilities and services business and business activities through local • Postgraduate studies on food and culture, projects and with international partners. with special emphasis on its tourist applications • Postgraduate and master’s programmes • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish and English

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museum infrastructures manage to answer Facilities and services o o today’s needs and the future challenges • Customer service in Catalan, Aranese, G which arise in our society. This reality has Spanish, English and French had a highly significant, specific outcome: territorial museum studies.

Universitat de Barcelona Carrer de la Ciutat de , 131 aimed at the professional sector of public 08018 Barcelona administrations and companies. Tel. (+34) 934 039 715 Fax (+34) 934 039 697 The UB forms part of the UNESCO Chair www.ub.edu/cultural “Culture, Tourism, Development” and the [email protected] ATLAS, IBERTUR, ENCATC and European Cultural Tourism networks.

Times Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm and 3.30 to 8.30 pm • Cultural Tourism Observatory Facilities and services • Consultancies, applied research • Specialised training programmes for public and technical assistance administrations and companies • Internship programme and job board • Postgraduate and doctoral training • Portal for Archaeological Tourism The cultural tourism programme of the programmes: Postgraduate Diploma (www.arqueotur.org) University of Barcelona has been in existence in Cultural Tourism and Master’s Degree • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, for ten years now, offering specialised and Doctorate in Managing Heritage and English, French, Italian and Portuguese education at postgraduate, master’s and Cultural Administration (research line: doctorate levels, as well as à la carte courses cultural tourism)

106 - Cultural Tourism Club - Directory Universitat de Girona University of Girona Carrer dels Alemanys, 4 The Faculty of Tourism of the University 17004 Girona of Girona, situated in the Barri Vell district, Tel. (+34) 972 419 700 / (+34) 972 419 715 offers one undergraduate and three Master’s Fax (+34) 972 419 709 degrees in Tourism: Master’s in Cultural www.udg.edu/ft Tourism, Master’s in Tourism Management [email protected] and Planning and the European Master’s in Tourism Management. It also offers an undergraduate programme in Advertising and Public Relations. In addition, the faculty offers consultation in matters of cultural tourism and management, publication services in the same field Facilities and services and continuous training for companies and • Customer service in Catalan, Spanish, entities. It also has a job board. English, German and Italian

Times Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 1.30 pm and from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm Summer hours: Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm

Ruins of the Roman city in the Archaeological Park of Empúries, Sant Martí d’Empúries (Costa Brava) Catalan Tourist Board

Passeig de Gràcia, 105, 3a planta - 08008 Barcelona Tel. (+34) 934 849 900 - Fax (+34) 934 849 888 e-mail: [email protected] www.catalunya.com

Detail of the Saint George altarpiece in the Paeria (City Hall) of Lleida (Terres de Lleida) Mural painting on the Vic Episcopal Museum. Façade of the Monastery of Lluçà (Catalunya Central)

Tourist Promotion Tourist Promotion Organisations

Centres of Catalonia Consorci Costa de Barcelona - Maresme Barcelona - Maresme Coast Consortium CPT Benelux www.costadebarcelonamaresme.cat [email protected] Diputació de Barcelona. Oficina de Promoció Turística CPT France Barcelona Provincial Council. Tourist Promotion Office Paris: www.diba.cat/turisme [email protected] Perpignan: Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona [email protected] Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board www.costabrava.org CPT United Kingdom - Ireland [email protected] Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Lleida Lleida Provincial Council Tourist Board CPT Germany www.lleidatur.com [email protected] Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Tarragona CPT Italy Tarragona Provincial Council Tourist Board [email protected] www.costadaurada.org www.terresdelebre.org CPT Nordic Countries [email protected] Turisme de Barcelona Barcelona Tourist Office CPT Eastern European Countries www.barcelonaturisme.cat [email protected] Torisme Val d’Aran CPT China Val d’Aran Tourist Office [email protected] www.aran.org CPT Madrid [email protected] Publisher: Photographs: © Agència Catalana de Turisme Cover: Mural of Saint James in the Vic Cathedral (Catalunya Central). Catalan Tourist Board / Passeig de Gràcia, 105, 3a planta Carme Marsal / Rafa Domínguez. Page 3: TAVISA. Page 6: Catalan Tourist Board / Georama. Page 7: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Catalan Tourist Board / Arthur Friederich Selbach, Catalan Tourist 08008 Barcelona Board / Javier Garcia-Diez. Page 8: Catalan Tourist Board / Miguel Raurich, Catalan Tourist Board / Georama. Page 9: TAVISA. Page 10: TAVISA, Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 11: Catalan Edition produced by: Tourist Board / Lluís Carro. Page 12: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Photo: Calveras / Edicions de l’Eixample Mérida / Sagristà. Page 13: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Catalan Tourist Board / Arthur Friederich Selbach. Page 14: Catalan Tourist Board / Arthur Friederich Selbach. Page 15: Museu Articles: Episcopal de Vic, Direcció General de Turisme / Ramon Manent, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Julià Guillamon Barcelona. Photo: Calveras / Mérida / Sagristà. Page 16: Catalan Tourist Board / Georama. Page 17: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Ajuntament de Besalú – Oficina de Turisme, Catalan Tourist Board / Miguel Raurich. Page 18: Direcció General de Turisme / Ramon Manent, Catalan Tourist Board / Translation: Georama. Page 19: Catalan Tourist Board / Georama. Page 20: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Dustin Langan and Maria Friel Page 21: TAVISA, Pau Torrente. Page 22: TAVISA. Page 23: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, (Discobole) Catalan Tourist Board / Miguel Raurich, Direcció General de Turisme / Toni Vidal. Page 24: Direcció General de Turisme / Rafael López-Monné. Page 25: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Direcció General de Turisme / Oriol Alamany. Page 26: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 27: Catalan Tourist Board / Nano Cañas, Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Photo: Calveras / Mérida / Sagristà. Page 28: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S, Catalan Tourist Board / Jordi Bastart. Page 29: Catalan Tourist Board / Jordi Bastart, Direcció General de Turisme / Oriol Alamany. Page 30: Catalan Tourist Board / Georama, Pau Torrente, Catalan Tourist Board / Jordi Bastart. Page 31: Catalan Tourist Board / Miguel Raurich. Page 32-33: Ramon Torrente. Page 34: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 35: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S., Catalan Tourist Board / Arthur Friederich Selbach, Pau Torrente. Page 36: Catalan Tourist Board / Miguel Raurich, Catalan Tourist Board / Nano Cañas, Catalan Tourist Board/ Imagen M.A.S., Pau Torrente. Page 37: Catalan Tourist Board / Lluís Carro. Page 38: Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2010. Page 39: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S., Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Photo: Calveras / Mérida / Sagristà. Page 40: Catalan Tourist Board / Oriol Llauradó. Page 41: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 42: Sónar, Festival Internacional de Música Avanzada y Arte Multimedia de Barcelona. Page 43: Pau Torrente, Museu Pau Casals / Fritz Henle. Page 44: Anexa / Teresa Miró. Page 45: TAVISA, Pau Torrente. Page 46: Ramon Torrente. Page 47: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S., Pau Torrente. Page 48: Fundació Mies van der Rohe / Pepo Segura. Page 49: José Luis Biel, Museu del Cinema / J. M. Oliveras. Page 50: Estudi Moliné and X. Colom, Ramon Torrente, Poble Espanyol / Oriol Delgado. Page 51: Catalan Tourist Board / Oriol Llauradó. Page 52: TAVISA, Catalan Tourist Board. Page 53: Ramon Torrente, TAVISA, Catalan Tourist Board / Nano Cañas. Page 54-57: TAVISA. Page 58-59: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 60: TAVISA. Page 61: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S., Olga Planas. Page 64: TAVISA. Page 107: Catalan Tourist Board / Imagen M.A.S. Page 108: Catalan Tourist Board / Ramon Manent. Page 109: Catalan Tourist Board / Toni Vidal. Page 110-111: TAVISA. Directory, Club Members Cultural Tourism: images ceded by each of the cited companies.

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110 - Barceloneta Beach (Barcelona)

Ebro Delta (Terres de l’Ebre) Cap de Creus (Costa Brava) The ancient museum, faded madonnas, And the extreme painting of today! A candid whim: I’m exalted by the new, enamoured of the old.

J. V. Foix

From the depths of the depths of the depths Of creation, Life kindles life.

Joan Brossa

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