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This month… Let It Snow, Let It Snow...: enjoy a one day trip to La Mo- the Vall de Núria ski and moun- lina or Masella an alpine skis tain resort is a unique treasure resort that providing the services trove of nature and landscape. take you would expect in a matchless the unique rack railway along 12.5 km natural setting. la Molina has a and have the chance to visit the viewing skiable terrain of 63 km and 53 runs point and go on a guided snowshoe Masella has a skiable terrain of 74.5 tour around the shrine. enjoy the winter km and 65 runs. high up in the mountains!

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1. Ballooning. 2. Salt Mountain of Cardona. barcelona is 1 mUch more Ages. You will also enjoy unbeatable views from its viewpoint and can join in Discover nature a snowshoe excursion. with snowshoes Another option is to spend the day skiing at the ski resorts of La Molina and How about walking on virgin snow Unforgettable Masella. They have all the services you in snowshoes in the alt Pirineu may need and the Skibus will take you natural Park, in forests where to them and back on the same day. You bears and capercaillies live, activities can also ski at Baqueira Beret, Tavas- learning to recognise animals can and Vall de Núria. and plants? This is simply one of YOU WILL FIND A HOST OF ACTIVITIES NEAR BARCELONA There is surely nothing like seeing the activities offered by rocroi to TO ENJOY NATURE, CULTURE, GASTRONOMY... the earth from the heavens, so if that nature lovers. You can also opt for DISCOVER THEM ALL! appeals to you choose between a trip a hike and a traditional meal in the in a balloon or helicopter. You can deci- region of Pallars sobirà or even an BY MARÍA V. VElAsCO de which area you want to see with Glo- overnight hike (on saturdays). PHOTOS AGENCIEs bus Kon-Tiki and you will receive photos of the experience, while BG Helicopters Barcelona has a lot more to offer. Whether the journey by a unique form of transport: offers you various itineraries. These in- amid nature or in urban surroundings, a cog railway. After 12.5 kilometres and clude flying over the Formula 1 and Moto discovering the city’s surrounding areas climbing to a 1,000-metre altitude you GP Circuit de Catalunya, Montseny Natu- is well worth the time. Care to join us? will reach your destination: the ski resort ral Park or Sant Miquel del Fai, a peculiar If you love mountains, you simply ha- of Vall de Núria. architectural complex in a spectacular ve to visit the Pyrenees in winter. Join the Surrounded by peaks of more than natural setting with waterfalls. Pyrenees Snow Experience tour and tra- 3,000 metres, this idyllic valley is pac- But there is still another way of disco- vel from Barcelona by coach accompa- ked with legends and you will learn about vering mountains: from the inside, which nied by a guide (in Spanish, Catalan or them when you visit the sanctuary of Ma- is possible in Cardona. What was once English) to the picturesque town of Ribes re de Déu de Núria, a place of pilgrimage one of the most important potassium de Freser. From there, you will continue whose origins date back to the Middle salt mines in the world is today the Salt

8 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 9 architecture and modernisme Mountain Cultural Park, where geology has shaped a magical universe. You will GaUDÍ oUTsiDe descend to a depth of more than 80 me- tres through the mine’s former galleries barcelona to contemplate a universe of colours and Industrial warehouses, crypts, forms. If you travel there with the family, wineries, gardens... Antoni we recommend the performance guided Gaudí’s imagination seemed to tour. And a medieval gem rises imposin- have no limits and neither was gly on a hill opposite the mines: the cast- it limited to Barcelona. One of le of Cardona. The tour is indeed a must. his architectural gems outside There are many Catalan enclaves that the city is the colònia Güell 1 combine nature, heritage and culture and (pictured) in santa Coloma de one of the most endearing is Montserrat, Cervelló. It was designed as an a sanctuary, monastery and mountain all VIsIT MONAsTERIEs, tery and you can also visit the Museum of industrial colony with social at the same time. Besides being a natu- sKI, GO BAllOONING, Montserrat, with its major collection of services that would improve ral park, this unique place is also the ho- DIsCOVER AN OlD MINE, works from antiquity to the avant-garde the quality of life of workers. me to the sanctuary dedicated to the Vir- ENJOY TRADITIONAl by artists such as El Greco, Monet, Picas- While in Mataró you can visit gin of Montserrat (‘La Moreneta’), the pa- CUIsINE... THERE ARE so and Dalí, among others. To cap off your what is considered to be his first troness of Catalonia. The Tot Montserrat MANY WAYs TO visit you can savour some Catalan dishes. building, the so-called ‘nave combination ticket will provide you wi- DIsCOVER THE AREA And with Easy Montserrat you will enjoy Gaudí’, a space that is today th everything you need to enjoy a day of an unforgettable morning, contempla- dedicated to art featuring the nature and art. A train will take you to the ting the unmistakable landscape of this parabolic arches that he regularly station of Monistrol de Montserrat from enclave and listening to the sweet voices used. The two buildings that Barcelona’s Plaça Espanya and once at of the church choir. You may even think make up the bodegas Güell the foot of the mountain you can choo- that you are indeed in heaven. winery can be found in sitges se from the historic cog railway or the Ae- Another place that combines heri- and the Jardins artigas in the ri cable car. The scenic views along the tage, nature and gastronomy is Poblet, outskirts of Pobla de lillet are way in both cases are spectacular. On- one of Europe’s largest and best preser- a bucolic spot where water and ce there, you can enjoy a virtual tour in ved monasteries. You can spend a night vegetation merge with stones to the audiovisual space to help you disco- 1. Monastery of Poblet. in its guest house, where you can taste create bridges, sculptures and ver the interior of the Benedictine monas- 2. Montserrat. dishes made with ecological products artificial caves. You will discover 2 grown in the Monastery’s garden or tas- the unmistakable seal of this te the wines from its vineyards and par- brilliant Catalan architect in all ticipate in a guided tour of this UNESCO these places. World Heritage Site. Two other medieval monasteries must also be mentioned. The first is Món Sant Benet, located in Sant Fruitós de Ba- ges, with its unique design that combines art and nature. The second is the Monas- tery of Sant Cugat del Vallés, just 20 mi- nutes from Barcelona by train. The visit includes the Monastery, its cloister (with its 144 different capitals), its Abbey House

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Petritxol, specialising in the great mas- 1. Artur Ramon Art. ters of Catalan painting from the 19th 2. Sala Parés. ART 1 and 20th centuries. And the Círculo del Arte is also in the Gothic Quarter, with works by leading artists in its collec- And in museums... tions, such as Chillida, Tàpies, Javier Some of the most interesting Mariscal, Günter Grass... exhibitions in the city’s museums The Eixample district is also rich this month include Cubism and Art in art. Galeria Mayoral is located the- War. The Crystal in the Flame at the re, with works by major artists such as Picasso Museum, until January 29; Miró, Dalí and Picasso, and there is al- Picasso and Romanesque Art at galleries so Artur Ramon Art, a space dedica- MNAC, until February 26; Endgame: ted to ancient, modern and contem- Duchamp, Chess and the Avant- BARCELONA WILL NOT DISAPPOINT IF YOU LOVE ART. porary art that will delight antique lo- Garde at Fundació Joan Miró, until THE CITY HAS A RICH VARIETY OF ART vers. There are also several galleries to January 22, and A Thyssen Never IN ITS MANY GALLERIES AND OFFERS ROUTES be found in Carrer Consell de Cent, such Seen at CaixaForum, until February AND ITINERARIES BY ZONES as the avant-garde ÀMBIT room and 5. And you can still catch Renoir Galeria Jordi Barnadas, or Sala Goths- Among Women at Fundación land, which is currently staging an ex- Mapfre until January 8. hibition with works by Ramon Casas. There is no lack of creativity, dynamism ted in 1877 in Carrer Petritxol in the cen- and quality in Catalonia’s best art ga- tral Gothic Quarter. It was a great artistic lleries, which are grouped together showcase for Barcelona’s so-called ‘fe- under the Gremi de Galeries d’Art de bre d’or’ (gold fever) period, triggered by Catalunya (GGAC) guild and provide the city’s emerging bourgeoisie, and it BARCELONA’S ART added value to the city’s already outs- also served as a platform for some of the GALLERIES CONSTANTLY tanding range of artistic activities. most famous painters, such as Picas- DEMONSTRATE THE The fact is artistic tradition in Bar- so, Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas. CITY’S DYNAMISM AND celona dates back many years. For star- Today, it stages a wide variety of exhibi- CREATIVITY WHEN IT ters, the oldest gallery in Spain can be tions around realistic and figurative art. COMES TO INNOVATIVE found in the city: Sala Parés, inaugura- In the same street can be found Art PROPOSALS ‘Picasso and Romanesque Art’.

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1 The art of good eating and Nearby is Galeria Cortinas, specialising drinking. A must-read for foodies. in modern, contemporary art. And if you head up to Gràcia you can visit Espai[b], a gallery featuring the various artistic Monthly pull-out at expressions of contemporary art. And El Periódico de Catalunya. in terms of innovation, there is Cis-Art, 2 a pioneer nomadic gallery in Barcelona 1. Out of Africa in Sant Cugat. staging exhibitions in various spaces. 2. Galeria Mayoral in Barcelona. But Barcelona is not the only pla- el Periódico ce for fine exhibitions.Galeria d’Art na and its metropolitan area, grab a Canals in the town of Sant Cugat del copy of the map with 52 art galleries Vallès features works by outstanding in Barcelona and Catalonia showing national and international artists. And various itineraries to enjoy a diffe- Out of Africa in Sitges specialises in rent cultural activity. You can pick contemporary African tribal art. one up at tourist information points If you want to take a tour of some or download the interactive version of the main art galleries in Barcelo- at visitbarcelona.com

Cultural routes

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Art Bike Tour offers guided bike tours through the city’s main art galleries and cultural and art centres, a different way to enjoy the city’s artistic heritage. The tours on a sustainable, fast and fun exhibitions. You can choose means of transport will help you between various 2.5-hour routes, discover the city’s most cultural and including the areas of Montjuïc, artistic side and engage in cultural El Raval or L’Eixample. events, gallery openings and art artbiketour.com 16 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 17 Guided Tour Barcelona WalkinG Tour 2 GourmeT 1. Òpera Samfaina. If you love your food, but also its 2. Fonda España history, join the Barcelona Walking Tour Gourmet guided tour. An expert vities... its 1,400-square-metre space guide will explain to you the essence spread over three floors has everything of Catalan cuisine during a unique food and 1 you need to enjoy an authentic NBA ex- sensorial experience, as you taste drink perience in which there is no shortage traditional Catalan products in of the best American cuisine. Meals, centennial establishments located sport and technology... it all adds up in the neighbourhoods of La Ribera to pure entertainment. and the Gothic Quarter. The best gastronomic Another leading dining spot is Res- tickets.visitbarcelona.com taurant 4 Capellans, housed in the Go- thic Quarter’s Hotel Barcelona Cate- activities dral (Carrer Capellans, 4). It not only YOU CANNOT ONLY EAT VERY WELL IN BARCELONA, BUT serves excellent Mediterranean cui- sine, but also stages cooking classes ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY FOOD IN AN and wine tasting dinners. If you prefer INTEGRAL MANNER. LET US DISCOVER SOME FOR YOU seafood, rice and fish with a creative twist, visit 3 Nusos Restaurant & Lounge (Ca- BY ROSARIO SÁNCHEZ rrer Escar, 16). There are excellent scenic views of Port Vell from its two terraces or from its interior. And you can also visit Tastings, cooking courses, sensory ex- as ‘patatas bravas’, although they will ha- the fishermen’s guild and then enjoy periences, gourmet routes, themed res- ve a different twist here. Odyssey screens a seafood meal. the old concept of ‘fondas’ (taverns) taurants... Barcelona has spaces that not an animated film featuring the avatar of Another unique gastronomic spa- and offers traditional cuisine with a only house excellent restaurants, but al- well-known chef Jordi Roca, while Diva ce in a privileged setting is the 1902 Ca- modern touch. so offer additional activities. Because has dioramas, a thematic table, solida- fè Modernista (Carrer Sant Antoni Ma- But you cannot leave Barcelona wi- you can not only eat very well in Barcelo- rity bar and wine and beer bars. While in ria Claret, 167), located at the entrance thout enjoying some wine tourism, so vi- na, but also experience gastronomy with Marketplace, including such suggestive to the former Hospital of Sant Pau, ori- sit the emblematic Espai de Vins housed your five senses, and discover traditional spaces as Under the Sea, Hesperides and ginally designed by Lluís Domènech i in the Mirador de Colom (Plaça Portal de Catalan cuisine products. Sweet Catalonia, you will learn about the Montaner and one of the city’s great ar- la Pau) to purchase some wine or taste A good place to become acquain- legend of Sant Jordi in terms of gastrono- chitectural landmarks. The restaurant four of the best varieties of Catalan DO ted with Catalonia’s most gourmet side mic and will have the chance to purcha- features simple yet traditional Catalan wines and cavas. They will leave the best is Òpera Samfaina, fusing art, culture and se traditional Catalan products and gifts. cuisine and organises tastings. Domè- taste in your mouth after your stay in a ci- gastronomy in an original setting housed Also on the Rambla, at no. 120, is nech i Montaner also designed the Ho- ty that loves and promotes fine cuisine. in the building of the Gran Teatre del Li- the NBA Café, the first in Europe. Drop tel España building, which houses the For more information on dining ceu, at Rambla 51. It is in fact four spaces in by if you are a basketball fan. Teams, Fonda España restaurant. The building options, download the free app at one. The Vermouth Bar pays tribute to the stadiums, players, shirts signed by Le- can be visited as part of a guided tour apps.barcelonaturisme.com and visit olive tree and offers traditional tapas such ague stars, screens, interactive acti- and the restaurant has also recovered the website visitbarcelona.com

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2 KINgs 1. Valery Gergiev. On the most magical night of the 2. Lambchop. year, January 5, Barcelona welcomes The Three Kings (Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar), who after a specta- forming Shostakovich’s Symphony cular parade through the city centre No. 4, while at the Palau de la Música (pictured) fill people’s houses with IN THE 1 there are three more events. The Gol- gifts. It is the most anticipated night, CITY dberg Variations will be performed by especially for children. But there is pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei on January 16. The another parade in the city in January, Grand New Year’s Concert will run from the traditional Tres Tombs festival in December 31 to January 4, inspired by the neighbourhood of Sant Antoni. It the famous annual concert in Vienna, takes place on January 17 and pays tri- Excellent music, the Strauss Festival Orchestra will stop bute to Sant Antoni Abat, the patron by Barcelona to perform it on its tradi- saint of pets, which can be seen in the tional European tour. Enjoy the music accompanying parade. A procession while watching waltzes and polkas by of horses, riders and floats in a tradi- theatre and dance the Strauss Festival Ballet Ensemble. tion that dates back to the beginning And on January 10, three classic works of the 19th century. BEETHOVEN, WAGNER, TCHAIKOVSKY, WALTZES BY by Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, STRAUSS... THE BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC COMBINED WITH Swan Lake and 1812 Overture. FLAMENCO, DANCE, THEATRE AND A GUITAR FESTIVAL Besides classical music, there will also be other types of music to satis- fy all tastes. The Irish Celtic dancers BY GlOrIA MArtín from Gaerlforce Dance will be in action at L’Auditori on January 7, singer-son- Barcelona is a world leader in music Música, Beethoven’s Sonatas will be gwriter Niña Pastori will perform at Tea- and hosts excellent concerts and perfor- heard on January 26, as performed by tre Victòria as part of the Mil.lenni Festi- mers. A good example of this is the pro- one of the most important violinists on val on January 16 and 17 and Leroy Sán- gramme of Barcelona Obertura Classic the scene today, Leonidas Kavakos, ac- chez will stop by Bikini on January 27 as & Lyric, a joint initiative of the city’s three companied by the pianist Enrico Pace. part of his world tour. highlight musicals: Scaramouche (in main classical music centres: Gran Tea- While from January 15 to February 4, the And if you like the sounds of the gui- Catalan) staged by Dagoll Dagom at Tea- tre del Liceu, L’Auditori and Palau de Liceu will stage a classic: Werther. Ba- tar, don’t miss Lambchop live at Sala tre Victòria, set in France during the Re- la Música Catalana. The main dates in sed on Goethe’s novel, Jules Massenet BARTS on January 23. The Nashville band volution, and Moustache (in Spanish) January at L’Auditori are the Jerusalem presented the character that best repre- led by Kurt Wagner will open the new edi- directed by Coco Comin at Teatre Apolo. Quartet (January 25), performing wor- sents impossible love. tion of Guitar BCN Festival, which brings Lovers of ballet will also have the chan- ks by Haydn, Prokofiev and Beethoven, There is even more quality classi- together an outstanding lineup of artists ce to see two classics at Teatre Nacional and the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony cal music at L’Auditori on January 28 linked to the world of six strings in various (TNC): Swan Lake (January 12 to 15) and Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev and 29. Gergiev will conduct the Ma- venues throughout the city. The Nutcracker (January 22). playing an opera by Wagner: Tristan and riinsky Theatre Orchestra and Barce- Dance and theatre also feature du- For more information on events: Isolde (January 27). At the Palau de la lona Symphony Orchestra (OBC) per- ring the first month of the year, with two visitbarcelona.com/agend

20 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 21 El raval: tradition and modernity

LEGENDARY RAVAL NEIGHBOURHOOD COMBINES PAST AND PRESENT LIKE FEW OTHERS

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The past has left an indelible mark on rítim, which reflects the millennial heri- the Raval neighbourhood, which has re- tage of a seafaring city. The Barcelona cently undergone a major modernisation Contemporary Culture Centre (CCCB) or- process. Today, historic buildings coexist ganises debates, exhibitions, courses… with 21st century architectural icons. The and MACBA is housed in an unmistaka- former includes the small outstanding ble building designed by Richard Meier. Romanesque church of Sant Pau del And if you feel peckish, head to the Ram- Camp. Its monastery cloister is well worth bla del Raval, which is dotted with res- a visit, as it is an oasis of peace, likewise taurant terraces and is home to an un- the courtyards of the former Hospital de mistakable statue: Fernando Botero’s la Santa Creu, currently housing the na- giant cat. Or you can choose from any tional library of Catalonia. And Antoni of the historic bars in the neighbourho- Gaudí’s Palau Güell also possesses its od. Some of the most endearing are Ca- own outstanding peculiar charm. sa Almirall, founded in 1860, and Boa- The Raval exudes history and much das cocktail bar, which has maintained culture, as can be seen in the Museu Ma- its essence since 1933.

gastronomy delightful Modernista dining TrADITIONAL area, at the classic Ca l’Isidre and at Dos Palillos, fusing Asian FLAVOUrs cuisine with local products. there are many traditional eateries in the raval serving Mediterranean cuisine made from local products. You will find such culinary delights at Bar Cañete22 visitbarcelona.com (pictured) in the form of tapas or meals, at Fonda España, with its shopping

Catalan crafts in Ciutat Vella THERE ARE MANY CATALAN CRAFT STORES IN THE HEART OF BARCELONA, ALL OFFERING HERITAGE RELATED ITEMS

BY juanjo garmendiz

Tradition has a great presence in lated to art, culture, tradition, history, Barcelona’s central Ciutat Vella dis- architecture, landscape and popular trict, the city’s oldest zone. So it is no customs. Scarves, jewellery, fans, clo- surprise that it is dotted with stores thes, kitchen utensils, toys... you can offering a variety of quality Catalan find them all at its store in Carrer Banys craft products. Nous, as well as at the official Barce- You will find 100% Catalan craft lona Turisme stores, Museu Nacional products at Empremtes de Catalun- d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) and Museu ya, with its wide range of articles re- de la Xocolata. BCN Original also offers an equally varied range that is inspired by the ci- ty, including stationery, travel and gift items. You can purchase them at the tourist information points at Plaça Ca- talunya 17 and near Plaça Sant Jaume (Carrer Ciutat, 2). They are ideal pla- ces to buy an original made-in-Barce- lona gift. The handmade accessories of 4Retinas also display images of the city, including bags, magnets, post- cards, notepads, etc. Ítaca sells a range of local, popu- lar items that includes porcelain, glass and ceramic products and a wide ran- ding Catalan architects, as well as so- ge of objects inspired by Catalonia’s me internationally renowned figures best-known architect, Antoni Gaudí. such as Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd It was Gaudí, along with Josep Ma- Wright, at Cooperativa d’Arquitectes ria Jujol, who invented a mosaic te- Jordi Capell, with its careful selection chnique entitled ‘trencadís’. You can of personally designed exclusive gifts: learn about it and purchase the mate- furniture, lighting, watches... The sto- rials to make some of your own at the re is located next to the cathedral, un- Mosaiccos workshop store. der a monumental Picasso frieze, and Once there, you will notice the ima- also houses the only architecture bo- ge of a ‘panot’ (paving stone) with a ro- okshop in the city. se. It is the one used in the pavements Drop by the Art Escudellers works- of many streets in the city and was de- hop too. Inside you will be taught how to signed by Puig i Cadafalch. mould pieces of pottery and can purcha- And you will find books on Gaudí, se a host of handicraft items in its store. Domènech i Montaner and other lea- barcelonashoppingline.com

Catalan heritage gastronomy, nature... You will find all the information you need CATALAn in interactive form on tablets hERiTAgE hoUsE and touch screens and you can purchase local products related to History, heritage and territory, these different periods of local history. are the three concepts on which the www.palaumoja.com space that houses the palau Moja (on the rambla) is based. it is called the Catalan heritage house and it is the ideal place to discover the rich heritage of Catalonia, thanks to an original combination of stories, monuments, characters, handicrafts, 24 visitbarcelona.com Agenda 5/1 26/1 CAVALCADA DE REIS BEETHOVEN’S SONATAS THE THREE KINGS FROM LEONIDAS KAVAKOS THE EAST CITY PARADE AND ENRICO PACE AT FOR CHILDREN AND PALAU DE LA MÚSICA ADULTS ALIKE CATALANA

1-29/1 MUSICALS ‘SCARAMOUCHE’ BY DAGOLL DAGOM AT TEATRE VICTORIA

tickets.visitbarcelona.com 25 Weapons Until Feb 28. Marc Javierre-Kohan. EspAi VolArt – FundAció VilA over by artistic duo, Momu & No Es. inFormAtion And sAlEs cAsAs Foyer: Urban cut-outs Until Jan 15. Images cEntrE dE culturA (Ausiàs Marc, 22 ). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4), by Miró’s friend and amateur photographer, Tourist information points and contEmporàniA dE BArcElonA tickets.visitbarcelona.com Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Temp exhibitions: Lluís Maria Riera. (Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Tue-Fri 5pm-8.30pm; Sat 11am-2pm, 5pm- Nadala Until Jan 8. The Miró Foundation Tue-Sun, public holidays 11am-8pm. Jan 5, 8.30pm; Sun 11am-2pm. Closed Mon, pub- once again marks the Christmas period with 6 11am-3pm. Last entry: half an hour before lic holidays and Jan 1. €1. www.fundaciovi- a special work of art; this year it’s an installa- closing. Closed Mon (except public holidays) lacasas.com tion by Luis Bisbe regarding the illusions so and Jan 1. One exhibition: €6. Reduced: €4. Exhibitions Painted persons Jan 19-Mar 26. Works by evident during the festive season, entitled Two exhibitions: €8. Reduced: €6. Under- Arxiu FotogràFic dE BArcElonA Barcelona artist Gonzalo Goytisolo. ‘purehardillusion’. 12s, free. Sunday 3pm-8pm, free. Maran ata Jan 19-Mar 26. Born in Equatorial (Pl. Pons i Clerch, 2). M: Arc de Triomf (L1), www.cccb.org Jaume I (L4). Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Closed Guinea, Sergi Barnils combines light, colour FundAció suñol 1,000sqm of desire Until Mar 19. A novel ex- and emotion in his abstract paintings. (Pg. de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal (L3, L5). Sun and public holidays. arxiufotografic. ploration of architecture and sexuality. bcn.cat/en A chamber music Jan 19-Mar 26. Francesc FGC: Provença. Mon-Fri 11am-2pm, 4pm- FrEE Footprints. Humberto Rivas Until Apr cosmocAixA Todó pays homage to the lyricism of music 8pm; Sat 4pm-8pm. Closed Sun and pub- 8. Images taken between 1981 and 2005 (Isaac Newton, 26). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. Tue- with avant-garde drawings and paintings. lic holidays. €4. Reduced: €3. www.funda- featuring people and places related to the Sun 10am-8pm. Jan 5 10am-6pm. Closed ciosunol.org FundAció Antoni tàpiEs Camins encontrats Until Mar 18.Two works Spanish Civil War. Mon (except public holidays) and Jan 1, (Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, by Catalan artist Joan Rabascall, created in 6. €4. Under-16s, free. http://obrasocial- L4). Tue-Sun 10am-7pm. Closed Mon and Arxiu Històric dE lA ciutAt dE very different eras. lacaixa.org Jan 1, 6. €7. Students and over-65s: €5.60. BArcElonA The Material Room Permanent Resplandor seco Until Mar 11. Exhibition fo- (Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4), Liceu (L3). www.fundaciotapies.org exhibition.The history of the Universe. Permanent exhibition Extensive collection cused on Spanish painter and photogra- Mon-Fri 9am-8.30pm; Sat 10am-8pm (ex- 3D Planetarium: Is anybody out there? pher Darío Villalba. cept public holidays). Closed Sun and public of artworks by Tàpies. Permanent exhibition. 1989. After the Algiers talks; the delayed holidays. ajuntament.barcelona.cat/arxiu- The flooded forest Permanent FundAción mApFrE municipal/arxiuhistoric/es peace Until Jan 15. In 1989, ETA and the Casa Garriga i Nogués (Diputació, 250). M: exhibition. Living exhibit with over 100 Spanish government tried to negotiate a FrEE Diario de Barcelona, a journalistic com- Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Mon 2pm- species from the Brazilian jungle. ceasefire. pany (1792-2009) Until Mar 31. History of 8pm; Tue-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun and public The birthplace of humanity Until Jan 29. Antoni Tàpies. Collection 1966-1976 (II) Un- this former city newspaper. holidays 11am-7pm. Last entry: 30 mins be- Learn about how our ancestors lived. til Jan 15. Pieces created by the late artist. fore closing. Closed Jan 1, 6. €3. Mon 2pm- cAixAForum Two faces of the Antarctic No end date. 8pm, free. www.fundacionmapfre.org (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Es- Sapiens. Understanding for creating FundAció cAtAlunyA-lA pEdrErA Renoir among women. From modern to clas- panya (L1, L3; FGC).10am-8pm. Jan 5 10am- Until May 31. Exploring the complexities of (Pg. de Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, L5); 6pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. €4. Under-16s, free. creating an apparently simple dish guided FGC: Provença. Jan 1: 11am-8pm. Last entry: sic ideals Until Jan 8. Sixty pieces highlight by award-winning Catalan chef Ferran Adrià. http://obrasociallacaixa.org 7.30pm. €4. www.lapedrera.com Renoir’s dedication to images of women. Jorge Oteiza Until Jan 1. Spanish artist Otei- Peter Hujar. Speed of life Jan 26-Apr 30. Ret- A never-before-seen Thyssen Until El Born cEntrE dE culturA i za (1908-2003) was a leading sculptor in the rospective of work by US photographer. Feb 5. Exceptional works from Madrid’s mEmòriA second half of the 20th century. (Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I & Barce- Museu Thyssen-Bornemisza. tHE gAudí ExHiBition cEntEr loneta (L4), Arc de Triomf (L1). Site and exhi- FundAció joAn miró Museu Diocesà (Pla de la Seu, 7). M: Jaume Balm and flight Until Jan 15. Artistic bitions: Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun and pub- (Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, L3; I (L4), Liceu (L3). 10am-6pm. €15. Reduced: creation in prison. lic holidays 10am-8pm. Closed Mon (except FGC).Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-6pm; Thu 10am- €7.50, €12. Under-8s, free. www.gaudiexhi- Land of dreams Until Jan 8.Images by public holidays) and Jan 1. Permanent exhi- 9pm; Sat 10am-8pm; Sun and public holi- bitioncenter.com Spanish photographer Cristina García bition: €4.40. Reduced: €3.08. Franco, Vic- days 10am-2.30pm. Closed Mon (except Rodero of women in Anantapur, India. tory, Republic: €2.20. Under-16s, free. Sun- public holidays). €12. Reduced: €7. Tempo- Walking with Gaudí Permanent exhi- Art and cinema. 120 years of exchange Until day 3pm-8pm and first Sunday of month rary exhibition: €7. Reduced: €5. Espai 13: bition featuring virtual reality and other Mar 26. Looking at the debt that film-making 10am-8pm, free. elbornculturaimemoria. €2.50. Under-15s, free. www.fmirobcn.org technologies that give you the chance owes to other areas of the arts. barcelona.cat to delve into the life and work of the gen- El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria Under Joan Miró. Collection The most impor- ius architect. cAstEll dE montjuïc an emblematic 19th-century market, discov- tant public collection of work by the Cat- (Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya (L1, er an archaeological site from 1700. alan artist has been given an updated L3; FGC). 10am-6pm. Last entry: 5.30pm. Barcelona 1700. From stones to people (Sa- presentation. HAsH mAriHuAnA & HEmp Closed Jan 1. €5. Reduced: €3. Under-16s la Villarroel) Permanent exhibition. musEum and Sundays after 3pm, free. ajuntament. FrEE It happened to me Until Jan 8 Looking at Endgame: Duchamp, chess and the avant- (Ample, 35). M: Drassanes (L3), Barcelone- barcelona.cat/castelldemontjuic/en the use of torture before and during the Fran- gardes Until Jan 22. An examination of the ta (L4). 10am-10pm. Public holidays 2pm- Montjuïc, the construction of a castle Per- co dictatorship. history of modern and conceptual art. 10pm. €9. Under-13s, free. www.hashmu- manent exhibition. Franco, Victory, Republic. Impunity and ur- Espai 13: One Foot Out. Expeditions and Di- seum.com Doble Creu Permanent exhibition of sculp- ban space Until Jan 8 Three statues from the asporas Until Sep 11. Artistic works from out- Permanent exhibition Discover the ture by Carles Berga. Franco dictatorship are displayed to ques- side the usual circuits of Barcelona contem- past, present and future of the cannabis Montjuïc trial Until Feb 28. Anarchism and tion the permissiveness of symbols related porary art. Until Jan 8 see the work of Nicolás plant and its potential for industrial, repression in late 19th-century Barcelona. to that period. Lamas, while from Jan 20, the space is taken nutritional, medicinal and leisure uses.

26 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 27 jArdí Botànic dE BArcElonA Hard gelatin. Hidden stories from the The first farmers. Major innovation from muHBA Vil·lA joAnA (Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, L3; 80s Until Mar 19. Revising the tradition- 7,500 years ago Until Feb 12. Farmers led (Ctra. de l’Esglèsia, 104). FGC: Baixador de FGC). Permanent exhibition: 10am-5pm. al account of the 1977-1992 period of the first transformation of Barcelona’s land- Vallvidrera. Thu 10am-2pm; Sat, Sun and Closed Jan 1. €3.50. Reduced: €1.70. Garden post-dictatorship creativity in Spain. scape. public holidays 10am-7pm. Last entry: half + temp exh: €5. Reduced: €2.50. Combined Je vous offre les oiseaux/Us ofereixo els an hour before closing. Closed Jan 1. mu- ticket with Museu Blau: €7. Reduced: €3.50. Antoni Miralda. MadeinUSA Until Apr 9 Cat- ocells From Jan 28. A visual and audio expe- seuhistoria.bcn.cat Under-16s, free. First Sunday of the month, alan artist Miralda is renowned for his fo- rience that reflects on how survivors of Nazi FrEE Permanent exhibition Beautiful histori- all day, and other Sundays from 3pm, free. cus on food. concentration camps say they never heard cal farmhouse in Collserola park that has re- museuciencies.cat MACBA Collection 31 Until end Jun. Selec- birds while imprisoned. cently undergone renovation works. Permanent exhibition Mediterranean tion of 85 works by 5 artists from the more Re-interpreting JV Foix Jan 30-Mar 5. Twelve plants from around the world. than 5,000 that make up the Museum’s re- muHBA rEFugi 307 sculpture-books by Quim Domene about Bonsai show Weekends and public holidays pository. (Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Paral·lel (L2, works by Catalan poet JV Foix, and an audio- (except Jan 1) 10.30am-4.30pm. muHBA El cAll L3). Guided tours: Sun 10.30am (English), visual installation by Domene and illustrator (Placeta de Manuel Ribé, s/n). M: Liceu (L3), 11.30am (Spanish) and 12.30pm (Catalan). Norbe Fernández. musEu BlAu. musEu dE lEs Closed public holidays. €3.40. Prior reserva- ciènciEs nAturAls dE BArcElonA Jaume I (L4). Wed, Fri 11am-2pm; Sat-Sun musEu d’ArquEologiA dE 11am-7pm. Closed Jan 1. €2.20. Reduced: tion necessary: [email protected]. (Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc del museuhistoria.bcn.cat cAtAlunyA-BArcElonA €1.54. museuhistoria.bcn.cat (Pg. de Santa Madrona, 39-41). M: Espanya Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Tue-Fri Permanent exhibition 400 metres of tun- The Jews in Medieval Barcelona Permanent (L1, L3; FGC), Poble Sec (L3). Tue-Sat 9.30am- 10am-6pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun and pub- nels let you sense the anguish felt by resi- exhibition. 7pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- lic holidays 10am-8pm. Closed Mon (except dents during air raids on the city during the 2.30pm. Closed Mon and Jan 1. €4.50. Re- public holidays) and Jan 1. €6. Reduced: muHBA oliVA Artés Spanish Civil War. €2.70. Temporary exhibition: €6.50. Re- (Espronceda, 142-146, Parc Central del duced: €3.50. Under-8s, free. Last Tue of duced: €4.50. Combined ticket with Jardí Poblenou). M: Poblenou (L4). Wed 10am- muHBA sAntA cAtErinA every month (Oct-Jun), free. www.mac.cat Botànic: €7. Reduced: €3.50. Under-16s, 2pm; Sat-Sun 11am-3pm, 4pm-6pm. Closed (Pl. de Joan Capri, s/n.). M: Jaume I (L4). Mon- Greek wine Until Jan 29. The history of free. First Sunday of month, all day, and other Jan 1. museuhistoria.bcn.cat Sat 7.30am-3.30pm. Closed Sun and public Greek wine in Catalonia from classical Sundays from 3pm, free. museuciencies.cat FrEE Interrogate Barcelona Permanent exhi- holidays. museuhistoria.bcn.cat times to the present day. Planet Life Permanent exhibition. bition that traces change in the city from in- FrEE Permanent collection Archaeological Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous dustrialisation to the 21st century. remains among the foundations of the San- Bones Until Jan 27. Take a trip to the medie- Until Mar 26. Created by the National Geo- Flanders’s industrial heritage, 1975-2015 ta Caterina market. val period via physical anthropology. graphic Museum in Washington, D.C., the Until Apr 16. From the mid-70s, the Belgian main exhibit of this show is a 15-metre skel- region of Flanders took active steps to pre- muHBA tEmplE d’August musEu dE BAdAlonA eton of a Spinosaurus. serve its industrial heritage. (Paradís, 10). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). (Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1. Badalona). FrEE MontPhoto Until Jan 29. Show featur- Mon 10am-2pm; Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun M: Badalona Pompeu Fabra (L2). Tue-Sat ing incredible photos of nature submitted to muHBA pArk güEll 10am-8pm. Closed Jan 1. museuhistoria. 10am-2pm, 5pm-8pm. Sun and public holi- (Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). M: Vallcarca MontPhoto contests over 20 years. bcn.cat days 10am-2pm. Temp exhibition: Tue-Sat (L3). 8.30am-6.15pm. Last entry: 5.30pm. FrEE Women’s cricket with pride Until Jan 9. FrEE Permanent exhibition Visit the remains 5pm-8pm, Sun 10am-2pm. Closed Mon and The Casa de la Guarda is part of the visit to Photos of Spain’s first female cricket team of Augustine’s temple, which dates from Ro- Jan 1, 6. €6. Reduced: €1, €3, €4.80. Under- the Conjunt Monumental of Park Güell, and made up of 12 young Muslim women. man Barcelona. 7s, free. www.museudebadalona.cat is subject to the conditions regarding ac- Baetulo, Roman city Permanent exhibition musEu cAn FrAmis. FundAció VilA cess to Park Güell. €8. Reduced: €5.60. Un- muHBA turó dE lA roVirA cAsAs lets you see the remains of the steam baths der-7s, free. museuhistoria.bcn.cat; www. (Marià Labèrnia, s/n) Bus: 119, V17. General and Decumanus Maximus street. (Roc Boronat, 116-126). M: Glòries (L1), parkguell.cat access has no fixed timetable. Museum ar- The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra: Poblenou & Llacuna (L4). Tue-Sat 11am- Güell, Gaudí and Barcelona, the expression 600 years of history Until Jan 15. The muse- 6pm; Sun 11am-2pm. Closed Mon, pub- ea: Wed 10am-2pm; Sat, Sun 10am-3pm. of an urban ideal Permanent audiovisual ex- Closed Jan 1. museuhistoria.bcn.cat um celebrates 600 years of this nearby mon- lic holidays and Jan 1. €5. Reduced: €2. hibition about Park Güell and the city at the FrEE Barcelona to the limit This spot over- astery, which is renowned for its Catalan Temp exhibitions: €2. www.fundaciovilaca- time of modernisme. looking the city was used for anti-aircraft Gothic architecture, with an exploration of its sas.com extensive past. Deleted Jan 23-Jun 17. Catalan artist Jordi Al- muHBA plAçA dEl rEi guns in the Civil War. caraz works in the space between visual po- (Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). Tue-Sat 10am- mEB: musEu dE l’EròticA dE 7pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Mon and Jan muHBA ViA sEpulcrAl romAnA etry and conceptual projection. (Pl. de la Vila de Madrid). M: Catalunya BArcElonA 1. €7. Reduced: €5. Temp exhibition only: (La Rambla, 96, bis). M: Liceu (L3), Catalun- mAcBA. musEu d’Art €2.20. Reduced: €1.50. Under-16s, free. First (L1, L3; FGC). Tue, Thu 11am-2pm; Sat, Sun 11am-7pm. ya (L1, L3; FGC). 10am-midnight. Jan 1 noon- contEmporAni Sunday of month, all day, and other Sun- midnight. €9. Reduced: €8. Special prices Closed Mon, Wed, Fri and Jan 1. €2. Re- (Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat (L1, days from 3pm, free. museuhistoria.bcn.cat for groups. www.erotica-museum.com duced: €1.50. Under-16s, free. First Sunday L2), Sant Antoni (L2). Mon, Wed-Fri 11am- Permanent exhibition Archaeological site Permanent exhibition Take a trip 7.30pm; Sat 10am-9pm; Sun and public hol- that lets you get to know the Roman colony of month, all day, and other Sundays from through the history of eroticism and its idays 10am-3pm. Last entry: 30 mins before of Barcino. 3pm, free. museuhistoria.bcn.cat representation in art. closing. Closed Tue (except public holidays). Christianity, visigoths and the city Perma- Permanent exhibition This secondary Ro- €10 (valid for one month). Reduced: €8. Un- nent exhibition about Barcelona in the late man road was also the site for burials be- musEu dE lA músicA der-14s free. www.macba.cat antiquity period. tween the first and third centuries AD. L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Ma-

28 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 29 rina (L1), Monumental (L2). Tue, Wed, Fri Glòries Catalanes, 37-38). M: Glòries (L1). Tue- exhibition delves into the story of this days, check with museum. €9 including a 10am-6pm; Thu 10am-9pm; Sat, Sun Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Mon (except public Egyptian monarch and deity. drink. Reduced: €6 including a drink. Up to 8 10am-7pm. Closed Mon and Jan 1, 6. €6. Re- holidays) and Jan 1. Permanent exhibitions: years old, free. www.museumoto.com duced: €4.50. Under-16s, free. First Sunday €6. Reduced: €4. Temp exhibition: €4.40. musEu Etnològic Motorbike. Society, industry, of month, all day, and other Sundays from Reduced: €3. Under-16s, free. Sundays from (Passeig de Santa Madrona, 16-22). M: Po- competition Permanent exhibition. 3pm, free. www.museumusica.bcn.cat 3pm-8pm and first Sunday of month, all day, ble Sec (L3), Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Tue-Sat Scooters: a century of the urban moped Permanent exhibition. The different free. www.museudeldisseny.cat 10am-7pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- Until Mar. The evolution of the moped. periods that make up the history of music. From the world to the museum. Product 8pm. Closed Mon and Jan 1. Joint ticket for Catalan rock’s big night Until Jan 8. At design, cultural heritage Permanent exhi- Museu Etnològic + Museu de les Cultures del musEu nAcionAl d’Art dE the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s, bition. Món: €5. Reduced: €3.50. Under-16s, free. cAtAlunyA Catalan rock enjoyed a boom time. Extraordinary! Collections of decorative arts First Sunday of month, all day, and other (Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1, L3: and signature works (3rd-20th centuries). Sundays from 4pm-8pm, free. ajuntament. FGC). Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun and pub- musEu dE lA xocolAtA Permanent exhibition. barcelona.cat/museuetnologic/en/home lic holidays 10am-3pm. Closed Mon (ex- Antic Convent de Sant Agustí (Comerç, 36). The dressed body. Silhouettes and fashion Feel our heritage Permanent exhibition. cept for public holidays) and Jan 1. €12. M: Arc de Triomf (L1).Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, (1550-2015) Permanent exhibition. Lluïsa Vidal: €4. Marianne Breslauer: Sun and public holidays 10am-3pm. Closed mEAm: musEu EuropEu d’Art Graphic design: from trade to profession modErn €6. Picasso: €8. Rooftop viewing-point: Jan 1, 6. €6. Reductions available. Under-7s, €2. Under-16s and over-65s, free. Satur- (1940-1980) Permanent exhibition tracing (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Tue-Sun free. www.museuxocolata.cat days from 3pm, and first Sunday of every the professionalisation of graphic design. 10am-8pm. Closed Mon and Jan 1. €9. Re- D’obra Until Jan 29. Around 12,000 years of duced: €7. Under-11s free. www.meam.es month, free. www.museunacional.cat Permanent exhibition The origins of tradition and innovation in the use of ceram- Permanent exhibition Most important chocolate, its arrival in Europe in the 16th ics in architecture. Contemporary figurative art collection of painted Romanic murals and century and relationship with Barcelona. Catalan modernisme in the world. Permanent exhibition of nearly 300 musEu dEl FutBol cluB Lluïsa Vidal Until Jan 15. Vidal is one of BArcElonA paintings and 80 sculptures from the musEu dE lEs culturEs dEl món the most well-known female artists from the Estadi FCB (Aristides Maillol, s/n. Gates 7 and 20th and 21st centuries. (Montcada, 12). M: Jaume I (L4). Tue-Sat Catalan modernista period. 9). M: Les Corts (L3). For opening times, check 10am-7pm; Sun and public holidays, 10am- Marianne Breslauer Until Jan 29. The website. Closed Jan 1. €23. Reduced: €18. musEu FrEdEric mArès 8pm. Closed Mon (except public holidays) photographic career of this German artist Under-6s and FCB members, free. Some ar- (Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I and Jan 1. Joint ticket for Museu Etnològ- was short (1927-1938) but formed a key part eas closed and opening hours reduced on (L4). Tue-Sat 10am-7pm. Sun and public hol- ic + Museu de les Cultures del Món: €5. Re- of the ‘new photography’ movement. match days. www.fcbarcelona.com idays 11am-8pm. Closed Mon (except public duced: €3.50. Temp exhibition only: €2.20. Camp Nou Experience Permanent holidays) and Jan 1. €4.20. Reduced: €2.40. Picasso and Romanesque art Until Reduced: €1.50. Under-16s, free. First Sun- exhibition that takes in the club’s 118 years Under-16s, free. First Sunday of month, all Feb 26. An attempt to find affinities day of month, all day, and other Sundays of history and includes a visit to the day, and other Sundays from 3pm, free. between the work of Picasso and from 3pm, free. museuculturesmon.bcn.cat stadium facilities. www.museumares.bcn.cat Romanesque art. Permanent exhibition The artistic heritage Permanent exhibition Wide-ranging display of different cultures. musEu dEl modErnismE dE includes Frederic Marès’s sculpture collec- musEu olímpic i dE l’Esport joAn Ikunde. Barcelona, colonial metropolis Un- BArcElonA tion, his ‘collector’s cabinet’, which houses Antoni sAmArAncH til Jun 5. The connection between Barcelona (Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, thousands of items that he collected during (Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M: Espanya (L1, and Spanish Guinea, a Spanish colony from L4). Tue-Sat 10.30am-7pm; Sun and pub- his life, and his library-study. L3; FGC). Tue-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun and pub- 1778 until 1968. lic holidays 10.30am-2pm. Closed Mon and FrEE Barcelona Christmas cards Until Feb lic holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed Mon (ex- Dialogues with Africa. The memory of ob- Jan 1, 6. €10. Reduced: €7. Children 6-16: €5. 2. The display area in the museum court- cept public holidays) and Jan 1. €5.10. Re- jects End date tbc. This exhibition is the re- Under-6s, free. www.mmbcn.cat yard shows Christmas cards from differ- duced: €3.20. Under-7s and over-65s, free. sult of a collective project by the museum, ent occupations and which feature various www.museuolimpicbcn.cat researchers at the University of Barcelona Permanent exhibition Over 350 city scenes. and Catalans who were born in Africa. Permanent exhibition. works by 42 artists from Catalan Javier del Arco. Motor maestro Until Apr modernisme, including Ramon Casas. musEu mArítim dE BArcElonA musEu dE montsErrAt (Av. de les Drassanes, s/n). M: Drassanes 24. Remembering Del Arco, one of (Abadia de Montserrat. 08199 Montserrat). (L3). T. 93 342 99 20. 10am-8pm. Last en- Catalonia’s foremost experts in motor sport. FGC from Pl. Espanya (R5 line). Station: Mon- musEu Egipci dE BArcElonA try: 7.30pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. Temporary exhi- musEu picAsso istrol de Montserrat + zip train. (València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, bitions: €7. Reduced: €3.50. Sundays from (Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4). Tue-Sun 10am-5.45pm. €7. Reduced: €6. Children L3, L4). Jan 2-5: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 3pm, free. www.mmb.cat (except Thu) 9am-7pm; Thu 9am-9.30pm. 8-16: €4. www.museudemontserrat.com 10am-2pm. From Jan 7: Mon-Fri 10am-2pm, Toy boats 1870-1939 Until Jan 9. Private col- Closed Mon and Jan 1. Permanent exhibi- Permanent exhibition Paintings by El Greco, 4pm-8pm; Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-2pm. lection of toys from Menorca. Caravaggio, Monet, Degas, Dalí, Picasso... Closed Jan 1, 6. €11. Reduced: €8. Children Children of the ocean Until Feb 12. Paying tion + Mythologies exhibition: €11. Reduced: Imagined Greece Until Feb 5. Sculptures by 6-14: €5. Under-5s, free. www.museuegip- homage to artisanal fishermen and women €7. Permanent exhibition + Cubism and Catalan artist Josep Salvadó Jassans. ci.com who live off and for the sea. war: €14. Reduced: €7.50. Mythologies on- Absis Until Mar 19. A selection of works by Permanent exhibition ly: €4.50. Cubism and war only: €6.50. Re- contemporary Catalan artist Jaume Ribas. Tutankhamun, history of a discovery No musEu moto BArcElonA duced: €4.50. www.museupicasso.bcn.cat end date. How the tomb of the famous (C/ de la Palla, 10). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume Permanent exhibition More than 3,800 musEu dEl dissEny dE BArcElonA Egyptian king was uncovered. I (L4), Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Mon-Sat works from different periods. Edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona (Pl. de les Osiris, god of Egypt No end date. This 10.30am-7.30pm. For Sun and public holi- Cubism and war. The crystal in the flame

30 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 31 Until Jan 29. Looking at artists who settled in El Molino On Until Mar 31. Thu 9.30pm; Sat afternoon €18.50. Award-winning circus VErsus tEAtrE Paris during the First World War. Fri-Sat 6.30pm, 9.30pm; Sun 7.30pm. From show. In Spanish and Catalan. (Castillejos, 179). M: Glòries (L1), Monumen- Mythologies, graphic work in the collection €24. Enjoy a fabulous cabaret performance. Davant la jubilació Jan 13-Feb 5. Tue-Fri tal (L2). www.versusteatre.com. Tickets avail- of the museum Until Mar 19. Picasso was 8.30pm; Sat 7pm. Sun 6pm. €29. Tue, Wed able from www.atrapalo.com or the venue drawn to the world of mythology. tEAtrE Apolo €22. Translated version of classic German (Av. del Paral·lel, 59). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). website. play by Thomas Bernhard based on true A cada rey su merecido Jan 6-Feb 5. Thu-Sat pAlAu roBErt Ticket office: Wed-Fri 5pm-8pm; Sat, Sun and events. In Catalan. public holidays from two hours before the 8pm; Sun 6pm. €20. Reflection on war, es- (Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal (L3, L5). pecially civil war. In Spanish. FGC: Provença. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun show starts. www.teatreapolo.com tEAtrE nAcionAl dE cAtAlunyA and public holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed (tnc) Moustache, The Rhythm Musical Until Jan 1, 6. palaurobert.gencat.cat (Pl. de les Arts, 1). M: Glòries (L1), Monumen- Jan 15 (no show Jan 5). Wed-Fri 8.30pm; tal (L2). Ticket office opens Wed-Fri 3pm-7pm; dance Sat 5.30pm, 9.30pm; Sun 6pm. From FrEE El Celler de Can Roca. From the Sat 3pm-8.30pm; Sun 3pm-5pm. l’Auditori €20. A musical comedy by Coco Comin, Earth to the Moon Until Apr 23. Thirty www.tnc.cat (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Marina (L1), Mon- which promises an energetic, passion- years of Girona’s famous restaurant. Molt soroll per no res Jan 1. 6pm. From 12 umental (L2). www.auditori.cat ate and funny night out. In Spanish. years. €28. Reductions available. Version of Ireland Celtic Dance – Gaelforce Dance Jan FrEE Outumuro BCN Portraits Until Feb 26. Much Ado About Nothing. In Catalan. 7. 6pm. €30-€50. Enjoy a virtuoso perform- Photographs of different members of society tEAtrE gAudí BArcElonA Cosas que no se olvidan fácilmente Jan 11- ance of Irish dance courtesy of the 30 mem- and culture linked to Barcelona. (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). M: Sagrada Feb 26. Wed-Sun 5pm, 8pm. From 18 years. bers of this company who will stun you with FrEE J.B. Cendrós, an active businessman Família (L2, L5) and Sant Pau/Dos de Maig €19.50-€23. their skill in this classic style of choreography. Until Apr 30. Joan Baptista Cendrós took a (L5). Ticket office opens an hour before per- En la solitud dels camps de cotó Jan 19-Feb proactive role in Catalan culture. formance starts. www.teatregaudibarce- 19. Wed-Sat 8pm; Sun 6pm. From 16 years. mErcAt dE lEs Flors (Lleida, 59). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC), Poble rEiAl monEstir dE sAntA mAriA lona.com €11.50-€23. Two men meet at night for a Oliver Twist Until Jan 29 (no show Jan 1). Sat Sec (L3). Ticket office opens an hour before dE pEdrAlBEs transaction that puts both their identities at 5pm; Sun noon. €14. Musical theatre for risk. In Catalan. the performance starts. www.mercatflors.cat (Baixada del Monestir, 9). FGC: Reina Elisen- the family based on classic Dickens novel. da. Tue-Fri 10am-2pm; Sat, Sun 10am-5pm. In Catalan. tEAtrE poliorAmA Back Àbac Jan 7, 8, 14, 15. Sat 6pm; Sun Closed Mon and Jan 1. €5. Reduced: €3.50. El Despertar de la Primavera Until Jan 8 (no (La Rambla, 115). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). noon. €12 adults. €8 children. Choreog- Under-16s, free. Sundays from 3pm, and first show Jan 1, 5). Wed-Sat 9pm; Sun 6pm. €28. Ticket office: Tue-Fri from 5pm. Sat-Sun from rapher Àngels Margarit creates family- Sunday of month, all day, free. monestirpe- Translated version of Steven Sater and Dun- 4pm until the start of the performance. www. friendly work set to music of Bach, with dralbes.bcn.cat can Sheik’s musical, Spring awakening. In teatrepoliorama.com dances that explore concepts of infinity Pedralbes Monastery. The treasures of the Catalan. El curiós incident del gos a mitjanit Until Jan and numbers. Monastery Permanent exhibition. 22. Thu 8.30pm; Fri 9.30pm; Sat 5.30pm, Plants, remedies and apothecaries; the me- tEAtrE lliurE (montjuïc - sAlA 9.30pm; Sun 5.30pm. No show Jan 5, but ex- Sweet Tyranny Jan 27-29, Feb 3-5. 8pm; Sun dieval garden Permanent exhibition. FABià puigsErVEr) tra show on Wed 4, 9.30pm. From €10. Ad- 6pm. €16. Group choreography based on Murals in the spotlight. Paintings in the (Pg. Santa Madrona 40-46 / Pl Margarida aptation of the novel ‘The Curious Incident of the iconic moves featured in musical movies Sant Miquel Chapel Permanent exhibition. Xirgu, 1). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC), Poble Sec the Dog in the Night-time’. In Catalan. from the 1970s and 1980s. Petras Albas. The Pedralbes Monastery and (L3). www.teatrelliure.com El Petit Dalí Jan 15, 22, 29. 12.30pm. From L’après-midi d’un foehn Jan 28, 29. Sat the Montcada family (1326-1673) Perma- Les noces de Fígaro Until Jan 22. Tue-Fri €10.50. From 3 years. Family theatre about 11am, 12.30pm, 5pm; Sun 11am, 12.30pm. nent exhibition exploring the lineage of the 8.30pm; Sat 7pm; Sun 6pm; no show Jan a budding young artist, Salvador Dalí. In €12 adults. €8 children. See how plastic Montcada family and its close relationship 5. €29. Tue, Wed €22. The theatre marks its Catalan. bags can be transformed into dancers. with the Monastery. 40th anniversary with a revival of this 1989 Paradise Jan 3, 10. 9.30pm. €15. From 13 show. In Catalan; subtitles in Spanish and Silenced women Until May 3. The legacy that years. This play about people searching for grAn tEAtrE dEl licEu English at Sat show. Sister Eulària Anzizu left at the monastery. their particular lost paradise will make you (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). www.liceu- Història Jan 11-22. Wed-Fri 8.30pm; Sat Spirit and nature Until Jan 8. Photographs by laugh and cry. In Catalan and Spanish. barcelona.cat Sister Isaura Marcos of Pedralbes monastery 5.30pm, 9pm; Sun 6pm. €23. Tue, Wed IT Dansa Jan 28, 29, Feb 4. 11am. €10-€30. inspired by a poem by St. Francis of Assisi. €18.50. Play exploring the complexities of tEAtrE VictòriA Three very different choreographies from Christmas Nativity Scene Until Feb 2. A tradi- human relationships through historical (Paral·lel, 67). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). www.te- three young dance groups. tional Christmas crib. memory. In Catalan. atrevictoria.com Moby Dick. A trip through the theatre Jan 14- tEAtrE nAcionAl dE cAtAlunyA Feb 12. Sat-Sun noon. €12 adults. €9 chil- Scaramouche Jan 1-4, 6-8, 11-15, 19- (tnc) theatre, musicals dren. Updated version of this popular fam- 22, 26-29. Mon, Sun 6pm; Wed, Thu (Pl. de les Arts, 1). M: Glòries (L1), Monumen- ily show based on Herman Melville’s white 8.30pm; Fri 6pm, 9.30pm; Sat 5.30pm, tal (L2).Ticket office opens Wed-Fri 3pm-7pm; and cabaret whale tale. In Catalan; recommended for 9.30pm. €16-€49. Musical extrava- Sat 3pm-8.30pm; Sun 3pm-5pm. www. children 6-12 years. ganza about French twins separated at tnc.cat El molino birth and a masked hero called Scara- (Vilà i Vilà, 99). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Ticket of- tEAtrE lliurE (gràciA) mouche. In Catalan. Swan Lake Jan 12-15. Thu, Fri 9pm; Sat, fice: Thu-Sat 5pm-9pm. T. 93 396 71 91. Tick- (Montseny, 47). M: Fontana (L3). www.te- Sun 6pm. €50-€55. The Royal Russian ets available from Atrapalo, Ticketea, Entra- atrelliure.com Una bruixa a Barcelona Jan 3, 4, 8. Tue, Wed Ballet company gives a memorable per- das.com and the ticket office. www.elmo- Rhümia Until Jan 8. Tue-Fri 8.30pm; Sat 4.30pm; Sun noon. From €14. Children’s formance of Tchaikovsky’s classic work, linobcn.com 5.30pm, 9pm. Sun 6pm. €23. Tue, Wed, show. In Catalan. which is as romantic as it is tragic.

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AudioVisuAl sHoW Barcelona sets up a nativity scene (pessebre 8.30pm (dinner), 9.30pm (show). Vari- inFormAtion And sAlEs Mapping at Sant Pau, Art Nouveau Site in Catalan) in its historic square. ous menus and drink-only option available. Tourist information points and (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Closed Sun. www.casacamaron.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com Pau/Dos de Maig (L5). Jan 1, 5, 6. www.sant- Fira de Reis de Gran Via (Gran Via, be- pau.barcelona tween Muntaner and Rocafort). M: Uni- FAmily ActiVitiEs versitat (L1, L2), Urgell (L1). Until Jan 6. Mission Cosmos CosmoCaixa (Isaac New- spAnisH guitAr 11am-10pm, except Jan 5 10am-3am. ton, 26). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. Until Jan 8. €4. The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and www.firareisgranviabcn.com cosmocaixa.com/agenda sunday 1 wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). Barcelona children eagerly await the ar- Take a special trip through space and time. M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). 9pm. From €20. Differing perspectives Museu Blau (Pl. de cHristmAs rival of the Three Kings (‘kings’ is ‘reis’ in Discount at tourist offices. More info: tickets. Catalan) on January 5, and the gifts they Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc del Fòrum). M: FrEE Christmas in Plaça Catalunya (Pl. Cat- visitbarcelona.com. El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Until Jan 8. alunya). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Until Jan bring. This market has everything any Alen Garagic. kid could want. museuciencies.cat 4. 10am-9pm, except Jan 1 5pm-9pm. www. Family workshop. barcelona.cat/nadal Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basíli- Nadal al Poble Poble Espanyol (Av. Franc- Festive activities for everybody including cul- ca de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: esc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3; spAnisH guitAr tural events such as dance, sport and music Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 1, 6-8. 9pm, FGC). Until Jan 5 (no activities on Jan 1). 11am- Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica and a market with products, services and except Sat 7 9.30pm. €23. Discount at 6pm. Included with entrance fee. www.po- Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Liceu activities that promote responsible con- tourist offices. More info: tickets.visitbar- ble-espanyol.com (L3). Jan 2, 21-23, 28-29. 9pm, except Sat 21, sumption and locally sourced goods. celona.com. Enjoy a full seasonal experience at Poble Es- 28 9.30pm. €23. Barcelona Guitar Trio & Dance. panyol with a market, workshops, games... Pedro Javier González. FAmily ActiVitiEs Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Palau de Festival de la Infància Fira de Barcelona FlAmEnco sport la Música (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- Open Camp (Plaça de Nèmesi Ponsatí, s/n). Montjuïc (Av. Reina Maria Cristina ). M: Grand Gala Flamenco Palau de la Música quinaona (L1, L4). Noon. €39-€45. M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 2-5, 7-8. 10am- Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Until Jan 4. 10am- Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- Tribute to Paco de Lucía. 6pm. €10-€20. www.opencamp.com 8pm.From €12; €9 afternoon only. quinaona (L1, L4). 5pm. €20-€50. More info A new interactive theme park on Montjuïc. www.festivalinfancia.com and tickets at tourist offices and tickets.visit- Lots of fun and games for kids, includ- barcelona.com. opEn-Air – FAmily tuesday 3 ing crafts, technology and sports. Tibidabo theme park (Pl. Tibidabo, 3-4). jAZZ opErA – FlAmEnco FGC: Av.Tibidabo + Tramvia Blau or bus 196. Live Jazz at Jamboree Jamboree (Pl. Reial, Design a shark mask L’Aquàrium (Moll Opera and flamenco Teatre Poliorama (La Funicular del Tibidabo (Pl. Doctor Andreu). 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm. €35 (box of- Rambla, 115). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). Jan 1, d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barcelone- €28.50 (under-120cm, €10.50). Jan 2-5. fice). €30 (online in advance). ta (L4), Drassanes (L3). Every Sat and Sun 3, 5. Tue, Thu 7pm; Sun 9.30pm. €38-€50. 11am-6pm. www.tibidabo.cat noon-2pm, 4pm-6pm. Until Jan 29. www. Tickets at tourist offices and tickets.visitbar- Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del Fòrum, s/n). FlAmEnco aquariumbcn.com celona.com. M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Daily until Jan 8 Tablao Cordobés (La Rambla, 3-5). M: clAssicAl music (closed Jan 1, 6) and weekends 10am-3pm. Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Daily 4.30pm, 6pm, jAZZ €11-€24 (depending on circuit & age). 7.30pm, 9.15pm, 10.30pm (show starts lat- Johann Strauss New Year’s Day Concert Live Jazz at Jamboree Jamboree (Pl. Reial, www.barcelonaboscurba.com er). €44-€79.50. tablaocordobes.com Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm. €15 (box of- Zip wires, trampolines and bungees. Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). M: fice). €12 (online in advance). la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). Jan 1-4, 6-8, 15, 22. Mon-Wed, Sat 6pm; Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. Daily nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs 6.25pm, 8.15pm,10.30pm (dinner starts tours Fri 9.30pm; Sun various times (check Gaudí's Pedrera. The Origins (Provença 261, web for details). €29-€56. www.palau- earlier). Options: show only, show + drink, Cathedral of the Sea (Meeting-point: Plaça entrance on Pg. de Gràcia). M: Diagonal show + different menu options (including ta- de Santa Maria del Mar). M: Jaume I (L4). musica.cat (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. Jan 1-3 9pm-11pm; The Strauss Festival Ballet Ensemble pas). €45-€160. €10 discount at tourist offic- Every Sun. 10am (Spanish/English). From Jan 4-8 and from Jan 16-Mar 2 7pm-9pm. es. www.palaciodelflamenco.com €14. More info and tickets: tickets.visitbarce- and Orchestra perform a sumptuous Closed Jan 9-15 for maintenance work. €34. show to welcome in 2017, inspired by lona.com and iconoserveis.com. Reduced: €17. Under-7s, free. spAnisH guitAr the famous January 1 concert in Vienna. Video mapping, screenings and cava. If you’re a fan of Ildefonso Falcones’s nov- The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and el set in 14th-century Barcelona, don’t miss FlAmEnco wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, this literary tour that takes in some of the Live Flamenco Sala Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 3, 7, 8. places mentioned in the book. monday 2 17). M: Liceu (L3). Daily 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 9pm. Discount at tourist offices. More in- FrEE Visit to Poblenou cemetery (Av. Icària, cHristmAs 10.30pm. €15. www.masimas.com/tarantos fo: tickets.visitbarcelona.com s/n). M: Llacuna (L4). 1st Sun of month FrEE Nativity scene in Plaça de Sant Jaume Flamenco show dedicated to Camarón de 10.30am (Catalan), 12.30pm (Spanish). 3rd (Pl. de Sant Jaume, 1). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I la Isla Casa Camarón (Roger de Flor, 230). Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica Sun of month 10.30am (Spanish), 12.30pm (L4). Until Jan 8. 10am-midnight. www.bar- M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sagrada Família (L2, Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Liceu (Catalan). www.cbsa.cat celona.cat/nadal L5). Mon-Sat 6pm (dinner), 7pm (show); (L3). Jan 3-4. 9pm. €23.

34 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 35 dAy By dAy tours Carol concert by the Orfeó Català, the Bar- opErA nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs Casa de les Punxes (Av. Diagonal, 420). M: celona city choir, and organized by the Bar- Opera at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, 20). Dining in the dark Dans Le Noir (Pg. Picas- Verdaguer (L4, L5), Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: celona City Council. M: Jaume I (L4). Every Thu. 11pm. €20. so, 10). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Every Friday. Provença. Daily 9am-8pm. Last entry: 7pm. www.palaudalmases.com 7.30pm. From €42.90. tickets.visitbarce- Guided tour: €20. Free for under-5s. Self- FlAmEnco lona.com guided tour with audio guide (available in Tablao Flamenco Nervión (Princesa, 2). M: tours This evening meal is eaten in total darkness. 10 languages): €12.50. 5-18 year olds and Jaume I (L4). Wed-Sat 8pm-10pm. Show + Stories and legends of the Gothic quarter Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Triomf, retirees: €11.25. Free for under-5s. drink €16.90; show + supper €27.90. (Start: Font de Canaletes, La Rambla). M: Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Thu 3.30pm (Eng- www.casadelespunxes.com. tours Every Friday. 9.30pm (Spanish/English). A spectacular rooftop and vermouth bar. lish/Spanish); Sat 10am (French). From €15 From €12. More info and tickets: tickets.visit- Torre Bellesguard Gaudí (Bellesguard, 6-9). (includes one snack and a drink). tickets.vis- barcelona.com and iconoserveis.com. FGC: Av. Tibidabo. Visit with audio guide: Tue- Itinerary through Puig i Cadafalch itbarcelona.com and iconoserveis.com. A two-hour tour. Sun 10am-3pm. €9. Reduced: €7.20. Guided façades (Meeting-point: Casa Amatller, Explore the heart of the Ciutat Vella. Magic Fountains (Pl. Carles Buigas, 1). M: Passeig de Gràcia 41). M: Passeig de tour: Sat noon, 1.15pm (Spanish), Sat, Sun Liceu opera house (La Rambla 51-59). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Fri, Sat 7pm-8.30pm Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Jan 3, 28. 10.30am. 11am (English). €16. Reduced: €12.80. www. Liceu (L3). Mon-Fri 9.30am, 10.30am (50 (shows start at 7pm, 7.30pm and 8pm). €15. www.casessingulars.com bellesguardgaudi.com mins). Catalan, Spanish and English. €16. Light, music and water show. Discover Puig i Cadafalch façades, in- Discover Gaudí's fabulous modernista castle Reduced: €12. www.liceubarcelona.cat Dine at the Palau Requesens (Bisbe Caça- cluding Casa Amatller, Palau Baró de that he built on the slopes of Tibidabo. opEn-Air – FAmily dor, 3). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). Fri, Sat. Quadras, Casa de les Punxes... Itinerary through Mansana de la discòrdia 7.30pm. From €71. Discounts available. façades (Meeting-point: Casa Amatller, Pas- PortAventura theme park (Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila Seca, Tarragona). Ren- www.palaurequesens.cat and tickets.visit- seig de Gràcia 41). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, barcelona.com opEn-Air – FAmily L3, L4). Jan 4, 15. 11.30am. €15. fe (train): Port Aventura. Jan 1-8 10am-7pm. PortAventura theme park (Av. Alcalde Pere A medieval food in this historic building. www.casessingulars.com Tickets: tickets.visitbarcelona.com or Molas. Km. 2. Vila Seca, Tarragona). Ren- Discover façades, including Casa Amatller. www.portaventuraworld.com fe (train): Port Aventura. Jan 1-8 10am-7pm. A special Christmas time. saturday 7 Tickets: tickets.visitbarcelona.com or opEn-Air – FAmily www.portaventuraworld.com Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del Fòrum, s/n). opErA – FlAmEnco clAssicAl music Enjoy a special Christmas. M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Daily until Jan 8 Opera and flamenco Teatre Poliorama (La Classical music at the MEAM (Barra de Fer- Rambla, 115). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). Jan 1, ro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Sat. 6pm. €19. FAmily tHEAtrE (closed Jan 1, 6) and weekends 10am-3pm. €11-€24 (depending on circuit & age). 3, 5. Tue, Thu 7pm; Sun 9.30pm. €38-€50. More info and tickets at tourist offices and El Petit Príncep Barts (Av. Paral·lel, 62). M: www.barcelonaboscurba.com Tickets at tourist offices and tickets.visitbar- tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Paral·lel (L2, L3). Jan 1-8 (no show Jan 5). Var- celona.com. Johann Strauss New Year’s Day Concert Pal- ious times, check website for details. From Zip wires, trampolines and bungees. Tibidabo theme park (Pl. Tibidabo, 3-4). FGC: au de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Músi- €15. www.barts.cat ca, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). See Sun 1. A musical for kids. In Catalan. Av.Tibidabo + Tramvia Blau or bus 196. Funic- Friday 6 ular del Tibidabo (Pl. Doctor Andreu). €28.50 spAnisH guitAr (under-120cm, €10.50). Jan 2-5. 11am-6pm. FootBAll The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and Wednesday 4 www.tibidabo.cat La Liga: Espanyol vs. Deportivo Estadi Cor- wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). nellà-El Prat (Av. del Baix Llobregat, 100. M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 3, 7, 8. 9pm. cHristmAs FAmily ActiVitiEs Cornellà de Llobregat). FGC: Cornellà Riera. Spinosaurus fieldwork Museu Blau (Pl. de Discount at tourist offices. More info: tickets. Christmas Nativity Scene Reial Monestir 8.45pm. www.rcdespanyol.com visitbarcelona.com. de Santa Maria de Pedralbes (Baixada del Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc del Fòrum). M: Monestir, 9). FGC: Reina Elisenda. Until Feb El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Until Jan 8. mu- sHopping trAditions 2. monestirpedralbes.bcn.cat seuciencies.cat. Guided tour for families. Barcelona Shopping Tour – A Walk of FrEE Sardanes (Pla de la Seu). M: Jaume I Historic convent in Barcelona’s uptown area Sensations (Start: tourist office in Pl. (L4). Sat 6pm; Sun 11.15am. displays a traditional Christmas scene. Sant Jaume, Ciutat, 2). M: Jaume I (L4), Catalonia’s national dance is performed in Nadal al Poble Poble Espanyol (Av. Franc- thursday 5 Liceu (L3). Jan 6, 13, 3.30pm. front of the cathedral every weekend. esc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1, L3; tickets.visitbarcelona.com FGC). Until Jan 5 (no activities on Jan 1). 11am- FAmily – trAditions Three-hour tour led by a professional tours 6pm. Included with entrance fee. FrEE Kings’ Day Procession (Main guide, covering the Barri Gòtic, Born, The Shadow of the Wind (Start: La Ram- www.poble-espanyol.com streets of the city centre; start: Av. Mar- Sant Pere and Santa Caterina. Enjoy a full seasonal experience with a mar- qués de l’Argentera). From 6pm. www. bla, 9). M: Drassanes (L3). Every Sat. ket, workshops, games... for children. barcelona.cat/nadal 5pm (Spanish/English). From €14. For Join the excited crowds of children and BluEs more info and tickets: tickets.visitbarce- music their families as they come to see the ar- Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: lona.com and iconoserveis.com. FrEE Christmas carols at Plaça del Rei rival of the Three Kings from the Orient, Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. More For lovers of Ruiz Zafón’s book, this lit- Plaça del Rei. M: Jaume I (L4). here to bring presents. 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FrEE Funeral carriage and hearse collection A network of modernista pavilions de- spAnisH guitAr ya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 11, 12, 14, 15. 9pm, except (Montjuïc Cemetery, Mare del Déu del Port, signed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica Sat 14 9.30pm. €23. Discount at tourist offic- 56-58). Bus: 21. Every Saturday at noon. In Cathedral of the Sea (Start: Plaça de Santa de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Cat- es. More info: tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Catalan. www.cbsa.cat Maria del Mar). M: Jaume I (L4). See Sun 1. alunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 9, 24-27. 9pm. World’s largest collection of such carriages. €23. Discount at tourist offices. More info: FrEE Tour of Les Corts cemetery (Av. Joan XXI- spAnisH guitAr tickets.visitbarcelona.com. thursday 12 II, 3-15). M: Maria Cristina (L3). First Sat of the Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica de month at 11am. In Catalan. www.cbsa.cat Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Catalun- FlAmEnco tEcHno Flamenco show dedicated to Camarón de Santa Maria del Mar rooftop (Plaça de San- ya (L1, L3; FGC). See Sun 1. Techno session Moog (Arc del Teatre, 3). M: la Isla Casa Camarón (Roger de Flor, 230). ta Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). Noon to 6pm. Liceu and Drassanes (L3). From midnight. M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sagrada Família (L2, Tours various times and languages. €10. Re- opEn-Air – FAmily www.masimas.com/moog L5). See Mon 2. duced: €8. Booking: www.riostabarcelona. Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). See Mon 2. com and tickets.visitbarcelona.com spAnisH guitAr Tours to the top of this historic church. BAskEtBAll tuesday 10 The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and gospEl Liga Endesa: FC Barcelona vs. Rio Natura spAnisH guitAr wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 12, 26. 7pm. Alabama Gospel Choir (Palau de la Música, Monbus Palau Blaugrana (Avinguda The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and Discount at tourist offices. More info: tickets. 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 10.30pm. €26- Arístides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). visitbarcelona.com. €46. www.palaumusica.cat 12.30pm. www.fcbarcelona.com M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31. 9pm. €20. Discount at tourist of- sports FAmily ActiVitiEs fices. More info: tickets.visitbarcelona.com. tours Stories and legends of the Gothic quarter International Hockey Tournament Real Club Think, design, create and enjoy Cosmo- (Start: Font de Canaletes, La Rambla). M: de Polo de Barcelona (Av. Dr. Marañón, 19- Caixa (Isaac Newton, 26). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. tours Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Thu 5. 31). M: Zona Universitària. Time tbc. www. Weekends and public holidays. Until Jan 8. Santa Maria del Mar rooftop (Plaça de Santa Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de la hockeyreyes.com €4. cosmocaixa.com/agenda Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). See Sat 7. Workshop for kids seven and above. Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). See nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs clAssicAl music Mon 9. Secret Basílica del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Liceu FAmily concErt Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto nº 1 Palau (L3). Fri (Catalan), Sat (Spanish) 9pm. Closed Landry el Rumbero El Born Centre de Cultura de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, jAZZ Thermal CCCB (Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya Jan 6. €19 (general). €16 (in advance). Info i Memòria (Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €28-€55. (L1, L3; FGC). 8.30pm. €7. www.cccb.org and and tickets: www.adsentiabarcelona.com or & Barceloneta (L4), Arc de Triomf (L1). Noon. www.palaumusica.cat www.auditori.cat. tickets.visitbarcelona.com. €8 adults. €4 for under-12s. elborncultur- undErWAtEr sport aimemoria.barcelona.cat . Catalan rumba. Evening visits to the 14th-century church. Shark cage diving L’Aquàrium (Moll BAskEtBAll d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barce- Euroleague: FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos loneta (L4), Drassanes (L3). Check with Piraeus Palau Blaugrana (Avinguda sunday 8 monday 9 venue for times. For ages 8 and above. Arístides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). spA tours From €150. www.aquariumbcn.com 9pm. www.fcbarcelona.com A scuba-diving adventure by going un- Aire de Barcelona, Arab Baths (Pg. de Picas- Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). opErA so, 22). M: Barceloneta & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 M: Liceu (L3). 10am-6pm. €4. Reduced: €3. derwater in a cage, and see sharks. Verdi’s Traviata Palau de la Música Catala- 295 57 43. Sun-Thu: first session 10am, final Guided tour including bell tower: check with na (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona session from 10pm. Fri and Sat: first session venue for times. €8.50. (L1, L4). Jan 12, 31. 8pm. €18.20-€54. www. 10am, final session from midnight. Closed Visit the 14th-century Basílica. palaumusica.cat morning of Jan 1. Check website for availabil- Wednesday 11 ity. airedebarcelona.com music clAssicAl music Grand Strauss Gala Palau de la Música Berlin Trio Palau de la Música Catalana (Pal- Friday 13 tours Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- au de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, FrEE Guided tour of Montjuïc Cemetery quinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €23-€59. www. L4). 8.30pm. €15. www.palaumusica.cat BluEs (Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). Bus: 21. 2nd & palaumusica.cat Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: 4th Sun 11am (Catalan) and 11.15am (Span- The Lemberg Philarmonic Orchestra offers sEVillAnAs Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. More ish). www.cbsa.cat a very special concert under the baton of FrEE Sevillanas dance night Casa Ca- info and tickets at tourist offices and tickets. Sant Pau, Art Nouveau Site (Sant Antoni Turiry Holota, featuring the greatest works marón (Roger de Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer visitbarcelona.com. Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/Dos de Maig of the Strauss familiy. (L4,L5), Sagrada Família (L2,L5). Every Wed. (L5). Tours in various languages; consult for 10.30pm. www.casacamaron.com sHopping schedule. Mon-Fri 10am-1.30pm. Sat, Sun, FlAmEnco Barcelona Shopping Tour – A Walk of Sen- public holidays 10.30am-1.30pm. Closed Flamenco at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, spAnisH guitAr sations (Start: tourist office in Pl. Sant Jaume, Jan 1, 6. €16. Reduced: €11.20. www.sant- 20). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm, 7.30pm, 9.30pm. Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica de Ciutat, 2). M: Jaume I (L4), Liceu (L3). See paubarcelona.org €25. Book at: www.palaudalmases.com. Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Catalun- Fri 6.

38 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 39 dAy By dAy rumBA Rambla, 9). M: Drassanes (L3). See Sat 7. FrEE Visit to Poblenou cemetery (Av. Icària, jAZZ FrEE Rumba night Casa Camarón (Roger de FrEE Funeral carriage and hearse collection s/n). M: Llacuna (L4). See Sun 1. WTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sagrada (Montjuïc Cemetery, Mare del Déu del Port, FAmily cinEmA Liceu (L3). 8pm. €5 (box office). €4 (online Família (L2, L5). Every Fri. 11.30pm. bodega- 56-58). See Sat 7. in advance). More info at: www.masimas. El perro mongol El Born Centre de Cultura i flamenca.com com/jamboree. trAditions Memòria (Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I tours FrEE Sardanes (Pla de la Seu). M: Jaume I & Barceloneta (L4), Arc de Triomf (L1). Noon. spAnisH guitAr Casa de les Punxes (Av. Diagonal, 420). (L4). Sat 6pm; Sun 11.15am. €3. For children between 6 and 12 years old. Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica de M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Diagonal (L3, L5). Catalonia’s national dance. elbornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Catalun- See Tue 3. German film from 2005 that tells the story of spAnisH guitAr ya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 16-19, 30. 9pm. €23. Dis- a nomad Mongolian family. In Spanish. count at tourist offices. More info: tickets.vis- The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs itbarcelona.com Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Triomf, wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). cinEmA Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Tue 10. Concert for silent cinema Sant Pau, Art Nou- Every Fri. 9.30pm (Spanish/English). From veau Site (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167). M: €12. More info and tickets: tickets.visitbarce- FootBAll Sant Pau/Dos de Maig (L5). 7pm. €10. www. tuesday 17 lona.com and iconoserveis.com. La Liga: FC Barcelona vs. Las Palmas Camp santpau.barcelona Nou (Aristides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). Pianist Max Vilavecchia and singer Anna music FEstiVAls A two-hour tour. 18th Festival Mil·lenni: Niña Pastori Te- Magic Fountains (Pl. Carles Buigas, 1). M: 4.15pm. www.fcbarcelona.cat Francesch provide the sound for the film Ber- lin, Symphony for a City by Walter Ruttman. atre Victoria (Av. Paral·lel, 67-69). M: Po- Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Fri, Sat 7pm-8.30pm nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs ble Sec, Drassanes (L3). Jan 16-17. 9pm. (shows start at 7pm, 7.30pm and 8pm). Secret Basílica del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Liceu clAssicAl music €29-€59. www.festival-millenni.com Light, music and water show. (L3). See Sat 7. Johann Strauss New Year’s Day Concert Pal- Popular Spanish flamenco singer. Dine at the Palau Requesens (Bisbe Caça- au de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Músi- dor, 3). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). See Fri 6. ca, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). See Sun 1. FlAmEnco sunday 15 Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). M: Di- saturday 14 opErA monday 16 agonal (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. See Tue 3. FlAmEnco Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Ram- undErWAtEr sport bla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). Jan 15, 17, 18, music FEstiVAls Flamenco at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, Shark cage diving L’Aquàrium (Moll 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31; Feb 1, 3, 4 18th Festival Mil·lenni: Niña Pastori Teatre 20). M: Jaume I (L4). Daily 6pm, 7.30pm, d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barcelone- (6pm). 8pm, except Sun 15 5pm and Victoria (Av. Paral·lel, 67-69). M: Poble Sec, 9.30pm. €25. Book online at: www.palau- Drassanes (L3). Jan 16-17. 9pm. €29-€59. ta (L4), Drassanes (L3). Check with venue dalmases.com. Sun 29 6pm. €10-€279. www.liceubar- celona.cat www.festival-millenni.com for times. For ages 8 and above. From €150. Tablao Flamenco Nervión (Princesa, 2). M: Popular Spanish flamenco singer. www.aquariumbcn.com Jaume I (L4). Wed-Sat 8pm-10pm. Show + This opera by Jules Massenet hasn’t been staged at the Liceu for 25 years. A scuba-diving adventure by going underwa- drink €16.90; show + supper €27.90. clAssicAl music ter in a cage, and seeing sharks and fishes. Daniil Trifonov L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: clAssicAl music FlAmEnco Glòries & Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). clAssicAl music Thomas Dausgaard conducts Nielsen, Live Flamenco Sala Tarantos (Plaça Reial, 8.30pm. €38. www.auditori.cat Works by Rachmaninoff and Dvorak Palau Sibelius and Arvo Pärt L’Auditori (Lep- 17). M: Liceu (L3). Daily 8.30pm, 9.30pm, Aconcert that includes work by Schumann, de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, ant, 150). M: Glòries & Marina (L1), Mon- 10.30pm. €15. www.masimas.com/tarantos Stravinsky and Shostakovich. 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €28-€55. umental (L2). Jan 14, 15. Sat 7pm; Sun www.palaumusica.cat 11am. €10-€56. www.auditori.cat tours Zhu Xiao-Mei Palau de la Música Cata- The Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra per- Dausgaard and violinist Boris Belkin. Cathedral of the Sea (Meeting-point: Plaça lana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- forms Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto nº 2 de Santa Maria del Mar). M: Jaume I (L4). quinaona (L1, L4). 8.30pm. €30. Classical music at the MEAM (Barra de Fer- and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Every Sun. 10am (Spanish/English). From www.palaumusica.cat ro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Sat. 6pm. €19. €14. More info and tickets: tickets.visitbarce- The Chinese pianist performs Bach’s More info and tickets at tourist offices and lona.com and iconoserveis.com. Goldberg Variations. tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Wednesday 18 If you’re a fan of Ildefonso Falcones’s nov- tours el set in 14th-century Barcelona, don’t miss tours opErA Guided visits to Park Güell (Olot, 5). M: Vall- this literary tour that takes in some of the Liceu opera house (La Rambla 51-59). M: Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- carca (L3). See Thu 5. places mentioned in the book. Liceu (L3). See Thu 5. 59). M: Liceu (L3). Jan 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, Stories and legends of the Gothic quarter Itinerary through Mansana de la discòrdia 27, 28, 29, 31; Feb 1, 3, 4 (6pm). 8pm, except (Start: Font de Canaletes, La Rambla). M: façades (Meeting-point: Casa Amatller, Pas- nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs Sun 15 5pm and Sun 29 6pm. €10-€279. Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Thu 5. seig de Gràcia 41). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, Gaudí's Pedrera. The Origins (Provença 261, www.liceubarcelona.cat The Shadow of the Wind (Meeting-point: La L3, L4). 11.30 am. €15. www.casessingulars. entrance on Pg. de Gràcia). M: Diagonal (L3, This opera by Jules Massenet hasn’t been com. See Wed 4 L5); FGC: Provença. See Mon 2. staged at the Liceu for 25 years.

40 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 41 dAy By dAy mAgic spA tours www.barcelonaboscurba.com Mr. Snow, the legend continues Barts (Av. Aire de Barcelona, Arab Baths (Pg. de Pi- The Shadow of the Wind (Start: La Rambla, Zip wires, trampolines and bungees. Paral·lel, 62). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). Jan 18- casso, 22). M: Barceloneta & Jaume I (L4). 9). M: Drassanes (L3). Every Sat. 5pm (Span- 22. Wed, Thu 9pm; Fri, Sat 9.30pm; Sun See Sun 8. ish/English). From €14. For more info and 7.30pm. From €22. www.barts.cat tickets: tickets.visitbarcelona.com and icon- monday 23 nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs oserveis.com. sEVillAnAs Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Tri- For lovers of Ruiz Zafón’s book, this literary music FEstiVAls FrEE Sevillanas dance night Casa Camarón omf, Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Tri- guided tour is a can’t-miss. Discover a magi- Guitar BCN 2017: Lambchop Barts (Av. (Roger de Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4,L5), omf (L1). Every Friday. 9.30pm (Spanish/ cal side to the city. del Paral·lel, 62). M: Urquinaona (L1, Sagrada Família (L2, L5). See Wed 11. English). From €12. More info and tick- L4). 8.30pm. From €20. ets: tickets.visitbarcelona.com and icon- FootBAll www.theproject.es tours oserveis.com. La Liga: Espanyol vs. Granada Estadi Cor- This year’s extensive Barcelona Guitar Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). A two-hour tour. nellà-El Prat (Av. del Baix Llobregat, 100. Cor- Festival gets going with Lambchop. M: Liceu (L3). See Mon 9. Dine at the Palau Requesens (Bisbe nellà de Llobregat). FGC: Cornellà Riera. 1pm. Caçador, 3). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). www.rcdespanyol.com See Fri 6. opErA thursday19 Dining in the dark Dans Le Noir (Pg. Picas- Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- FlAmEnco so, 10). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). See Fri 6. sunday 22 59). M: Liceu (L3). See Sun 15. Flamenco show dedicated to Camarón de rumBA tours FlAmEnco la Isla Casa Camarón (Roger de Flor, 230). FrEE Rumba night Casa Camarón (Roger Guided visits to Park Güell (Olot, 5). M: Vall- Tablao Cordobés (La Rambla, 3-5). M: M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sagrada Família (L2, de Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sa- carca, Lesseps (L3). See Thu 5. Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Daily 4.30pm, 6pm, L5). See Mon 2. grada Família (L2, L5). Every Fri. 11.30pm. 7.30pm, 9.15pm, 10.30pm (show starts lat- Cathedral of the Sea (Start: Plaça de er). €44-€78.50. tablaocordobes.com tours bodegaflamenca.com Santa Maria del Mar). M: Jaume I (L4). Sant Pau, Art Nouveau Site (Sant Antoni Every Sun. 10am (Spanish/English). tEcHno Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/Dos de Maig saturday 21 From €14. More info and tickets: tickets. Techno session Moog (Arc del Teatre, 3). M: (L5). See Sun 8. visitbarcelona.com and iconoserveis. Liceu and Drassanes (L3). From midnight. Stories and legends of the Gothic quarter trAditions com (Start: Font de Canaletes, La Rambla). M: If you’re a fan of Ildefonso Falcones’ nov- Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Thu 5. FrEE Tres Tombs Various streets in the neighbourhood of Sant Antoni. From el set in 14th-century Barcelona, don’t tuesday 24 10.30am. www.barcelona.cat miss this tour that takes in some of the opErA places mentioned in the book. undErWAtEr sport Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- Every year, this procession pays tribute Shark cage diving L’Aquàrium (Moll 59). M: Liceu (L3). See Sun 15. to the local patron saint of domestic ani- FrEE Guided tour of Montjuïc Cemetery d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barceloneta Opera at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, 20). mals, with numerous horses and car- (Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). Bus: 21. See (L4), Drassanes (L3). See Tue 10. M: Jaume I (L4). Every Thu. 11pm. €20. www. riages parading through the Barcelona Sun 8. palaudalmases.com neighbourhood of Sant Antoni. spAnisH guitAr young musiciAns Maestros of the Spanish Guitar Basílica BAskEtBAll clAssicAl music Musical residencies at La Pedrera (Pg. de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del Pi, 7). M: Liceu Euroleague: FC Barcelona vs. Anadolu Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: Prov- (L3). See Mon 9. Efes Istanbul Palau Blaugrana (Avingu- Star Trek, The Planets and the Ed Wood Suite Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau de ença. 6pm. €12 per session. More info: www. da Arístides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). lapedrera.com. opErA 9pm. www.fcbarcelona.com la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 7pm. €18-€68. www.palaumusica.cat Regular concerts featuring up-and-coming Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- musicians on a year-long residency. 59). M: Liceu (L3). See Sun 15. nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs Take a trip out of this world thanks to this feast of music inspired by space. Gaudí's Pedrera. The Origins (Provença 261, clAssicAl music jAZZ Classical music at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, entrance on Pg. de Gràcia). M: Diagonal (L3, Perfumes of France Palau de la Música Cata- Live Jazz at Jamboree Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Sat. 6pm. €19. More L5); FGC: Provença. See Mon 2. lana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinao- 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm, 10pm. €15 (box of- info and tickets at tourist offices and tickets. na (L1, L4). Noon. €15. www.palaumusica.cat fice). €12 (online in advance). visitbarcelona.com. Conductor Nicholas Fink leads the Palau’s rock chamber choir in a recital. Friday 20 Supertramp tribute group Palau de la Músi- BluEs ca Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- opEn-Air – FAmily Wednesday 25 Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: quinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €29-€56. www.pal- Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del Fòrum, s/n). rock Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. More aumusica.cat M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Daily until Jan 8 Biffy Clyro Sant Jordi Club (Pg. Olímpic, 5-7). info and tickets at tourist offices and tickets. Logicaltramp pay homage to one of the most (closed Jan 1, 6) and weekends 10am-3pm. 8.30pm. €33.50. www.livenation.es visitbarcelona.com. popular rock groups from the 1970s. €11-€24 (depending on circuit & age). The Scottish rock band are on tour.

42 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 43 dAy By dAy clAssicAl music info and tickets at tourist offices and tickets. de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). See Tue 3 (L1), Monumental (L2). Jan 30-Feb 3. Jerusalem Quartet L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). visitbarcelona.com. The Shadow of the Wind (Start: La Rambla, www.080barcelonafashion.cat M: Glòries & Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). 9). M: Drassanes (L3). See Sat 7. Barcelona’s first fashion week of the year 8.30pm. €28. www.auditori.cat FlAmEnco kicks off for five days of catwalk shows, dis- Some of the violin quartet compositions. Live Flamenco Sala Tarantos (Plaça spA cussions, a market, showrooms and more. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). Daily 8.30pm, Aire de Barcelona, Arab Baths (Pg. de Pi- sEVillAnAs 9.30pm, 10.30pm. €15. www.masi- casso, 22). M: Barceloneta & Jaume I (L4). See Sun 8. nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs FrEE Sevillanas dance night Casa Camarón mas.com/tarantos (Roger de Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4,L5), Gaudí’s Pedrera. The Origins (Provença 261, cHristmAs Sagrada Família (L2,L5). See Wed 11. clAssicAl music entrance on Pg. de Gràcia). M: Diagonal (L3, Christmas Nativity Scene Reial Monestir Tristany i Isolda L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: de Santa Maria de Pedralbes (Baixada del L5); FGC: Provença. See Mon 2. opErA Glòries & Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- Monestir, 9). FGC: Reina Elisenda. 9pm. €29-€134. www.auditori.cat See Wed 4. FlAmEnco 59). M: Liceu (L3). Jan 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, Conductor Valery Gergiev. Tablao Cordobés (La Rambla, 3-5). M: 27, 28, 29, 31; Feb 1, 3, 4 (6pm). 8pm, except Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Daily 4.30pm, 6pm, Sun 15 5pm and Sun 29 6pm. €10-€279. tours www.liceubarcelona.cat Torre Bellesguard Gaudí (Bellesguard, 6-9). sunday 29 7.30pm, 9.15pm, 10.30pm (show starts lat- FGC: Av. Tibidabo. See Wed 4. er). €44-€78.50. tablaocordobes.com Santa Maria del Mar rooftop (Plaça de Santa FootBAll La Liga: Espanyol vs. Sevilla Estadi Cor- thursdeay 26 Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). See Sat 7. jAZZ nellà-El Prat (Av. del Baix Llobregat, 100. WTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: clAssicAl music pop Cornellà de Llobregat). FGC: Cornellà Ri- era. 4.15pm. www.rcdespanyol.com Liceu (L3). 8pm. €5 (box office). €4 (online Beethoven’s Violin sonatas Palau de la Leroy Sánchez Sala Bikini (L’illa Diagonal, in advance). More info at: www.masimas. Música Catalana (Palau de la Música, Av. Diagonal, 547). M: Maria Cristina (L3). The Seville team travels from the south com/jamboree. 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 8.30pm. Doors: 6.30pm; concert: 8pm. €14 + admin of Spain to take on Espanyol. €40. www.palaumusica.cat fee. www.doctormusic.com clAssicAl music tours Violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Up-and-coming Spanish pop sensation. Gergiev conducts Shostakovich’s 4th Sant Pau, Art Nouveau Site (Sant Antoni Enrico Pace present a second concert nigHt-timE ActiVitiEs L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Marina Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/Dos de Maig featuring Beethoven’s sonatas. (L1), Monumental (L2). See Sat 28. Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Triomf, (L5). See Sun 8. Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). tours FlAmEnco See Fri 6. Cathedral of the Sea (Meeting-point: Plaça Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). M: Di- Dining in the dark Dans Le Noir (Pg. Picasso, de Santa Maria del Mar). M: Jaume I (L4). tuesday 31 agonal (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. See Tue 3. 10). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). See Fri 6. See Sun 1. Tablao Flamenco Nervión (Princesa, 2). M: spAnisH guitAr Jaume I (L4). See Wed 4. FlAmEnco The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music & wine Flamenco at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, spAnisH guitAr saturday 28 Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). M: 20). M: Jaume I (L4). Daily 6pm, 7.30pm, Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Tue 10. The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music and clAssicAl music 9.30pm. €25. Book online at: www.palau- wine Santa Anna Church (Santa Anna, 29). Gergiev conducts Shostakovich’s 4th dalmases.com. tours M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). See Thu 12. L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Ma- opErA Torre Bellesguard Gaudí (Bellesguard, 6-9). BAskEtBAll rina (L1), Monumental (L2). Jan 28, 29. Sat 7pm; Sun 11am. €10-€98. www.au- Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- FGC: Av. Tibidabo. See Wed 4. Euroleague: FC Barcelona vs. Laboral Kutxa ditori.cat 59). M: Liceu (L3). See Sun 15. Palau Blaugrana (Avinguda Arístides Mail- Valery Gergiev leads two orquestras. opErA lol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). 9pm. www.fcbar- innoVAtiVE music Werther Gran Teatre de Liceu (La Rambla, 51- celona.com Les Yeux Fermés Sant Pau, Art Nouveau Site 59). M: Liceu (L3). See Sun 15. Classical music at the MEAM (Barra de Fer- (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/ tours ro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Sat. 6pm. €19. Dos de Maig (L5). 7pm. €10. www.santpau. Verdi’s Traviata Palau de la Música Catala- Liceu opera house (La Rambla 51-59). M: More info and tickets at tourist offices and barcelona. Harpist Berta Puigdemasa takes na (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona Liceu (L3). See Thu 5. tickets.visitbarcelona.com. a creative approach to producing music. (L1, L4). Jan 12, 31. 8pm. €18.20-€54. www. tours palaumusica.cat Casa de les Punxes (Av. Diagonal, 420). Friday 27 M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Diagonal (L3, L5). monday 30 FAsHion BluEs See Tue 3. FAsHion 080 Barcelona Fashion Teatre Nacional de Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Itinerary through Puig i Cadafalch façades 080 Barcelona Fashion Teatre Nacional Catalunya (Pl. de les Arts, 1 ). M: Glòries (L1), Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. More (Meeting-point: Casa Amatller). M: Passeig de Catalunya (Pl. de les Arts, 1). M: Glòries Monumental (L2). Jan 3.

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Colònia Güell station (S4, S8 or S33). Sat 7.30pm. Catalan, Spanish, English, 10.30am-5pm. Last audiovisual show: inFormAtion And sAlEs Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun and public French, German, Chinese and Russian. 4.30pm. Jan 1: noon-6.30pm. Last Tourist information points and holidays 10am-3pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. €7. Guided tours: €20. Children under-12: €10. audiovisual show: 6pm. Closed Jan 6. tickets.visitbarcelona.com Reduced: €5.50. Entrance plus audio Suppers and medieval show: from €71. €9. Reduced: €7.50. guide: €9. Reduced: €7.50. Children under 12: €35.50. l’Aquàrium grAn tEAtrE dEl licEu pArk güEll (Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). (Olot, 5). M: Vallcarca (L3). 8.30am- M: Barceloneta (L4), Drassanes (L3). Architecture 50-minute tour: Mon-Fri 9.30am, 6.15pm. Last entry 5.30pm. €8. Children Until Jan 8: daily 10am-8.30pm. From BAsílicA dE lA sAgrAdA FAmíliA 10.30am. Catalan, Spanish and English. 7-12 years, over-65s: €5.60. Free for un- Jan 9: Mon-Fri 10am-7.30pm; weekends €16. Reduced: €12. Free for under-7s. and public holidays 10am-8pm. €20. (Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família (L2, der-7s. General guided tour: €7 pp. Private 45-minute tours: Mon-Fri 11.30am-6pm; 5-10 years: €15. Children 3-4 years: €7. L5). Daily 9am-6pm. Jan 1, 6 9am-2pm. guided tour (for 2-4 people): €32 pp. Pri- Sat, Sun 9.30am-6pm (various times and Family ticket. Panoramic tour (audio guide + towers): vate family tour (for 4-9 people): €96 per languages). €9. Reduced: €7.50. Free for €29. Guided tour: €24. Self-guided tour group. Guided tours free for under-7s. Vari- under-7s. 30-minute tours: Mon-Sun opEn cAmp with audio guide: €22. Prior reservation ous languages. Prior reservation necessary 1.30pm (various languages). €6. Estadi Olímpic de Barcelona (Pg. necessary at www.sagradafamilia.org at www.parkguell.cat Reduced: €5. Free for under-7s. Olímpic, 17-19). M: Espanya (L1, L3; sAnt pAu, Art nouVEAu sitE FGC). Jan 2-8 10am-5pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. BAsílicA dE sAntA mAriA dEl lA pEdrErA (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Open Park (all experiences of whole mAr (Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal (L3, Pau/Dos de Maig (L5). Mon-Sat park): €20. Reduced: €15. Children 0-4: (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I L5); FGC: Provença. Pedrera by Day: Jan 1 10am-4.30pm; Sun and public holidays free. Open Stadium (includes (L4). Mon-Sat 9am-1pm, 5pm-8.30pm. 11am-8.30pm. Last entry 8pm. Jan 2-3 10am-2.30pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. Self-guided experiences inside stadium only): €15. Sundays, public holidays 10am-2pm, 9am-8.30pm. Last entry: 8pm. From Jan 4: visit: €10. Reduced: €7. Guided tour Reduced: €10. Children 0-4: free. 5pm-8pm. Guided tour including rooftop: 9am-6.30pm. Last entry: 6pm. Closed Jan (various times and languages daily noon to 6pm. Various times and 9-15 for maintenance work. €20.50. between 11am and 1.30pm): €16. poBlE EspAnyol languages. €10. Reduced: €8. Booking: Reduced: €16.50. Children 7-12: €10.25. Reduced: €11.20. First Sunday of the month (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: www.riostabarcelona.com and tickets. Aged 6 and under: free. Gaudi’s Pedrera. (no guided tours) and under-16s, free. Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Jan 1 1pm-mid- visitbarcelona.com. Wheelchair access. The Origins: Jan 1-3 9pm-11pm; from Jan 4 night. Jan 2-8: Mon 9am-8pm; Tue-Thu, 7pm-9pm. Closed Jan 9-15. €34. Children torrE BEllEsguArd Sun 9am-midnight; Fri 9am-3am; Sat BAsílicA dE sAntA mAriA dEl pi 7-12: €17. Aged 6 and under: free. (Bellesguard, 6-9). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. 9am-4am. From Jan 9: Mon-Thu (Plaça del Pi, 7). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I Tue-Sun 10am-3pm. Last entry: 2.30pm. 9am-8pm; Fri 9am-3am; Sat 9am-4am. (L4). 10am-6pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. €4. pAlAu BAró dE quAdrAs Closed Mondays and Jan 1, 6. Self-guided €13. Reduced: €7; other discounts Reduced: €3. Guided tour (including visit (Av. Diagonal, 373). M: Diagonal (L3, tour with audio guide: €9. Reduced: €7.20. online. Under-4s free. up bell tower): check web for times. €8.50. L5); FGC: Provença. Guided tours: Wed Under-8s free. Full guided tour: Sat, Sun portAVEnturA Secret Basílica del Pi: Fri (Catalan), Sat (except public holidays) 11am (English), 11am (English); Sat noon, Sun 1.15pm (Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila (Spanish) 9pm. From €16. noon (Catalan), 1pm (Spanish). €12. (Spanish). €16. Reduced: €12.80. Seca (Tarragona). Train (Renfe): Port Reduced: €10.80. Children 7-12: €6. Aged Under-8s free. cAsA BAtlló 6 and under: free. Prior reservation at Aventura. Jan 1-8 10am-midnight. (Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de www.casessingulars.com. Closed from Jan 9. Ticket info at tourist Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). 9am-9pm. Last entry: offices, tickets.visitbarcelona.com and 8pm. Cultural visit + video guide: €22.50. pAlAu güEll leisure www.portaventuraworld.com Reduced: €19.50. Free for under-7s. (Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Liceu (L3). Tue- AirE dE BArcElonA, ArAB BAtHs Sun 10am-5.30pm. Last entry: 4.30pm. (Pg. de Picasso, 22). M: Barceloneta, tiBidABo tHEmE pArk cAsA dE lEs punxEs (V) Closed Mondays, except public holidays, Jaume I (L4). Sun-Thu: first session 9am, (Pl. del Tibidabo, 3-4). Bus Tibibus (Av. Diagonal, 420). M: Verdaguer (L4, and Jan 1, 6. €12. Reduced: €9. Free for final session from 10pm. Fri and Sat: first (T2A) from Pl. de Catalunya. FGC: Av. L5), Diagonal (L3, L5). FGC: Provença. Daily under-10s. session 9am, final session from Tibidabo (L7) + Tramvia Blau or Bus 196 9am-8pm. Last entry: 7pm. Guided tour: midnight. Closed Jan 1 in the morning. + Tibidabo Funicular. Jan 2-5 11am-6pm. €20. Free for under-5s. Self-guided tour pAlAu dE lA músicA cAtAlAnA Closed Jan 1. Theme park: €28.50. with audio guide (available in 10 (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: BArcElonA urBAn ForEst Under-120cm: €10.30. Skywalk: €12.70. languages): €12.50. Reduced: €11.25. Free Urquinaona (L1, L4). 10am-3.30pm (every (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Under-120cm: €7.80. for under-5s. Fast track entry for 30 mins). Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian Maresme/Fòrum (L4). Until Jan 8: open self-guided tour: €15. Reduced: €13.75. and English. €18. Reduced: €11. Free for daily 10am-3pm. From Jan 9: open Zoo dE BArcElonA Free for under-5s. under-10s. weekends 10am-3pm. Closed Jan 1, 6. (Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n). M: Arc de €11-€24. Triomf (L1), Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica criptA gAudí colòniA güEll pAlAu rEquEsEns (L4). 10am-5.30pm. Last entry: 5pm. (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de (Bisbe Cassador, 3). M: Liceu (L3), gAudí ExpEriènciA €19.90. Children 3-12 years: €11.95. Cervelló). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC) + FGC: Jaume I (L4). Guided tours & suppers: Fri, (Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). Over-65s: €10.05. Under-3s free.

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