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BARCELONA IS Much More NATURE, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, GASTRONOMY FREE ISSUE JANUARY 2017 Monthly agenda OFFICIAL FREE GUIDE! BARCELONA IS MUCH MORE NATURE, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, GASTRONOMY... A HOST OF OPTIONS NEAR THE CITY ESSENTIAL THE AGENDA WITH GASTRONOMIC BEST ART MORE THAN EXPERIENCES GALLERIES 200 ACTIVITIES CONTENTS January 2017 Skiing at Masella. 08 BARCELONA 20 IN THE CITY IS MUCH MORE First class music, Enjoy the flavors while discovering history. Unforgettable activities theatre and dance Nature, sport, culture, The best music of all styles gastronomy... a host of activities combined with flamenco, C/ Mercaders 10 outside the city. dance and theatre. 08003 Born - Barcelona 14 ART 22 El Raval Art galleries Tradition and modernity Tel: + 34-932956467 Discover Barcelona’s rich variety go hand in hand in this neighbourhood. www.arcanobcn.com of artistic offerings by zones. 18 FOOD AND DRINK 23 SHOPPING The best gastronomic Catalan crafts in Ciutat Vella activities The best stores stocking Savour our gastronomy heritage related items. through the many activities 25 AGENDA and experiences offered by More than 200 daily restaurants. activities. Publisher: Turisme de Barcelona. Passatge de la Concepció, 7-9. Tel. 93 368 97 00. visitbarcelona.com · Design & layout: ZetaCorp (Ediciones Reunidas SA - Grupo Zeta). Tel. 93 227 94 16 · Advertising: Director Comercial, Juan Garçon. ZETA Gestión de Medios. Tel. 93 484 66 00 DL: B 12.919.2016 Follow us on social media: @VisitBCN_EN facebook.com/visitbarcelona pinterest.com/visitbcn/ youtube.com/c/visitbarcelonaofficial instagram.com/visitbarcelona plus.google.com/+visitbarcelonaofficial 2 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 3 THE HOT Sa. 14 Mo. 23 LIST FOOTBALL MUSIC El Raval January 2017 FC Barcelona- American band neighbourhood. Las Palmas. Spanish Lambchop performs league match. p. 40 at Sala BARTS as part of the Guitar BCN Mo. 16 Festival. p. 43 Su. MUSIC 01 Fr. Niña Pastori. The singer- 27 WITH THE FAMILY TOUR songwriter from Cádiz Festival de la Infància, Guided tour of Casa performs in Barcelona stacks of fun for all de les Punxes, as part of Festival del the youngsters in your an outstanding Mil·lenni. p. 41 Modernista building family. p. 34 by Puig i Cadafalch. Tu. p. 44 We. 17 04 OPERA MUSIC Werther, Goethe’s Christmas carol concert classic opera at Sa. 28 in Plaça del Rei with the the Gran Teatre del EXHIBITION Liceu. p. 41 Speed of life, Orfeó Català. p. 36 retrospective of American Th. photographer 05 TRADITIONS Peter Hujar at Cavalcada de Reis. Fundación Mapfre. The Magi from the p. 27 East parade through the city. p. 36 Sa. 21 TRADITIONS Els Tres Tombs, a traditional festival honouring Sant Antoni Abat, the patron saint of pets. p. 42 28-29 Sa. 07 CLASSICAL MUSIC LITERARY TOUR Su. 22 Shostakovich’s The Shadow of EXHIBITION Symphony No. 4 the Wind, a tour of Art and Film. 120 conducted by Russia’s Barcelona based on Ruiz years of exchanges at Valery Gergiev at Zafón’s novel. p. 36 CaixaForum. p. 43 L’Auditori. p. 44 4 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 5 TOURISM THERE ARE MANY DESK BARCELONAS TO EXPLORE. January 2017 WHICH ONE IS YOURS? DISCOVER THE FULL RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES ON OFFER BY VISITING: tickets.visitbarcelona.com Barcelona... just a click away Find more than 200 suggestions to suit a wide range of tastes 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! LA MOLINA-MASELLA VALL DE NÚRIA Buy your tickets at: tickets.visitbarcelona.com 6 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 7 2 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.
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