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ARTISTIC LA MERCÈ: AGENDA AND CULTURAL ’S WITH OVER EVENTS FESTIVAL 200 ACTIVITIES Pyromusical CONTENTS show on Montjuïc. September 2016

08 FOOD AND DRINK 16 Art Enogastronomy In museums and galleries Wine tastings, winery tours, A look at the main museum pairings, vineyard strolls, and gallery events. guided cellar tours… a host of 18 FOOD AND DRINK options to choose from. The pairing experience 12 IN THE CITY The best places in the city La Mercè: BCN celebrates to enjoy the grape harvest All the activities to enjoy month to the full. the city’s main celebration, 20 Shopping between September 22 and 25. Let’s go shopping 14 Music for all in the city centre. All BAM Festival concerts during 23 Agenda La Mercè and other musical More than 200 daily activities events throughout the city so you don’t miss out on any.

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2 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 3 The hot Mo. 19 list Art September 2016 'Renoir among Women' Exhibition at Fundación Mapfre. The female world of this Impressio- Su. 11 nist artist. p. 16 TRADITIONS Th. Th. 01 La Diada. . Natio- 22 MUSIC nal Day of Catalo- TRADITIONAL Mas i Mas Festival nia. Balconies cove- FESTIVAL Guitar concert by red with flags and La Mercè.The city ce- Manolo Sanlúcar streets filled with lebrates its traditio- at Palau de la activities. p. 38 nal main festival over a Música Catalana few days with a host of p. 32 activities. p. 12 Mo. 12 CLASSICAL MUSIC Fr. 23 London Symphony live music Orchestra BAM Festival Performing at Palau The musical events de la Música. p. 18 of La Merce. p. 14 OPERA Sa. Sa. Die Zauberflöte A new 24 03 take on Mozart’s last ENOGASTRONOMY SUMMER NIGHTS opera at Gran Teatre Catalan wine and A magical night at de . p. 38 cava show Wine tas- Casa Batlló: tour and tings, cold cuts and live music on the cheeses p. 18 rooftop. p. 46 Sa. 17 WITH THE FAMILY Fr. 09 Vallès Symphony We. Orchestra, Brodas Bros 28 CONCERT TOUR and SonarKids present British rock band La Casa de les The Sisters of Prokofiev’sPeter and Punxes This outs- Mercy at Sala the Wolf at Palau de la tanding Moder- Razzmatazz. p. 36 Música. p. 41 nista building also has a stunning Su. 11 Su. 18 rooftop. p. 45 FOOTBALL sports FC Barcelona-Alavès La Mercè Race League match at 10-km fun run through p. 37 the city. p. 13

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well as visiting cosy little gastronomic 1. Among the vineyards of Bodegas places. The wine tasting at Moritz Bar Torres in the Penedès. 2. Walking Tour à Vins includes local wines paired wi- Gourmet in the city of Barcelona. th tasty snacks. In addition to learning FOOD AND 1 about the basics of tasting wine, you DRINK will also discover the history and di- fferent flavours of Catalan and Spa- Wine and nish wines under the guidance of an cheese pairings expert sommelier. And don’t hesitate to join the Bar- The Torres winery in the Penedès Enogastronomy: celona Walking Tour Gourmet, an en- offers you a pairing of wines and tertaining guided tour that will teach cheeses, two of the cornerstones you about the history of delicious Ca- of Mediterranean cuisine. Under full-flavoured talan cuisine, learning about local the guidance of a professional, you products (dairy products, cold cuts, will taste four wines accompanied chocolate, oil, nougat, wine...) in cen- by four cheeses: brie-style, semi- experiences tury-year-old establishments in La Ri- cured, cured and blue. Take part in a bera and Barri Gòtic neighbourhoods. food and wine experience that will Several tasting sessions are also in- awaken your senses. GASTRONOMY, CULTURE, HISTORY, ART, TRADITION, cluded, one of which takes place at Ja- tickets.visitbarcelona.com LANDSCAPE, WINE... ENOGASTRONOMY IS MUCH món Experience, where you will sam- MORE THAN FOOD AND DRINK. PRACTICE IT! ple six different Spanish hams paired with cava, wine or beer.

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Do you want to enjoy the gastro- Mediterranean culture. nomy in Barcelona and its surroun- You can choose from a host of dings? What about their wines? Sep- tempting activities in the city of Bar- TASTINGS, SAMPLINGS AND tember is harvest month and the best celona, including taking part in a gour- PAIRINGS, WINERY TOURS, time to enjoy the many activities de- met experience to learn about diffe- VINEYARD STROLLS, signed to suit all tastes and ages. Take rent wines paired with an exquisite FESTIVALS... WINE IS THE Enjoy the pairing and discover the plunge into one of the essences of selection of cold cuts and cheeses, as STAR IN SEPTEMBER the Torres winery and its history.

8 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 9 © TORRES © as Bodegas Torres, an ideal place to ter is best experienced in Sant Sadur- enjoy nature and indulge your pala- Cava in Sant ní d’Anoia on September 7 and 8. The te. There are many activities on offer, Sadurní d’Anoia phylloxera festival in that town recalls from personalised guided tours to tas- how it had to overcome a plague of tings and pairings, or even a bike ride. At only 45 kilometres from this insect that devastated its vine- You can also visit Bodegas Llopart, Barcelona, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia yards in the 19th century. where you can sample top quality ca- is the home to the headquarters of The tour of the town of Alella, in vas while enjoying some spectacu- one of the world’s most important the county of Maresme, takes place lar views. And in Mas Comtal, you will wineries: Cavas Freixenet. If you among vineyards and Modernista More information and ticket sales: discover a family winery producing or- travel out that way, you will learn buildings. Here, you will taste orga- Information and tourism points ganic wines. Another fine option is to about the secrets of a century- nic designation of origin wines, visit visitbarcelona.com join the Wine and Cava Experience to old company that today exports a 14th-century farmhouse and disco- tickets.visitbarcelona.com visit the Torres, Freixenet its products to more than 150 ver its best local products, including and Jean Leon wine- countries. The town is also its grapes. And in Torre del Veguer, in ries on a single tour home to Cavas Cordoníu, the county of Garraf, a winemaker will with the Catalun- where you can not only reveal to you the secrets of making wi- ya Bus Turístic. sample various cavas, ne and you will enjoy a wine pairing wi- Wine is all but also visit a gem of th Mediterranean tapas. Experiencing about culture, Catalan Modernista the authentic taste of the Mediterra- tradition and cele- architecture. nean and its wines is the best way to bration and the lat- tickets.visitbarcelona.com welcome in the autumn.

In a monastery Mirador de Colón Vineyards in Poblet On las ramblas Vineyards surround the The Mirador de Colón houses monastery of Poblet, located an information centre on wine 120 km from Barcelona, where tourism and where you can buy you can sample local wines and the best Catalan designation of discover this world heritage site. origin wines and cavas. tickets.visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com

10 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 11 Fun run LA MERCÈ RACE 2 The popular La Mercè fun run will once again take place on Septem- ber 18. The runners will pass by some of the city’s most emble- matic places over its 10-km leng- th. There will also be an alterna- tive 2-km course for people with IN THE reduced mobility. Join in the fun! CITY Information and registration: 3 lameva.barcelona.cat/cursamerce

1. ‘Castellers’ in front of the cathedral. 2. Traditional devils from La Mercè: BCN the ‘correfoc’. 3. A traditional Catalan band (‘cobla’).

sic, and you will be able to run behind celebrates devils spitting out fire in the correfoc. 1 There is a wide range of artistic and theatrical events for all audiences at the BARCELONA CELEBRATES ITS MAIN FESTIVAL FROM Festival Mercè Arts de Carrer, street art in SEPTEMBER 22 TO 25: LA MERCÈ, WITH PLENTY OF Passeig de la Circumval.lació, enticing Pyromusical ACTIVITIES FOR ALL. LET US SHOW YOU HOW TO ENJOY IT cultural activities at the Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm... and don’t be surprised WATER, FIRE, by GLORIA MARTÍN to find some French performers too, as LIGHT AND MUSIC this year’s guest city is Paris. In Plaça Catalunya, you will be able The celebrations of La Mercè When a plague of locusts invaded ther locals and foreigners alike and is to participate in some theatrical activi- culminate each year with a Barcelona in 1687, the city entrusted held on various stages set up throug- ties, workshops, a radio studio, a mural magnificent spectacle that itself to the Virgin of Mercy (la Virgen hout the length and breadth of the ci- space... You will discover an original mix combines the light show of the de la Mercè) and managed to rid it- ty, offering many activities that are as of dance and digital technologies; you fountains at Montjuïc, which self of them. In gratitude, she was na- numerous as they are varied. will see a unique interactive show per- ‘dance’ for the occasion, with music med patron saint, although the Pope Traditional culture figures promi- formed in real time from three different and fireworks. The pyromusical did not ratify the decision until two nently in the festival. You will learn spaces (Fabra i Coats, Parc Ciutadella show (September 25) will this centuries later, in 1868. It was how to dance ’s traditio- and CCCB), and you will see a colourful year focus on ‘chanson française’, then, in September, that a fes- nal sardana; you will see hu- mapping show on the façade of the Ci- although it will also remember two tival was celebrated in her ho- man towers (castellers) ty Hall, because technology will figure great musicians who passed away nour. Today, it is the city’s main and giant headed figu- very prominently. Tradition and moder- recently: David Bowie and Prince. traditional festival, and its most res (capgrossos); you nity go hand in hand during Barcelona’s The show will take place be in popular. It brings toge- will hear cobla mu- main festival celebration. Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina.

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Music for all No party is complete without music and La Mercè knows this full well, which is why the BAM Festival offers a great ran- ge of concerts. Among others, you will be able to hear the English pop of Llo- yd Cole, the blues of Algerian band Imar- han and the voices of Jeanne Added and Baaba Maal. But the month will offer mo- re music. L’Auditori will welcome Kazu- ki Ono and Gianandrea Noseda will con- 2 duct the London Symphony Orchestra at Palau de la Música, which will also host a great flamenco gala and a version of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf for the whole family, in collaboration with So- narKids, the dance company Brodas Bros and the Vallès Symphony Orches- tra. There will also be musical theatre (in Catalan) with Dagoll Dagom and Scara- 3 mouche. The best way to bid farewell to summer is with some fine music. 1. Jeanne Added. 2. Imarhan. lameva.barcelona.cat/bam/en 3. Gianandrea Noseda will conduct www.visitbarcelona.com the London Symphony Orchestra.

Summer nights September 10). Similarly, don’t miss FROM UP ON HIGH out on the views of the city from the top of the church of Santa Maria del Summer Nights is entering its final Mar (below). www.casabatllo.es stretch. This month, don’t miss out on www.lapedrera.com visiting the rooftops of two Gaudí buil- santamariadelmarbarcelona.org dings: Casa Batlló, where there will be music and drinks (until September 24) and La Pedrera, with good jazz (until 14 visitbarcelona.com

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22 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 23 The garden as a work of art Until Oct 2. Work Obscure space Sep 15-Jan 6, 2017 Torture Photography in the lobby Until Sep 18. Information and sales by French landscape architect Jean-Claude before and during the Franco dictatorship. In the 1940s, photographer Joaquim Gomis Nicolas Forestier. accompanied Joan Miró on a visit to the Tourist information points and Espai Volart – tickets.visitbarcelona.com Gimeno Foundry. These images capture the Centre de Cultura Fundació Vila Casas artistic material he discovered there, a Contemporània de Barcelona (Ausiàs Marc, 22 ). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4), testament to what was a time of (Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 93 481 79 85. dictatorship and repression. Tue-Sun, public holidays 11am-8pm. Closed Closed Sep 1-14. From Sep 15: Tue-Fri 5pm- Exhibitions Mon (except public holidays). One exhibi- 8.30pm; Sat 11am-2pm, 5pm-8.30pm; Sun Fundació Suñol arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona tion: €6. Reduced: €4. Two exhibitions: €8. 11am-2pm. Closed Mon and public holi- (Pg. de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal (L3, L5). (Pl. Pons i Clerch, 2). M: (L1), Reduced: €6. Under-12s and unemployed, days. €1. www.fundacióvilacasas.com Mon-Fri 11am-2pm, 4pm-8pm; Sat 4pm- Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 34 20. Mon-Sat 10am- free. Sunday 3pm-8pm, free. www.cccb.org Jo Milne. I don’t make predictions, only ex- 8pm. Closed Sun and public holidays. €4. 7pm. Closed Sun and public holidays, ex- The thinking machine Until Dec 11. This cuses Sep 15-Dec 18. The record of an artis- Reduced: €3. www.fundaciosunol.org cept Sep 24-25. arxiufotografic.bcn.cat show looks at the influence of 13th-century tic journey by the Scottish artist. Dialogues of the Gaze Until Oct 29. A FREE From wall to wall Until Sep 25. Exhi- Mallorcan philosopher Ramon Llull on the Open the Windows. From Rogent to Roca- collective exhibition of works from the bition of photos taken between 1974 and arts, science, literature and technology. Sastre Sep 15-Dec 18. An exploration of the Suñol collection that looks at the way creative confluence between Catalan artists visitors gaze at artworks and vice versa. 1977 that feature street art on various walls CosmoCaixa around the city of Barcelona. Josep Roca-Sastre and Ramon Rogent. Featured artists include Man Ray, Richard (Isaac Newton, 26). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. T. 93 Avedon, Christo... Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat 212 60 50. Until Sep 11: daily 10am-8pm. Fundació Antoni Tàpies de Barcelona From Sep 12: Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. Closed (Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, Fundación MAPFRE (Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4), Liceu (L3). Mon (except public holidays). €4. Under- L4). T. 93 487 03 15. Tue-Sun 10am-7pm. Casa Garriga i Nogués (Diputació, 250). M: T. 93 256 22 55. 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Collection, 1966-1976 Until modern ideal to the classic ideal Sep species from the Brazilian jungle. Oct 16. Works created by the Catalan artist. 17-Jan 8, 2017. Sixty pieces by the CaixaForum The birthplace of humanity Until Jan 9, French artist highlight his numerous (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Es- 2017. How our ancestors lived thanks to Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera works dedicated to images of women. panya (L1, L3; FGC). 10am-8pm. €4. Under- archaeological discoveries in Tanzania. (Pg. de Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, L5); To demonstrate the evolution in his 16s, free. http://obrasociallacaixa.org Wildlife Photographer of the Year Until FGC: Provença. 10am-8.30pm. Last entry: concept of feminine beauty, paintings Sep 11. Selection of images from the 2015 8pm. www.lapedrera.com by contemporaries and successors Philippe Halsman. Surprise me! Jorge Oteiza Sep 27-Jan 22, 2017. This Span- such as Degas and Picasso are also Until Nov 6. More than 300 images edition of this contest. Two faces of the Antarctic No end date. ish sculptor was key in the genre in the sec- shown. taken by Halsman, a US photographer ond half of the 20th century; this show em- renowned for his numerous LIFE cover See this unique area from two very different perspectives, a scientific one and an artistic braces his entire artistic career, which had a The Gaudí Exhibition Center shots and lengthy collaboration with clear leaning toward experimentation and Museu Diocesà (Pla de la Seu, 7). M: Jau- Salvador Dalí. one, the latter featuring images by Sebastião Salgado. theoretical reflection. me I (L4), Liceu (L3). T. 93 268 75 82. 10am- 8pm. €15. Reduced: €7.50, €12. Under-8s, Ming. The golden empire Until Oct 2. A Fundació Joan Miró wonderful opportunity to discover the El Born Centre de Cultura free. www.gaudiexhibitioncenter.com i Memòria (Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, culture and art of this dynasty, which L3; FGC). T. 93 443 94 70. Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat Walking with Gaudí Permanent dominated China for 276 years, beyond the (Plaça Comercial, 12). M: Jaume I & Barcelo- 10am-8pm. Thu 10am-9pm. Sun and pub- exhibition that gives you the chance to famous blue-and-white ceramics. neta (L4), Arc de Triomf (L1). T. 93 256 68 51. lic holidays 10am-2.30pm. Closed Mon (ex- delve into the life and work of the Alt-Architecture Until Oct 2. Third Site and exhibitions: Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. cept public holidays). €12. Reduced: €7. genius architect. It’s an interactive exhibitions invites viewers to ask questions Closed Mon (except public holidays). Per- Temporary exhibition: €7. Reduced: €5. Es- experience created with Samsung about architectural practices. manent exhibition: €6. Reduced: €4.20. Under-16s, free. Sunday 3pm-8pm and pai 13: €2.50. Under-15s and unemployed, using the latest virtual reality and other Castell de Montjuïc first Sunday of month 10am-8pm, free. free. www.fmirobcn.org technologies. (Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya (L1, L3; elbornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat Permanent exhibition Most important FGC). 10am-8pm. €5. Reduced: €3. Under- public collection of work by Joan Miró. Hash Marihuana 16s and Sunday 3pm-8pm, free. El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria Infinite sequence Until Oct 2. Focusing & Hemp Museum ajuntament.barcelona.cat/ Under an emblematic 19th-century on the work of Ignasi Aballí, winner of the (Ample, 35). M: Drassanes (L3), Barcelone- castelldemontjuic/en market, discover an archaeological site 2015 Joan Miró Prize. ta (L4). T. 93 319 75 39. 10am-10pm. Public Montjuïc, the construction of a castle Per- from 1700. Espai 13 Until Sep 11. Continuing the holidays 2pm-10pm. €9. Under-13s, free. manent exhibition. Barcelona 1700. From stones to people programme ‘When Lines are Time’, artist www.hashmuseum.com Doble Creu Permanent exhibition of sculp- (Sala Villarroel) Permanent exhibition. Rosana Antolí creates pieces that are in the Permanent exhibition The past, ture by Carles Berga. moment, using diverse formats. present and future of the cannabis plant.

24 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 25 Jardí Botànic de Barcelona works by Sandorfi, who was clearly inspired Güell. €8. Reduced: €5.60. Under-7s, free. FREE Barcelona to the limit This spot over- (Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, L3; by his personal experiences. museuhistoria.bcn.cat; www.parkguell.cat looking the city was used for anti-aircraft FGC). T. 93 256 41 60. Permanent exhibition: Güell, Gaudí and Barcelona, the expres- guns in the Civil War, and was later part of a 10am-7pm. €3.50. Reduced: €1.70. Com- Museu Etnològic sion of an urban ideal Permanent exhibi- shanty town set up by immigrants arriving bined ticket with Museu Blau: €7. Reduced: (Passeig de Santa Madrona, 16-22). M: Po- tion about Park Güell, its Casa de la Guarda from around Spain. €3.50. First Sunday of the month, all day, ble Sec (L3), Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Tue-Sat and the wider city during the time of mod- and every other Sunday from 3pm, free. 10am-7pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- ernisme. MUHBA Via Sepulcral Romana museuciencies.cat 8pm. Closed Mon. Joint ticket for Museu Et- (Pl. de la Vila de Madrid). M: Catalunya Permanent exhibition Mediterranean nològic + Museu de les Cultures del Món: MUHBA Plaça del Rei (L1, L3; FGC). Tue, Thu 11am-2pm; Sat-Sun plants from around the world. €5. Reduced: €3.50. First Sunday of month, (Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). Tue-Sat 10am- 11am-7pm. Closed Mon, Wed, Fri. €2. Re- Bonsai show Weekends and public holi- all day, and other Sundays from 4pm-8pm, 7pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Mon. €7. Re- duced: €1.50. Under-16s, free. First Sunday days 10.30am-6.30pm. free. http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/mu- duced: €5. Under-16s, free. First Sunday of month, all day, and other Sundays from seuetnologic/en/home of month, all day and other Sundays from 3pm, free. museuhistoria.bcn.cat La Virreina. Centre de la imatge Feel our heritage Permanent exhibition 3pm, free. Temp exhibition only: €2.20. Re- Permanent exhibition This secondary Ro- (La Rambla, 99). M: Liceu (L3). T. 93 316 10 that aims to explain our society through the duced: €1.50. museuhistoria.bcn.cat man road was also the site for burials be- 00. Tue-Sun, public holidays noon-8pm. comparison of different places and times, tween the first and third centuries AD. Permanent exhibition ajuntament.barcelona.cat/lavirreina/en/ and features six spaces with objects com- Archaeological site that lets you get to FREE Barcelona. The metropolis in the age mon to all cultures. Visitors can touch some Museu Blau. Museu de les know the Roman colony of Barcino. of photography, 1860-2004 Until Sep 25. of the items on show. Ciències Naturals de Barcelona Following the development of Barcelona Land of potters Looking at trades associat- (Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc del The first farmers. Major innovation from Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). T. 93 through images. ed with water. 7,500 years ago Until Nov 13. Farmers led The sacred, the profane and the festive Ex- 256 60 02. Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun and MACBA. Museu d’Art the first great transformation of the Barcelo- public holidays 10am-8pm. €6. Reduced: ploring the origins and prevalence of reli- na landscape. Contemporani gious expression in Catalonia. €2.70. Temporary exhibition: €6.50. Re- (Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat (L1, MUHBA Refugi 307 duced: €4.50. Museu Blau and Jardí Botàn- L2), Sant Antoni (L2). T. 93 412 08 10. Mon, MIBA. Museu d’Idees i Invents (Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Paral·lel (L2, ic: €7. Reduced: €3.50. First Sunday of Wed, Fri 11am-8pm; Thu 11am-9pm; Sat de Barcelona L3). T. 93 256 21 22. Guided tours: Sun month, all day, and other Sundays from 10am-9pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- (Ciutat, 7). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 332 79 30. 10.30am (English), 11.30am (Spanish) and 3pm, free. http://museuciencies.cat 3pm. Closed Tue (except public holidays). Tue-Fri 10am-2pm, 4pm-7pm; Sat 10am- 12.30pm (Catalan). €3.40. Prior reserva- Planet life Permanent exhibition about the €10 (valid for one month). Reduced: €8. Un- 8pm; Sun and public holidays 10am-2pm. tion necessary: [email protected]. history of life and evolution of the planet. der-14s free. www.macba.cat Closed Mon. €8. Reduced: €6. Under-4s, museuhistoria.bcn.cat Andrea Fraser. L’1%, c’est moi Until Sep free. www.mibamuseum.com Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Creta- Permanent exhibition 400 metres of ceous Until Mar 26, 2017 This show was 4. The US performance artist tries to answer Permanent exhibition The fascinating tunnels let you sense the anguish felt by the question, ‘What do we want from art?’ world of invention and creativity. created by the National Geographic residents during air raids on the city during Museum in Washington, D.C., and the The Terror Chamber Until Oct 31 the Spanish Civil War. Punk. Its traces in contemporary Some of history’s most terrifying ideas! main exhibit of the show is a 15-metre art Until Sep 25. Discover how punk MUHBA Santa Caterina skeleton of a Spinosaurus, a dinosaur influences today’s art. MUHBA El Call (Pl. de Joan Capri, s/n.). M: Jaume I (L4). even bigger than the T-Rex. (Placeta de Manuel Ribé, s/n). M: Liceu (L3), Mon-Sat 7.30am-3.30pm. Closed Sun and MACBA Collection 31 Until Jul 2017. A Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 21 22. Wed, Fri 11am- Museu Can Framis. new selection of works from among the public holidays. museuhistoria.bcn.cat 2pm; Sat-Sun 11am-7pm. €2.20. Reduced: FREE Permanent collection Archaeological Fundació Vila Casas 6,000 or so that make up the Museum’s €1.54. museuhistoria.bcn.cat (Roc Boronat, 116-126). M: Glòries (L1), Po- repository, including some that have never remains among the foundations of the San- The Jews in Medieval Barcelona Permanent ta Caterina market. blenou & Llacuna (L4). Closed until Sep 11. previously been shown. exhibition that reveals how the Jewish com- From Sep 12: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm; Sun 11am- MEAM: Museu Europeu d’Art munity lived during the medieval period. MUHBA Temple d’August 2pm. Closed Mon and public holidays. €5. Modern (Paradís, 10). T. 93 256 21 22. M: Jaume I Reduced: €2. www.fundaciovilacasas.com MUHBA Oliva Artés (L4). Mon 10am-2pm; Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Poblenou is new again Sep 12-15. Catalan (Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 (Espronceda, 142-146, Parc Central del Po- Sun 10am-8pm. museuhistoria.bcn.cat painter and illustrator Perico Pastor takes us 319 56 93. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. Closed blenou) T. 93 256 21 22. M: Poblenou (L4). on a colourful trip through the neighbour- Mon. €9. Reduced: €7. Under-11s free. Wed 4.30pm-8pm; Sat-Sun 11am-3pm, FREE Permanent exhibition Visit the re- hood of Poblenou, where the artist has his www.meam.es 4.30pm-8pm. museuhistoria.bcn.cat mains of Augustine’s temple, where ur- studio. His images are part of a book pub- FREE Interrogate Barcelona Permanent exhi- Contemporary art Permanent banism and political and religious pow- lished by Barcelona City Council. bition that traces change in the city from in- er went arm in arm in Roman Barcelo- exhibition of nearly 300 paintings and dustrialisation to the 21st century. Brut nature Sep 19-Dec 18 Young Catalan 80 sculptures from the 21st century. na, the city known as Barcino. sculptor Gerard Mas won the Fundació Vila MUHBA Park Güell Casas Prize for Sculpture last year. Istvan Sandorfi Sep 22-Nov 13. (Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). M: Vall- MUHBA Turó de la Rovira Exhibition of works by Hungarian painter carca (L3). T. 93 256 21 22. 8am-8.30pm. (Marià Labèrnia, s/n) Bus: 119, V17. T. 93 Museu de Badalona who fled his country in 1956 when the Last entry: 7.30pm. The Casa de la Guar- 256 21 22. General access has no fixed time- (Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1. Badalona). Soviets invaded, and ended up living first in da is part of the visit to the Conjunt Mon- table. Museum area: Wed, Sat 4.30pm- M: Badalona Pompeu Fabra (L2). T. 93 384 Germany and then in Paris. This show’s umental of Park Güell, and is subject to 8.30pm; Sun 10.30am-2.30pm, 4.30pm- 17 50. Tue-Sat 10am-2pm, 5pm-8pm. Sun scope is unprecedented: 140 large-scale the conditions regarding access to Park 8.30pm. museuhistoria.bcn.cat and public holidays 10am-2pm. Closed

26 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 27 Mon. €6. Reduced: €4.80. Under-7s, free. inside a huge guitar set up outside the Museu del Futbol 3pm, free. www.museumares.bcn.cat www.museudebadalona.cat museum and discover the many sounds Club Barcelona Sculpture collection Permanent exhibition Baetulo, Roman city Permanent exhibition and images it can produce. Estadi FCB (Aristides Maillol, s/n. Gates 7 of items and artworks collected during his that takes you to the basement of the build- and 9). M: Les Corts (L3). 9.30am-7.30pm. life by Frederic Marès. ing to see the remains of the steam baths €23. Reduced: €18. Under-6s and FCB Caricatures of ‘vuitcentista’ Barcelona Until and Decumanus Maximus street. Antic Convent de Sant Agustí (Comerç, 36). members, free. Some areas closed and Sep 25. Collection of 19th-century (vuitcenti- Mono i mona. Ramon Casas and Anís, un- M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Until Sep 15: Mon-Sat opening hours reduced on match days. sta) works by Catalan painter and illustrator usual coincidences Until Sep 25 Part of 10am-8pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- www.fcbarcelona.com/camp-nou Josep Parera (c.1828-1902). the celebrations of the Ramon Casas Year, 3pm. From Sep 16: Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun marking 150 years since the birth of the Cat- and public holidays 10am-3pm. €6. Group Camp Nou Experience Permanent Museu Marítim de Barcelona alan artist, this exhibition is dedicated to his tickets 15 people or more): €5 per person. exhibition that takes in the club’s 100 (Av. de les Drassanes, s/n). M: Drassanes work connected to locally produced liquor, Under-7s, free. www.museuxocolata.cat years of history and includes a visit to (L3). T. 93 342 99 20. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm. Anís del Mono. Permanent exhibition Discover the the Camp Nou facilities. Temporary exhibitions + visit to Santa Eu- origins of chocolate, its arrival in Europe in làlia schooner: €7. Reduced: €3.50. Sun- Museu de Montserrat the 16th century, and its relationship with Museu del Mamut days from 3pm, free. Permanent exhibition (Abadia de Montserrat. 08199 Montser- Barcelona and Catalonia. (Montcada, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 268 85 closed for remodelling. www.mmb.cat rat). FGC from Pl. Espanya (R5 line). Sta- 20. 10am-9pm. €7.50. Reduced: €5. Chil- 7 vessels, 7 histories Until Dec 31. Hear dif- tion: Monistrol de Montserrat + zip train. Museu de les Cultures dren 6-15 years: €3.50. Under-6s, free. ferent stories that feature a variety of boats Until Sep 11: 10am-6.45pm. From Sep 12: del Món www.museomamut.com as the protagonists. Mon-Fri 10am-5.45pm, Sat, Sun and public (Montcada, 12). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 23 Permanent exhibition See the remains Toy boats 1870-1939 Until Jan 9, 2017. Pri- hols 10am-6.45pm. €7. Reduced: €6. Chil- 00. Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun and public holi- of woolly mammoths and other animals vate collection of toys from Menorca. dren 8-16: €4. Temp exhibition only: €3.30. days, 10am-8pm. Closed Mon (except pub- from the Ice Age. They also offer games, Sub-aquatic painting. 150 years of history www.museudemontserrat.com lic holidays). Joint ticket for Museu Etnològic workshops and guided visits throughout Until Sep 25. Don’t miss your chance to dis- cover this unusual style of art. Permanent exhibition Paintings by El + Museu de les Cultures del Món: €5. Re- the year in various languages; contact Refugees, an odyssey to Europe Until Sep Greco, Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Monet, duced: €3.50. museuculturesmon.bcn.cat museum for details. 30. Images by Sergi Càmara that show the Sisley, Degas, Pissarro, Miró, Dalí, Pi- Permanent exhibition Explore the artistic Museu del Modernisme different routes refugees follow. casso... heritage of different cultures from Africa, Asia, America and Oceania. de Barcelona Museu Moto Barcelona Photographic legacy Until Sep 11. Images Ikunde. Barcelona, colonial metropolis Un- (Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, (C/ de la Palla, 10). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I taken by Catalan father and son photogra- til Feb 5, 2017. Examining the connection L4). T. 93 272 28 96. Tue-Sat 10.30am-7pm; (L4), Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 93 318 65 84. phers Martí Gasull Coral and Martí Gasull between Barcelona and Spanish Guinea, a Sun and public holidays 10.30am-2pm. Mon-Sat 10.30am-7.30pm; Sun and public Avellán, ranging from before the Spanish colony of Spain from 1778 until 1968, when Closed Mon. €10. Reduced: €7. Children holidays, check with museum. €9 including Civil War to more recent times. it won independence. 6-16: €5. Under-6s, free. www.mmbcn.cat a drink. Reduced: €6 including a drink. Un- Human mountain Until Oct 2. Works by Dan- Permanent exhibition Over 350 works der-8s, free. www.museumoto.com iel Enkaoua, an Israeli artist who moved to Museu del Disseny de Barcelona by 42 of the most important artists from Motorbike. Society, industry, Barcelona in 2004. Edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona (Pl. de les Catalan modernisme. Glòries Catalanes, 37-38). M: Glòries (L1). T. competition Permanent exhibition looking MEB: Museu de l’Eròtica 93 256 68 00. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Museu Egipci de Barcelona at the history of the motorbike. de Barcelona Mon (except public holidays). Permanent (València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, Scooters: a century of the urban (La Rambla, 96, bis). M: Liceu (L3), Catalun- exhibitions: €6. Reduced: €4. Temp exhi- L3 ,L4). Until Sep 11: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; moped Until Mar 2017. Discover the ya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 93 318 98 65. 10am-mid- bition: €4.40. Reduced: €3. Sundays from Sun 10am-2pm. From Sep 12: Mon-Fri evolution of the moped. night. €9. Reduced: €8. Special prices for 10am-2pm, 4pm-8pm; Sat 10am-8pm; 3pm-8pm and first Sunday of month, all Museu Nacional d’Art groups. www.erotica-museum.com day, free. www.museudeldisseny.cat Sun 10am-2pm. €11. Reduced: €8. Children 6-14: €5. www.museuegipci.com de Catalunya Permanent exhibition Take a trip From the world to the museum. Product de- Permanent exhibition Almost a (Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1, L3: through the history of eroticism. sign, cultural heritage Permanent exhibi- thousand items that date from the ancient FGC). T. 93 622 03 60. Tue-Sat 10am-8pm; tion showing daily objects from a museum Museu de la Música civilisation of the Pharaohs. Sun and public holidays 10am-3pm. Closed perspective. L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Ma- Tutankhamun, history of a discovery Mon (except for public holidays). €12. Un- Extraordinary! Collections of decorative rina (L1), Monumental (L2). Tue-Sat 10am- No end date How the tomb of the famous der-16s, free. Saturdays from 3pm, and first arts and signature works (3rd-20th centu- 6pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Closed Mon (except Egyptian king was uncovered. Sunday of every month, free. Rooftop view- public holidays). €5. Reduced: €3.50. Un- ries). Permanent exhibition. Osiris, Egyptian god Until Oct Osiris, ing-point: €2. Temporary exhibitions: check der-16s, free. First Sunday of month, all day, The dressed body. Silhouettes and fash- wise and just like no other, was the god of with museum. www.museunacional.cat and other Sundays from 3pm, free. www. ion (1550-2015) Permanent exhibition the afterlife, resurrection and regeneration. Permanent exhibition Most important museumusica.bcn.cat about how women alter their shape using collection of painted Romanic murals and Permanent exhibition. Enjoy a their clothes. Museu Frederic Marès Catalan modernisme in the world. journey through the different periods that Graphic design: from trade to profession (Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume The Divine Morales Until Sep 25. make up the history of music. (1940-1980) Permanent exhibition tracing I (L4). T. 93 256 35 00. Tue-Sat 10am-7pm. 16th-century Spanish painter Luis de Catalan rock’s big night Until Jan 8, the professionalisation of graphic design. Sun and public holidays 11am-8pm. Closed Morales gained his ‘The Divine’ nickname 2017. At the end of the 1980s and start of the D’obra Sep 16-Jan 29, 2017 Exploration of Mon (except public holidays). €4.20. Re- as his works tended to focus on the sacred. 1990s, Catalan rock enjoyed a boom time. 12,000 years of tradition and innovation in duced: €2.40. Under-16s, free. First Sunday Ramon Casas and shadow puppets at Guitar On/Off Sep 20-Nov 27. Come the use of ceramics in architecture. of month, all day, and other Sundays from ‘’ Until Oct 31. Part of the

28 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 29 activities marking the 150th anniversary of has been running. T. 93 396 71 91. Tickets available from Atra- shows. €46.50 for all three shows. The the birth of the key Catalan modernista FREE We’re all Super! 25 years of Super3 palo, Ticketea, Entradas.com and the ticket third Agrupación Señor Serrano show is a artist, Ramon Casas. The MNAC recently Until Sep 4. Looking at the success of Cata- office. www.elmolinobcn.com modern-day western set in the decade af- acquired 12 shadow puppets Casas did of lan TV’s output for children on its Super3 Cabaretazo Until Sep 10. Thu-Sat 11pm; ter 9/11. In Catalan, English and Arabic with friends associated with Els Quatre Gats café. channel. Sun 10pm. From €15. Join ‘Las Sisters’ as Catalan subtitles. Lluïsa Vidal Sep 23-Jan 15, 2017. She is FREE European man Until Sep 4. Photo- they embark on an all-singing, all-dancing one of the most well-known women artists graphic report that reflects on the values trip in search of fame that will make you (Gràcia) from the Catalan modernista period. of Europe. The show is part of the Festival laugh and probably cry, too. A cabaret that (Montseny, 47) M: Fontana (L3). T. 93 289 Docfield>16. includes a striptease. In Spanish. 27 70. www.teatrelliure.com Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport FREE Outumuro BCN Portraits Sep 20-Feb Swing, the show Until Sep 10. Thu-Sat L’inframón Sep 21-Oct 16. Wed-Fri 8.30pm; Joan Antoni Samaranch 28, 2017. Photographs of different mem- Sat 5.30pm, 9pm. Sun 6pm. €29. The the- (Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M: Espan- 8pm; Sun 7pm. From €18. Circus, dance, bers of society and culture linked to Bar- atre opens its 2016/2017 season with this ya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 93 292 53 79. Tue-Sat beauty, emotions and fashion. celona. award-winning Jennifer Haley play, The 10am-8pm; Sun and public holidays 10am- El Molino On From Sep 29. Thu FREE I will talk to the class Sep 14-Dec 11. Nether. In Catalan. 2.30pm. Closed Mon (except public holi- Remembering the Isabel de Villena school 9.30pm; Fri-Sat 6.30pm, 9.30pm; Sun days). €5.10. Reduced: €3.20. Under-7s and that opened in 1939 and went against the 7.30pm. From €24. Enjoy a fabulous Teatre Nacional over-65s, free. www.museuolimpicbcn.cat Franco dictatorship by using educational cabaret performance. de Catalunya (TNC) Rumba Experience See website for Permanent exhibition Explore in-depth principles from the Institut Escola of the ear- (Pl. de les Arts, 1). M: Glòries (L1), Mon- the worlds of sport and the Olympic Games. dates. 7pm. €18.50. Barcelona and rumba lier Republican Catalan government. umental (L2). T. 93 306 57 00. Ticket of- 3,2,1...Rio Until Sep 18. How host cities go hand in hand. fice opens Wed-Fri 3pm-7pm; Sat 3pm- have followed the example set by Reial Monestir de Barcelona at the XXV Olympiad. Santa Maria de Pedralbes Teatre Gaudí Barcelona 8.30pm; Sun 3pm-5pm. www.tnc.cat Meet the Playmobil sportsmen and (Baixada del Monestir, 9). FGC: Reina Elisen- (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). M: Sagrada L’aplec del remei Sep 29-Oct 2. Thu-Sat women Until Sep 25. An homage to the da. T. 93 256 34 34. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat Família (L2, L5) and Sant Pau/Dos de Maig 8pm; Sun 6pm. From 14 years. €23. Perfor- 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympics in 10am-7pm; Sun 10am-8pm. Public holi- (L5). T. 93 603 51 52. Ticket office opens mance based on the first Catalan-language Brazil, using Playmobil figures. days 10am-2pm. Closed Mon. €5. Reduced: an hour before performance starts. www. musical, directed by Wanda Pitrowska. In €3.50. Under-16s, free. Sundays from 3pm, teatregaudibarcelona.com Catalan. and first Sunday of month, all day, free. Quitapenas Until Sep 25. Fri, Sat 10.30pm; Teatre Poliorama (Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 monestirpedralbes.bcn.cat Sun 8pm. €20. One-man comedy show (La Rambla, 115). T. 93 317 75 99. M: Catalu- 256 30 00. Tue-Sun (except Thu) 9am-7pm; featuring Pedro Paiva and his unique sense Thu 9am-9.30pm. Closed Mon. Collection + Pedralbes Monastery. The treasures of nya (L1, L3; FGC). Ticket office: Tue-Fri from of humour. In Spanish. temp exhibition: €11. Reduced: €7. Tempo- the Monastery Permanent exhibition. 5pm. Sat-Sun from 4pm until the start of the rary exhibition, The 156 engravings: €4.50. Pieces including art, furniture and litur- performance. www.teatrepoliorama.com gical items built up by the Poor Clare Teatre Lliure (Montjuïc - Reduced: €3. Temporary exhibition, Jacque- Jorge Blass, palabra de mago Sep 14-Oct community. Sala Fabià Puigserver) line: €3. www.museupicasso.bcn.cat (Pg. Santa Madrona 40-46 / Pl Mar- 16. Wed-Fri 9pm; Sat 6pm, 8.30pm; Sun Permanent exhibition More than 3,800 Plants, remedies and apothecaries; the garida Xirgu, 1). M: Espanya (L1, L3; 6pm. €25, €32. The world of magic with works from different periods. medieval garden Permanent exhibition that FGC), Poble Sec (L3). T. 93 289 27 70. magician Jorge Blass. In Spanish. Picasso, photography and ceramics Until reveals how Greek and Roman medicine, www.teatrelliure.com Oct 30. Coinciding with the 47th Congress together with Arab-Islamic culture, devel- Katastrophe Sep 22-25. Fri 5pm, Sat Teatre Victòria of the International Ceramic Society, taking (Paral·lel, 67). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). T. 93 324 oped a branch of science that uses nature 5.30pm; Sun 11.30am. €23. €33 for two place in Barcelona this month, this exhibi- as the basis of treating sickness. 97 42. www.teatrevictoria.com tion features over 30 photos that show Pi- shows. €46.50 for all three shows. Four ac- Murals in the spotlight. Paintings in the tors, 11 scenes and hundreds of gummy casso at work on ceramics. Sant Miquel Chapel Permanent exhibition Scaramouche Sep 23-25, 28, 30. Wed Jacqueline Until Sep 4. An homage to this bears, in a discussion about human ci- 8.30pm; Fri 9.30pm; Sat 5.30pm, focusing on the study and conservation of vilisation via catastrophes. In various lan- woman who was key in the life of Picasso. what are the earliest Italian Trecento murals 9.30pm: Sun 6pm. €30-€49. Musical guages with Catalan subtitles. The 156 engravings Until Sep 4. In the lat- in Catalonia. extravaganza performed by renowned ter part of his career, Picasso, through a col- Petras Albas. The Pedralbes Monastery Brickman Brando Bubble Boom Sep Catalan theatre company Dagoll laboration with brothers Piero and Aldo and the Montcada family (1326-1673) Per- 22-25. Thu, Fri 8pm; Sat 10pm; Sun Dagom, about French twins separated Crommelynck, created two major series of manent exhibition exploring the lineage of 5.30pm. €23. €33 for two shows. at birth, and the masked hero, Scara- work with more than 520 engravings – this the Montcada family. mouche. Musical in Catalan. show focuses on the second series, dated €46.50 for all three shows. The second 1968 to 1972. of Agrupación Señor Serrano’s shows presents a new take on themes such Versus Teatre Theatre, as 19th-century construction in Eng- (Castillejos, 179). M: Glòries (L1), Mon- (Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal musicals and land, Marlon Brando, the mortgage umental (L2). T. 93 603 51 52. Tick- (L3, L5). Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun system and human rights. In Cata- ets available from www.atrapalo.com. and public holidays 10am-2.30pm. cabaret lan, Spanish and English with Catalan www.versusteatre.com palaurobert.gencat.cat subtitles. Quan l’amor és un joc Until Sep 11. Wed-Sat FREE Comediants. Inventors of a new lan- el Molino 8.45pm; Sun 6pm. €20. In Catalan. guage Until Sep 11. A look back at the 44 (Vilà i Vilà, 99). M: Paral·lel (L2, L3). T. 93 A House in Asia Sep 22-25. Thu, Fri 10pm; Mozart vs Salieri Sep (dates tbc). Wed-Sat years that the Comediants theatre company 205 51 11.Ticket office: Thu-Sat 5pm-9pm. Sat 8pm; Sun 7.30pm. €23. €33 for two 8.30pm; Sun 6pm. €20. In Spanish.

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20th century’s leading flamenco guitar- (València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia OPEN-AIR FILM Information and sales ists, who recently decided to come out (L2, L3, L4). Every Friday in Sep. 8.30pm- Mecal Air (Av. Franc- Tourist information points and of the retirement he announced three 10.30pm. €35. www.museuegipci.com esc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Es- tickets.visitbarcelona.com years ago. An expert in the subject takes you on a panya (L1, L3; FGC). 8pm. €6.50. tour focusing on what Ancient Egyptians www.poble-espanyol.com NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES ate. At the end, you can try some of the The best from Barcelona’s International Night of glamour: Dinner & Blues Ho- food they enjoyed. Short Film Festival. tel Silken Gran Havana (Gran Via de Dine at the Palau Requesens (Bisbe Thursday 1 les Corts Catalanes, 647). M: Passeig Caçador, 3). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). FLAMENCO de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). First Thu of the Fri, Sat 7.30pm. From €17. More info: Saturday 3 Tablao Cordobés (La Rambla, 3-5). M: month. 9pm. From €55. More info: tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Take a tour Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Daily 4.30pm, tickets.visitbarcelona.com Enjoy a night of this historic building, try a menu in- OPEN-AIR – FAMILY 6pm, 7.30pm, 9.15pm, 10.30pm. €44- of fine food and live music at this hotel spired by the food eaten in medieval Bar- Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del €79.50. tablaocordobes.com set in a historical building. celona and enjoy entertainment typical Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum A Taste of Spain MEAM (Barra de Fer- Summer nights at the Casa Batlló (Pg. of the era. (L4). Until Sep 10: daily 10am- ro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Thu un- de Gràcia, 43). M: Pg. de Gràcia (L2, L3, Summer nights at La Pedrera (Pg. de 3pm, 4pm-8pm. From Sep 11: til Sep 15. 6pm. €24 (includes vis- L4). Until Sep 24. Wed-Sat 9pm. €29, Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: weekends 10am-3pm, 4pm-8pm. it to museum, show and drink). More €36. www.casabatllo.es Provença. Every Fri and Sat until Sep 10. €11-€24 (depending on circuit & info and tickets at tourist offices The rooftop terrace of this architectural 9pm. More info: www.lapedrera.com. age). www.barcelonaboscurba.com and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. beauty hosts art, live music and drinks. What better way to enjoy a balmy Barce- Zip wires, trampolines and bungees. A flamenco performance and glass of lona evening than with a jazz concert on OPERA Tibidabo theme park (Pl. Tibidabo, 3-4). wine. one of the city’s iconic rooftops? Opera at Palau Dalmases (Montcada, FGC: Av.Tibidabo + Tramvia Blau or bus TOURS 20). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Thu. 11pm. Santa Maria del Mar evening visits 196. Funicular del Tibidabo (Pl. Doctor (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume Gothic neighbourhood by night €20. www.palaudalmases.com Andreu). €28.50 (under-120cm, €10.50). I (L4). Every Fri and Sat until Sep 17. (Start: Font de Canaletes, La Ramb- La Petita Companyia Lírica de Barcelona. Sep 1-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25: noon-10pm. 9pm, 9.30pm (depending on de- la). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Thu, Sep 7-9: noon-9pm. www.tibidabo.cat mand). In Spanish and Catalan. Sat 7pm (English); Fri 7pm (Span- Enjoy fun activities for all ages. €17.50. Advanced booking neces- ish and Catalan). From €25. More info: Friday 2 sary: [email protected] PUNK – ROCK tickets.visitbarcelona.com sPORT New after-dark guided tour around Marky Ramone Razzmatazz 2 (Pamplo- Explore the heart of the . FREE 24-hour Fermí Vélez trophy Cir- historic church. Learn about its excit- na, 88). M: Marina (L1), Bogatell (L4). cuit Barcelona-Catalunya (Camino Mas SPANISH GUITAR ing past and get a fresh perspective €13 (in advance). €17 (on the door). 1am. Moreneta, Montmeló). Renfe (local train): on the city from the roof terrace. The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music Montmeló. Sep 2-4. www.circuit.cat www.salarazzmatazz.com and wine Santa Anna Church (Santa An- Numerous teams, both local and from The only remaining member of The Ram- na, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Sep SHOPPING ones visits Barcelona. abroad, gather at the Catalan motor-rac- Barcelona Shopping Tour – A Walk 1, 3. 9pm. Discount at tourist offices. ing circuit for a driving challenge. More info: tickets.visitbarcelona.com. of Sensations (Start: tourist office in NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES Robert Majure. FLAMENCO Pl. Sant Jaume, Ciutat, 2). M: Jaume I Barcelona’s darkest past (Start: Vivir Flamenco Palau de la Música Cat- (L4), Liceu (L3). Every Friday, 3.30pm. Arc de Triomf). M: Arc de Tri- JAZZ alana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- tickets.visitbarcelona.com omf (L1). Wed, Sat 9pm. More info: Live jazz (Ronda Universitat, 35). quinaona (L1, L4). Sep 2, 8, 23. 9pm. Three-hour tour led by a profession- tickets.visitbarcelona.com M: Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm (dou- €29-€54. www.palaumusica.cat al guide. English-language tour that gives you the ble session). Cover charge €8. Take your chance to see some of the best chance to hear legends and stories from www.camparimilano.com contemporary flamenco stars. OPERA – FLAMENCO Barcelona’s medieval period. A live jazz concert at Milano Cocktail Bar. Opera and flamencoTeatre Po- NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES liorama (La Rambla, 115). M: SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC FESTIVALS Magic Fountains (Pl. Carles Buigas, 1). Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Sep 2, Maestros of Spanish Guitar Palau de Mas i Mas Festival: Manolo San- M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). Fri, Sat 9pm- 16, 30. 7pm. €35-€50. More in- la Música Catalana (Palau de la Músi- lúcar in concert Palau de la Músi- 10.30pm (shows start at 9pm, 9.30pm fo and tickets at tourist offices and ca, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. ca Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). and 10pm). tickets.visitbarcelona.com. €39-€45. M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. €52. Don’t miss one of Barcelona’s most spe- The passion and beauty of the two Barcelona 4 Guitars features two male www.masimas.com cial attractions: the beautiful light, music musical genres, and choreography and two female guitarists performing This year’s Mas i Mas Festival draws to a and water show in Montjuïc. by Rafael Amargo. works by the likes of Albéniz, Bach and close with a performance by one of the The Eternal Banquet Museu Egipci Ravel.

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TRADITIONS FLAMENCO (Av. Diagonal, 420). FLAMENCO FREE Sardanes (Pla de la Seu). M: Jaume I Grand Gala Flamenco Teatre Polio- M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Diagonal (L3, Live Flamenco Sala Tarantos (L4). Sat 6pm; Sun 11.15am. rama (La Rambla, 115). M: Drassanes, L5). Daily 9am-8pm. Last entry: 7pm. (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). Da- Catalonia’s national dance. Liceu (L3). Sep 4, 9, 11, 23. Fri 7pm; Self-guided tour with audio guide: ly 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm. €15. Sun 9.30pm. €35-€50. More in- €12.50 (available in 10 languages). www.masimas.com/tarantos TOURS fo and tickets at tourist offices and www.casadelespunxes.com Experience the passion of flamenco in Barcelona Tour (Start: inside tourist of- tickets.visitbarcelona.com. The Casa de les Punxes includes a spec- an intimate tablao on Plaça Reial. fice on Plaça Catalunya). M: Catalun- tacular rooftop and new vermouth bar. Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). ya (L1, L3; FGC). Sat 5.30pm-10.30pm. TOURS M: Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. In Spanish, English and Catalan. From FREE Visit to Poblenou cemetery (Av. JAZZ Daily 6.25pm, 8.15pm,10.30pm (din- €43.20. More info: tickets.visitbarce- Icària, s/n). M: Llacuna (L4). 1st Sun of WTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, ner starts earlier). Options: show on- month 10.30am (Catalan), 12.30pm lona.com. 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. €5 (box office). ly, show + drink, show + different (Spanish). 3rd Sun of month 10.30am Guided walking tour that takes in the €4 (online in advance). More info at: menú options (including tapas). €45- (Spanish), 12.30pm (Catalan). modernista jewels on Passeig de Gràcia, www.masimas.com/jamboree. €160. €10 discount at tourist offices. www.cbsa.cat after which you’ll enjoy a bus tour of Bar- Anything goes at the long-running jam www.palaciodelflamenco.com Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau hosted by Aurelio Santos. Guitarists, singers and dancers. celona’s most beautiful points and a ta- de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, pas supper. L4). Daily tours 10am-3.30pm. €18. Re- FLAMENCO NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES FREE Funeral carriage and hearse collec- duced: €11. www.palaumusica Tablao Cordobés (La Rambla, 3-5). M: Gaudí’s Pedrera. The Origins (Provença tion (Montjuïc Cemetery, Mare del Déu Take a tour of this modernista building. Drassanes, Liceu (L3). Daily 4.30pm, 261, entrance on Pg. de Gràcia). M: Di- del Port, 56-58). Every Saturday at noon. Santa Maria del Mar rooftop (Plaça de 6pm, 7.30pm, 9.15pm, 10.30pm. €44- agonal (L3, L5); FGC: Provença. 9pm- In Catalan. www.cbsa.cat Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (L4). Noon €78.50. tablaocordobes.com 11pm; until Sep 10, Fri-Sat 10.20pm- World’s largest collection of such car- to 5.15pm. Tours various times and 11pm (ticket office opens at 8pm). €34. riages. languages. €10. Reduced: €8. Book- Reduced: €17. Under-7s, free. FREE Tour of Les Corts cemetery (Av. ing: www.riostabarcelona.com and Tuesday 6 Spectacular night-time event with rooftop Joan XXIII, 3-15). First Sat of the month at tickets.visitbarcelona.com video mapping, screenings and cava. 11am. In Catalan. www.cbsa.cat Guided tours to the top of this histor- PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ic church. The Brian Jonestown Massa- CLASSICAL MUSIC cre Razzmatazz 2 (Pamplona, Wednesday 7 Classical music at the MEAM (Barra de OPEN AIR - FAMILY 88). M: Marina (L1), Bogatell (L4). Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). Every Sat. 6pm. Brunch in the park Jardins de Joan €26. www.livenation.es SPANISH GUITAR €19. More info and tickets at tourist offic- Brossa (Plaça de Dante; access The San Francisco psychedelic rock Spanish Guitar Maestros. Tribute to Paco de Lucía Palau de la Músi- es and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. through Plaça de la Sardana). M: Es- group return to Spain for the first ca (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- Performance by the Windu Quartet. panya (L1, L3; FGC). Every Sunday time since 2008. until Sep 11. 1pm-10pm. Petit Brunch quinaona (L1, L4). Sep 7, 9, 24, 26. FAMILY 9pm. €39-€45. (1pm-7pm): €5 for one adult and SPANISH GUITAR Guided tours for families: Ming, the one child; under-12s, free. Brunch: Barcelona Guitar Trio & Dance. golden empire CaixaForum (Av. Franc- The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music €13 before 4pm, €15 after 4pm. and wine Santa Anna Church (Santa An- esc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M: Es- barcelona.brunch-in.com SEVILLANAS na, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Sep panya (L1, L3; FGC). Every Sat un- Music, brunch, family, friends and FREE Sevillanas dance night Ca- 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29. til Oct 2. €2. Limited places available. the park. sa Camarón (Roger de Flor, 230). www.caixaforum.com 9pm, except Fri 23 7pm, Sun 11 6pm. M: Verdaguer (L4,L5), Sagrada Discover the wonders of the Ming em- €20. Discount at tourist offices. More -in Família (L2,L5). Every Wed. 10.30pm. pire. Monday 5 fo: tickets.visitbarcelona.com. www.casacamaron.com TOURS OPERA – FLAMENCO SPORT Sunday 4 Guided visits to Park Güell (Olot, 5). Opera and flamenco Palau de la Música Open Camp (Plaça de Nèmesi Pon- M: Vallcarca (L3). General guided tour: (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinao- satí, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). SPORT €7 pp. Private guided tour (for 2-4 peo- na (L1, L4). Sep 6, 10, 21, 25. 9.30pm. Daily 10.30am-10.30pm. €12-€27. Barça Fun Run 2016 Camp Nou (Aris- ple): €32 pp. Private family tour (for 4-9 €20-€50. More info and tickets at tourist www.opencamp.com tides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). Date people): €96 per group. Every day, vari- offices and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Fancy trying your hand at basketball, and time tbc. www.fcbarcelona.cat ous languages available. Book through The passion and beauty of the two mu- baseball, long jump, archery or box- 10km road race that starts and finishes parkguell.cat. sical genres, and choreography by Ra- ing? Here’s your chance at this sports at the FC Barcelona stadium. Get to really know Gaudí’s masterpiece. fael Amargo. theme park.

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FAMILY €29-€54. www.palaumusica.cat Think, design, create and enjoy Cos- Some of the best contemporary fla- NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES Secret Basilica del Pi (Pl. del Pi, moCaixa (Isaac Newton, 26). FGC: menco stars perform classic music and The Eternal Banquet Museu Egip- 7). M: Liceu (L3). Wed-Fri 9pm. Av. Tibidabo. Every day, 1pm (Span- dances. ci (València, 284). M: Passeig de Sat 9.30pm. €19 (general). €16 ish), 4pm (Catalan). Until Sep 11. €4. Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). Every Friday (in advance). Info and tickets: cosmocaixa.com/agenda SPANISH GUITAR in Sep. 8.30pm-10.30pm. €35. www.adsentiabarcelona.com or Workshop for kids seven and above. The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music www.museuegipci.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com. and wine Santa Anna Church (Santa An- An expert takes you on a tour focus- Evening visits to the 14th-century NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES na, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Sep ing on what Ancient Egyptians ate. Basilica. Dining in the dark Dans Le Noir (Pg. Pi- 8, 22 (9pm); 16, 30 (7pm); 18 (6pm). At the end, you can try some of the food they enjoyed. casso, 10). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Tue- Discount at tourist offices. More info: SPORT Thu 8.30pm; Fri 7.30pm, 8.30pm, tickets.visitbarcelona.com. 25th anniversary Circuit Barcelo- 9pm; Sat 8.30pm, 10.30pm. Closed BLUES na-Catalunya Circuit Barcelona-Cat- Joan Benejam presents ‘Fandango’. Sun, Mon. From €42.90. More info: Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). alunya (Camino Mas Moreneta, Mont- tickets.visitbarcelona.com M: Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. meló). Renfe (local train): Montmeló. Prepare for a sensory experience with More info and tickets at tourist offices www.circuit.cat this evening meal that is eaten in total Friday 9 and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. OPERA – FLAMENCO darkness. ROCK Swing and jazz Manouche from Scara- mouche. Music surrounded by modern Opera and flamenco Palau de la Música Sisters of Mercy Razzmatazz art and with drinks and snacks. (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinao- Thursday 8 2 (Pamplona, 88). M: Marina na (L1, L4). Sep 6, 10, 21, 25. 9.30pm. (L1), Bogatell (L4). €30 (in ad- RUMBA €20-€50. More info and tickets at tourist OPEN AIR – FAMILY vance). €35 (on the door). 1am. FREE Rumba night Casa Camarón (Rog- offices and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. PortAventura theme park (Av. Alcal- www.salarazzmatazz.com er de Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), A love story that combines the passion de Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila Seca, Tar- The British dark rock band play their Sagrada Família (L2, L5). Every Fri. and beauty of the two musical genres, ragona). Renfe (train): Port Aven- classic hits on the first of two Span- 11.30pm. www.casacamaron.com and choreography by Rafael Amargo. tura. T. 902 20 22 20. Tickets and ish dates. Concert of rumba. times: tickets.visitbarcelona.com TRADITIONS or www.portaventura.es SPA FREE La Festa Catalana (Pl. Leonar- Saturday 10 do da Vinci). M: El Maresme-Forum SPORT Aire de Barcelona, Arab Baths (Pg. de Pi- casso, 22). M: Barceloneta, Jaume I (L4). NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES (L4). Sep 10, 17. 6.30pm. Shark cage diving L’Aquàrium (Moll Don’t miss your chance to see some T. 93 295 57 43. Check website for times Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Tri- d’Espanya del , s/n). M: Barce- omf, Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Tri- of Catalonia’s most iconic cultural and availability. airedebarcelona.com loneta (L4), Drassanes (L3). 9.30am, omf (L1). Fri 9.30pm (Spanish/Cata- traditions. Treat yourself to the old-age tradition of noon, 4pm (every day, although lan); Sat 8.30pm (English). More info: 9.30am slot not always available). bathing to care for your body and mind. tickets.visitbarcelona.com. A two-hour For ages 8 and above. From €150. TOURS tour around some of the spookiest cor- Sunday 11 www.aquariumbcn.com ners of Barcelona, where you’ll hear sto- Torre Gaudí (Belles- FOOTBALL Have a scuba-diving adventure by going ries of witches, exorcisms and haunted guard, 6-9). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. Vis- FC Barcelona vs Alavés Camp Nou (Aris- underwater in a cage, and see sharks convents. it with audio guide: Tue-Sun 10am- tides Maillol, s/n). M: Les Corts (L3). Date and thousands of fish up close. Summer nights at La Pedrera (Pg. de and time tbc. www.fcbarcelona.cat 3pm. €9. Reduced: €7.20. Guided tour: Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, L5); FGC: Barça take on the Basque team, which FLAMENCO Sat noon, 1.15pm (Spanish), Sat, Sun Provença. Every Fri and Sat until Sep 10. was promoted to the Primera División. Flamenco show dedicated to Camarón 11am (English). €16. Reduced: €12.80. 9pm. More info: www.lapedrera.com. de la Isla Casa Camarón (Roger de www.bellesguardgaudi.com What better way to enjoy a balmy Barce- TOURS Flor, 230). M: Verdaguer (L4, L5), Sa- Tours of Gaudí’s modernista. lona evening than with a jazz concert on Sant Pau, Art Nouveau site (Sant An- grada Família (L2, L5). Mon-Sat 6pm one of the city’s iconic rooftops? SPANISH POP toni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/ (dinner), 7pm (show); 8.30pm (din- Dine at the Palau Requesens (Bisbe Dos de Maig (L5). Tours in various lan- ner), 9.30pm (show). Closed Sun. Pablo López L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Caçador, 3). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I (L4). guages; consult for schedule. Mon-Fri www.casacamaron.com Glòries & Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). Fri, Sat 7.30pm. From €17. More info: 10am-1pm. Sat, Sun, public holidays The legacy of a flamenco legend. 9.30pm. €27-€75. www.auditori.cat tickets.visitbarcelona.com. Take a tour 10.30am-1.30pm. €14. Reduced: €9.80. Vivir Flamenco Palau de la Música Cat- Spanish pop star López has been nomi- of this historic building, try a menu in- www.santpaubarcelona.org alana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- nated for a Grammy and won numerous spired by the food eaten in medieval Once a working hospital, this amazing quinaona (L1, L4). Sep 2, 8, 23. 9pm. awards as best new Spanish act. Barcelona. network of modernista pavilions was de-

36 visitbarcelona.com tickets.visitbarcelona.com 37 Day by Day signed by Lluís Domenech i Montaner. €12.50 (available in 10 languages). ous languages available. Book through FREE Guided tour of Montjuïc Ceme- Monday 12 www.casadelespunxes.com parkguell.cat. tery (Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). M: Just opened to the public for the first Get to really know Gaudí’s masterpiece. Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). 2nd & 4th Sun OPERA time, this building includes a spectacu- Barcelona’s darkest past (Start: 11am (Catalan) and 11.15am (Spanish). Die ZauberflöteGran Teatre de Liceu (La lar rooftop. Arc de Triomf). M: Arc de Tri- www.cbsa.cat Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). Sep 12, 13, Liceu opera house (La Rambla 51-59). omf (L1). Wed, Sat 9pm. More info: 15, 16, 17. 8pm, except Sat 17 6pm. €10- M: Liceu (L3). €6. Mon-Fri 9.30am, tickets.visitbarcelona.com. JAZZ €220. www.liceubarcelona.cat 10.30am. Catalan, Spanish, French and English-language tour that gives you the Live Jazz (Ronda Universitat, 35). M: A new vision of Mozart’s opera, with a English. €16. www.liceubarcelona.cat chance to hear legends and stories from Catalunya (L1, L3). 9pm (double ses- setting inspired by the silent movies of Discover Barcelona’s glorious opera Barcelona’s medieval period. sion). Cover charge €8. www.campar- the ‘20s. house. imilano.com SPORT A live jazz concert at Milano Cocktail Bar. CLASSICAL MUSIC SPANISH GUITAR Open Camp (Plaça de Nèmesi Pon- Verdi’s Requiem Palau de la Músi- The Art of the Spanish Guitar: music satí, s/n). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). TRADITIONS ca (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Ur- and wine Santa Anna Church (Santa An- Daily 10.30am-10.30pm. €12-€27. La Diada Various venues and quinaona (L1, L4). 8.30pm. €30- na, 29). M: Catalunya (L1, L3; FGC). Sep www.opencamp.com activities around the city. €175. www.palaumusica.cat 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29. A sports theme park. www.barcelona.cat Gianandrea Noseda conducts the 9pm, except Fri 17, 23 7pm, Sun 11 6pm. 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M: Cat- ragona). Renfe (train): Port Aven- Thursday 15 L3; FGC). Every Sunday until Sep 11. 1pm- alunya (L1, L3). Aug 17, 18. 9pm (double tura. T. 902 20 22 20. Tickets and OPERA 10pm. Petit Brunch (1pm-7pm): €5 for session). Cover charge €8. times: tickets.visitbarcelona.com or Opera at Palau Dalmases (Montca- one adult and one child; under-12s, free. A live jazz concert at Milano Cocktail Bar. www.portaventura.es da, 20). M: Jaume I (L4). Eve- Brunch: €13 before 4pm, €15 after 4pm. ry Thu. 11pm. €20. More info: FLAMENCO barcelona.brunch-in.com www.palaudalmases.com. Grand Gala Flamenco – Rafael Amar- Music, brunch, family, friends and the Tuesday 13 La Petita Companyia Lírica de Barcelona. park. go Special Palau de la Música Catalana OPERA (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinao- FLAMENCO FAMILY Die ZauberflöteGran Teatre de na (L1, L4). 9.30pm. €20-€49. More Palacio del Flamenco (Balmes, 139). Think, design, create and enjoy Cos- Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). 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JAZZ challenge in this new season, taking de la Música Catalana (Palau de la Músi- WTF Jam Session Jamboree (Pl. Reial, on the mighty Madrid side. ca, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, L4). 9pm. TOURS 17). M: Liceu (L3). 8pm. €5 (box office). €30-€35. FREE Funeral carriage and hearse collec- €4 (online in advance). More info at: Grammy-winner David Russell pays trib- tion (Montjuïc Cemetery, Mare del Déu YOUNG MUSICIANS www.masimas.com/jamboree. Musical residencies at La Pedrera ute to Enrique Granados. del Port, 56-58). Every Saturday at noon. Aurelio Santos. In Catalan. www.cbsa.cat (Pg. de Gràcia, 92). M: Diagonal (L3, SHOPPING World’s largest collection of such car- L5); FGC: Provença. Sep 18-May 21, TOURS Barcelona Shopping Tour – A Walk 2017. 6pm. €12 per session. More info: riages. Sant Pau, Art Nouveau site (Sant An- of Sensations (Tourist Office in Pl. www.lapedrera.com. toni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Pau/ Sant Jaume, Ciutat, 2). M: Jaume I OPERA Concerts featuring up-and-coming mu- (L4), Liceu (L3). Every Friday, 3.30pm. Die ZauberflöteGran Teatre de Liceu (La sicians on a year-long residency at La Dos de Maig (L5). Tours in various tickets.visitbarcelona.com Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). Sep 12, 13, Pedrera. languages; consult for schedule. This tour led by a professional guide. 15, 16, 17. 8pm, except Sat 17 6pm. €10- Mon-Fri 10am-1pm. Sat, Sun, public €220. www.liceubarcelona.cat SPORT holidays 10.30am-1.30pm. €14. Re- BLUES A new vision of Mozart’s opera, with a Cursa de la Mercè (Start: Avinguda duced: €9.80. Blues at the MEAM (Barra de Ferro, 5). Reina Maria Cristina). M: Espanya This network of modernista pa- M: Jaume I (L4). Every Friday. 6pm. €14. setting inspired by the silent movies of (L1, L3; FGC). www.barcelona.cat vilions was designed by Lluís Do- More info and tickets at tourist offices the ‘20s. Popular road race held each year the menech i Montaner. and tickets.visitbarcelona.com. 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Spectacular night-time event with FESTIVAL tions: light, music and water show in FREE www.masimas.com/jamboree Barcelo- rooftop video mapping, screenings and Festa Major de La Mer- Montjuïc. cava. cè Various venues. Sep 22-25. na’s iconic club hosts two sessions. Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau www.barcelona.cat FESTIVAL de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1, Barcelona’s big city festival in hon- FREE Festa Major de La Mercè Various L4). Daily tours 10am-3.30pm. €18. Re- our of patron saint La Mercè kicks Friday 23 venues. Sep 22-25. www.barcelona.cat duced: €11. off once more with an extensive pro- FOOD AND DRINK Barcelona’s big city festival in honour A tour of this Catalan modernista build- gramme that includes open-air con- of patron saint La Mercè has an exten- Mostra de vins i caves de Cat- ing. certs, activities for all the family, and sive programme: open-air concerts, alunya (Pg. Lluís Companys). traditional Catalan culture including family activities, and traditional Cata- M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Sep 22-25. FLAMENCO human towers, processions of gi- lan culture. Live Flamenco Sala Tarantos ants and fire runs. And it’s all free! Thu 4pm-9pm; Fri-Sun noon- (Plaça Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). Dai- 9pm. www.festacatalunya.cat ly 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm. €15. FOOD AND DRINK This wine and cava fair offers new Saturday 24 www.masimas.com/tarantos Mostra de vins i caves de Catalunya (Pg. and classic varieties from around SPORT Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Catalonia. NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES Shark cage diving L’Aquàrium (Moll Sep 22-25. Thu 4pm-9pm; Fri-Sun noon- Basilica de Santa Maria del Pi (Pl. del d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barce- 9pm. www.festacatalunya.cat TOURS Pi, 7). M: Liceu (L3). 10am-6pm. €4. Re- loneta (L4), Drassanes (L3). Noon, 4pm This wine and cava fair offers new and FREE Open days at the Sagrada Família duced: €3. Guided tour including bell (every day, and some days there is also classic varieties from around Catalonia. (Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família tower: Sat, Sun noon, 1.30pm, 5pm. (L2, L5). Sep 23-25. 4pm-8pm. www.sa- 9.30am slot). www.aquariumbcn.com €10. Reduced: €8. Guided tower w/o SPORT gradafamilia.org Have a scuba-diving adventure by going bell tower: €6. Reduced: €5. Furusiyya Fei Nations Cup Jumping Fi- The Sagrada Família opens its doors. underwater in a cage. Visit the 14th-century basilica. nal Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (Av. Torre Bellesguard Gaudí (Belles- del Doctor Marañón). M: Zona Universi- guard, 6-9). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. Vis- NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES taria (L3). Sep 22-25. www.csiobarce- it with audio guide: Tue-Sun 10am- Summer nights at the Casa Batlló (Pg. Wednesday 21 lona.com 3pm. €9. Reduced: €7.20. Guided tour: de Gràcia, 43). M: Pg. de Gràcia (L2, L3, For the fourth year in a row, Barcelona Sat noon, 1.15pm (Spanish), Sat, Sun L4). Until Sep 24. Wed-Sat 9pm. €29, FOOTBALL hosts this key equestrian event. 11am (English). €16. Reduced: €12.80. €36. www.casabatllo.es FC Barcelona vs Atlético Camp www.bellesguardgaudi.com The rooftop of this building hosts mu- Nou (Aristides Maillol, s/n). M: TOURS Tours of Gaudí’s modernista castle. sic and drinks, to be enjoyed on a warm Les Corts (L3). Date and time Liceu opera house (La Rambla 51-59). evening. tbc. www.fcbarcelona.cat M: Liceu (L3). €6. Mon-Fri 9.30am, FLAMENCO Ghosts of Barcelona (Start: Arc de Tri- One of Barça’s key rivals in recent 10.30am. Catalan, Spanish, French and Grand Gala Flamenco Teatre Polio- omf, Pg. Lluís Companys). M: Arc de Tri- times, Atlético de Madrid, come to English. €16. www.liceubarcelona.cat rama (La Rambla, 115). M: Drassanes, omf (L1). Fri 9.30pm (Spanish/Catalan); the Camp Nou. Discover Barcelona’s glorious opera Liceu (L3). Sep 4, 9, 11, 23. Fri 7pm; Sun Sat 8.30pm (English). http://bcnshop. house. 9.30pm. €35-€50. 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M: Liceu (L3). Dai- 8pm. Last entry: 7pm. Self-guid- OPEN AIR – FAMILY ly 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm. €15. ed tour with audio guide: €12.50 JAZZ Barcelona Urban Forest (Pl. del www.masimas.com/tarantos (available in 10 languages). Live Jazz at Jamboree Jambo- Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/Fòrum www.casadelespunxes.com ree (Pl. Reial, 17). M: Liceu (L3). (L4). Until Sep 10: every day 10am- Just opened to the public for the 9 pm. Check website for details: 3pm, 4pm-8pm. From Sep 11: week- Tuesday 27 first time, the modernista Casa de www.masimas.com/jamboree ends 10am-3pm, 4pm-8pm. €11- NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES les Punxes includes a spectacular This iconic club hosts Luther Dickin- €24 (depending on circuit & age). Dining in the dark Dans Le Noir (Pg. Pi- rooftop. son. North Mississippi All Stars. www.barcelonaboscurba.com casso, 10). M: Arc de Triomf (L1). Tue-

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Cripta Gaudí Colònia Güell Park Güell L’Aquàrium Information and sales (Claudi Güell, 6 - Santa Coloma de (Olot, 5). M: Vallcarca (L3). T. 902 200 302. (Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell, s/n). M: Barce- Tourist information points and Cervelló). M: Espanya (L1, L3; FGC) + FGC: 8am-8.30pm. Last entry 7.30pm. €8. Chil- loneta (L4), Drassanes (L3). T. 93 221 74 74. tickets.visitbarcelona.com Colònia Güell station (S4, S8 or S33). T. 93 dren 7-12 years, over-65s: €5.60. Free for 10am-9pm. €20. Children 5-10 years: €15. 630 58 07. Mon-Fri 10am-7pm; Sat, Sun and under-7s. www.parkguell.cat Children 3-4 years: €7. Over-65s: €18. Fami- public holidays 10am-3pm. €9 (entrance ly ticket available. www.aquariumbcn.com plus audio guide). Reduced: €7.50. Sant Pau, Art Nouveau site www.gaudicoloniaguell.org (Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167). M: Sant Open Camp Architecture Pau/Dos de Maig (L5). T. 93 553 78 01. Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys de Barce- Basílica de la Sagrada Família Gran Teatre del Liceu Mon-Sat 10am-6.30pm; Sun and public lona (Plaça Nèmesi Ponsatí). M: Espan- (Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família (L2, L5). (La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). T. 93 holidays 10am-2.30pm. Self-guided visit: ya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 902 07 07 53. 10.30am- T. 93 513 20 60. Daily 9am-8pm. Panoram- 485 99 14. From Sep 2: 50-minute tour: €10. Reduced: €7. Guided tour (various 10.30pm. Full entry (includes all spaces Mon-Fri 9.30am, 10.30am. Catalan, ic tour (audio guide + towers): €29. Guid- times and languages between 10.30am and experiences inside and outside Olym- Spanish, French and English. €16. From ed tour: €24. Self-guided tour with audio and 1.30pm): €16. Reduced: €11.20. First pic Stadium, including Closing ceremo- Sep 1: 25-minute tour: Mon-Sun guide: €22. www.sagradafamilia.org Sunday of the month and under-16s, free ny until Sep 23, 10.30am-10.30pm): €28. 9.30am-6.30pm (various times and (no guided tours). Entry to all experiences inside the Olym- Basílica de Santa Maria del languages). €6. www.liceubarcelona.cat www.santpaubarcelona.org pic Stadium (10.30am-8pm, not includ- Mar La Pedrera Torre Bellesguard ing Closing ceremony): €15. Entry to Clos- (Plaça de Santa Maria, 1). M: Jaume I (Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal (L3, (Bellesguard, 6-9). FGC: Av. Tibidabo. T. ing ceremony (until Sep 23) and access to (L4). T. 93 310 23 90. Mon-Sat 9am-1pm, L5); FGC: Provença. T. 902 202 138. Pedrera 93 250 40 93. Tue-Sun 10am-3pm. Last three experiences (8pm-10.30pm): €12. 5pm-8.30pm. Sundays, public holidays by Day (includes audio guide): entry: 2.30pm. Closed Mondays. www.opencamp.com 10am-2pm, 5pm-8pm. Wheelchair access. 9am-8.30pm. Last entry: 8pm. €20.50. Panoramic tour (audio guide, Torre exterior www.santamariadelmarbarcelona.org Reduced: €16.50. Children 7-12: €10.25. Poble Espanyol + remains of Martí the Humane’s palace + (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13). M: Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi Aged 6 and under: free. Gaudi’s Pedrera. audiovisual space): €9. Reduced: €7.20. Espanya (L1, L3; FGC). T. 93 508 63 00. Mon (Plaça del Pi, 7). M: Liceu (L3), Jaume I The Origins: Mon-Thu, Sun 9pm-11pm; until Sep 10, Fri-Sat 10.20pm-11pm; from Full guided tour in English: Sat, Sun 11am; 9am-8pm; Tue-Thu, Sun 9am-midnight; Fri (L4). T. 93 318 47 43. 5pm-6pm. €4. Sep 11, Fri-Sat 9pm-11pm. €34. Children Spanish: Sat, Sun noon. €16 (exterior and 9am-3am; Sat 9am-4am. €13. Reduced: €7, Reduced: €3. Guided tour (including visit 7-12: €17. Aged 6 and under: free. Until Sep interior of the Torre + access to terrace). €9, €10. www.poble-espanyol.com up bell tower): Saturday, Sunday noon, 10: Summer nights at La Pedrera – live jazz Reduced: €12.80. 1.30pm, 5pm – advanced booking concerts on the roof terrace. Every Fri and www.bellesguardgaudi.com PortAventura World necessary. €10. Reduced: €4, €8. Secret Sat. 8.30pm (doors). €30. (Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila Basílica del Pi: Wed-Sat 9pm (Spanish and/ www.lapedrera.com Seca (Tarragona). Train (Renfe): Port or Catalan). From €16. Leisure Aventura. T. 902 20 22 20. Opening times www.basilicadelpi.com, Palau Baró de Quadras Aire de Barcelona, Arab baths and price info at Tourist Offices, tickets. (Av. Diagonal, 373). M: Diagonal (L3, L5) www.adsentiabarcelona.com (Pg. de Picasso, 22). M: Barceloneta, visitbarcelona.com and and FGC: Provença. T. 670 466 260. Wed (night-time tours) Jaume I (L4). T. 93 295 57 43. Sun-Thu: first www.portaventura.es. (except public holidays) 11am (multilin- gual), noon (Catalan), 1pm (multilingual). session 9am, and final session from 11pm. Tibidabo theme park (Pg. de Gràcia, 41) M: Passeig de Gràcia Sep 21, 6pm. €12. Reduced: €10.80. Chil- Fri-Sat and evenings before public holidays: (Pl. del Tibidabo, 3-4). Bus Tibibus (T2A) (L2, L3, L4). T. 670 466 260. Guided tours dren 7-12: €6. Aged 6 and under: free. Prior final session from midnight. from Pl. de Catalunya. FGC: Av. Tibidabo (L7) (one hour): 11am (English), noon (Cata- reservation at www.casessingulars.com. www.airedebarcelona.com + Tramvia Blau or Bus 196 + Tibidabo lan), 5pm (Spanish). €15. Express tours (30 Palau Güell Barcelona Urban Forest Funicular. T. 93 211 79 42. Sep 1-4 and weekends: noon-10pm; Sep 7-9: mins): 10am-6pm (various times and lan- (Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Liceu (L3). (Plaça del Fòrum, s/n). M: El Maresme/ guages). €12. Prior reservation necessary at T. 93 472 57 75. Tue-Sun 10am-8pm. Fòrum (L4). T. 93 117 34 26. Until Sep 10: noon-9pm. Theme park: €28.50. www.casessingulars.com. Last entry: 7pm. Closed Mondays, ex- daily, 10am-3pm, 4pm-8pm. From Sep 11: Under-120cm: €10.30. Skywalk: €12.70. Under-120cm: €7.80. www.tibidabo.cat Casa Batlló cept public holidays. €12. Reduced: €9. weekends and public holidays, 10am-3pm, (Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de www.palauguell.cat 4pm-8pm. €11-€24 (varies according to Zoo de Barcelona circuit and age). Gràcia (L2, L3, L4). T. 93 216 03 06. (, s/n). M: Arc de Palau de la Música Catalana www.barcelonaboscurba.com 9am-9pm. Last entry: 8pm. Cultural visit + (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M: Triomf (L1), Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica (L4). T. video guide: €22.50. Reduced: €19.50. Urquinaona (L1, L4). T. 93 295 72 00. Gaudí Experiència 902 45 75 45. Until Sep 15: 10am-8pm. Last Until Sep 24: Summer nights at Casa Batlló 10am-3.30pm (every 30 mins). Catalan, (Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). T. 93 285 entry: 7pm. Sep 16-Oct 29: 10am-7pm. Last – enjoy art, live music and drinks on the Spanish, French, Italian and English. €18. 44 40. 10am-7pm. Last entry: 6.30pm. €9. entry: 6pm. €19.90. Children 3-12 years: rooftop. Wed-Sat from 9pm. €29, €36. Reduced: €11. Free for under-10s. Reduced: €7.50. €11.95. Over-65s: €10.05. Under-3s free. www.casabatllo.es www.palaumusica.cat www.gaudiexperiencia.com www.zoobarcelona.cat

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