Crema catalana (Catalan for “Catalan cream”), also known as Crema de Sant Josep, is a typical dessert of Catalonia, consisting of a custard base crème caramel and a caramelized, crisp sugar topping. It is usually served on Saint Joseph’s Day, March 19.
Catalans claim that their Crema catalana is the predecessor of France’s crème brûlée, though [...]
Pa amb tomàquet (literally bread with tomato in Catalan) is a typical preparation of Catalan cuisine, that consists of bread – optionally toasted – with tomato rubbed over and seasoned with olive oil and salt. Sometimes garlic is rubbed on the bread before rubbing in the tomato. In many Catalan restaurants, the tomato mixture is [...]
Esqueixada (Catalan): salt cod salad. This appears in many guises, the essential is that the fish should be shredded (from the verb esqueixar, to shred) so it can apply to other ingredients, chicken for example, and then marinated in oil and vinegar. It often appears as a tapas.
Canalons a la Barcelonesa is the classic version [...]
Passeig de Pujades
08005 Barcelona, Spain
Open Hours
10am-nightfall Mon-Su
Charmingly old-fashioned in its geometrical layout, the Parc Ciutadella is leafy and restful, yet filled with surprises such as the flamboyant waterfall, the sculpture of the dainty Lady With the Umbrella by Roig i Sole, rare trees and a boating lake. Originally a citadel built in 1715 to keep [...]
Placa de la Seu 3
Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93-315-1554
http://catedralbcn.org
La Seu Cathedral (Plaça de la Seu; daily 7.45am-7.45pm; 4€), one of Spain’s most astonishing specimens of Gothic architecture. Dedicated to Santa Eulàlia – Barcelona’s patron saint whose tomb lies in the crypt – it features elaborate choir stalls in the interior, a beautiful cloister that overlooks a [...]
Parc de Montjuïc, s/n
08038 Barcelona
Tel. (34) 934.439.470
Fax. (34) 933.298.609
E-mail: fjmiro@bcn.fjmiro.es
Tuesdays to Saturdays 10.00 – 19.00
Sundays and public holidays 10.00 – 14.30
One of the largest collections (11,000 pieces) of work by Joan Miró anywhere in the world and an active contemporary art centre. A visit to view the permanent collection of work by this Catalan artist [...]
Avinguda Diagonal, 686
08034 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 280 50 24
Fax: +34 93 280 18 74
www.museuartsdecoratives.bcn.esHours of Operation: 10am-6pm, Tues-Sat; 10am-3pm, Sun
Palau de Pedralbes – Designed by Gaudí for one of his major patrons, Eusebi Güell, this Italianate-style palace was officially opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1926.
It now belongs to Barcelona’s Town Hall who rent [...]
Mallorca, 401
08013 Barcelona, Spain
Tel +34 93 207 30 31
Fax +34 93 476 10 10
http://www.sagradafamilia.org
Individual admission: 8 €
Opening hours
October to March, 9am to 6pm.
April to September, 9am to 8pm.
The museum is the repository of the history of the construction of the church in the form of plans, photographs, fragments of models, iconography and pieces of wrought-ironwork, [...]
Carrer nou de la Rambla, 36
08001 Barcelona, Spain
Telf.+34 93 481 6441
Fax. +34 93 481 6442
http://www.hotelonixliceo.com
Rates start at under €120.
ONIX Liceo opened its doors on March 2oo7, located at the center of Barcelona. After a complete rehabilitation conservating the façade and the inner patio, both from the XIX century, this is a space where you will [...]
Mansana de la Discordia – Note the famous block to the left, as you go north on the Passeig de Gracia. It’s called the Mansana de la Discordia, or the “block of (architectural) discord”, where you’ll see three wildly contrasting works in a row from the three great Modernist architects: Gaudí, Domenech I Montaner and [...]
