Articles tagged with: spain

Dec13

White Nest Hostel Granada

Categories // White Nest Hostel Granada, Accommodation, Granada

Centrally located in the historic Albayzin area, come and try our new Nest Hoste in Granada.

Our staff speaks English, Spanish, German and Italian and is able and happy to provide you all the necessary information you will need to make unbelievable your stay in Granada.

Dec13

Purple Nest Hostel Valencia

Categories // Purple Nest Hostel Valencia, Valencia, Accommodation

Purple Nest Backpackers Hostel is the result of more than a year working with backpackers and other young travellers from all around the world in our sister backpackers hostel Red Nest Youth Hostel (previously called Nest Youth Hostel). We have been able to fulfil our dream to offer everyone a backpackers hostel which has all the facilities they need when they are far from their own home, such a bar, air conditioning and heating in every room, etc. We can say, without doubt that Purple Nest Backpackers Hostel is the best backpackers hostel of the city.

Dec16

Yellow Nest Hostel Barcelona

Categories // Yellow Nest Hostel Barcelona, Barcelona, Accommodation

Are you looking for a place that is welcoming, friendly, clean,spacious, fun and personalized? Then welcome to YELLOW NEST® hostels in Barcelona, accommodation near Camp Nou, the FC Barcelona Stadiun.

If you don’t like small environments, so the It’s done for you!

We have comfortable dorms for 4, 6, 8 and 10 people. A fantastic public zone where you can socialize, relax, eat and drink and also enjoy our Games Room where you can play pool, darts or other games that we share with our guests, all in the best hostels in barcelona. After your tour around the city you can enjoy of our great cinema/TV room to see movies in your own language.


Dec18

Garden House Hostel Barcelona

Categories // Barcelona, Garden House Hostel Barcelona, Accommodation

Garden House Hostel Barcelona is a natural and peaceful hostel in Barcelona.

At Garden House  you will  find a friendly, fun and  warm atmosphere in a big old house built at the turn of the 20th century. Our guest house has large sunny bedrooms, clean bathrooms and a colorful and fully-equipped self-catering kitchen.

Our staff are REALLY warm and  friendly, informed, helpful and multi-lingual.(24hs reception)

Dec01

CASA D´ARDIACA

Categories // Barcelona Monuments and Places, Barcelona, CASA D´ARDIACA

It used to be the residence of the eccesiastical hierarchy from the 12th century. It has suffered many alterations through the years, such as the ones carried out in the 16th century to connect the building with the dean´s house.

This building is a complete mixture between Gothic, Renaissance, and Romeo and Juliet style that has still some remains of the ancient Roman wall. Besides, it keeps some modernist details from the 19th century, when the Lawyers´Association, set up its premises in the building.

Nowadays, l´Ardiaca is the home of the Municipal Archive.

Dec01

CHURCH SANTS OF JUST I PASTOR

Categories // Barcelona Monuments and Places, Barcelona, CHURCH SANTS OF JUST I PASTOR

It is said to be the oldest church in Barcelona. What seems to be clear is that it stands in one of the most unknown beautiful spots within the gothic district. It was built over the rests of a Romanesque Church dedicated to the saints Just I Pastor in the year 1342. Although it is located in an old area where all the nobility lived at the time, this church is surprisingly austere.  It might be its simplicity what makes this building that charming.

Dec13

Cultura Urbana

Categories // Madrid, Madrid Festivals and Festivities

Cultura Urbana is an annual festival in Madrid promoting Hip Hop culture. Ever since its first edition in 2005, it had been gaining more followers and it has rapidly been consolidated as one of the biggest outdoor festivals in Spain.

The scenery for this great festival has been changing every edition because it is becoming more and more important, attracting every year more people that need more space and new activities and concerts.

Dec13

Gay Pride in Madrid

Categories // Madrid, Madrid Festivals and Festivities

Gay Pride has become lately in one of the most famous festivities of Madrid. During these days the borough of Chueca becomes an outdoor party, where everybody is welcome and the official motto is freedom.

Chueca is the gay area of Madrid. Ever since Gay population started to gou out around the area, the borough suffered a transformation: from being one of the most famous places in Madrid for Drug selling to being, nowadays, one of the most expensive areas in the city full of restaurants, bars, and shops.

Dec13

Red Nest Hostel Valencia

Categories // Valencia, Red Nest Hostel Valencia, Accommodation

Youth Hostel Red Nest is more than a hostel. Youth Hostel Red Nest is part of the great experience of travelling, it is a memorable part of every trip. As someone once said: It is a shame there isnt a Nest Youth Hostel in every city I go to.

Nov30

Barcelona City

Categories // Destinations, Barcelona

Barcelona General Information

Barcelona is the most Cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean Sea. It has an interesting mix of styles. You can find a wide historic or artistic heritage for its Roman and Medieval times combined with the Modernist and Avant-gard buildings of Gaudí and Doménech I Montaner. Besides, the city revitalizes everyday supporting all kind of trendy cultural events such as theatre, exhibitions, dance, music…

The city keeps its most deeply rooted tradition and highlights it in events as the Mercé, Gracia, Poblenou, or Sants Festivities.

Dec17

Mellow Eco-Hostel Barcelona

Categories // Barcelona, Mellow Eco-Hostel Barcelona, Accommodation

Are you “green minded”? So are we!! At Mellow Eco-Hostel we understand how important is to reduce our environmental impacts and we have decided to take the challenge. We have already started taking measures to be as helpful as possible:

Ø At Mellow Eco-Hostel Barcelona we use renewal energy. Water of your shower is heated by our solar panels at the roof terrace.

Dec21

Hilux Hostel Valencia

Categories // Hilux Hostel Valencia, Valencia, Accommodation

Located in the heart of Valencia´s beautiful and historic Barrio El Carmen,  HILUX Hostels in valencia, is perfectly situated for your visit to Valencia.

Just minutes away from the train, metro and bus stations and a short ride from the airport…you will be unpacked and ready for your first day in no time! Each of our spacious balconied rooms are decorated with the contributions of imaginative local artists, its the firs hostels in valencia.

Dec01

Church of Santa María del Mar

Categories // Barcelona, CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DEL PI

It was built 1319 and 1391 in the purest Gothic Catalan style which means a single nave with side chapels with almost no ornamentation.  As most of the gothic  buildings of the same time, this church gives us a sense of hight.

It suffered a fire in 1936 where some elements of the Neo-Gothic style were introduced on the original building. The stained glasses were restored after the Spanish Civil War by Josep Maria Jujol.

Dec01

COLUMNS OF THE TEMPLE OF AUGUSTUS

Categories // Barcelona Monuments and Places, COLUMNS OF THE TEMPLE OF AUGUSTO, Barcelona

Guarded by a medieval building, four temple columns bear witness to the magnificent origins of Barcelona in the heart of the Gothic Quarter. These columns are all that remains of the Temple of Augustus. They can be found at the end of Carrer Paradís in the Gothic Quarter. The uniform columns of the Temple of Augustus inside are 9 metres tall and comprise an imposing relic of one of the temples from Barcelona’s Forum which stood on a corner site at the rear. The temple was built in the 1st century BC and, as its name suggests, it was dedicated to the worship of Emperor Augustus. The temple was reconstructed by the architect Puig i Cadafalch in the early 20th century.

Dec13

Fiestas de la Paloma

Categories // Madrid, Madrid Festivals and Festivities

Between the 6th and 15th August, all the “madrieños” celebrate the festivity of la Paloma to commemorate the virgin of la Paloma. This virgin was elected by the locals to be the matron of the city at the beginning of the 20th century.

The 15th of August is the procession date. The virgin´s image is sat on float decorated with carnations (the most typical flower in Madrid) and taken out by local firemen, who carry her on their shoulders. During the walk, the “chulapos and chulapas” pay the virgin with the most original compliments to show off their arrogance, aspect often related to people from Madrid.