Spring is upon us, which means that Gazpacho is now being served all over Spain and Salmorejo will slowly disappear from menus. You may not know this but this famous soup has a rival, which is equally as popular among…
Throughout the whole week of Holy Week, also known as Semana Santa there are many religious processions. Hermandades and Cofradias are groups of people based at different churches who organize these processions. The umbrella organization here in Barcelona is the…
Easter week is a time for fun and good food. If you are spending this holiday in Barcelona, you are likely going to want to embrace and try new traditions, such as specific traditional foods. Similarly to Christmas tradition, meat…
If you are here for Easter week, get ready to travel back in time and be swept off your feet by the festivities. Around the world, Easter week is known as Holy Week or Semana Santa. It is a time of celebration of Jesus. To…
Catalan can sound pretty funny to those who have never heard it before. And while one might think it would be relatively similar to Spanish (what with it being an official language of Spain), it can sound completely foreign to…
You may recognize her from The Sea Wall for playing Suzanne, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as the mermaid Syrena, and I Origins as Sofi. Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey is both an actress and model. She was born in Barcelona…
Do you like dessert? If you answered yes, you will love this fun Spanish traditional recipe. You have probably heard and even tried the French pastry Crème Brûlée This dessert is very similar to it, but the Crema Catalana has…
There is a special Catalan delicacy that only grows from January to March in the Southern Catalonia region. If you’re in Barcelona during the spring season, there is no way you can miss out on some delicious calçots! Calçots are…
When it comes to going out, it is important to know what to order as a drink. Spain has some unique delicious drinks that you should really try. As the weather keeps on getting warmer, the days of sitting outside…
In Barcelona, Carnival is the time to celebrate the good things in life before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Throughout the world, Lent is the period of forty days leading up to Easter, in which Christians abstain from…
