A coastal town 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Barcelona that is a 40-minute train ride from central Barcelona. Sitges has it all: history, culture, architecture, shopping, bars and restaurants and beaches.           The origins of Sitges are that of a fishing village and wine trading port. The town has been much favoured by artists, the bohemian crowd and has developed a large LBGT community. Since the 1800s Sitges has been known as a tourist getaway with much more than just beaches. Why Visit Sitges? Festivals: […]

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A mountain top amusement park with emblematic vintage and modern rides offering the best viewpoint over Barcelona and the Mediterranean. El Tibidabo is the highest peak in the Sierra de Collserola mountain range behind Barcelona. It is famous mostly for the Tibidabo Parc de atraciones amusement park inaugurated in 1901 but also boasts a Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor with tourist roof access to the viewpoint, the historic Fabra Observatory and the world famous Collserola telecoms tower with a 360 degree panoramic viewing floor. Originally conceived by Dr. Salvador Andreu […]

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Vic (aka Vich) is a fantastic train accessible tourist day trip from Barcelona being a compact town with a historic walled centre that retains most of it’s medieval buildings and street layout. Vic, the capital of the Osona county, can be found 69 kilometres (42 miles) inland in a large mountain surrounded plain halfway between Barcelona and the Pyrenees.               Vic has a good collection of museums and monuments that cover diverse subjects and easily fill a whole day of tourism. The construction of […]

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Catalonia has 580 kilometres (360 miles) of coastline which can be characterised as town and city or wild natural with very different types of beaches to cater for all preferences. City and town beaches are typically closely regulated beaches (no smoking on the beach, no nudity, no motorised watercraft, no dogs) but have services such as public toilets, showers, lifeguards and sometimes locker facilities. Behind the beach you will often see high-rise cityscape and you will find plenty of seafood restaurants along the beach front as well as chiringuito beach […]

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Catalonia has incredibly green natural parks. Unlike the southern parts of Spain (which can be a savannah type landscape) the natural spaces in Catalonia have much greater bio-diversity with some beautiful forests, mountains, deltas and coastline ideal for hiking, nature and adventure escapes. Easy hiking for beginners and families with young children in Collserola park Behind Barcelona is the sierra de Collserola mountain range and the 84.65 square Kilometre Collserola parc natural where there lies a wealth of woodland, fields and rivers in a protected park with a wide variety […]

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