The Joan Miró Foundation is inevitably linked with the first major exhibition organized by Joan Miró in Barcelona, around the year 68. The foundation brought vitality and dynamism, with a new concept of museum, for a mix of artistic expressions of all kinds.

Today, the Fundació Joan Miró is still a reference within the international art circuit. The temporary exhibition program focuses both on the creation of historical movements and on the latest trends in contemporary art.

A new show will open in June and it will last until October: the “Miró – Dupin, Art and Poetry”. This fantastic exhibition, will not leave you indifferent, and occurs in two well defined parts.

The first part is called Joan Miró and Poetry, and teaches us the constant interest of the artist for literature and poetry. This is not surprising, because Miró was in touch with the poetic avant-garde circle of the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona, and with the group of Surrealists Rue Blomet in Paris.

This part of the exhibition brings together a selection of paintings and drawings from the collection of the Foundation, complemented by books and magazines, both Catalan and French, from the own library of Miró.

The second part of the exhibition is called Dupin, Miró. It is mainly dialogues between the poet and the painter, and it demonstrates their close work relationship and friendship. Miro’s works from the years 1960 and 1970 will be exhibited, but also some books illustrated by the painter Dupin. You will also see critical writings about Joan Miró, published in catalogs and magazines of the time.

This exhibition is homage to Dupin, for its invaluable assistance in the understanding of the work of Miró. Dupin’s work is still the essential reference and provides extensive documentation to convey the world of Miró.

To be able to enjoy this wonderful exhibition, we offer our splendid and comfortable apartments in the center of Barcelona, ensuring a fantastic holiday at a price more than competitive. We recommend the  Born Building II apartment, a comfortable apartment in the city center! Come and enjoy Barcelona and be part of this unforgettable event in the best condition!

They will get up on stage on Friday, the 18^th of June, for the Night Sonar. If you’ve seen the post-punk gem of a video released for Drunk Girls, then you’ll agree with us that to watch the new album sung live just a month after its release is a well worth.

From the 6th to the 9th of May the 28th International Comic Fair will take place in Barcelona. The fair will be held in Hall 8 of the Fira de Barcelona and the tickets cost 6 Euros. If you like comic books you wouldn’t want to miss this great event during your stay in Barcelona!

This year comic artists such as Jeff Smith, Gilbert Shelton, Tanino Liberatore, Gene has, Lewis Trondheim and Ethan Van Sciver will present some of their most important releases. There will also be the exceptional exhibition of the masterpiece “Prince Valiant” by Harold Foster, as well as one dedicated to Manuel Vazquez, the legendary cartoonist of Bruguera. Therefore, this year’s International Comic Fair pays tribute to Vázquez and Jacques Tardi.

The International Comic Fair was created in the early 80s, due to the fact that there was an adult comic boom in Spain during the time. During this boom, many national authors were given the opportunity to publish their work. Furthermore, the first national cartoonist meeting was held in Sitges in 1969 and other international inititives were seen during this time, such as the congresses of Bordighera (1965), Lucca (1966), the San Diego Comic-Con (1970) and the Festival of Angoulême (1974).

The International Comic Fair gives awards to participants for the most outstanding comic books in different categories, and the only condition is that they have to have been published in Spain during the year prior to the completion of the fair. The only exception is the “Grand Prize of Salo”, which is granted to an author for all his work in the comic world.

The most significant awards include the best work, best screenplay, best picture, the author of revelation, the best foreign work published in Spain, the best fanzine, the best magazine, the disclosure of the comic strip, and the “Grand Prize of Salo”.

If you are interested in comic books, don’t miss out on this exciting event while you are staying in one of our holiday apartments in Barcelona!

We reccomend you the Seaside apartment, perfectly located, there’s no need to use public transportation!

La Tamborinada is a children’s fetival in the Parc de la Ciutadella that takes place on the 30th of May this yeah. Many people come to enjoy this day with their families in the beautiful city park, where there are clowns, circus acts, magicians, puppets, music and games providing entertainment for kids throughout the park.

The Parc de la Ciutadella is the central park of the city and home to the Barcelona Zoo, the Musuem of Zoology and the Museum of Geology. It is a usually a busy place, crowded with tourists as well as locals going for a walk or taking their children to play with their friends in the children’s areas of the park.

La Tamborinada is organised by the Fundació La Roda, a foundation that focuses on promoting history and languages to children and fighting against any sort of cultural exclusion. The event was set up around 30 years ago as a fun alternative to boring teaching methods and has had increased popularity since then, with 90,000 visitors every year!

The theme at last years Tamborinada was “De tots els colors” (From All Colours), and its main objective was to bring people of all races and origins together in the multi-cultural city of Barcelona. Unfortunatly, the event was cancelled last year due to heavy rain, so check the weather before you visit Barcelona!

La Tamborinada 2010 starts at 11:00 and finishes at 19:00 with many fun activities available for the whole family to enjoy. We recommend our Gaudi apartment, a spacious family apartment in the Gothic Quarter with three bedrooms! Let your inner child come out and check out this unforgettable festival during your stay in one of our holiday apartments in Barcelona!

Along with Trofeo Teresa Herrera by Deportivo de La Coruña, Trofeo Ramón de Carranza by Cádiz CF and Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu by Real Madrid C.F. is Joan Gamper Trophy one of the most important summer trophies in Spain.

Between 1966 and 1996 was the Joan Gamper Trophy a four team tournament, but since 1997 it is just two team competition. It can include football teams from the Italian liga, the German Bundesliga, some South American teams such as SC Internacional of Brazil and some more. Of course some Spanish clubs have been participating during the years like CD Tenerife and Valencia CF.

According to the statistics has FC Barcelona won the Joan Gamper Trophy 33 times, followed by FC Köln with two titles. Last year´s champion is the English Manchester City, won by just one goal by Martin Petrov.

This year the competition should take place at the 16^th of August, but the information is still not officially confirmed.

To fully enjoy this great event, we offer our splendid and comfortable apartments in the city center, ensuring you a fantastic holiday at a competitive price. Book our Gotico III apartment, a cozy studio in the center of Barcelona that is perfect for two people!  Come and enjoy the city of Barcelona and be part of this unforgettable city!

The International Contemporary Art Fair, SWAB takes place from the 13th to the 16th of May in Barcelona and it is a fair dedicated to contemporary art and will feature around 40 galleries. Springtime is a perfect time to visit Barcelona and to check out whats new in the contemporary art scene!

It was founded in Barcelona in 2006 under the initiative of the private collection of Diezy7 and support of gallery owners Leo Koenig, Fred Mann and Martha Moriarty, with the aim of presenting the emerging contemporary art scene and help promote new galleries both nationally and internationally.

The purpose of the organizers of SWAB is to present the emerging contemporary art world scene making it a platform for the new generation of national and international galleries.

The price for a single entry ticket is €10 and the opening times for Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th is from 16:00 to 21:00, on Thursday the 13th from 19:30 to 21:00 and on Sunday the 16th from 12:00 to 20:00.

In 2007, SWAB was held for the first time and prooved to be a great success with many visitors. We recommend you book our apartment Barceloneta,  a charming apartment next to the beach! Check out this interesting event while you are staying at one of your rental apartments in Barcelona!



The Barcelona Marathon (Marató Barcelona) is an annual event that takes place every year, and is a fantastic opportunity for runners to get a phenomenal cruise through the beautiful city of Barcelona. The marathon started in 1978, and also features 5 and 10 km races, that share their start line and course with the 42.195 km marathon.

The Barcelona Marathon starts and finishes below the green hills of Montjuïc Park in front of the Magic Fountain, and runs along the Port Vell harbour as well as other historic parts of the city.

The course of the marathon is mainly flat, but it does contain some inclines which are mostly found at the beginning of the route, however the breathtaking scenery makes up for the toughness of this part of the course!

Many foreigners take the opportunity to visit Barcelona during the springtime and at the same time get an extensive tour through the city while running the Barcelona Marathon. Usually, almost half of the 8,000 marathoners are visitors from abroad.

The marathon starts at 8:30 in Avinguda María Cristina and the approximate finishing time for the first runners is 10:40, while the time limit is 6 hours to finish from the start of the race. There are refreshment stations for participants every 5 kilometres during the marathon and they offer participants water, isotonic drinks, fruit, and sponges.

The entry prices increase the later you register, starting at €50 from the 8th March – 19 December 2010, €60 from the 20th December 2010 – 30th January 2011 and €70 from the 31st January – 20 February 2011.

The number of entrants is increasing rapidly each year, so hurry up and register on the Barcelona Marathon’s official website to experience this great event while you are staying at one of our rental apartments in Barcelona! We suggest you book our Sant Pau apartment, a modern and comfortable apartment with three bedrooms!

Salon Nautico is an annual international boat show held in Barcelona on the 6th to the 10th of November and will be showcasing all the services, products and innovations in every sector of the nautical industry.

This is an important event for the nautical industry not only in Spain, but at an international level in terms of both its quality and number of visitors.

Salon Nautico marks the start of the annual sales season for exhibitors and during the show, up to 70% of all boat sales in Spain are initiated. one of the most important events at an international level in terms of both its quality and visitor numbers.

Salon Nautico is organized by Fira de Barcelona and takes place at the Gran Via Exhibition Center and the Port Vell Harbour. These venues are easy to access by car or by public transport and even some of our holiday apartments in Barcelona are located close to these areas!

The combination of an extensive trade fair section and a variety of activities including prize-giving ceremonies, business meetings and the presentation of regattas make the show a really unique event. The diversity of the activites available at the fair make it possible for any age group to find something interesting, including children and school groups. A detailed schedule of all the activites is available on Salon Nautico’s official website.

Salon Nautico is most talked about event in the nautical industry and is a perfect opportunity for both the exhibitors and visitors. Don’t miss this unique event in this November while you are staying in one of our rental apartments in Barcelona, for example, our Alzina apartment which is located in the heart of the city!

Hit Barcelona 2010, an exhibition to bring together a unique space dedicated to knowledge, revolutionary ideas and great business opportunities arrives to the Fira de Barcelona, over the next 9-11 June. Its maximum is a sufficient capacity to accommodate the best professionals from business leaders, investors in new companies or promoters of projects that will redefine the keys to business success, much needed in times of crisis like the one we live in today.

One of the features of this Fair is that it has a contest, the Global Entrepreneurship Competition 2010 (GEC), which has filed thousands of business plans of international companies working in sectors as diverse as biotechnology, telecommunications, clean energy and renewable, digital animation, industrial design or finance. Hit Barcelona 2010, has shortlisted 60 finalists from 19 different countries, of which the World Nominating Committee will select the 24 finalists during the celebration of the hall in June, will vie for prizes. These candidates have an enormous stake in their future because if they win, the GEC will provide funding for new projects, and to give them the opportunity to display to all investors present at the Hit Barcelona. The winner of the 2010 GEC gets € 20,000 funding for his project, while the project that will get ranked second and the third- € 10,000 and € 5,000.

In addition, the Fair includes other activities such as Plenary Congress, a forum to communicate ideas, knowledge and experience to help companies survive in turbulent economic times in which we find ourselves. Consequently, will be analyzed the main challenges for the future. In it, professionals who have recently been the protagonists of business success, will explain their keys to success.

It has also prepared a space for networking Marketplaces called Ideas, which developed several talks on where, how and where to invest our money. Includes speed dating sessions and matching, in which small and large investors know what new projects and are currently the fastest growing four sectors: IT, Media, Cleantech, and Healthcare.

Finally, the bravest may submit their final project in Venture Capital Corner, in front of the main investors of the moment and who knows, maybe you get the interview you were looking for! And if you are interested in what you clean and renewable energies or the Health Sciences, you can find your place in space Showcase Growth Companies.

To fully enjoy this great event, we offer our splendid and comfortable apartments in the center of the city, ensuring a fantastic holiday at a competitive price. We suggest you book our Gothic Centre apartment, a wonderful fully-equipped apartment in the  center of Barcelona. Come and enjoy the city of Barcelona and is part of this unforgettable event!

Barcelona Aquarium is a center of marine leisure education while located near the sea of Barcelona, right in the Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell.

Children and adults have the opportunity to explore the bottom of the sea, especially the Mediterranean and is the ideal choice to enjoy free time if you come to visit Barcelona with your family.

In addition to the aquariums and exhibits in the Aquarium you can enjoy many other services to make the visit even more special. For example, you can stroll through the store and bring you a beautiful memory, eating in the restaurant / cafe or take a picture together as a family.

Marine center is the most important leisure and education in the world concerning the Mediterranean. It consists of more than 11,000 copies of 450 different species distributed in 35 aquariums. It has an underwater tunnel of total length of 80 meters, 6 million liters of water and an immense Oceanarium, the only one in Europe. All these elements make the Aquarium of Barcelona is a unique entertainment and a reference that has been visited by more than 14 million people from around the world.

The center was inaugurated on the 8th of September, 1995 and faithfully reproduces the different underwater environments. Aspro belongs to the operator with the largest number of parks and leisure centers in Europe, and has used the latest technology to reproduce the environment it presents.

Aquarium has a strong commitment to the marine environment, outreach and environmental education. This is manifested through the link it has with associations of national and international level pertaining to this sector.

The team is made up of about 100 people, all young, dynamic, professional and deposited with great enthusiasm in this project. Mission is to give all this means to want to know and love him and protect him. Among the professionals who work there and visitors to the Aquarium is to create a link to contribute to the protection and conservation of a loved as much as is the sea.

The Aquarium is open every day of the year at 9:30 in the morning, so it is the time you decide to come to visit Barcelona, you can’t miss this appointment with marine nature in the heart of the city! To be comfortable in your stay we offer your apartments in Barcelona, for example our Gaudi apartment, a spacious family apartment in the center of the city!