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Best Barcelona hotels 2019

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Best hotels in Barcelona 2015

Best hotels in Barcelona 2019

Once again we are pleased  to post our own tips on the best hotels in Barcelona.
As we live in Barcelona, we get many requests for our own personal tips about the best new hotels in Barcelona and some of the favourite classic hotels. There are many excellent hotels to choose from in Barcelona, so it’s difficult for us to answer all these questions.

Please take a look at our partner Barcelonayellow.com who have an excellent updated webpage that lists the best hotels in Barcelona and has links to booking apartments and hotel rooms.

And if you are planning a day trip while in Barcelona, please remember that DayTripsBarcelona offers personal hotel pick-ups and drop-offs for our small group Day Tours outside Barcelona. We do not  pick-up at cruise ships however.

Things to do in Barcelona Easter 2020

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Barcelona Easter Week – What to do and see

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Barcelona Easter Week – What to do and see

Things to do in Barcelona Easter and on Good Friday. What to do and where to find Easter parades and Good Friday processions in Barcelona. Easter week in Spain is called “Semana Santa” which means “Holy Week.”

Things to do Easter Barcelona Barcelona Easter – Semana Santa

The Easter week starts on Palm Sunday which is called “Diumenge de Rams” in Catalan” and “Domingo de Ramos” in Spanish. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter week. TWEET THIS PAGE

Dates Easter Barcelona.

Easter is a moveable feast and starts on Palm Sunday on Sunday 9th April 2017. There are parades and processions in Barcelona on Palm Sunday.

Barcelona Good Friday – Viernes Santo

Most Easter parades are on Good Friday – called “Divendres Sant” in Catalan and “Viernes Santo” in Spanish. Easter ends on “Lunes de Pascua” Easter Monday which is also called “Diá de la mona de Pascua” because it’s “mona” cake day. Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays so most shops in Barcelona are closed, but restuarants and museums are open.

Visit this Barcelona Easter Guide page to read about Barcelona Easter week and Easter processions and traditions.

Small group tours Barcelona Easter.

Easter is a very busy week in Barcelona,so we recommend that you book day tours and private tours well in advance if possible

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El Gordo – Spanish Christmas Lottery 2016

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El Gordo – Spanish Christmas Lottery 2016

El Gordo Spanish Christmas Lottery

El Gordo Spanish Christmas Lottery

Did you buy an el Gordo lottery ticket this year. Actually you can buy a ticket from August onwards, but the lottery is drawn every year on 22nd December and called the Spanish Christmas Lottery or  El Gordo, which means the Fatty – or the Fat One!

If you have not already checked your ticket to see if you won – please use the link below to check your lottery numbers.

The world’s biggest lottery with the most overall prize money is in Spain and called Lotería de Navidad or El Gordo! El Gordo is actually the name of the first prize winning ticket. The total prize money is around 2,2 billion euros, which is spread around many ticket numbers.

 

El Gordo is the first prize and wins 640 million euro spread over 160 tickets with the winning number. It’s quite complicated but you can read more on the links below.
Bona Sort. Good Luck. Buena Suerte!

> Visit the Spanish lottery website
> Check your 2016 El Gordo lottery numbers
> Guide to El Gordo Spanish Christmas lottery.

If you are visiting Barcelona, then DayTripsBarcelona offers tours all winter to lovely destinations near Barcelona including our popular winter road trips!!
Tours from Barcelona to France, Andorra and the Pyrenees mountains.