2-, 3-, 4- or 5- day card featuring free travel on public transport, and some 100 discounts and free offers at museums, cultural venues, leisure attractions, on entertainments, unique means of transport and other services.
Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona |
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A voucher booklet featuring discounts at the city's main landmarks and attractions, representing important savings for tourists. It brings added value to Barcelona visitor packages and is sold exclusively through tour operators and travel agencies, who includes it with the visitors' travel documents. 2011/ 2012 Edition
Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona
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The Barcelona Bus Turístic operates on three sightseeing routes: the northbound blue) route, the southbound (red) route and the Forum (green) route. With a one- or two-day ticket, you can travel on all three routes and get on and off the double-decker bus as many times as you like. A complete informative guide and a discount voucher booklet about the city's main landmarks are issued with the ticket. Audioguide system in 10 languages. Individual headphones. SPECIAL PROMOTION BARCELONA WALKING TOURS: Special promotion. Discover Barcelona with professional guides on four walking tours: the Gothic Quarter, Picasso, Modernisme, and Gourmet. Valid every day, except 25th December and 1st January. 2011 Prices
Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona and Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
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Discover some of Catalonia's major landmarks on the Catalunya Bus Turístic. The service offers one-day and half-day bus trips from Barcelona, on five different routes and a courier travels on board to provide any information passengers may need. Daily departs from Plaça Catalunya. Departures are guaranteed with prior booking. ROUTES
2. Montserrat and Sitges Departures daily except Monday. March to October.
3. Wine & Cava Departures Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. March to October.
4. Market & Culture in Vic Departures on Tuesdays. March to October.
5. Fórmula 1, Art in Shopping in Manresa Departures on Saturdays. March to October. 2011 Prices
Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona, Turisme de Catalunya, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), Alsa-Enatcar and Sarbus.
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Walking tours of Barcelona led by professional guides (radioguide system included). Guaranteed departures. Places are limited. Pre-booking essential. Each tour lasts 2 hours. Gothic Quarter Tour Picasso Tour Modernisme Tour Gourmet Tour Marina Tour (Runs April to October) (Valid throughout the year, except 1/1, 6/1, 25/12, 26/12 and Friday and Saturdays that fall on a public holiday – Gourmet Tour) RETAIL PRICE 2011 (Valid from 2nd January to 31st December 2010)
Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona
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Multi-ticket providing admission to the four Barcelona museums with archaeological collections:
The museum visit traces a journey to the past of our own civilisations and other cultures in order to gain a better understanding of the present. A unique opportunity to journey through history!! 2010 retail price: 14 € (price 2011 not available yet) |
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By combining travel on the metro, walks and the occasional bus or tram journey, you'll be able to discover the city on seven suggested routes from an insider's point of view, as if you were one of the locals, at your own pace. Includes:
2010 RETAIL PRICE: 12,50 € |
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"Gaudí's Barcelona" describes the 11 Barcelona buildings designed by Gaudí. They are listed in chronological order on individual audio tracks. The audioguide can be downloaded to your mp3 player or mobile device from the Turisme de Barcelona website. Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish and French. For further information: |
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The Articket provides one-time admission, over a six-month period, to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions at seven of Barcelona’s foremost museums: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Fundació Joan Miró, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Centre de Culture Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), La Pedrera - Fundació Caixa Catalunya and Museu Picasso. The Articket provides access to a wide range of art exhibitions and collections from Catalonia, the rest of Spain and abroad, ranging from Romanesque frescoes to the contributions of contemporary artists such as Miró, Picasso and Tàpies. It also provides an opportunity to visit landmark buildings such as Gaudí’s La Pedrera and Richard Meier’s MACBA. Valid from January to may 2011 retail price: 22 € |
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Daily guided bicycle tours from Pl Catalunya in English and/or Spanish. Bottle of water and a drink on the beach included. Guaranteed departures.
2010 RETAIL PRICES (price 2011 not available yet)
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Barcelona Scooter gives you the opportunity to explore Barcelona in a different and original way, and provides an alternative to conventional tours. Barcelona Scooter provides a guided panoramic tour of the city's main tourist landmarks, on 125cc, automatic scooters. The tour is led by a guide who will tell you about the history of the sights along the way: Olympic Marina, Parc del Fòrum, Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló, Poble Espanyol, MNAC, Olympic Ring, La Ribera, Olympic Marina. Valid on Thursday and Saturday throughout the year.
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Discover and enjoy the fantastic views over Barcelona. Ride on the Cable Car and see the attractive sights of Barcelona. Two-way tickets retail price
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Passengers coming through Barcelona Airport now have a new door-to-door bus service designed to take them from the airport terminal to the city's main hotels, on two convenient and quick routes and at a great price. Adult singles cost 12 euros and a return 20 euros. For more information and conditions, consult the tourist board's website. For special conditions for professional please contact to: |
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Turisme de Barcelona has launched a new 2.0 social network site at visitbarcelona.com. Here tourists can interact with each other offering their opinions about different aspects of the city. At the same time users can get information -in Catalan, Spanish, English and French- see videos, or view images. The aim of the new online site is to guide tourists around town thanks to the advice of other registered user tourists. |
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Reproductions of some of the best artworks from the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) collection will be shown in Barcelona's streets from October 7th for a month and a half, thanks to an agreement between MNAC, Hewlett Packard (HP) and Turisme de Barcelona. Barcelona will become an open air musuem with 33 digitally reproduced artworks produced at HP's Barcelona labs showing in four locations across town: along avinguda Diagonal, Passeig de Gràcia, Rambla de Catalunya and the streets of the Old Town (Ciutat Vella). The idea is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of what was the forerunner of MNAC as we know it today, and which for the first time brought together Catalan artworks from the Romanesque to the 20th century in the Palau Nacional on Montjuïc. HP is also celebrating the 25th year of its production centre in Barcelona. So, don't be surprised if you stumble across a painting by Casas or Picasso when walking in Barcelona this autumn. |
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Barcelona Opportunity Week -known as BOW- is a new initiative offering a unique chance to shop, enjoy fine dining or culture, and stay in wonderful hotels at a fraction of the normal price. Designed to coincide with and keep in with the spirit of the city Sales bonanza, during the first week of February 2011 many of Barcelona's hotels, commercial establishments and cultural centres -like museums or theatres-, will be offering discounts on their regular prices. Part of all the sales generated at participating BOW establishments will be donated to help others via NGOs, foundations, etc. You can find all the information on the Turisme de Barcelona website. |
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Until January 15th the Picasso Museum is showing the first ever exhibition tracing the links between two of the most important artists of modern times: Picasso and Degas. The 130-piece show casts new light on Picasso's life-long fascination with Edgar Degas and his work, with artworks from some of the world's most important institutions and collections brought together for this unique show. The thematic sections range from Picasso's early academic training, Picasso's experiments in three dimensions compared to Degas's, and Picasso's fascination with the ballet, amongst others. |
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Early next 2011, Barcelona will boast a new museum dedicated to the world of ideas and inventions, the so-called miBa or Museu d'Idees i Invents de Barcelona, located in downtown C/ Ciutat, 7. The idea of the museum comes from media celebrity and inventor Pep Torres. Inside visitors will find permanent exhibitions featuring hilarious inventions, absurd ones and others that have been incredibly useful. With workshops and temporary exhibitions, miBa is sure to get the ideas flowing. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays and holidays until 2 p.m. |
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Visitors now have a wider of choice of guided tours on offer at the Modernista complex of Hospital de Sant Pau. The former hospital, one the best examples of Art Nouveau architecture by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, is currenty undergoing a multi-million euro refurbishment to convert it into a centre for different Mediterranean-related institutions and educational institutions. Visitors can tour the hospital grounds and see the outsides of the pavilions, the interiors of several restored buildings like the Santa Apol.lònia pavilion, which is currently showing an exhibition on the past and future of 600-year old Sant Pau, or Sant Rafael pavilion, which is showing a temporary exhibition by Scottish photographer Michael Jones with a collection of pictures detailing works by Gaudi, Domènech i Muntaner and Puig i Cadafalch. The duration of each tour is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, with tours in English, French, Spanish and Catalan everyday. |
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Casa Amatller on Passeig de Gràcia is one of Barcelona's true Modernista gems and the former home of Barcelona's foremost chocolate maker. Now undergoing renovation work, visitors can visit the building's interiors and enjoy the work of architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch thanks to new guided tours on Wednesdays at 12 a.m. in Catalan and Spanish, or Fridays at the same time in English. Group bookings of at least 10 pax can be made for Monday to Friday mornings, and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons depending on the state of refurbishment works. |
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The Museum of Natural Sciences is undergoing a huge change with plans to open in new facilities in the stunning Fòrum building in 2011. The museum's Ciutadella based Zoology and Geology exhibition buildings are now closed. These exhibits will be re-shown in the so-called Espai Blau in the Forum. The permanent exhibition of the new Museum of Natural Sciences will be called "Planet Earth". |
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Rock and pop lovers are set for a treat when the Museum of Rock opens next year in Las Arenas, a mall complex located in what was once a bullring facing Montjuïc on plaça d'Espanya. The 2,000 m2 Museum of Rock promises to be a European first, with 5,000 objects on show including guitars, memorabilia and costumes belonging to the greats of music including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, or Bruce Springsteen and all from the prestigious Jordi Tarda collection. |
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Next April Palau Güell is set to reopen its doors to visitors after extensive restoration and modernisation work. Designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the 1880s, this is a Modernisme masterpiece and UNESCO World Heritage Site that has been restored to its former glory, with recent works concentrating on the stonework, wrought iron, woodwork, glass and ceramics, the furniture and art collections. Located in the downtown Raval district, the Palau Güell was closed earlier this year to prepare the building's new museum project and essential modernisation work. The reopening means the Palau Güell will again become an essential stop for visitors to Barcelona. |
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Just below the Hotel W Barcelona, the emblematic sail-shaped hotel overlooking Barceloneta, you'll find the hottest new place to chill: it's the Mellow Beach Club designed by the acclaimed fashion designer Custo Dalmau and Bruno Reymond. With ambience music and some live jazz, the beach club offers a quality space to enjoy sunbathing during the day or stunning sunsets and evening entertainment. My restaurant completes the beach club offer with top chef Pedro Monge in charge of the taste buds. This new beachside paradise –which completes a series of other restaurants and bars overlooking the sands of Barcelona- is available for special events, too. |
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Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Barcelona to preside over the consecration of perhaps Barcelona's most famous church, the Sagrada Família, on November 7th. The Pope will arrive in Barcelona from Santiago de Compostela on November 6th. The consecration ceremony of the Church and Basilica starts with the Pope's entrance from the Portal de la Glòria. The King and Queen of Spain and a congragation of some 7,500 people will follow the ceremony inside. Those outside can see the event on huge screens. Afterwards, the Pope-mobile is expected to tour the immediate area around the Sagrada Família. Construction on the The Temple of the Holy Family, a masterpiece by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, was started in 1882. The Gaudi church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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From November 5th through to January, audiences in Barcelona can catch Cirque de Soleil's latest show called Varekai, the story of an extraordinary world and a forest inhabited by whimsical creatures. The story begins with a solitary young man literally falling from the sky. Varekai means wherever in Romany and this production pays tribute to the nomadic soul and the spirit of the circus tradition. The show will take place in the group's Big Top located next to the Forum area. |
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This autumn will see the much-awaited inauguration of El Molino music hall on Avinguda Paral.lel. This doyenne hall will boast all the latest technology, yet remain true to its origins that date back to the early 1900s. Then, Avinguda Parral.lel was at its heyday with a Broadway feel to it, a centre for grand theatres, musical halls and entertainment. Now the city wants to relaunch the avenue as a centre for art, culture and leisure, with the refurbished El Molino its sparkling gem. Just re-opened in September is the old Teatro Español, refurbished and relaunched under the name of Artèria Paral.lel with the show "la nit de Sant Joan" by Dagoll Dagom. |
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When powerful businessman Josep Xifré built a block of houses overlooking the Borne neighbourhood near the sea, he decided to set up a luxurious café on the ground floor. Time has changed much of Barcelona since, but 7 Portes is still one of the city's favourite classic Catalan cuisine eateries. Come 2011 the restaurant will be celebrating its 175 anniversary with a programme of events. Check out the website for more details. |
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Visitors can now discover Barcelona in a unique way, cruising on a classic Sidecar motorcycle. This new toursim service offers guided private tours on a classic sidecar. With room for two passengers, and a driver-come-guide, Brightside tours is a wonderful way to capture the sights and sounds of Barcelona at your own speed, not to mention the hidden gems that only a local can direct you to. The sidecar gets you around town swiftly and tours come in a variety of options. |
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Crews and managers are putting the finishing touches to their boats ready for the start of the Barcelona World Race this December 31st in Barcelona. This unique two-handed, round-the-world race sees the world's top skippers going head-to-head around the three capes, a race of 25,000 miles across the world's most challenging oceans. Followed by millions thanks to the latest communications technology, the Barcelona Race is already a classic after the first edition in December 2007, with nine boats and winning boat PAPREC-VIRBAC 2 taking 92 days to get back to Barcelona. |
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Over the last few years Barcelona has seen shops selling vintage items bloom. Vintage is now highly fashionable, with boutiques offering everything from sunglasses to designer couture. A new personal shopping tour called Antiques and Boutiques dips into this new trend to offer tailor-made tours of vintage and antique stores of Barcelona. You provide information about yourself prior to the trip and the organisers track down the sorts of places you would like to shop at. |
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Barcelona is like no other city at Christmas, with bags of tradition. The Christmas lights bring all the festive cheer you might want, but there are some special features that make a Barcelona Christmas like no other. Don´t miss out on the traditonal festive foods like sweet torrons or escudella, a Christmas broth, or the outdoor Christmas fairs of Santa Llúcia in front of the Cathedral or that opposite the Sagrada Família. Traditional Nativity Scenes are found like that in the town hall square, but perhaps it's the other Catalan traditions that visitors remember most like the tió, a tree trunk placed by the fireplace which when hit showers gifts and sweets on Christmas Eve. The New Year's party is very special with everyone eating a cluster of twelve grapes and toasting with cava as the clock strikes twelve midnight. Holidays are on Christmas Day (25th), Saint Steven's Day (26th), New Year's Day (1st) and the Three Kings´ Day (6th). On the evening of the 5th of January the three Kings arrive in Barcelona's port and parade through the streets accompanied by helpers who throw sweets out to the crowds. Christmas with a difference, and certainly one to remember. |
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Music lovers can really catch the Christmas mood on December 26th and 27th with the Gran Gala Straus concert at L'Auditori featuring the renowned Slovak Sinfonietta de Zilinia, with a selection of waltzes, marches and polkas, and part of the Concerts a Barcelona cycle. On December 15th, 16th, 17th, visitors will be able to enjoy the Messiahs of Händel interpreted by the Boni Pueri Czech Boys Choir and the Bohemia Symphony Orchestra Prague in the unbeatable setting of the Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar. This cycle of concerts runs until May. |
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Crews and managers are putting the finishing touches to their boats ready for the start of the Barcelona World Race this December 31st in Barcelona. This unique two-handed, round-the-world race sees the world's top skippers going head-to-head around the three capes, a race of 25,000 miles across the world's most challenging oceans. Followed by millions thanks to the latest communications technology, the Barcelona Race is already a classic after the first edition in December 2007, with nine boats and winning boat PAPREC-VIRBAC 2 taking 92 days to get back to Barcelona. |
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Next March 6th Barcelona will host its annual marathon with over 12,000 expected to take part. The 42,195 km long course passes many of the city's major sights and avenues. Last year the marathon confirmed its attractiveness on the international scene, with almost half of participants being international runners, showing Barcelona is very much part of the marathon tourism circuit along with the likes of Berlin, Paris, London or New York. |
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Barcelona will host the 2011 Euroleague Final Four from May 6th-8th at the city's Palau Sant Jordi. According to Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu, "Barcelona is a renowned city that has hosted world class sporting events. In addition to our close relationship with the local organization, the facilities such as the former Olympic venue Palau Sant Jordi, as well as excellent infrastructure, make the city of Barcelona an ideal city to host a Final Four." It's the third time Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi has hosted the Euroleague Final Four. |
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The Forum area has consolidated itself as one of the city's new centres of business, tourism, hotel and congress activity over the past six years. Now a group of companies, institutions and associations are working together to create a new umbrella brand called the Barcelona Forum District to position the zone as a Social Responsibility Area. The CCIB and principal hotels in the Forum area all form part of the project. The idea is to create materials and cultural programmes that would move between Barcelona Forum District members to highlight their social and environmental commitments. |
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Qatar Airways, one of the fastest growing airlines, is now operating a daily flight between Doha and Barcelona, which according to airliner sources reflects high demand for in and outbound travel to Spain. And this summer saw Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) begin a twice weekly forwarding flight to Chicago. PIA plans to make Barcelona its hub for ongoing flights to the United States. Air Canada, meanwhile, has started two new routes to Barcelona from Montreal and Toronto. |
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Barcelona is set to increase its current 28 intercontinetal routes, with Aerolíneas Argentinas and Aeroméxico increasing their flight frequencies to Buenos Aires and México D.F. respectively, and new routes scheduled by Iberia and Singapore Airilines. Aerolíneas Argentinas now has four flights a week on its Barcelona - Buenos Aires route, and more Americas flights are in the planning with Iberia announcing a direct Barcelona-Miami and Barcelona-Sao Paulo flight and Singapore Airlines a Singapore-Barcelona-Sao Paulo flight, as from March 2011. |
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Last September Ireland's Ryanair completed its ambitious move to Barcelona's international airport and now offers over 20 new European routes including Brussels, Edinburgh, and Ibiza. Meanwhile, Spanair is set to add Helsinki to its portfolio of flights, Easyjet is to include Lisbon and Amsterdam, and Vueling will increase flight frequencies to Spain's Alicante, A Coruña and Vigo. |
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- 1th January (New Year's Day)
- 6th January (Three Kings Day/ Epiphany)
- 22rd April (Easter Friday)
- 25rd April ( Easter Monday )
- 13th June (Whit Monday)
- 24rd June (Saint John, Patron Saint of Catalonia)
- 15th August (Assumption)
- 24rd September (La Mercè, Patron saint of Barcelona)
- 12th October (Saint Pilar)
- 1th November (All Saints)
- 6th December (Constitution Day)
- 8th December (The Immaculate Conception)
- 26rd December (Saint Stephen/ Boxing Day)
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Year |
Event |
Dates |
Pax |
Name |
2010 |
Conference |
29 Sept - 3 oct |
3.000 |
IV Southern European Veterinary Conference |
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Congress |
8-13 oct |
4.500 |
23rd European Society of Intensive |
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Trade Fair |
19-24 oct |
- |
Barcelona Meeting Point |
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Congress |
23-27 oct |
12.000 |
United European Gastroenterology |
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Congress |
26-28 oct |
- |
10th ISNI Congress – Int. Society |
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Trade Fair |
30 nov- 2 dec |
10.000 |
EIBTM- European Incentive, Business |
2011 |
Event |
Dates |
Pax |
Name |
| Sports | Jan | - | Snowboard World Cup | |
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Fashion |
26-28 Jan |
15.000 |
The Brandery. Urban Fashion Show |
| Special Event | 28 Jan-6Feb | - | Barcelona Opportunity Week (BOW) | |
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Sports |
30 Jan |
5.000 |
Barcelona Half Marathon |
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Congress |
14-17 Feb |
50.000 |
Mobile World Congress |
| Congress | 1-4 March | 4.500 | International Hyperthension Congress | |
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Sports |
6 March |
12.000 |
Barcelona Marathon |
| Sports Cong. | 9-11 March | - | Global Sports Forum Barcelona | |
| Sports | 3 April | 56.000 | Cursa El Corte Ingles | |
| Sports | 15-24 April | 90.000 | Conde de Godó Tennis Trophy (ATP) | |
| Sports | April | - | Barcelona Ladies Open (Tennis) | |
| Sports | 6-8 May | - | Euroleague Final Four (Basketball) | |
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Trade Fair |
7-15 May |
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International Motor Show |
| Sports | May | - | Conde de Godó Sailing Trophy | |
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Sports |
20-22 May |
200.000 |
Formula One Grand Prix |
| Economy | 8-10 June | - | The China @ Barcelona Summit | |
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Music |
17-18 june |
- |
SONAR – Advanced Music Festival |
| Congress | 22-25 June | 2.500 | Gastrointestinal Cancer Congres - UICC | |
| Culture | June-August | - | "GREC" Barcelona Summer Festival | |
| Congress | 2-6 July | 2.500 | Otorhyno –Laryngology Head & Neck Surgery EUFOS |
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Sports |
July |
170.000 |
MotoGP Grand Prix |
| Sports | 8-10 July | - | Barcelona Harley Days | |
| Sports | July | - | Barcelona Extreme Games | |
| Sports | 13-18 July | - | Europa Race (Sailing Regatta IMOCA Class) | |
| Sports | July | - | International Athletics Meeting | |
| Sports | July | - | Puig Classic Sailing Regatta | |
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Trade Fair |
6-8 July |
15.000 |
The Brandery. Urban Fashion Show |
| Sports | August | - | "Joan Gamper" Summer Trophy F.C. Barcelona |
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| Sports | August | - | "Ciutat de Barcelona" Sumemr Trophy RCD Espanyol |
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| Sports | 22-25 Sept. | - | International Showjumping Competition | |
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Trade Fair |
21-29 sept |
100.000 |
International Exhibition of Textile |
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Conference |
28 Sept-2 oct |
3.000 |
V Southern European Veterinary Conference |
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Trade Fair |
25-30 oct |
- |
Barcelona Meeting Point |
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Trade Fair |
29 Nov–1 Dec |
10.000 |
EIBTM- European Incentive, Business |
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| 2012 | Sports | July | World Junior Athletics Championship | |
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| 2013 | Sports | January | Worls Handball Championship | |
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| 2013 | Sports | July | XV FINA World Aquatics Championship | |
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| 2014 | Sports | September | World Basketball Championship | |
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Turisme de Barcelona
Departament de Promoció
Rambla de Catalunya, 123. 08008 – BARCELONA
Tel. +34 933 689 742
Fax. +34 933 689 701
promocio@barcelonaturisme.cat
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