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These are the best family activities in Barcelona: museums ideal for the little ones, outdoor plans and lots of fun for children.

FInd out all the details of the Primavera Sound Barcelona Festival: artists, dates, location and how to get tickets for Primavera Sound 2024.

Discover the best exhibitions in Barcelona and enjoy a central accommodation with Fisa Rentals. Art, history and comfort are waiting for you!

These are the best things to do in summer in Barcelona! Enjoy a summer at the beach with the best gastronomic, cultural and leisure offer.

Check out the best festivals in Barcelona that you cannot miss this summer: Primavera Sound Barcelona, Sónar Festival, Cruïlla... Buy your tickets now!

Learn all about the World Press Photo Barcelona, the most prestigious photojournalism exhibition. Find out where to see it and how to get tickets.

Barça and Real Madrid will meet in the Copa del Rey Semi-Final on April 5. Don't miss the great Clásico Barça vs Real Madrid at the Barcelona Camp Nou!

Are you in Barcelona in February? Then you have the opportunity to celebrate Carnival in Barcelona, one of the city's most fun traditions.

Barcelona will once again become the mobile world capital this year! We tell you all the details of MWC 2024: programme, tickets and where to stay.

Are you wondering how to move around Barcelona? Here are some of the best ways to get around the city if you are visiting for a few days.

You can't even imagine all the things you can do at Christmas in Barcelona! Magical plans, with lights and spirit for you to live the best of the holidays.

Discover the most beautiful viewpoints in Barcelona and contemplate the most emblematic buildings of the city against the backdrop of the Mediterranean.

These are some of the events that you cannot miss in October and November if you are in Barcelona. Discover them all with Fisa Rentals.

Discover the best beach restaurants in Barcelona with Fisa Rentals. The most recommended places for tapas or paella in front of the sea.

The wines of Catalonia represent approximately a quarter of the total Spanish production. These are all of them 11 Appellations of Origin (A.O), presented in alphabetical order (we include in the list the Catalonian one, created as a group to facilitate international trade):

Getting to know Barcelona in a weekend is possible, as long as you have a good advisor to help you focus on what's important and most authentic and make the most of every minute of your trip. Make a note of our route because we'll tell you what to see and do in one, two or three days in the Catalan capital and soak up the magic of the city like a real local and not a tourist.

If you ask a local for the best beaches in Barcelona you will surely skip Barceloneta and you will be encouraged to take the train. That does not mean that Barcelonians do not enjoy the sea in their city, but we do tend to look for more quiet environments.

Having a list of the best swimming pools in Barcelona, public and private, is the ideal solution for this summer. And to make it easier for you to access them we have grouped them by areas.

You already booked your accommodation in the center of Barcelona with all the amenities to live a season in the city. Now all you need are the secrets to feel like a local and not like a tourist. This is all you have to know to stop being a guiri anymore.

If you are a running addict and you are lucky enough to be in Barcelona, ​​you can choose between urban trails, on the beach or in the mountains. These are our 10 favorite places to run in Barcelona:

Gaudí is surely one of the most well-known representatives of Catalan modernism in the world, but there are many other architectural gems of this movement that you cannot miss.
If you want to discover them, we have prepared this modernist route through Barcelona with a map so that it is very easy to orientate yourself and plan the day.

Born in Reus on June 25, 1852, the architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet spent much of his life in Barcelona, city in which he died on June 10, 1926, leaving unfinished one of his great works: The “Sagrada Familia” Holy Temple.

Luckily, he succeeded to complete many other ones that we encourage you to visit in a one or two day tour of the city.

This is the full route of Gaudi’s works in Barcelona.

There are several options to get to El Prat Airport from the city of Barcelona. We review them all so you can choose the one that suits you the best, for price or convenience.

The popular tennis tournament on clay, the Banc Sabadell's Barcelona Open's tournament, Conde de Godó is one of the most anticipated international sport events of the year.

Barcelona is a city with a wide variety of cultural and leisure activities throughout the year, and even more so on special dates like New Year's Eve. If you are planning to spend December 31 in the city, we tell you what to do this New Year's Eve in Barcelona: with children, as a couple, with friends... Here is everything you cannot miss.

Many European regions and countries have their own peculiar Christmas traditions. Catalonia is not an exception. The Caga Tió, literally translated as “Poo log”, as odd as it might sound, brings presents to Catalan children every Christmas Eve. If you are renting a flat in Barcelona around Christmas dates, take the chance to celebrate this original tradition.

A step away from the Pyrenees mountains, around Barcelona there is no shortage of destinations to enjoy the snow and the mountains. We tell you which are the best places to go skiing near the city and plan a perfect weekend getaway.

Barcelona is a wonderful city to spend the Christmas season. For its attractiveness and Catalan traditions, it is a unique experience whether you come as a couple, friends or family.
Discover with us the most famous Catalan customs of Christmas during your stay in Barcelona.

If you don't know what to see in Barcelona in autumn, here are our 10 favorite top plans in the city for this season. Don't miss any of them!

The MICE and business congress fair returns to Barcelona. Check here for IBTM 2023 dates, schedules, tickets, and accommodation options for IBTM Barcelona.

At Fisa Rentals apartments we have prepared this list of the best medieval villages and towns close to Barcelona, all of them very charming!

Although the specific spots for mushroom hunting in Catalonia are kept a closely guarded secret by those in the know, we can tell you the areas where you should start looking. All you need is some determination, patience and the good sense not to eat anything until your harvest has been checked over by an expert.

The IAAPA Expo Europe returns in 2021, this year in Barcelona. Check here for dates, schedule, tickets, and accommodation options.

The Smart City Expo World Congress 2021 returns to Barcelona. Check here dates, times, tickets, and accommodation options during the Smart City congress.

The Automobile Barcelona Car Show returns in 2021. Check here the dates, schedules, tickets, and accommodation options during the Automobile Barcelona.

The Barcelona Festival of Pedralbes celebrates its 9th edition. Check here for the artists line-up of, tickets, schedules, and accommodation options in Barcelona.

The European Sociology Conference 2021 will be held in Barcelona. Check all the information, dates, event recommendations and accommodation options here.

The MWC 2021 returns to Barcelona. Check all the information, schedules, companies in here, the new format of the event and accommodation options for the Mobile World Congress.

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The World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2020) to be held this year in Barcelona, has announced new dates: from the 20th to the 23rd of August, 2020.

The Food Industry Trade Show returns to Barcelona in 2020 with the promise of great innovations in the gastronomy sector. In this article you will find all the information you need to know about the event.

On March 28th, 29th and 30th of next year, Barcelona will host once again the CosmoBeauty Barcelona, the fourth edition of the beauty professional´s global event.

A renowned national and international trade show where the big reference brands of the beauty sector will meet to present the latest market trends. We tell you all about this long-awaited event:

The Winter Holidays are a classic to disconnect and to arrive full of energy at the Christmas break, and the Catalan capital is an excellent destination for it. This article is full of ideas to help you decide what to do in Barcelona in december.

While Anglo-Saxon countries celebrate Halloween on October 31st, Catalonia has its own popular festival. We tell you all about this peculiar tradition.

The “Festes de la Mercè”, or “Fiestas de La Mercè” in Spanish, is the commemoration of the day of the saint patron of Barcelona and a celebration in style.
At Fisa Rentals Apartments Barcelona, we give you the programme so that you can enjoy the activities organized throughout the city as a local.

Check out all the shopping centers open today in Barcelona with opening hours, description and “how to get there” instruction by Fisa Rentals your monthly and holiday rental apartments company in Barcelona city.

The Gracia street festival is one of the highlights of the August in Barcelona. In this guide you will find everything you need to know to understand and enjoy it to the fullest.

The night of San Juan is one of the most special nights in Barcelona. Here below, you can read the program of this year 2019 with recommendations on where to stay at Fisa Rentals apartments.

Sónar festival is one of the most important electronic and experimental music event in the world and one of the MUSIC FESTIVALS in Barcelona in capital letters.

The digital nomads are lucky enough to be able to work wherever they want while they have a good internet connection. Therefore, there are many who have chosen Barcelona as their place of residence: cosmopolitan city where there is good weather and the beach 10 minutes from downtown. Anything else? Yes, hundreds of great coworking spaces to choose from. But ... which one would you choose?

You may not get a free tapa with your drink in Barcelona like in other places in Spain, but Barcelona's people have certainly known how to make an art of the terraceo, which means having tapas outdoors.

Carnestoltes is the word in Catalan that means carnival. A week of costumes, music and charangas, that begins with the dijous gras or llarder – “Fat Thursday” (“Jueves lardero in Spanish) - and ends with the “Ash Wednesday”.

The dates for this year 2019 will be from February, 28th to March, 6th.

Did you know that L'Aquàrium de Barcelona has about 11,000 organisms living in 450 different species?

L'Aquàrium de Barcelona with discount

At Fisa Rental apartments Barcelona we invite you to discover it with a special 10% off, but beforehands we tell you everything you need to know to prepare your visit.

Autumn is an ideal season to travel to the city of Barcelona. There are many fewer tourists than at other times of the year and the temperature is very pleasant, even to go to the beach.
If you keep reading we will tell you everything you can do in Barcelona in the fall, the months of September, October and November.

The annual convention of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology this 2018 returns to take place in Barcelona. We tell you when it is, where and how to find the best accommodation for those days with Fisa Rentals.

Barcelona will host the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC for its acronym in English) for the first time this 2018. Next, we tell you what you cannot miss if you are a specialist in the sector.
- The news that will be presented
- Practical information and where to stay

If you have or do not have an entrance ticket for Primavera Sound (220 euros for the ticket, around 90 euros for the day ticket), if you are an indie music fan, we recommend that you join the opening and closing concerts, completely free of charge.
Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about Primavera Sound in Barcelona.

If somebody from abroad would ever ask me what is the best time to visit Barcelona, I would not hesitate to recommend them to go to Barcelona for Sant Jordi (Saint George´s), the day that Barcelona shines the most. Sant Jordi is not only a day for books and roses, for culture and love, it is also probably the festival that unites Barcelona residents the most. Therefore, do not hesitate and rent an apartment in the Catalan capital on the 23rd on April.

Rio de Janeiro is a city internationally known for its Carnival celebrations as well as other European cities, such as Cologne or Maastricht. In Catalonia, some municipalities like Sitges or Vilanova i la Geltrú are also popular for their acclaimed Carnival festivals, but the capital, Barcelona, also offers a wide range of cultural and social activities around these dates. If you are renting an apartment in Barcelona this week, find out more about what to expect and see in Barcelona from the 4th to the 10th of February.

Many tourists look for apartments in Barcelona to spend New Year’s Eve in a Mediterranean vibrant city. Barcelona is a safe choice for a great New Year’s Eve party but visitors can also enjoy of other cultural traditions in their stay, such as eating twelve grapes for the year’s countdown or running in the last race of the year.

While most tourists who want to rent an apartment in Barcelona would not consider doing so during Christmas time, the city offers a wide range of activities to keep yourself entertained around those dates. In line with other European cities, Christmas lights, ‘black Friday’ and Christmas markets are some of the main highlights that Barcelona offers to tourists in December.

If you are renting an apartment in Barcelona and you think you are rather original, you should know you are not the only one visiting the city. Catalonia is the region that has received the largest amount of tourists this year, accounting for 25.7% of the tourists visiting Spain.

If you rent an apartment in Barcelona this autumn, you should take a look at the programme offered by the Barcelona Jazz Festival 2015. From the 26th of September to the 11th of December, Barcelona hosts over 30 jazz music concerts in different unique concerts halls all over the city. Dianna Krall, Chucho Valdés or Txarango are some of the highlights of the programme of this 47th edition.

If you are on holidays in an apartment in Barcelona and you want to go to the cinema, you might think it is not possible if you do not know Spanish. The reality is though that in the last years more and more movie theatres in the city offer films in Original Version (OV) with subtitles. This article offers you an insight on where to go to watch a movie in OV in Barcelona.

Every year as the end of September approaches, all Barcelona locals are looking forward to the same celebration: La Mercè. From the 18th to the 24th of September, Barcelona will host a wide range of traditional events across the city, from human castles to concerts and fireworks.

On September 11th, Catalonia celebrates its national day and it is an interesting opportunity to find accommodation in Barcelona and experience the city like a local. Cultural and political events all over the city commemorate the defeat of Catalonia in the War of Spanish Succession.