Barcelona - December - Places to be

If you happen to be in Barcelona in December, don’t forget to visit one of the Winter Markets.

This weekend I have been to two actually, one called Fantastic and the other one Festivalet.

The organizers did a great job, there are a lot of authentic products from local designers, everything well thought of for Christmas presents.
But not only, you could even go just to hang out, as they have music and food prepared as well.

Among the products you could find clothes, jewellery, cosmetics, decorations and so on.  

Next weekend, no exceptions as another popular markets are coming up.

  

This week’s - Places to be - Photo Diary - Ús Barcelona

This week’s places to be, literally, is Ús Barcelona, an art festival for urban spaces.

The festival is meant to rescue, through urban art and civic participation, the use and value of the city’s urban spaces. 
The organisers and participants make, as they say, artistic interventions on walls, floors and cars. 
Apart from that there is live music playing, there are Dj’s, art markets, gastronomic spaces and food trucks. 

We visited the place today and we had a lot of fun. When arriving, since the closed streets, reserved for the festival, were full of old, two story, 

seemingly uninhabited buildings among the new tall ones we had the impression of being on a filmset. 

The streets were crowded with cool and creative people both artists and participants. There was an overall good 

vibe going on, and we believe its a good place to spend this weekend. Some artistic interactions were even interactive 

so I had the chance to actually make a drawing and take it home with me. 

  

  

  

This week’s - Places to be - Photo Diary - El Jardí

This terrace and tapas bar is located inside the Barcelona library garden, Jardins de Rubio i Lluch. 

It’s location, overall look and arrangement among the building’s walls gives it a unique and great feeling. 

When we got there, we got lucky and found a cute table, one with flowers, and sat down to enjoy a cup of tea and coffee. 

To our amazement there was even good, not to loud, electronic music playing. 

A few days later we went back, this time after sunset and found the bar with small lights lit up all

 over the place and with candles on every table. This time we ordered a delicious brownie and a cheesecake.

If you wish, you could order typical Spanish dishes, tapas or even salads and other vegetarian food 

to eat and cocktails or even natural juices to drink . All in all its a great place that looks like a small

 oasis with plants and trees surrounding it, its certainly a good place to escape from the city center during rush hour.