September 11th is National Catalonia Day Every year on the 11th of September the entire region of Catalonia celebrates their national holiday. It is often referred to as Independence Day but the actual origin of the holiday has nothing to do with the independence of Catalonia – Catalonia is still governed by Spain. It is…
Absolutely stunning, Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo is a must see for everyone visiting Barcelona.
The Barcelona 2013 FINA World Championships started last Friday (July 19th) and will be on until August 4th. Are you a fan of water-sports – swimming, water polo, diving and the like? Ever wanted to watch a synchronized swimming competition live? Ever wanted to go to the Olympics but couldn’t afford the tickets, accommodation prices and…
Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona is celebrating 10 successful years of Barcelona Hostel madness!!! Just imagine 10 years of Barcelona Hostel experiences. If only the walls could talk or we could gather all the stories of everything that has ever happened at Sant Jordi Hostels over the past 10 years and put them together in a…
The 2013 edition of the Barcelona, Cruilla Music Festival is this weekend and it is going to be off the hook!!! The Cruilla music festival is an annual 2-day music festival that is the highlight of the Barcelona Summer Festival calendar. With 4 stages and headlining acts like SNOOP DOG, WYCLEF JEAN, MORCHEEBA, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, James…
9 riders, 370km, 17 hours, average speed 27 km/h, Goal – Barcelona to Valencia on fixed gear bikes in a day. Its like the tour de France on speed!!! Imagine riding your bike for 17 hours straight, a total of 370 km (229 mile), and doing it all in one day. The mission of the…
The 2013 edition of the Sonar Barcelona Music Festival is the 20th edition of the famous event and will be one of the best yet! With a ridiculously good line-up, 3 full days packed with some of the most innovative and current media arts and music and events designed to showcase the best in the…
Its official – The Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona football team is equipped and ready for action. We got our official Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona Football team jerseys and the boys are looking good. They might be pretty boys but they can play some mean footy. Every Friday we head over to the local football field…
Good times with a good friend from Ireland – Easy Eoghan, everyone’s favorite leprechaun. Good, old Easy Eoghan the traveling leprechaun who is always up for a pint and can’t resist the ladies, he can drink all night and somehow never misses the free-walking-tour the next day. He owned it at our Sant Jordi Hostel Sagrada…
Los Vivancos – Aeternum, the Extreme Flamenco Fusion show is on in Barcelona through June 23rd. If you feel like you’ve already seen it all in Barcelona and you’re looking for something to do other than the normal tourist thing – site seeing, pub-crawls and the like – you might be interested in taking in…
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