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X Games Barcelona

Published: May 14, 2013Posted in: Barcelona EventsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Barcelona will witness one of the most spectacular sporting events that have passed through catalan capital in the last decades. And the world’s biggest competition of action sports comes to Montjuic from 16 to May 19: the X Games Barcelona. A sporting event, billed as the Olympic Games of extreme sports, which come to Europe for the first time since 1995 after being celebrated in different parts of the United States.

X Games 2013 Barcelona

Last year, with the bet to expand globally by ESPN -producer who directs and manages the X Games-, Barcelona, along with Foz de Iguaçu and Munich, were selected, in addition to Los Angeles, to celebrate the X Games in 2013.
So, after the X Games become one of the most viewed sporting events with 80 million viewers, Barcelona will have the opportunity to see the best riders in the world compete for the medals made in 15 different ways. These patterns come in four disciplines spread- Skate, BMX, Moto X and RallyCross- which have their venue in the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Palau Sant Jordi, Montjuic Municipal Pool and the Esplanade of the Olympic Ring.
With regards to skate, the best skaters of the moment come to Barcelona to fight in the Park, Vert, SLS Street and Big Air. Of these two disciplines fit two data point. Regarding the Street and through an agreement signed with the Street League Skateboarding, the greatest concerning the discipline will be in Barcelona. As regards the Big Air, the organizacion builds a mega ramp never before seen in Europe with dimensions of 25 meters high and 100 meters long which will challenge both skaters and BMX riders. Precisely BMX fans will also have the opportunity to see the great specialists of disciplines Park, Street, Vert and Big Air.
If the show bikes and skates will be total, what about what will happen in the disciplines of motor. And in what refers to the bikes, the Palau Sant Jordi will have the best drivers in Best Whip, Freestyle, Step Up, Enduro and Speed & Style. Meanwhile, the RallyCross is a six-lap race in the Olympic Stadium in a circuit where skidding, overtaking and jumping cars will lift audiences from their seats.
And an event like this, how could it be otherwise, must have an exceptional list of drivers. So legends like Travis Pastrana (RallyCross), Robbie Maddison (Moto X), Nate Adams (Moto X), Bob Burnquist (Skate), Paul Rodriguez (Skate) or Ken Block (RallyCross), among others, will be in the X Games Barcelona. And beside them, local athletes as Moto X rider Dany Torres, who already knows what it is to get a medal at the X Games, Edgar Torronteras (Moto X), Sergio Layos (BMX Street) or Fran Molina (Skate) will everything possible to make stay at home medals.
But if all this were not enough, the X Games Barcelona also offer much more than sport. As is the case with X Music, a music festival to be held on May 18 at the Poble Espanyol and which will be attended by artists such as 50 Cent, Nach or Zedd. On the other hand, in the X Fest, which will be located on the esplanade of Olympic ring, fans can play with different activities and check the news of the principals brands of extreme sports. In addition, 25 local bands will put the rhythm this meeting point for fans and athletes. Look at the official web page.

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As you can see, the X Games Barcelona have all possible ingredients to become one of the historical events of the sport in Barcelona. So, do not let them know you and be also part of the history of the X Games. Come to Barcelona, where you can seee the best sport in the world. Ren Top Apartments offers you a luxury apartments selection perfect for all needs, located in the city center, by the sea or on the exclusive hills of the city. Our apartments are the top for a top holiday.

The Grec Festival 2013

Published: May 8, 2013Posted in: Barcelona Events, Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Grec Festival of Barcelona 2013 is about to begin! The Grec Festival of Barcelona is an international theatre, dance, music and circus festival. Over the course of its history, this long-standing event, which will take place for the thirty-seven time in 2013, has become not only the major summer attraction in Barcelona, but also a reference on the European performing arts calendar.

Grec Festival 2013

The festival takes its name from its main venue: an open-air theatre (the Teatre Grec) built on Mount Montjuïc for the 1929 Universal Exhibition. At first, this “Greek Theatre” was the only venue used for festival productions, but, today, the Grec programme embraces many other theatres, cultural facilities and public spaces all over the city of Barcelona.
The festival, which will take place from July 1 to 31, will include several new initiatives, including a season aimed specifically at family audiences: this MiniGrec, as it is known, will feature thirteen productions at seven Barcelona theatres, including such shows as “El petit Dalí” and “Perduts a la Viquipèdia”.

A circus show with music by Shostakovich? That is what we can look forward to in “Opus”, by Circa, a company that our city has taken to its heart and which will open the festival at the Teatre Grec on July 1 and 2 this year. In this show, the Australian company explore the language of the circus, their breath-taking acrobatic skills accompanied by the Russian composer’s string quartets, performed live by Quatuor Debussy.
But “Opus” is just one of the shows on the Grec 2013 programme revealed in the first advance preview. Audiences at the Teatre Grec will enjoy a choral show starring one hundred anonymous Barcelona women (“100Femmes”, July 19); whilst Marc Rosich and Josep M. Pou will take them on a journey into the intimate world of Marguerite Yourcenar in “Fuegos” (July 26-28); and the venue will also host a show created by theatre schools from three major European cities (“Utopies”, July 9).
The festival dance programme sees the return of one of the international choreographers most acclaimed by Barcelona audiences: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, whose “Puz/zle” (Teatre Grec, July 15 and 16) speaks to us, through dance, about the beauty of fusion. In another outstanding choreography, “L’ADN de l’ànima”, the Catalan dancers Mudit Grau and Ramón Giménez will explore the world of feelings (Teatre Grec, July 6 and 7).
Turning now to music, the Municipal Band of Barcelona will team up with the Catalan actress Lloll Bertran in a truly unusual concert entitled “Bandalismes” (Teatre Grec, July 12). The festival programme also features such renowned artists as: Diego “El Cigala” (Teatre Grec, July 10); Jorge Pardo (Teatre Grec, July 22), Kiko Veneno (Teatre Grec, July 31); Buika (Teatre Grec, July 21); and Wynton Marsalis with The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, celebrating the band’s twenty-fifth anniversary at the Teatre Grec on July 17. Catalan music will be represented by Blaumut (Teatre Grec, July 30) and Ja t’ho diré (Teatre Grec, July 3), a band returning to Barcelona as part of a short one-off tour.
The Grec 2013 programme will also include activities aimed at professionals in the theatre world, including the International Performing Arts Meeting, whose purpose is to boost the Catalan theatre internationally. Amongst educational events, we can highlight the Sala Beckett’s summer workshop, held at a new venue in Poblenou this year, and taking anger as its theme; as well as activities aimed directly at audiences, such as the “Spectator Workshop”, which offers fresh insight for theatre-goers; and “Explica dansa” (“Modern Dance Speaks!”), presented by the choreographer Toni Jodar.
Festival-goers are reminded that tickets for shows at the Teatre Grec will be available online and at Tiquet de Rambles box offices in the Palau de la Virreina from May 2. The full festival programme will be revealed in late-May, when tickets for all other productions will also go on sale, at www.bcn.cat/grec.

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080 Barcelona Fashion 2013

Published: May 7, 2013Posted in: Barcelona EventsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The 2013 edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion City, is an edition in which, more than in any other year, we can really speak about Barcelona as the city of fashion and creation.
Over four days, from July 8th to 12th, 080 Barcelona Fashion will show and indeed, make available to the city and the world, the collective creative wealth of the capital of Catalonia.

080 Barcelona Fashion 2013

The event shows the talent of spanish designers, the work being done by the schools in the sector, the strength of our industrial complex, the variety on offer, all within the same project, 080 Barcelona Fashion city.
Creativity and innovation are the always the inspiring concepts behind 080 Barcelona Fashion, without ever forgetting the importance of the market and the will to provide designers and companies international exposure.
080 Barcelona Fashion has set itself four primary objectives:
• Help designers and companies to project themselves internationally, as well as potentiating as much as possible the sales capacity of the sector.
• Contribute to the visualization of the educational potential of Catalonia in the design and fashion fields.
• Create synergies and complicity between the worlds of design and production.
• Make 080 into the meeting point for all professionals in the sector.

This edition of 080 Barcelona fashion renews its digital endeavors: a new web page, a new blog, the 080 TV channel, the network as the definitive vehicle for the broadcasting of all the creative talent of Catalonia.
The program includes a total of 28 designers and brands on the catwalk, four magnificent exhibitions, the presentation of a book, a new magazine, the presentation and birth of a new entrepreneurial initiative, homage to Andrés Sardá and the presentation of ModaFAD.
In the same vein and for the first time, the 080 Barcelona Fashion Summit, the first professional business gathering to be held here at home with the aim of discussing and debating the world of fashion.
So, to sum up, this new edition will be, once again, the meeting point for the whole sector and the point from which to disseminate all the positive energy that the creative world always generates.

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The 080 Barcelona Fashion 2013 will be held in the brand new building dedicated to the design, the DHUB Building, next to the Agbar Tower in the vibrant district 22@ of Barcelona. All info on the official webpage of the event.
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Barcelona is a movie setting

Published: May 2, 2013Posted in: Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Barcelona is currently one of the most attractive cities in Europe for visitors. A broad and varied range of leisure attractions, culture, shopping and gastronomy has enabled Barcelona to establish itself as one of the world’s favourite city tourism destinations.
In recent years, Barcelona as also become a favourite location and showcase for the world’s filmmakers.

Barcelona is a movie setting

There has been a spectacular increase in the number of feature films, for cinema and television, filmed in the city’s streets and environs, firmly establishing Barcelona as a movie city. As part of this interconnected framework of city, tourism and film, Turisme de Barcelona and the Escola Universitària d’Hoteleria i Turisme CETT-UB, are launching a series of themed itineraries about films shot in Barcelona and aim to expand them at a later date to include all kinds of information about Barcelona and film.
The themed itineraries, called Barcelona Movie Walks, offer a whole host of information about the film in question: synopsis, cast and crew, the main awards won and a “Did you know?” section including snippets of information and anecdotes about the film. Each tour has a map featuring the locations/tourist attractions on the route. The map also provides the following information about each of the tourist attractions:

• Historic information about the landmark/attraction: detailed information about the location.
• Get to know the area in greater depth: complementary information about the area where the landmark/attraction is located.
• Description of scenes from the film: summary of the scenes filmed at each attraction.
• Did you know?: snippets of information and anecdotes about filming.

Actually, the six Barcelona Movie Walks are about the directors Woody Allen and his successful film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and Pedro Almodóvar and his multi-award-winning film ”Todo sobre mi madre”. “Salvador” (Puig Antich) a cinematographic project that wants to recover the historical memory of some tragic facts. “Perfume“, the story of a murderer, one of the most successful European co-productions of recent years. “Manuale d’amore 2″, the second part of a hilarious Italian comedy about love which proved even more successful than the first. And “L’auberge espagnole“, one of the most successful French films of recent years, which was particularly popular among young audiences.
Barcelona Movie is a space created for anyone interested in Barcelona, film and cultural tourism. Look at the official webpage for all details.

Barcelona Movie Walks

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RTA in Travelweek – Sao Paulo

Published: April 29, 2013Posted in: UncategorizedTags: , , , , , , , , , ,

The team of Rent Top Apartments participated in the fair of tourism, Travelweek, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From April 16 to 19, Travelweek-Feel the World brought together the best of luxury tourism on the planet and we could not miss.

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As you can read on the official webpage of Travelweek 2013, the pleasure of traveling has won new meanings, indicating that life can be enjoyed in unique experiences. Each destination is different in its sceneries and characters.

Travelweek’s edition of 2013 celebrated the feelings of diversity that coexist in the relationship between the self and the world. From this encounter a new traveler is born, someone who not only collects colorful passport stamps but also tries to transform each experience into a cultural opportunity, a tribute to pleasure and the good things of life.

Feel the World synthetizes this admirable search of the modern world to return to the exclusive, the handmade and the luxury of living unique experiences in a diverse world.
The identification of new ways for the luxury travel market served as north for the creation of Travelweek Sao Paulo. In its third edition, the event aimed to unite in one space the sector’s most incredible trends and possibilities of inspiration.

Travelweek Sao Paulo happens at the Bienal’s Pavilion, at Ibirapuera Park, and for four days it assembles international suppliers and top premium travel professionals from several Brazilian states and Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela). Together they represent an important business volume and promote cultural exchange, relationships and solid business opportunities.

Since its first edition, Travelweek Sao Paulo inserts Brazil in the global calendar of major high-end travel events, creating a great window for singular experiences for a passionate and demanding public.

The context is favorable. Along rising national economic stability, the numbers are impressive: in 2011, Brazilians spent around US$ 51 billion in travels abroad, a 29% growth compared to 2010 – and that’s not including domestic travels. Along the four days of event, Travelweek Sao Paulo receives 3,000 people, an impressive number that illustrates the effective contribution Travelweek brings to the global industry of luxury travels.

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The Barcelona Motor Show 2013

Published: April 9, 2013Posted in: Barcelona EventsTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The 37th International Motor Show of Barcelona, which will be held in Fira’s Montjuïc exhibition centre, from 11 to 19 May, will feature many manufacturers that will present around thirty new world, European and national premiers. The new models are a big attraction for visitors and an aid to reactivating the sector. The show will coincide with the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix, which will take place on the Circuit de Catalunya, turning the city of Barcelona in the world motor capital.

Barcelona Motor Show 2013

During these nine days, companies belonging to the Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Automóviles y Camiones (ANFAC) and the Asociación Nacional de Importadores de Automóviles, Camiones, Autobuses y Motocicletas (ANIACAM) will be participating.
The show’s president, Enrique Lacalle, said that “in today’s difficult economic climate, it is no secret that the complexities involved in the organisation of an event of this magnitude are accentuated. But the strength of the Barcelona Motor Show, together with the constant effort of those of us who work in it and the collaboration of the manufacturers and their associations, has made it possible for us to make Barcelona one of the leading international showcases for the automobile industry”.

The Barcelona Motor Show is the only motor show in Spain to be recognised by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), and enjoy the support of Anfac and Aniacam.
More than 20 brands have already made a firm commitment to the show
Audi, Bentley, BMW, Dacia, Ferrari, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Mini, Nissan, Renault, Seat, Smart, Volkswagen, Volvo…

The fact that the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix is taking place at the Circuit de Catalunya during the same week as the Barcelona International Motor Show will make the city of Barcelona the motor capital of the world for one week. Visitors to both events will enjoy advantages: Grand Prix ticket holders will get free access to the show, while visitors to the show who purchase Formula 1 and Moto GP tickets will be eligible for special discounts.

The biennial Barcelona Motor show is one of the Europe’s leading and oldest automotive events and is recognised internationally by the Paris-based Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (O.I.C.A.). For visitors are planned many alternatives activities. All info on the official webpage.

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Espaisucre, the sweetest restaurant in Barcelona

Published: March 22, 2013Posted in: Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , ,

Barcelona, but Spain as whole, is a place where food is art. But Barcelona is not only tapas or Ferran Adría. Barcelona is a sweet city and it could not miss a restaurant exclusively dedicated to sweeten the palate.

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Espaisucre is the caprice of Jordi Butrón and partners’ Xano Saguer, Guillem Vicente and Reme Butrón, all promoters and developers of a new way of conceiving restaurant-style pastry cooking.
This team opens in February 2000 the only dessert restaurant in the world, marrying this risky but meditated idea with the school of restaurant-style desserts. Here, taste becomes the absolute priority, the remaining variables (technique, arrangement on the plate, aesthetics, etc.) are vehicles, means and not ends. Espaisucre should mark tastes being true to the original taste.
Flavour is the priority. The other variables are complementary means of increasing quality, remaining faithful to the original flavour.
Contrasted flavours are distinguished to tone down the different sugar components. The range of tasty possibilities is widened (sweet, salty, bitter, acidity, spicy, sweet and sour…).
The use of new techniques, products and tools, permit a better control over the flavour (mycryo, oveneve, roner, gels, dried fruit paste, dehydrated, paco-jet…). In addition, to the old pastry techniques and the respect for tradition. Choosing the right technique for each ingredient is crucial, bearing in mind the specific food components.

The restaurant dessert, Espaisucre, not only is the perfect conjunction between flavour, technique and arrangement on the plate valued, but there are intangible elements that may transform it into something more complex.
This team conceives pastry as a permanent training either technically or gustatorily, always according to an innovative attitude, but at the same time to respect towards tradition understood as an indispensable ingredient of progress.
Espaisucre restaurant is at calle princesa 53, in the Born Quarter. All info and the sweet menú on the official webpage of Espaisucre.

Espaisucre the dessert restaurant

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Swing to Barcelona

Published: March 18, 2013Posted in: Barcelona Events, Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BarSWINGona festival was created by Carmen & Lluís on may 1998 and has been run by the barSWINGona team which has been continuously renovated. BarSWINGona main party dates are March 28th, 29th, 30th & 31th at the fabulous Casino de l’Aliança del Poblenou, that will be the major dance hall of the BarSWINGona’13.

Swing to Barcelona

Since the beginning, BarSWINGona purpose has been to allow dancers from everywhere share the passion for swing dancing and music with people from Barcelona and the rest of the world.
BarSWINGona is a not-for-profit event although the budget has been consistently increasing every year. Some years the festival did quite well whereas some others it did not and needed some private support to survive. BarSWINGona is struggling to get public support and private sponsors as well with just minor successes so far.
BarSWINGona is a bunch of lindy hoppers from Barcelona and other communities that are working as hard to make BarSWINGona an unforgettable swing event for you.
The organization also offers the possibility to enroll in short, but intense courses to learn dancing swing.
The courses are organized in many levels to avoid mixing dance levels in the same class and guarantee a progressive work in class. There will be auditions associated to each level. All classes will focus on steps and technique for Social dancing of lindy hop except one that will work on a lindy hop routine that will be danced by those who wish to do so in the final swing party. All levels, but the beginners one, will get all the Lindy hop Masters. Each couple of teachers will develop the steps in their own personal style. Each level will get 3 classes a day of these top couple teachers, therefore you’ll get 9 track classes in total. In addition there are Open classes that you can take. All info on the official webpage of Barswingona Festival.

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Barceloneta, beyond the beach

Published: February 21, 2013Posted in: Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Barcelona is a puzzle of little villages, each piece is a district. Barceloneta is one of these piece. One of the most fascinating and one of the least known, at least with respect to the area beyond the beach and the restaurants touting for trade on Passeig de Joan de Borbó.

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La Barceloneta was constructed during the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the Ciudadela of Barcelona, where now there’s a park. The neighborhood is roughly triangular, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. La Barceloneta‘s beach gained notoriety as “the best urban beach in the world” and overall “third best beach in the world”, according 2005 Travel Channel show Worlds Best Beaches.
La Barceloneta is known for its sandy beach and its many restaurants and nightclubs along the boardwalk. Amongst the attractions on Barceloneta‘s beach are German artist Rebecca Horn’s “Homenatge a la Barceloneta” monument, and, where the beach gives way to the Port Olimpic, Frank Gehry’s modern “Peix d’Or” sculpture.

But inside the neighborhood there are many little treasures and an authentic atmosphere, made up of fishermen and port workers, which it’s difficult to breathe in others parts of the city.
Negra y Criminal, a book shop specializing in crime and Noir novels, is one of that treasures. Building on the inter¬national popularity of local crime writers such as Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, they organize the annual BCNegra festival taking place this year from February 1st through 9th, bringing international authors to Barcelona to celebrate the genre. Fans of the dark and grisly are well catered for here, and if a crime author isn’t available in this shop, they’re probably not worth reading. The owners are knowledgeable and passionate, and it’s everything a good bookstore should be. Every Saturday morning they offer fresh mussels and white wine to visitors.

Barceloneta neighborhood

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Barcelona unknown

Published: February 4, 2013Posted in: Barcelona what to doTags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There are many curiosities to be found in Barcelona, some of them, for example, are the ghost stations of the railway network, or the Magic Square situaded in one of the facade of the Sagrada Familia.

Barcelona unknown

While it can probably be said of most places, the truth is that not all that is interesting in this city is visible, a lot remains hidden. There are many opportunities to participate in organized tours to discover the unknown part of Barcelona. These tours provide a historical perspective on magic rituals, illusionists, witches, ceremonies and cults, most of them quite unusual, practised by the Templars, Masons and Jews of the Call district.

One of these mysterious signals around the city is the Magic Square found in the Passion Facade of the Sagrada Familia. Magic squares are a peculiarity of numbers arranged in a square array, add the same amount in both columns, rows or diagonals. They are known as chronic since the third century BC in China. In particular the magic square of the Sagrada Familia, sum 33, a special because 33 is the highest degree in the Masonic lodges, and is also the age at which Jesus dies on the Cross. Even the Sants Just i Pastor Temple, which was declared a National Cultural Heritage Monument, is an invaluable source of mysteries.

Barcelona has 12 ghosts stations on its rail network (Metro, FGC and Rodalies), some of them have been closed to use for various reasons, such as new routes or extensions of rail lines, others have given way to other uses tunnel ventilation area, and some of them have disappeared with the onslaught of new works such as the AVE high speed train.
Currently of the 12 ghosts stations, only holds the remains of 11 of them. Some are mysterious and shrouded in legend, others are visible through the train, but it does not stop and it seems that the time has paralyzed instead. All in all, an ideal way to spend a day for those who think they know all there is to know about Barcelona.

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