UnCommon Tourist

Ho ho holy crap - it's December?!

Well, yeah. and there's alot going on this month.

So here's the links to awesomeness:

Santa Llúcia Christmas Market  in front of the Barcelona Cathedral

Market at Port Vell (The Old Port) Best option for food and drinks!

Christmas Market at La Sagrada Familia

Fabrica Lehmann Market - Dec 14th and 15th only

Placa Catalunya Market. The 10th Responsible and Consumption and Social Solidarity Economy fair.

Christmas Orgin Star in Jaume I. ORIGEN, by Xevi Bayona and Àlex Posada.

Tibidabo's Ice Rink.

San Pau Lights and ice rink.

HOT CHOC!

Caua - 100% choc, white and milk options too!

Faborit inside Casa Amatller

Granja Dulcinea Old School hot choc

UnCommon Tours - fun stuff to do with us

And above all - Enjoy a delightful festive December time!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

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It's November (say what?!) and we are heading into this month with bright eyes and slightly sodden tails as the Autumn weather continues to get damp and a bit darker in the city.

Luckily Barcelona loves to SHINE in the dark and this month is no exception!

Links to everything we referenced below and feel free to reach out and say hi if you are in the city!

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Nov 1st - All Souls Day

Christmas Light Switch on - Nov 23rd

Els Llums de Sant Pau - Nov 21st

Thanksgiving - savour academy or CoCo Vail or The Irish Pub!

Festival 42 - Fantastic Genre Book Festival

Comedy Festival Fringe BCN

UnCommon Tours - with us!!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

(Almost) All the leaves are brown, but the skies are far from grey here in Barcelona! It's bright, bold and slightly cooler air and energy in the city and we have another month PACKED with activities!

Everything we talk about in todays episode is linked here:

Art and urban movement festival, Baum Fest. 3rd, 4th & 5th October

Barcelona Queer Market 5th October

BravaFest 4th - 6th October. Eat potatoes, feel good. Simple!

October fest: 3rd - 20th October

All those food market: 12th - 13th October 

Sitges Film Festival and Zombie Walk 3rd - 13th October

UnCommon Tours - with us!!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

September - here's link to all the things we mentioned in todays show, feel free to tag us in any Instagram posts or stories if you check any of this out! @uncommontourist

The America's Cup Regatta is still on - Boat Boats Boats!

La Merce Festival

The same week of La Merce is this music festival

BCN new residents international community day

La Diada - September 11th 2024 - Open doors at the government buildings

Wodcelona - Crossfit championsip event

Barceloneta Festas Major

Poblenou Festas Major

Mexican Independence Celebrations!

New website from us!! yaaaaaayyy! here!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

AUGUST - a sweat-fest of fun and festivals; dive in to the magic below!

Gracia Festival - 15th - 21st of Aug

Sants Festival - 24th Aug - 1st Sept

Festa Major Sant Felix in Vilafranca De Penedes.  Aug 26th - Sept 2

Cap Roig Music Festival

The Off-Museum by White Rabbit. Edgy street art experience.

The CCCB has an exhibit of Surburia. It ends September 8th.

The Ballon Exhibit Atlas approved 😎

Dali Challenge experience.

The America's Cup Regatta.

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

Following the water soaking of some tourists in the city, we wanted to give you an on-the-ground perspective of the "locals Vs tourists" in Barcelona and why you should 100% plan ,book, or be anticipating your upcoming trip to this incredible city!

If this episode is useful for you, we'd appreciate you sharing with a friend or someone who might be considering travel to BCN and wants to get a feel for how very welcome they will be when they arrive!

We also offer a couple of ideas of ways in which you can connect more to the Catalan and local community whilst in the city!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

It's getting hot in heeeeere! July is coming in hot and the humidity heavy so here's our round up of things happening in the city, and slightly beyond, to keep you and your travel adventures cooooool!

On todays episode, we talked about:

VJazz Festival

Brunch in the Parc

Festival Major - Poble Sec

Festival Major - Raval

Festival Grec

Sala Montjuic

Cruilla Festival

No ticket for La Sagrada Famila? We gotcha covered!

Barcelona Pride in July (continued from last month)

Our coffe tips this month

Osorio

Manso Cafe

Bike (or Walking) Tour with us - let's do it!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

Whether you are travelling in the city, or you live here, and children feature in your daily life - this episode is for you!

We gathered a fun, (often) free, and family-with-kid(s) friendly selection of places to check out in the city AND we even scored you some discounted entrances!

Todays episode talks about:

Stephy's Awesome brownies, play area and community!

La Palacio de la Magia - use this link and enter code "uncommon" to get an extra 10% discount on all your tickets!! Add your tickets to basket and use the voucher at "Código de descuento" section on the payment page!

Caixa Forum

CosmoCaixa

The Aquarium

Bike (or Walking) Tour with us - let's do it!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

JUNE?! Already?! Ok, well let's do this then Barcelona!

As mentioned in todays episode, there's a lot going on in the city, below are some links to todays chatting points!

Barcelona Pride Programme (Kicks off June 28th, majority of events in July!)

Sonar Festival

The Grec Festival Programme

Sant Joan "fun"

Spanish Grand Prix

Guitar Festival Bcn

America's Cup Sailboats

Alma Festival of Music

Casa Mila Talents Jazz

African Film Festival Wallay

Sala Montjuic Outdoor Cinema

White Rabbit Street Art Exhibit

Free Museums on a Sunday after 3pm (& all day on 1st Sunday of the month too!)

Le Semana De Las Terrazas

Hotel Barcelo for Alvaro's favourite rooftop bar with a view!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!

Better late than never, here's a quick fire round of a couple of things happening in the later half of May!

We also give you a quick explanation for our absence from the podcast in the last few weeks and debate the finer points of contemporary music and the best way to say (or serve!) a burger!

Links below to direct you to mentioned events:

The Burger Championships

Modernism Fair

Primavera Sound 2024

Americas Cup

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!