Pa amb tomàquet (literally bread with tomato in Catalan) is a typical preparation of Catalan cuisine, that consists of bread - optionally toasted - with tomato rubbed over and seasoned with olive oil and salt. Sometimes garlic is rubbed on the bread before rubbing in the tomato. In many Catalan restaurants, the tomato mixture is [...]
Esqueixada (Catalan): salt cod salad. This appears in many guises, the essential is that the fish should be shredded (from the verb esqueixar, to shred) so it can apply to other ingredients, chicken for example, and then marinated in oil and vinegar. It often appears as a tapas.
Canalons a la Barcelonesa is the classic version [...]
Passeig de Pujades
08005 Barcelona, Spain
Open Hours
10am-nightfall Mon-Su
Charmingly old-fashioned in its geometrical layout, the Parc Ciutadella is leafy and restful, yet filled with surprises such as the flamboyant waterfall, the sculpture of the dainty Lady With the Umbrella by Roig i Sole, rare trees and a boating lake. Originally a citadel built in 1715 to keep [...]
Placa de la Seu 3
Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93-315-1554
http://catedralbcn.org
La Seu Cathedral (Plaça de la Seu; daily 7.45am-7.45pm; 4€), one of Spain’s most astonishing specimens of Gothic architecture. Dedicated to Santa Eulàlia - Barcelona’s patron saint whose tomb lies in the crypt - it features elaborate choir stalls in the interior, a beautiful cloister that overlooks a [...]
Parc de Montjuïc, s/n
08038 Barcelona
Tel. (34) 934.439.470
Fax. (34) 933.298.609
E-mail: fjmiro@bcn.fjmiro.es
Tuesdays to Saturdays 10.00 - 19.00
Sundays and public holidays 10.00 - 14.30
The Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani (Joan Miró Foundation) is a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miró and located on Montjuïc in Barcelona, Catalonia.
The building housing the museum is itself a notable [...]
