Discover Barcelona – Collserola Tower

Collserola Tower symbolizes the change of Barcelona! Walking through one of the most spectacular architectures in Barcelona and discover its modernity. Collserola Tower symbolizes the change of Barcelona! During your visit to Barcelona, you can not only discover a lot of nice food, street art with fantastic drawing but also check the modern and classical […]

Barcelona Strategic Tourism Plan 2020

Barcelona wants to pay more for the apartments, the tourist tax, and the parks The city of Barcelona faces different challenges as a result of tourism in the city, mass tourism in the most touristic sites, traffic, access to housing for being exploited as tourist accommodation etc. which is why the local government of the […]

Catalonia breaks the record of visitors in Spain

The Catalan region reaches a total of 17 million visitors, 3.8% more than 2015 Spain has broken the 2016 record of mass visitors for the fourth consecutive year. A total of 75.3 million people came to Spain, which is 7.2 million more than the previous year; according to the figures analysed by Minister of Energy and […]

Thousands of citizens protest against “Mass Tourism” in the Rambla de Barcelona

“Barcelona is not for sale”- organised movement protest in the market of La Boqueria This past January, thousands of people protested in the streets of Rambla under the motto “Barcelona is not for sale”. The FAVB (Federación de Asociaciones de Vecinos de Barcelona), together with 60 organisations, organised the rally. This brought together different sets of activists: housing, work, […]

The Spaniard are leaders of the collaborative economy

The Catalonian Government against the growth of this business sector The collaborative economy is a sector that has been growing continuously in Europe. The Collaborative Economy is manly based on either lending, renting, buying or selling products for specific needs rather than profits or economic benefits. The collaborative economy teaches that, other than money, services can also […]

The Perfect Venue for your Event in Barcelona!

Barcelona-home, provider of amazing apartments, villas and other spaces ideal for any type of event in Barcelona! Barcelona is considered one of the best European Cities to make an event, not coincidentally it is among the top 5 in the world rankings compiled by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The high quality of the […]

The Greek Amphitheatre will expand in August thanks to tourist taxes

From next summer, Barcelona will expand its cultural arts performance with an investment of €300,000 The deputy mayor of Culture, Jaume Collboni, has announced that, from August 2017, the Greek Amphitheatre is expected to be opened with an “artistic quality programming”, funded through a budgetary contribution of €300,000 from the Fund for the Promotion of Tourism […]

Barcelona fines fifteen Student Accommodations for posing as hotels

Student Residences that accommodates tourists will be fined up to €600,000 for breaching the law Prosecutors of Barcelona City Council have been investigating illegal tourist floors in Barcelona and have now found evidence of a growing number of student residences posing as tourist accommodations. The local council have reported that, within the last few months, over fifteen residences […]