Gràcia's festival

In the middle of August, one of the most famous neighborhoods of Barcelona celebrates its festival. If you come to Barcelona during August you should totally visit this neighborhood.

This is the winner of 2015

During one week there will be a lot of activities for everyone and where streets are decorated too. How? This is one of the most famous attractions of this event. The streets of Gràcia are transformed into magic places. The people who live in the street think of a theme and they decorate their street with recyclable products and with extraordinary ideas. After that, there is a contest to decide which street has the better decoration. This year the street that has won has been C/Verdi which was decorated in Japanese style.

You can enjoy other activities such as cercaviles, castellers, workshops, water fights, some championships such as the domino one, concerts…

We recommend this festival because it is different and so much fun.

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A mitades de agosto, uno de los más famosos barrios de Barcelona celebra su festival, el barrio de Gràcia. Si vienes a la ciudad sobre estas fechas, deberías ir a verlo.

Durante una semana hay muchísimas actividades para todo el mundo y las calles están totalmente decoradas. Y este es uno de los actractivos del evento.
Las calles de Gràcia se transforman en sitios totalmente mágicos. La gente del mismo barrio, piensan un tema y decoran su respectiva calle con productos reciclables y con unas ideas impresionantes. Después de eso, hay un concurso para decidir que calle tiene una mejor decoración. Este año, la ganadora ha sido la calle Verdi, descorada al estilo japonés.

Podrás hacer todo tipo de actividades como cercaviles, castellers, talleres, guerras de agua, campeonatos de domino (entre otros), conciertos...

¡Te recomendamos este festival porque es muy diferente y super divertido!

Burger King

Burger King is well-known all over the world. If you need to have a cheap meal you know Burger King is one of the options you can choose. 

Everybody knows the menu and how Burger King works. This is why we are not going to explain that. 

You can find a great amount of this fast-food restaurants in Barcelona. There are more or less 24 locals. In this next picture you can see some of them:

If you want more information or want to know the menu and promotions click HERE.

Equity Point Centric

Equity Point Centric is located on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia, 500 metres from Plaça de Catalunya. This hostel offers breakfast, free WiFi in common areas and a guest kitchen.

The dorms and rooms at Centric are spacious and air-conditioned. Bottom linen and pillow cases are provided and lockers are available.

Facilities at the Centric include bar, common room and terrace. Guests can make use of the hostel’s tour desk and towel hire.

The cheapest option costs 24.05€.

Equity Point Centric is located within a few minutes’ walk of Gaudí’s Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. There are several restaurants, bars and shops on Passeig de Gràcia and in the surrounding area.

Passeig de Gràcia Metro station is less than 300 metres from the hostel and the famous Las Ramblas is a 10-minute walk away.

Eixample is a great choice for travellers interested in architecture, foodand shopping.

If you want more information click HERE. 

Passeig de Gràcia

‘Passeig de Gràcia’ is one of the major avenues in Barcelona and one of its most important shopping and business areas, containing several of the city's most celebrated pieces of architecture. It is located in the central part of ‘Eixample’, stretching from ‘Plaça Catalunya’ to ‘Carrer Gran de Gràcia’.

There are lots of luxurious shops along“Passeig de Gràcia”. As a result, it is sometimes compared to walk in the “Champs Elysees” in Paris and the “Fifth Avenue” in New York.

We love ‘Passeig de Gràcia’ because we can have a walk while seeing Barcelona and its magnificent buildings. Among these buildings, the most important and recognized ones are:

· Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí (1904-1906)

· Casa Bonaventura Ferrer by Pere Falqués i Urpí (1906)

· Casa Milà "La Pedrera" by Antoni Gaudí (1905-1910)

We recommend this avenue if you want to go shopping, have a walk and see a luxurious part of Barcelona.

Curious fact: “Passeig de Gràcia” is regarded as the most expensive street in Barcelona and in Spain.

How to get there?

We can go by metro: stop at “Passeig de Gràcia” (L1) and “Diagonal” (L3).


We can also get there by bus and train, but we always recommend the metro to move around in Barcelona.