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Barcelona´s Social and Cultural Center, CaixaForum, is located near Plaza Espanya and the fair grounds of Barcelona. The former textile factory is now a top venue for exhibitions, contemporary arts, music concerts and family activities. Spending Barcelona holidays in the Catalonian capital, visiting exhibitions or concerts at CaixaForum will be a nice activity.
From Monday to Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm, and on Saturdays even until 10 pm you can enjoy the exhibitions of international importance without any entrance fee!
You can also have a coffee with your friends or some snacks with your family in the cafeteria. Climbing up one of the towers of the former factory building, transformed into a top social and cultural center in 1992, you will see the interesting architectural works of Josep Puig i Cadafalch who has created a unique terrace landscape on top of the halls.
After a visit at CaixaForum you can walk around the beautiful area near Montjuic.
Those searching for a nice place to stay in the city will find Barcelona apartments at Plaza Espanya that offer best design and quality.
Caixa Forum - Av. Marquès de de Comillas, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona

Do you want to discover Barcelona from high above? Then you should take a ride with one of the two cable cars in Barcelona that most of all attract tourists. The Telefèric de Montjuic is the cable car that takes you up to the top of Montjuic. The silver cabins, passing a special viewpoint on half their way, will offer you magnificent views on the city. If you have reached the top you can have a walk around the Castell de Montjuic, an old military fort and enjoy a coffee at the kiosk. Another spectucal ride takes you across the harbor area of Barcelona from a cable car station of the Transbordador Aeri del Port on the Montjuic to Sant Sebastian beach. Staying at El Borne hotels you will be very close to the port area and can have a walk to the cable car Transbordador Aeri del Port that brings you up to the Montjuic Mountain. If you stay at Montjuic apartment, just do it the other way round and discover the beautiful Montjuic area first and complete your day with a relaxing stay on the beach afterwards. Regardless which cable car ride you choose - it will be a fun experience. You will never forget the stunning views from the cabins high above Barcelona.

If you are on holidays in Barcelona, you should definitely visit a Flamenco show. It is one of the best ways in order to get to know the Spanish culture. A good Flamenco show is an impressive experience that will stay in your mind for a very long time. Two opportunities are presented in this article where you can enjoy a Spanish evening.

Tablao de Carmen
In 1929 the Flamenco legend Carmen Amaya debuted there when the world exposition was inaugurated. That is the reason why the name nowadays is "Tablao de Carmen". Authentic Flamenco and a sophisticated program is offered. The location is situated in the museum village Poble Espanyol where are also a lot of Barcelona apartments.
Flamencoshows: Tuesday - Sunday 19.45h and 22.00h, Entry 34€ (drink and entry to Poble Espanyol included)

Tarantos
A lot of famous Flamenco stars performed in "Tarantos" like Antonio Gades and Duquende.
Flamencoshows: Monday - Saturday 21.30h.

Saturday night is hosting a major fantastic movie festival in Sants, enjoy it just at the bottom of your Sants apartment.
From the 17th to 22nd of November is the 20th edition of the Horror Cinema Festival of Sants. This famous event will achieve its best this Saturday, with the uninterrupted projection of Horror movies all night long, from 7pm until the sunrise.
The festival will take place in the Cotxeres de Sants Civic Center and aims to convert itself into a platform for new creators thanks to its short film challenge. With more than a hundred films from all over Spain and Catalonia, it is already a reference but this year the festival will also welcome movies from Argentina, Uruguay, Italia or France.
This Marathon night is well-known for mobilizing a diversified and eclectic audience from the entire city. It will be composed of professionals' work but also student first attempts.
Everyday from the 17th until the 21st of November, the Short Film projection will begin at 8pm. Results of the competition will be announced the 21st in the night. Saturday night will be held the biggest event of this festival, a night of fantastic movies from 7pm and all night long until the sunrise.
Fortunately, thanks to your Barcelona apartment booked following our advices you have no excuse for missing it!
Also see the article about Movie Festival in Sitges

If you spend your holidays in Barcelona, you should definitely plan to go one day to Montserrat. This massif is located approximately 30km in the Northwest of Barcelona and has a height of 1200m. When you see the mountain the first time, you will be surprised about the unique and even bizarre shapes. The silhouette looks like a saw. It is assumed that the mountain is called "Montserrat" as it is the Catalan meaning for "sawn up mountain". But it is not only the shape why Montserrat should be visited. There is also a very old abbey that is worth to do a trip to this nice place. The best way to go there is from Plaza Espanya. There you take line R5 to Manresa. This line departs hourly. If you are looking for a Plaza Espanya apartment or in other neighborhoods of Barcelona, you will find a wide range of Barcelona apartments on BarcelonaPoint.

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From the 8th until the 16th of November, Barcelona is hosting the International Boat Show. More than 157.000 visitors and 1.600 exhibitors planned to attend the event in the Catalan city. It will be the occasion to discover make your children discover sailing and meet professionals from all over the world and ask all you ever wanted to know! You'll surely appreciate the wide range of activities like fishing simulation where you will feel the excitation of getting an enormous fish in the open sea. You will also have the opportunity to sea more or less 2.000 different boats and dream about giant liner or eccentric cabin cruiser.
Two exhibition places have been chosen to welcome this 47th edition of Barcelona International Boat Show:

• The Fira Gran Via Exhibition Hall (plaza Espanya) for ashore exhibition.


• The Port Vell (metro Drassanes) for the on-the-see exhibition.