Ice rink in Barcelona for Christmas

It repeats in the enclosure of the Farga with the double of extension and turned into a great Christmas fair, call ‘Kaliu Park’

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Know all the details of the great ice rink of l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, which this year doubles extension and becomes a Christmas fair. Until 2014 he was in the Plaza Catalunya of the Catalan capital, under the name ‘Bargelona’.

Dimensions

The entire fairground of La Farga de l’Hospitalet will be dedicated to Kaliu Park: 8,500 square meters, twice as much as last year. You will be able to skate for a track of 1,650 square meters, with a space of 300 square meters reserved for children, who will have the advice of monitors.

The slide also grows

One of the biggest attractions of the event, released last year, was a great ice toboggan. In this 2016 edition, the attraction also grows: specifically, it will be 50 meters long and 20 meters wide, a larger space than the previous one. The organization hopes to “avoid queues” and gain spectacularity.

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Multitude of activities

But the great novelty of Kaliu Park is that it is no longer an ice rink to become a Christmas fair, especially for the little ones of the house. It incorporates a magic tree that tells stories, a well of well wishes inside an enchanted forest, an inflatable climbing wall, ecological karts and a make up workshop, among other proposals.

In addition there will also be skating exhibitions and expects the visits of Santa Claus and the royal pages of the Magi.

Schedule and calendar

Kaliu Park opens its doors on December 2 and will close on January 8. On the first day of operation a discount will be established and the tickets will cost 3 euros for half an hour of skating or three descents down the slide.

On working days, the hours of operation will be from 11 in the morning to 9 at night. Fridays, Saturdays and holiday vigils will be extended until 22 hours.

Price

The rates of the ice rink will range from 5 to 12 euros, depending on the mode and time chosen. Rental of skates and helmet will be included.

Transport

Kaliu Park is well connected to standard public transport. You can get to La Farga with metro line 1, getting off at Rambla Just Oliveras. It is also very close to the Renfe de l’Hospitalet station and the FGC Carrilet avenue stop.

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Barcelona wants to attract British investors unhappy with Brexit

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The deputy mayor of Enterprise, Culture and Innovation of the City of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni (PSC), wants to attract productive investment and employment quality British business and outside the EU discontented with the Brexit, for what has launched a specific plan.

According to reports today the city of Barcelona in a statement, Collboni drives called “Plan Brexit action” which includes actions prospecting, promotion and recruitment and support services companies, British or not, that ‘landing’ in the Barcelona to invest.

Among other actions, the Brexit Barcelona this fall plan includes organizing visits to British companies working in Barcelona, to retain them and get them to extend their business.

In addition, next October Jaume Collboni will travel to London, where he will meet with representatives of administrations and companies, to offer the city and its advantages for business.

“We will work to promote Barcelona as business environment and attract economic activity and one of the first actions has been to offer the city’s bid to host the European Medicines Agency,” says the council.

The plan, which is not practical if you have own budget, includes actions coordinated with the Department of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Generalitat, as the support of the 35 field offices of the Catalan government worldwide and its network of ambassadors economic.

It also provides seek state support, in particular as regards achieving the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency for the Catalan capital.

The Barcelona Council reminds the lowest price in the cost of city offices, “good supply of human resources, with very competitive salaries compared to the British” a “powerful” industry, “own entrepreneurial ecosystem and is the crosshairs of the venture capital (VC) “and a high quality of life that” attracts and retains talent, “among other attractions.

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Harmony of the Seas in Barcelona

The world’s largest cruise ship will arrive in Barcelona on Sunday for its inauguration

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The cruise records (larger tonnage, passenger capacity and variety of attractions and gastronomy on board) and lines up heading to Barcelona, where he will land on Sunday morning to start their regular routes with the Catalan capital as homeport throughout the summer. The Harmony of the Seas will make a total of 22 departures from the port of Barcelona, with mostly international passage that half the world will come to embark on the new proposal of Royal Caribbean.

In theory, the Harmony is part of the series comprising two other brothers carving, Oasis and Allure of the Seas, which already were shooting in Barcelona the past two summers to note that the Mediterranean market was mature enough to Brand, for the first time in history, a boat of these characteristics and dimensions in a port in southern Europe. However, the shipping company has injected only a few centimeters wide, involving 1,700 tons (holds 227,000) to label rigorously with the claim of “largest in the world.” With 362 meters long, aboard fit between 5,479 and 6,780 passengers (depending on whether the occupation of some of the cabins is double or triple) and about 2,100 crew members, currently 77 nationalities.
But beyond the mega measures, the gigantic ship causes enormous excitement among cruise addicts by the myriad attractions that make it a sort of thematic city. Like his brothers, he is the first cruise crossed by a park-avenue full of greenery and open air, and that looks balconies overlooking these ‘avenues’ and or not only the sea good interior without a view, as is common in the sector. Even the interiors feature here with a virtual balcony on the wall to see what would be watching live from the side.

EXPECTATION

Harmony, built during 32 months in France, is performing a pre-inaugural route from Southampton (United Kingdom) to position itself in Barcelona, it is formally opened on Sunday (with a day and a half of navigation) and start their summer itineraries from the city, in seven days that will take you from Palma de Mallorca, Marseille, La Spezia, Rome and Naples. In the fall he will go to start routes through the Caribbean.

Your navigation these days, with more than 8,000 people on board, mostly British, has led him to spend a few hours Wednesday of scale in Vigo, which has caused real commotion. So will on Friday in Malaga, where you will receive both the port authority as municipal and tourism representatives. In Barcelona the Port will give the first scale plate, but the council has not planned no participation. While other ports of national cruise try to gain market share, the Barcelona’s questions the numerical success of the sector in the city and is currently studying whether it should limit its growth to avoid saturation or apply a new tourist rate even though not spend the night in the city.

To achieve even harder and tempt those who have tried other boats XXL, the Harmony launches novelties like the Ultimate Abyss, the highest aboard slide more than 40 meters long and passes through 10 of 18 covers; the Splashaway Bay, an interactive children’s water park and a trio of slides water. Dreamworks also offers expirience for family holidays … as well as known in the Aquatheater shipping with water acrobatics show open, and a more conventional theater where they can be seen as Grease Broadway productions.

The vast offer to be lost (literally) on board includes 20 restaurants (from the most creative cuisine to fast food) and incorporated into this series robots waiters Bionic Bar and smart bracelets to open the cabins and make any reservation of activities on the high seas.

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Ferrari Land-PortAventura

Port Aventura will have in 2017 the highest accelerator Europe with a circuit length of 880 meters

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With an investment of nearly one hundred million euros, Ferrari Land, the new theme park PortAventura opens doors in 2017. It will have an area of ​​60,000 square meters and the first virtual images show in more detail how they will be the main attractions, such as the vertical accelerator 112 meters high, will become the tallest roller coaster in Europe, surpassing Shambhala (76 meters). An accelerator propel passengers at a speed of 180 kilometers per hour in just five seconds to reach 112 meters high and then fall sharply, with a maximum slope of 90 degrees at a distance of 880 meters.

Coinciding with the rebranding, PortAventura World Parks Resort today launched its new multi-device web page that has a special section dedicated to Ferrari Land, with unpublished content, showing for the first time how will be the future theme park, the first of Ferrari in Europe. In addition to the accelerator (the star attraction), the park will also feature two towers rebound over 55 meters with two-way launch a family racing circuit of 570 meters eight simulators, six for adults and two for children .

With a theming that revolves around the characteristic red color of the brand, the park will also feature recreation of iconic Italian monuments like the Colosseum, the Scala or the Campanile of San Marcos. As for the cuisine, there will trattorias and inspired by real factory building where Enzo Ferrari store exclusive brand products will be built will be located.

Ferrari Land, PortAventura World Parks Resort will become the European destination with a greater number of parks, three in total (Port Aventura Parks, Caribe Aquatic Parky Ferrari Land), an offer that is expected to exceed the current four million visitors annually, half of which coming from the international market. “The growth experienced by the resort along these has generated a need to relaunch a brand considering their current and future projection,” maintains Giovanni Cavalli, CEO of PortAventura Business. The park, which closed on January 6 its twentieth season, will open doors next March 18.

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Barcelona launches a new luxury hotel in January-2016

Monument revitalize the space of one of the two buildings of the Hotel Condes de Barcelona

It will host a restaurant of Martin Berasategui and some rooms will cost up to 2,500 euros

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Barcelona will have a new five-star luxury from January. The Hotel Monument revitalize the space until recently occupied one of the two buildings of the Hotel Condes de Barcelona on Passeig de Gràcia, the palace known as Casa Batllo Enric, the closest to the Diagonal Avenue.

Setting part with the aim of becoming “the landmark hotel in Barcelona luxury”, as discussed its general director, Miriam Cortijo, who has emerged as one of its great attractions presence restaurant Oria, the “multiestrellado” chef Martin Berasategui. The chef already has a bistro space at the Hotel Condes de Barcelona four star beachfront Hotel Monument future building.

The new hotel will reduce from 109 to 84 rooms with the aim of extending the useful surface of each -of stay between 24 and 85 square-meters and adapt to the offer of a luxury hotel that will employ about 80 people. Prices for the apartments range between 300 and 2,500 euros. Although it has not disclosed the investment made, the owner of the initial plans provided for a payment of 15 million euros.

Reconciling styles

The space aims to combine modern aesthetics with the legacy of the pre-modernist building designed by Josep Vilaseca, as have highlighted Tote Moreno and Carles Basso, the architects responsible for the renovation, with the collaboration of Oscar Tusquets.

Moreno highlighted the collaboration of Patrimoni for “respecting and valuing” the rich architectural heritage of building space totaling nearly 600 square meters to its nearly 8,000 total meters of surface thanks to the creation of two basements for services that customers receive.

The interior of the hotel will try to give continuity to the environment luxury spaces in which it is located, as discussed responsible for interior design project, Mercè Borrell, who has tried to reconcile the great style and timeless luxury and responding to command to “open the hotel to the city” through the bar and the other “cocketelería” integrated into the ‘lobby’ of the hotel spaces.

The Hotel Monument is the final stage of rehabilitation of a building built in 1896, with clear traces of neo-gothic inspiration and inicipiente Modernism. It was commissioned by the industrialist Enric Batllo to Vilaseca, author of the Arc de Triomphe in Barcelona and close associate of Lluis Domenech i Montaner.

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Halloween PortAventura park

Don’t miss The Great Night of Halloween, for only €26!

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The most eagerly awaited PortAventura Halloween night is almost here. On 31^st October, PortAventura Park is open until 2 am for you to discover how much fun fear can be. A unique celebration on one of the most wonderful nights of the year.

The theme park will once again be shrouded in the darkness of the night on 31^st October: Halloween Night! The most terrifying characters will invade the streets of PortAventura for your amusement throughout this unique experience.  On this very special, exclusive and authentic night at PortAventura the theme park will be filled with zombies, malevolent creatures and many other monsters and sinister beings.

We have prepared so many new attractions for The Great Night of Halloween as part of our 20^th Anniversary celebrations:  shows have been specially themed for this event and there will be brand new entertainment on the streets and stages of PortAventura. Music, terror and party fever will be present during every minute of this Great Night of Halloween. New parades will wind their way through Mediterrània throughout the evening and night, with new exclusive choreographiesand costumes for this “terrorific” Halloween Night!  And there’s even more fun to expect with all our attractions open and the passages of terror:  Horror in Penitence, [REC] Experience, La Selva del Miedo… Our characters, bands and dancers will roam the streets of PortAventura for your fun and enjoyment during this new edition of The Great Night of Halloween.

And if you want a unique, fun, family dinner visit Emma’s House restaurant in Far West and dine in the company of characters of La Posada de la Familia Halloween… Scary fun guaranteed for the whole family!

And to end the day with a bang in Mediterrània: our Monsters Parade will feature all the artists and characters involved in this Great Night of Halloween, going on to dance on the new Teatro Principal stage before giving way to our multi-media Halloween show on Mediterrània Lake:  Horror en el Lago!

From six o’clock in the evening until two in the morning, don’t miss The Great Night of Halloween: only at PortAventura Park and only €26 for adult tickets and €22 for junior/senior tickets.

Experience this new special event with your family at a great price. We’ll see you there!

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Children Fun in the ski resorts of the Pyrenees in Catalonia

Learning and development of skiing or snowboarding, sledding, snowshoeing and recreational parks attractions in delight younger

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The attraction that children feel the snow is one reason why many families choose to come to the Catalan ski resorts. There they discover that besides skiing -the white sport par excellence and snowboarding, a method that is gaining more followers, offering activities for children is very varied, though perhaps little known.

Playful with all kinds of attractions, tours sledding, snowshoeing, beginner and performance enhancement … the proposals of the 16 stations of the Pyrenees in Catalonia are endless and allow you to enjoy the snow on family farms. Moreover, the existence of seasonal ticket and package subscriptions that give access to different stations expands the possibilities to meet and enjoy the various facilities throughout the winter. An opportunity, along with a range of catering and accommodation suited to families, the choice becomes a guaranteed success.

Ski schools

All Catalan stations, both downhill skiing as cross-country skiing, have school-some of them have Various interests, which greatly facilitates or perfect the technique in a sport that can be enjoyed from five.

Through individual or group lessons, smaller become familiar with snow and learn to walk, fall and slide with the most basic hand techniques of specialized instructors. The more experienced can follow classes or courses to correct and improve your style.

The training offer is not limited to downhill skiing, it is possible courses of Nordic skiing, telemark, -trineos mushing dogs-drawn or snowshoes, among other specialties, or learn to build igloos, orientation, or participate in gymkhanas at stations as those of Sant Joan de l’Erm or Tuixent-La Vansa, both in the Alt Urgell.

Dog sledding

Mushing gaining fans every day, especially among animal lovers. Browse through spectacular mountains and snowy landscapes emulating Santa although this time the reindeer sleigh instead of being pulled by Nordic dogs is for the little experience as exciting. In addition, children discover how they are and how they live these dogs accustomed to low temperatures.

Ideal family practice, so as Portainé stations, Espot or Tavascan, all in culd, organized tours with a guide which always attends and gives instructions on driving. Also in the same area, Virós Vallferrera station, or other like Masella and Molina in Cerdanya, have their own circuit.

The success of this approach has led to create Bescaran in Alt Urgell, the first Catalan school of this specialty, and in Baqueira Beret celebrate annually the Championship of Spain Mushing Snow, who has a child category.

Snowshoes

Another upward modalities are snowshoes, as mushing, allows adults and children to share an experience that, contrary to what might seem, does not involve great difficulties. Walking with snowshoes not require technical and easy, so that children can be released from the seven or eight years.

All Catalan stations offer excursions with professional guides in even some of them, like Molina or Baqueira Beret organize night (the latter only with full moon) outputs.

Recreational parks

Children love to play and stations in the Catalan Pyrenees have it very present. Some offer passes that allow children to enjoy outdoor recreational activities including games and adapted to snow areas.

Ziplines and climbing walls, balance games, Tibetan bridges, multi circuit racing sled tracks snake Bliss, tennis -descenso tubbies in gigantic floats or snow quads are some of the funniest proposals.

Smaller include snow gardens, where qualified instructors take care of them while their parents enjoy a day in the snow …

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