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GSMA Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona

There are only a few months left until the annual GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This looks to be an exciting event, which will make the mobile marketers’ mind-set even more creative and dynamic.

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Park Güell in Barcelona

The artist Antonio Gaudi made plenty of architectural treasures in Barcelona. Park Güell is a maze of Gaudi's impressive works and lots of tourists visit the park to see the world famous artist's legacy.

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Spanish Super Cup 2012

On the 23rd of August FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will play “El Clasico” in the Spanish Super Cup. The first match will be played at Nou Camp in Barcelona and the second match will be played in Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu on the 29th of August. This year’s Super Cup will be a repetition of the Spanish Super Cup 2011.

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FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid go head to head in the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey at Camp Nou in Barcelona on Wednesday the 25th January 2012. This is the fifth time the two rivals meet this season and will be the decider as to who reaches the last four.

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Can you trust TripAdvisor?

Trip Advisor is the world's largest online travel website with over 50 million reviews and opinions from travellers. It describes itself as the world’s most reliable travel information source. But are they?

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GSMA Mobile Congress 2012 in Barcelona

Every year the GSMA Mobile Congress is held in Barcelona and in 2012 the congress will be held from 27th February – 1st March. It is the fifth time that the GSMA will be held in Barcelona and the city will host GSMA until 2018.

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Travel with Ryanair to Girona near Barcelona

Ryanair is known as the low cost carrier in Europe and it is probably correct, although there are many hidden costs before the tickets are purchased. If you fly with Ryanair to Barcelona, then you arrive at Girona airport which is situated 100 km from Barcelona.

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Spanish Super Cup 2011 - Barcelona vs. Madrid

The Spanish football league “La Liga” starts again soon and this year the season begins with the Spanish Super Cup, where the two enemies Real Madrid and FC Barcelona meet each other in two matches. The first match will be played on the 14th August in Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu and the second on 17th August in Barcelona at Camp Nou.

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Barcelona Formula One Grand Prix

From 20-22 May 2011 the winding Catalunya Circuit just outside of Barcelona plays host to the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix. The excitement reaches a crescendo of noise and glamour as the state-of-the-art cars go racing at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour (320kmph) around the circuit.

Barcelona Nightlife Guide

It has been said that Barcelona has more bars, cafés, and late night haunts per capital than any other city in the world. Now I don’t know if this is true or not; what I do know is that Barcelona enjoys one of the most cosmopolitan and varied nightlife scenes that I have had the pleasure of experiencing.

Culture and Arts in Barcelona: The Joan Miro Foundation

Joan Miró Ferra was a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893. His style is interpreted as ‘Surrealism’ and he earned international acclaim at a very early age. His work is exhibited around the globe, but the best place to experience the wonderful works of the artist is in his native hometown of Barcelona.

Kylie Minogue Aphrodite Tour - Les Folies Tour 2011 hits Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Prague

The showgirl herself returns; Kylie Minogue is back with her Aphrodite Tour starting in February. The tour coincides with the launch of her 11th studio album, titled Aphrodite. If you’re a Kylie fan, then you definitely won’t want to miss this tour, as it promises to be a landmark moment in the singer’s career. Promising a live spectacle that will surpass all of her previous shows, she will be performing her greatest hits, plus a few new ones, including: All The Lovers and Get Outta My Way.

Getting around Barcelona

The cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, located on the gleaming Mediterranean Costa Brava, is one of the most agreeable cities in Europe, and a breeze to get around.

The Lady GaGa Monster Ball Tour hits Barcelona, Madrid and Paris

Multi award winning pop star Lady GaGa has been on her Monster Ball Tour for close to a year and has been on the second European legs since mid October. She will be in Barcelona on December 7th, Madrid December 12th and finishes the European leg in Paris on December 20th before breaking for Christmas and New Year.

All that Jazz: Celebrating the 42nd Anniversary of the Barcelona Jazz Festival

The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival will commence on November 3rd and run for a month through to December 2nd. The festival brings together some of the finest jazz singers and musicians on the international circuit; with this edition continuing the 80th Birthday Celebration of Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, which started with a historic concert in New York.

Global City Break's Top 10 Reasons to visit Barcelona

We love Barcelona! Yes, we love the city for many reasons, so many in fact that when we decided to put together 10 of those reasons, we had a struggle to come to an agreement. But finally here they are, not in any particular order, our Top 10 Reasons to visit Barcelona. Watch this space for our Top 10 Reasons to visit Barcelona…

Barcelona play host to the 20th European Athletics Championships 26 July – 1 August 2010

The eyes of sporting enthusiasts worldwide will be focused on the city of Barcelona next week when it hosts the 20^th European Athletics Championships, which will determine the best European athletes in their discipline.

"V" for Valencia or "B" for Barcelona?

If you are planning to visit Spain for the first time and, apart from the clichés, you don’t know anything about it, you will probably find extremely funny to find out that the letter “V”, at the beginning of a word sounds like a “B”.