A visit that will allow you to discover one of the most important churches in Barcelona, the church of Santa María del Mar, and enjoy the great views that the church offers you of Barcelona. The expert guides of Riosta Barcelona will guide you on a tour through the towers and terraces of the Basilica, and through the "cantoría" and the crypt. You will see that it is a pleasant, rigorous visit with lots of interesting information.
During a week Barcelona will be filled with parades, mask dances, popular snacks and sardine burials. Thursday Gras, the Carnival King makes his triumphal entry into Barcelona at dusk with the so-called Arribo, the central activity of the carnival that consists of a great party with His Majesty Carnival (this year the reign is shared between two kings, Belluga and Tòtil Tocatdelala ) and all his entourage. The party will begin on Thursday, February 28 (Thursday Gras) at 6:00 pm on La Rambla, in front of the Arts Santa Mónica. The entourage of the Carnival King will arrive and will go up La Rambla to the Palau de la Virreina. Afterwards, the battle will begin, called de la Taronjada, with confetti, balloons and orange fireworks, and the party will continue.
The American Festival will celebrate its sixth edition from March 5 to 10, 2019 at the Girona Cinemas in Barcelona and at the Zumzeig Cinemas. The Americana is an indispensable festival in which you can watch movies that usually do not reach our screens. The opening will be on Tuesday, March 5 in the Phenomena movie theater with the winning film of the Sundance festival of 2018, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post". This year's edition has as a novelty the section Lost Sessions, where they will screen lost or forgotten titles that the organizers of the festival consider deserve to be recovered. The film that will inaugurate this section will be "The Golden Boat" by the prestigious Chilean director Raoul Ruiz who joined, in full effervescence of the indie in New York, with people like Jim Jarmush or Barbet Schroeder, who have small roles in the film.
GRAF is an event organized around author comics and independent publishing. This festival is not only about the vignettes, it also delves into the language of drawing, graphics and visual arts in general. It consists of two annual editions, one in Barcelona in the month of March and the other in November in Madrid.
Rayo Vallecano is a football club in Madrid located in the Puente de Vallecas district. It was founded in 1924 and has competed in the UEFA Europa League. This season, the 2018/2019, will play for the 18th time in the Spanish First Division (it was champion of the Second Division the previous season). The Rayo Vallecano, in addition to football, is known internationally for being a socio-cultural phenomenon: it is a neighborhood club, worker and left-wing.
