Apartments in Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Rome, and Marbella

Rio Verde Beach. Marbella.

Beach isn't only for summer! Are you in our Puerto Banus Apartments? Don't loose the chance to enjoy the good weather and relax that offers this area. It is the perfect days to walk on the beach and enjoy the sea during all year. Habitat apartments, in this blog, want to recommend you Playa de Rio Verde. Due to its location and characteristics, this beach is situated within the area of the Rio Verde Urbanization, next to the river with the same name, it is a 1.200 m long beach and 30 m wide, made up by black sand that proceeds mostly from the Rio Verde River. Close by are the remains of a Hispano Roman villa from the Ist century, known as the Rio Verde Roman Villa. Different water sports are practiced here such as windsurf, jet skiing, pedalos, etc. Among the services offered is a beach club and three beach restaurants. Equipment and services: this beach has showers and public toilets, waste paper bins, vigilance towers, life saving and first aid equipment, as well as being watched over by life guards in the summer season.

El Gran Cafe Restaurant. C/ d' Avinyó, 9.  Gótico Area. Barcelona.

Located in Barcelona Gotic area, close to our  Art 1 apartment,  you can find this restaurant with Catalan and Traditional Food and atmosphere with charm and Classic. El Gran Café is one of the oldest and most charming restaurants in Barcelona and keeps the essence of the old times, both in the decor and the dishes, based on the most traditional Catalan cuisine. However, we will also find more attractive suggestions for those who like trying and discovering new things.
 

Food Baskets/welcome pack by Habitat Apartments

Has you seen Habitat Apartments Special Services? We want to give you all facilities when stay in our apartments.

Who is this for? – If you arrive late in the evening, on a Sunday or during the holidays it can be a problem to find a supermarket which is open.

Our solution!– We offer you a food basket. There are approximately 5 different types of baskets we may offer, from basic to “gourmet”, starting from 45 euros. So, you won’t spend time looking for a supermarket instead of enjoying Barcelona.

A trip into bliss…by Lifestyle Barcelona

Have you ever given yourself a warm oil treatment? If you haven’ t yet, you owe yourself and your clients this unique, blissful indulgence from Lifestyle Barcelona´s rose massage. Overwhelmingly nurturing, this heavenly experience . Will transport you to an enchanted world for an hour where you are simply moved into a divine realm where you can only surrender.
Starting off by undergoing an exfoliation and foot washing treatment your body will then undergo a relaxing 60 minute massage dipped in rose oil. A soothing, gentle and potentially sensual way to relieve exhausted and fatigued muscles, allowing the fragrances of the roses to delight your senses. A perfect experience for ladies who want to just sit back, relax, and feel special!

Passion for Renoir Exhibition.  Museo del Prado. Madrid . 19 Oct- 6 Feb 2011

During your stay in our Madrid Apartments, We recommend you visit this important exhibition in Museo del Prado Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the leading artists of Impressionism, as well as a painter highly alert to the lessons of the great masters of the past, including some of those best represented in the Prado, such as Titian, Rubens and Velázquez, whose work he could have seen during his trip to the Museum in 1892. Renoir devoted himself to painting with an all-absorbing passion throughout his career, achieving great renown and popularity among his contemporaries. The outstanding group of 31 works by the artist, which are the finest among the collection of paintings by Renoir assembled by the American collector Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956), founder of the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute(Williamstown), will be displayed at the Prado in the first monographic exhibition to be held on the artist in Spain.

16th and 17th October 2010 – 48h Open House Barcelona

Discover the interior of emblematic buildings in Barcelona thanks to 48h Open House Bcn.

A great civic and cultural event that plans to open nearly 130 buildings of all kinds, shape and size imaginable for the public to see, held the weekend of 16 and 17 October. An initiative of the non-profit Association of Reversible Architecture.

'Open House' is a simple concept, open to everyone, offering a unique chance to experience the architecture for free. Visitors can see the architecture with different eyes, may speak with the architects who designed the work, and also may participate in any activity that helps them understand what is architecture. The activities of the Open House invites everyone to explore and understand the value of a well built and designed site. This event started in London in 1992, and since then the concept of 'Open House' has been introduced in several cities around the world: New York, Dublin, Galway, Tel Aviv and now Barcelona.

See: www.48hopenhousebarcelona.org
Tel: (0034) 93 454 84 39