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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL- VAREKAI.  5/Nov/2010 – 5/Dec/2010
Gran Carpa a la Plataforma del Zoo Marí (Av. Litoral amb Josep Pla)

What to do with children during your stay with Habitat Apartments in Barcelona? In that article we recommend and unique experience. "Varekai performance"

This stunning circus act ‘Varekai’ is based on a fantastical world in the middle of a forest, where enchanted creatures reside and anything is possible. The gypsy name Varekai means ‘wherever’ and praises the nomad spirit and soul of the circus tradition. The performance is an amazing visual spectacle, combining dramatic dancing with dazzling choreography and acrobatics. The music is loud and innovative, but the most striking aspect has to be the colourful and unique costumes and set designs. Cirque de Soleil is world renowned for a reason, and offers the ultimate circus experience.

Miguel Rios Concert. Palau Sant Jordi. Passeig Olímpic, 5. Barcelona.

4/11/2010 - Sants-Monjuic Area- close to our Fira Apartment

Miguel Rios may well be regarded as one of the strongest symbols of our rock. He recorded his first album under the name of Mike Rivers with 17 years for 3,000 pesetas (it was the year 1962). After fifty years composing and playing, He has published the amount of twenty-six albums, forty singles and ep's. With his "Ode to Joy" He reached the number one in countries like USA, UK or Japan. In 2004, turned 60 and to celebrate, he released a new work with original songs, "miguel Rios 60mp3" . " In 2005 was released "Rock & Rios' the concert that this singer offered in the Pavilion of Real Madrid in 80's. "Alone or with others' is the title of his latest album which includes three original songs, eight songs from other albums and three versions. After half a century on stage, Miguel Rios leaves the stage with the tour 'Bye Bye Rios. Don't loose the chance to enjoy Their las concert in Barcelona, Next 4th November 2010 at 21:30h in Palau Sant Jordi in Sants-Monjuic Area

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

The Cava Week Celebration 2010. Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.  9-17 October 2010.

This week during your stay in our Barcelona Apartments We suggest one of the most traditional and especial events one our away from Barcelona- The Cava Week!! Catalunya's major Cava producing town is Sant Sadurní d'Anoia which has a Cava Week celebration dedicated to Catalan champagne with a whole range of gastronomic events and concerts, etc.
The week's activities get off to a flying start with the inaugural address and ensuing crowning of the Cava Queen.  She arrives accompanied by her ladies in waiting and escorted by the mounted brigade of the Barcelona police. Once crowned she receives a glass of the first-pressing from the year's harvest from the Sant Sadurní Fellowship. The gathering then adjourns to the headquarters of the Cava Fellowship at Torre-Ramona, where a dinner of honour is served. The week continues with a host of dinners, a 300 person bicycle race, an art exhibition dedicated to Cava and a Petanque evening. There are also Catalan folk music concerts, more gourmet dinners, cava symposiums and, of course, the annual Barcelona train ride. Every 12 October 1,000 people from Barcelona board the Cava train bound for Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Joined at the station by a hoard of carnival characters, including the prerequisite big heads and cabezudos, they are escorted with a glorious fanfare to the town hall and Cava Houses. After a tour of the cellars, followed by lunch and entertainment, they return to the Catalan capital.

SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

What to do one hour away from Barcelona? Fantastic Film Sitges Festival . It is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. Born in 1968 as the 1st International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, today the Festival is an essential rendezvous for movie lovers and audiences eager to come into contact with new tendencies and technologies applied to film and the audiovisual world. Sitges’ status as the number one fantasy film festival in the world allows it to receive visits from top-level movie stars, directors and producers like Quentin Tarantino, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Paul Verhoeven, Ralph Fiennes, George A. Romero, Cameron Diaz, Viggo Mortensen,…etc

Mariscal Exhibition in Barcelona's Pedrera.

Close to our Pedrera Apartment, you can enjoy this Exhibition, in Eixample Area. The colourful and original world of Valencian designer Javier Mariscal can be seen starting this Wednesday in Barcelona’s famous La Pedrera. The exhibition chronicles the artist’s 20-year career in the city of Barcelona. Mariscal designed the mascot for Barcelona’s 1992 Olympic Games,  Since this moment, he has been an important symbol for design in the city. More than 15 years later, the artist is utilising yet another Barcelona symbol, Gaudí’s famous La Pedrera, to present a retrospective of his art.Drawings, sculptures, merchandise, furniture and clothes made by the artist can be viewed at the exhibition entitled 'Mariscal a la Pedrera’. The retrospective covers a wide variety of disciplines and formats that Mariscal has explored. The majority of the works are results of collaborations with concrete businesses that have requested his unique design services.He calls the exhibition a representation of “total freedom”.

Bunbo Restaurant. C/ Sagristans 3 ,Pl Isidre Nonell.  Barcelona.

This new Vietnamese restaurant is located in a quiet corner of Barcelona’s busy old town, just in front of the  Barcelona's cathedral close to our Banys Apartment in Gotic Area  Its leafy outdoor terrace is perfect for enjoying a cocktail – including specialty Asian cocktails such as the sakeriña – a caipiriña made with sake! You can also choose from a wide selection of Asian beers, like Saigon or Tiger. Stepping inside, its bright and colourful décor will immediately put you in the right mood; all the items from a stunning mural depicting a mountain scene and waterfall , to a display bike and scores of lampshades have been specially bought in Vietnam and shipped over, to give an even more authentic.