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Until tomorrow, October 22, you can attend and enjoy the second Chocolate Fair at the Barcelona International Conventions Centre, located in the Forum.

What about trying chocolate chewing gum, chocolate honey fritters or chocolate sandwiches apart from the normal, tasty chocolate fondue?
Other curiosities include chicken, prawns and croquettes covered with chocolate.

Or do you simply want to enjoy fountains with liquid chocolate or chocolate sculptures of a big variety, or taste any of the multiple chocolate ice creams of different sizes, colours and shapes?

At the fair there are also some pastry chefs and cooks who will produce chocolate delicacies.
Other activities for kids and workshops are held, as well as tasting sessions and live music.

Until October 27, 2006, the Auditori in Barcelona, Spain, will host the Festival of World Music, now in its eleventh year.
This year the festival is focussed on musci from several European countries, although the programme also includes Indian and Persian music.

Some of the performing musicians are Thalweg with their Celtic music, Altan, Bratsch, Taraf Goulamas, Zakir Hussain and Sultan Khan, Spakka Napoli as well as The Boys of the Lough, performers of Scottish and Irish traditional music.

When coming to visit this marvellous and bustling city called Barcelona, Spain, why not join a day full of fun, meeting new people, learning to prepare new dishes to cook back home while experiencing a different culture?

We have prepared a one day culinary and cultural day in Barcelona, where you will have the great opportunity to see some highlights of this European city full of energy, and we will introduce you to its rich and delightful gastronomy. You will be amazed.

During the lovely walking tour along the magical medieval narrow streets of the Gothic old historic quarter, visiting the imposing cathedral and its environs walk, we will have a tapas style lunch, so you will learn about this famous Spanish way of enjoying small portions of many different specialities accompanied with wine or refreshing beer.

Other activities include a visit to the famous fresh market La Boqueria on the Ramblas, where we will buy the ingredients for our hands-on cooking class.

For more information on this fun day please visit:
http://www.spaindreams.com/eng/gourmet_tapas_barcelona.htm

Other options for yourself on a private base, your company event or incentive planning, include a whole weekend full of activities in Barcelona or Madrid, several days including cultural visits and accommodation along the Costa Brava, a sightseeing trip through La Rioja or a culinary tour to discover Andalusian flavours like Sherry, Iberian ham or olive oil with hands-on cooking classes and visit of The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art and a Flamenco show.

Come, join us. Do and experience something different.

The Filmoteca de Catalunya has free film sessions between October 2 and 8 to celebrate its 25th anniversary this October.

Movies include among many others The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart by Hollywood director David Lynch. Other films are by directors such as Kim Ki-Duk, Sigfrid Monleon, Isaki Lacuesta and Richard Fleischer, apart from the documentaries The Hermitage Dwellers from Aliona Van der Horst, Aiguaviva by Ariadna Pujol and El nacimiento de una pasion by Jesus Sanchez.

Free invitations can be picked up at the ticket office of the Filmoteca de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Fireworks:
Today at 10 pm, as part of the city festival activities, you can watch and enjoy fireworks along some of the beaches in Barcelona, whereas tomorrow, Monday, September 25 (public holiday in Barcelona) is planned a spectacular show of water, light, music and fireworks dedicated to the history of jazz on the Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina.

Music events:
The BAM (Barcelona’s Independent Music Festival) offers today music with G-21 KM (rock music), Antonia Font (pop music), Sidestepper (Latin-electro music) and at midnight in the Forum Park: Baby G (house, breakbeat, Sutekh (house-techno) and Juan Atkins (techno), followed by Standard (rock music), Infadels (rock music) and Dirty Pretty Things (punk).

Other live concerts today and tomorrow include Jazz and Folk on the Plaza del Rei and Plaza de Sant Jaume

Latin Festival:
The Latino Barcelona Festival offers until tomorrow at the Forum Park traditional markets, folklore, concerts, gastronomy and more.

For the children:
Street Puppet Festival:
This year´s street festival in Allada-Vermell street offers various activities until Monday

Street performance groups:
Several clowns, jugglers and acrobats are performing at the Ciutadella Park and there are also workshops and family activities.

On the Plaza de Sant Jaume human castles (castellers) will be built on Sunday morning by some of the best groups.

The new low cost airline Clickair, which will operate from Barcelona airport El Prat as from next month, has started to sell tickets through their web site. The airline offers 100,000 seats available at 5 euros plus taxes, to seven Spanish and European cities to where it will fly in the beginning.

The offer is only available in their website and is valid for any of their offered flights and routes on any day.

Clickair which belongs to Iberia, disposes of Airbus A-320 aircrafts.

The first destinations will be from Barcelona to Seville, Lisbon, Geneva and Zurich as well as from Seville to Paris (Orly).
Flights from Valencia to Paris (Orly) and to Rome will start in November.
The new airline Clickair, which will operate from Barcelona airport El Prat as from next month, has started to sell tickets through their web site. The airline offers 100,000 seats available at 5 euros plus taxes, to seven Spanish and European cities to where it will fly in the beginning.

The offer is only available in their website and is valid for any of their offered flights and routes on any day.

Clickair which belongs to Iberia, disposes of Airbus A-320 aircrafts.

The first destinations will be from Barcelona to Seville, Lisbon, Geneva and Zurich as well as from Seville to Paris (Orly).
Flights from Valencia to Paris (Orly) and to Rome will start in November.

Between September 22 and 25, 2006, there are more than 800 events planned.
The events of the Barcelona city festival include 200 live concerts, dance, the traditional street parade, the popular correfoc (dragon fire run) and human towers (castellers).

There will also be activities for children and families, street artists and various exhibitions. Some of the events will already start few days before.

Until October 15, 2006 you have the possibility to see at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, Spain, almost 90 works Picasso created while he was at the Grimaldi Castle in Antibes. The works include sculptures, paintings, ceramics and drawings. The exhibition also includes 20 photographs of Picasso and mentioned work by the Polish photographer Michel Sima.

For more information on the Picasso Museum check under:

http://www.spaindreams.com/eng/bcn.htm

August 24th, 2006: The main celebrations for the patron Saint of Sants are today, Thursday, August 24 in the city district of Sants in Barcelona, Spain.
 
Similar to the festivities last week in the district of Gracia in Barcelona, several streets have been decorated and awarded by a jury.
 
Many open air concerts with music of all kind and dance until late at night, sardanes – sardanas –the typical popular Catalan dance with music, various children and adult activities, castellers (amazing human towers with all sorts of different difficulties to build) are part of this yearly event in Barcelona, and which will end on Saturday.

August 11th, 2006: The Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, Spain will celebrate their festivities from tomorrow, Saturday 12 until Wednesday 16, August 2006.

Many of the activities will be held at the Plaza Nova, next to the Cathedral, and include live music, various shows and games as well as a crafts fair. 

Children can enjoy magicians, traditional games and puppets. The Catalan folk dance - sardanas - also forms part of the programmes.

One of the highlights will be the correfoc. See the Gracia festivities for explanation and details.

August 7th, 2006: More than 20 streets will take part in this traditional festival of international interest, which will be held in the Barcelona district of Gracia from August 15 to 21, 2006.  

Apart from the traditional street decoration with final awards for the best and original decorated ones, there will be different competitions.
 
Among others, there will be sporting events, theatre, exhibitions and fairs, a children’s festival story and poetry competition and other activities for children, as well as photography and rapid painting.  

During the festival you can attend a large number of traditional events, such as the cercavila de cultura popular (traditional street parades), the diada castellera – castellers - (human towers), a tradition from the area of Tarragona and which dates from the end of the XVIII century. Do not miss the spectacular correfoc (a dragon spying fire while running back and forth through the local streets at night, and surrounded by devils with drums and fireworks). Get dressed with old clothes and a cap or hat and do not get to close to the dragon, specially with kids.

Various festival venues will offer live music with Luis Eduardo Aute, Pau Riba, Dijous Paella, Pascal Comelade and others.

Many of the squares of Gracia will host all kind of activities. One of the most known squares, the Plaza del Sol, offers folk concerts, while at the Plaza del Diamante you can listen to jazz concerts and Plaza de la Virreina will have an artisanal fair. At the Plaza de la Revolucion you can purchase Catalan products.

On August 18 and 19, some of the metro (underground) lines will stay open all night, while a special bus service operates every night during the festival between the streets Pau Claris, Corcega and Plaza Catalunya, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER  FOR LASTMINUTE BOOKINGS IN SA ROTA, MALLORCA, BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN IN OCTOBER.
We invite our guests to have a delicious breakfast for free every day. Our breakfast is made with the finca products: Fresh juices and fruits, homemade bread, yogurts, jams and pastries.   

STAY IN A HOUSE FOR TWO PEOPLE WITH SITTING ROOM, KITCHEN AND A PRIVATE TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY AND FREE BREAKFAST INCLUDED FOR 64 Euros per person and day.

Valid for stays of at least 4 nights during the month of October 2006. 7 % VAT not included in price. For further information please visit:

http://www.spaindreams.com/eng/info/ho_rota.htm

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006: From tomorrow, August 2 to Sunday 6, 2006, several venues in Barcelona, Spain, will host the leisure and cultural activities of the second Love Ball Festival. This festival, which was held in Brussels last year, is the most important gay clubbing festival in Europe.
More than forty artists will perform during the next days, being Boy George probably the most known.
More than 20.000 people are expected to attend the ten events and some restaurants, bars and hotels will offer a special treatment

On Fridays and Saturdays you have the chance to visit the Espai Gaudí and the terrace of Casa Mila (better known as La Pedrera) from 9.30 p.m. to midnight. You can enjoy good music with concerts offering Catalan and Mediterranean music, jazz, as well as music from Brazil and India, while you see Paseo de Gracia below you 

During the Summer, Barcelona offers some new and old films under the open air. For example in the square of the Ateneu Fort Pienc social centre in the Eixample. You can see The Secret Life of Words (Isabel Coixet, 2005) on July 27. Entry is free.

Other free films are shown at social centres such as at the Can Felipa social centre (Sant Marti), the Casa del Mig (Sants-Les Corts) and the Casal de Joves in Les Corts.

The Sala Montjuïc by the castle of Montjuïc has a giant screen where to watch films on the grass, and where the audience can use their own towel, or hire a deckchair, and have a picnic while watching the film. Before the films you can even enjoy live concerts.

The films, which are shown until August 4, 2206, start at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. You can choose from a good range of films in original version (with Spanish sub-titles). There are classics such as Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977), 1,2,3, (Billy Wilder, 1961), and new films including Tapas (Jose Corbacho and Juan Cruz, 2005), Everything is illuminated (Liev Schreiber, 2005), Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005) and Les Invasions Barbares (Denys Arcand, 2003).

Entry is 4 Euros and deckchair hire, 2 Euros with a free bus service to the castle leaving from the towers at Plaza d’Espanya (Metro line 1 and 3).