Urbany Blog

Borne is the name of a quarter of Barcelona and it is located between via Laietana and Parc de la Ciutadela. Between the XIII and the XV centuries it has been the economic centre of the city.

In the last years, this area turned into one of the trendiest ones in town with its independent fashion designers’ shops.
In the narrow streets which constitute the quarter, there are also

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Talking about Spain we can’t forget to mention flamenco!
This music and dance style has very ancient origins and has been developed in Andalusia through the centuries, where the Gipsy community had a key role in the diffusion of this culture.

Through the years, flamenco differentiated into different styles, called palos. Some of them are very ancient and some others are more

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November will be the month for the new edition of the Wintercase San Miguel. This festival has been the first itinerant music festival in Spain and it is now at its 7th edition. It always passes through Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, bringing in these cities some of the biggest names of the independent music.

This year festival will bring on the stage some new bands,

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Once again we invite our customers to taste some Spanish food in the common room of the hostel.

This Friday, from 21:00 buy sangria or beer at the bar and you will get a free tapa of paella.

When: Friday 31/10/08 at 21:00
Where: 3rd floor of the BarcelonaUrbany Hostel

We are waiting for you!!

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 All over the world Spain is popular for its Mediterranean diet, with its quality ingredients, such as olive oil, cheese, ham, sausages and cold meat, fresh fish and vegetables.
Tapas are probably the most peculiar and popular habit tourists are always fond of. Tapa can be any dish, served in a small plate as an aperitif, which accompanies the drink and usually it is charged

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Summer is almost over, but Barcelona still has one big festival to go.
From the 19^th to the 24^th of September takes place the Festes de la Mercè (or simply called La Mercè) to celebrate the Patron Saint of the city.

According to the legend, on the 24^th of September of 1218, during the 5^th Crusade, the Virgin appeared to King Jaume I, St. Pere Nolasc and St.

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Until 1897 Gracia Quarter was an independent village, separated from Barcelona by fields. In the XIX century it grew a lot thanks to the immigration of the new industrial worker class.

In the same years we can find the origins of the Fiesta Major de Gracia, a popular and traditional street festival. If at the beginning it had some religious meanings, soon it became just a

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Barcelona nightlife is worldwide popular for its variety and intensity and this is one of the big attractions of this amazing city, which every year brings here many young travellers, groups of friends, stag and hens parties, etc.

But in Barcelona the night doesn't start with the sunset. In fact restaurants don't get busy before 10 pm and pubs are pretty much empty until 11

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