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As every year around this time, the Fira de Santa Llucia opened about 10 days ago and will go on until the 22 of December, in front of the Cathedral, in the Gothic area.

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La Rambla divides the centre of Barcelona in two halves. On one side there is the Gothic area and on the other side there is the Raval.
This quarter wasn’t very populated originally and most of the area was covered by fields. By the half of the XIX century, it became the industrial centre of the city, thanks to the development the Barcelona went through in those years. However this urbanisation made the quarter more and more degraded with very low hygienical conditions.

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This will be the 4th year in a row that the World Press Photo comes to Barcelona, in cooperation with the CCCB (Centro de Cultura Catalana de Barcelona).

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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.

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The Gothic Quarter is the heart of the historical part of Barcelona, located between La Rambla and Via Laietana and between Plaça Catalunya and the seafront. In its labyrinth of narrow streets, most of them closed to regular traffic, you will see many Medieval buildings and some Roman ones. Before starting make sure to get a map so you won’t get lost.

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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 recent and modern. There are 50 different ones and some of the most popular names are bulería, tangos and siguiriyas. Palos are classified by their rhythmic pattern, their mode, the chord progression, the form of the verse, or the geographic origin. There are also some big differences among the traditions related to each palo. For example some of them are sung, some are danced, some are only for men, others only for women and some for either sex.

Flamenco dance is highly expressive, especially known for the dramatic movements of the arms and hands together with the stomping of the feet. The dances are improvised along the palo or the rhythm.

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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, which seem will have a great future!

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

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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.

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Els Encants Vells or Fira de Bellcaire is one of the oldest flea markets in Europe. It seems it began working in the XIV century and it was created by the fusion of two different markets. This is why it has a double name.

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