We knew that our Hostel in Barcelona social network would give so much to talk about ... this last week been several digital and paper media have covered the Barcelona Urbany Hostel AVIM's birth, the device at our Hostel in Barcelona which is our own social network. It's a fully touch interactive device also provided with a videocamera that will allow you to record your own messages and videos after registration.
Come to our Hostel in Barcelona, get in touch with the world, contact with other Backpackers in Barcelona, meet other travelers like yourself, discover the city, see what other Backpackers recommend you about the city, some sightseeing tips, or what they didn't like ... but most of all, have fun, make new friends and feel the Urbany Vibe!
You can read about the social network of our Hostel in Barcelona, you can see the pics, you can imagine it ... but the best you can do is come and join us ... You have to come to Barcelona Urbany!
And if you're not totally convinced yet, below you'll find the links to the media articles covering the information about our Hostel in Barcelona social network (they're only available in spanish):
El País, 19 de noviembre de 2010: "La red social cobra vida ..."
Puro Marketing, 18 de noviembre de 2010: "Llega la primera red social ..."
EuropaPress, 18 de noviembre de 2010: "Dos empresas españolas ..." |
Here are some suggestions for this weekend if you're staying at our Hostel in Barcelona:
Since the weather is still sunny and warm those days in Barcelona, why don't you go sailing? Yes ... sailing! We recommend you to attend one of the activities organized within the framework of the Barcelona Boat Show. It offers you the oportunity to go out for a sail for free: in dinghies and sailboats. Monitors from the Catalan Sailing Federation will be be on the boat with you, teaching you some notions of handling boats and revealing some of the secrets of the sea. So, if you stay at our Hostel in Barcelona, you really love the sea and want to become a seaman ... or just or just want to see the Barcelona magnificent skyline from the sea, this is a great chance to do so. Sailing trips are scheduled on Nov 13 and 14, from 10 AM to 2 PM, in the Real Club Marítimo de Barcelona (next to Maremagnum, Moll d'Espanya, s / n).
Remember that you must register to participate. Where to do so?
In any of the places listed below:
- Stand in the Catalan Sailing Boat Show (Hall 2 - B281) and sailing pool Fun Beach Area (Palace 2)
- Stand Wind Cat House (Palace 2 - B214)
- Office of the Catalan Sailing Federation (Port Olimpic)
How to reach the Club Marítimo de Barcelona from our Hostel in Barcelona?
Take the Renfe line C1-Badalona / L'Hospitalet de Llobregat at El Clot-Arago station, just in front of our Hostel in Barcelona. After 2 stops get off at Plaça Catalunya. From there, take metro line 3 Canyelles / Zona Universitaria and after 2 stops get off at Drassanes station. You're now in the Port!
Here's more information, available in english:
www.salonnautico.com
On the other hand, you may also wish to visit the Rambla del Raval, which this weekend celebrates its tenth anniversary. On the occasion, tomorrow and Sunday there will be held some musical live performances and concerts, street shows, games and exhibitions. Also the entrance will be free in all the cultural institutions around.
How to get to the Rambla del Raval from our Hostel in Barcelona?
Take Metro Line 2 Badalona Pompeu Fabra / Paral.lel from the Encants station, at a 10 minutes walking distance from our Hostel in Barcelona, and after 6 stops get off in St. Antoni.
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Want to book a bed in our Barcelona Hostel? Are you a Facebook addicted? Tired of clicking hundreds of times to make your booking elsewhere? We have great news!
We’re happy to announce that from today you’ll find another tab on our facebook fan page from which our friends and guests will be able to book their beds in our hostels directly from this social network. Stay in Facebook, look for the Urbany Hostels fan page and from there, click on the booking tab !
Any visitor at our Facebook fan page will be able to check for availability and rates in our Barcelona Hostel, and then make a booking just by clicking on the image, which will load our booking box inside our Facebook fan page. Once the required information will be filled in, you’ll be redirected to the Barcelonaurbany website, where you’ll finish your booking transaction.
This way, you’ll get to Barcelona Urbany from Facebook with less clicks and in a much more comfortable way. Every day it’s easier to reach Barcelona Urbany Hostel.
But that's not all, this feature will be added soon to book your bed in Sevilla Urbany Hostel too!
What are you waiting for? All roads take you to Barcelona Urbany ... Try it out … come to our Barcelona Hostel and feel the Urbany Vibe :)
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The Barcelona World Press Photo 2010
What to do while staying at our Barcelona Hostel this weekend?
XI Edition of the Festival Barcelona Contemporary Art (BAC):
If you're at our Barcelona Hostel and you're a fanatic of Japanese culture and contemporary art, you'll like the BAC Festival. A marathon of screenings, exhibitions and workshops showing the latest trends in contemporary art. The festival will have its headquarters at Casa Asia (Avda Diagonal 373), from opening and will host all initial events, starting with the program Timeless Japan 1 & 2. It will continue at Casa Asia until tomorrow, and will change its headquarters to the Centre d'Arts Santa Monica, the Fundació Suñol and the gallery H2O. You have the full program at www.casaasia.es
The In-Edit Festival:
Are you coming to our Barcelona Hostel and you're a music addicted? We recommend you the In Edit Festival, where unpublished documentary films focusing on the music world are screened. Among the highlights, the projection the award winner documentary on the Doors "When You're Strange". Some of the documentaries to be screened during this weekend: Prophecies of the Rock and Roll, Brian Eno, Harry Nilsson, Depeche Mode, and so on. Several of the screenings are free, you have the entire program and more information at www.in-edit.beefeater.es
Most of the events take place at the Cines Aribau. How to get there from our Barcelona Hostel? By metro, you'll reach the cinema in 10 minutes. Take the line L2 from the station El Clot Arago, at a two minutes walking distance from our Barcelona Hostel, and get off at Universitat -5 stops-.
The World Press Photo 2010, at the CCCB
Staying at our Barcelona Hostel and interested on press photography? We recommend you the exhibition of 170 photographs, the world's largest and most important photojournalism exhibition because of the photo quality and because it shows through pictures most of the events that have taken place throughout the year in sports, culture, society, politics, etc. The ticket price: 4.50 €.
How to reach the CCCB from our Barcelona Hostel? Take the Renfe train line C1 from the Clot / Arago station (in front of our Barcelona Hostel). After two stops, get off at Plaça Catalunya. Within a 5 minutes walking distance youll reach the CCCB.
More information at www.cccb.org
Finally, bear in mind that this weekend, on the occasion of the Pope's visit to Barcelona, some areas of the city will be restricted to traffic and mobility, gradually from tomorrow until Sunday morning. On sunday the Pope will cover the distance between the Cathedral and Sagrada Familia. The whole area and its surroundings will be shielded, so you'd better stay at our Barcelona Hostel until Monday if you planned to visit the Sagrada Familia or the Old Quarter and the Cathedral. Meanwhile, at our Barcelona Hostel we think that other good options for Saturday and Sunday are the Harbor, the Montjuic Mountain or the Tibidabo ... and the best way for getting around Barcelona will be the metro.
If you need more information about restrictions on traffic and people during this weekend how to get around if you're staying at our Barcelona Hostel, there's more information at www.bcn.cat
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Our Barcelona Hostel recommends you one of the most international events taking place this weekend in the city: the XVI edition of the Manga Fair ... Japan invades Barcelona from today until next Monday. If you like Japanese book drawings, anime, comic superheroes, video games, movies and stories with all kinds of topics containing the background of Japanese culture, take a walk around the fair.
For those staying at our Barcelona Hostel who are really manga addicted, there are lots activities and events scheduled: exhibitions, karaoke contests, a wide area for video games, musical performances, screenings of anime, traditional Japanese games workshops or modeling workshops. Among the fair highlights, the presentation of the video game Fable III, exclusive to Xbox, by its creator, the game guru Peter Molyneux, as well as the attendace of Kenji Kamiyama (illustrator of Akira, director and screenwriter of Ghost in the Shell), and the representative of shojo manga Yushizumi Wataryu.
Where to go? To La Farga de l'Hospitalet, where three areas have been enabled to host the fair, the three of them connected by a shuttle bus.
How to get there from our Barcelona Hostel? Take RENFE line C2-Montcada i Reixac / El Prat de Llobregat at El Clot-Arago station -100 meters from our Barcelona Hostel- and after 2 stops get off at Sants station. From there, take the RENFE line C3-Montcada Ripollet / L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and get off in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
The price? 6 euros, great for backpackers staying at our Barcelona Hostel! You can buy online your ticket or at the fair ticket office. You'll get a manga comic for free with your ticket. And just for today, if you visit the Fair dressed up as a manga, anime or video game character, the antrance is free. Are you staying at our Barcelona Hostel? Then dress you up like a real manga character and take a walk around the fair :)
Paer more information about events and activities, see the website: manga-xvi.ficomic.com
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At our Hostel in Barcelona we are very proud to present you our research lab Knowhouse/MID team's work: Welcome to the social network of our Hostel in Barcelona!
Coming to Barcelona? Come to our Hostel in Barcelona, where since yesterday, you can forget about your email, SMS, facebook, twitter ... At our Hostel in Barcelona we'll make it all easier. Want to get in touch with your friends? Want to see who stayed before you at Urbany? Want to leave a message for those who are already staying at the Hostel?
At Urbany Hostels, we think about all your needs, that's why the Knowhouse/MID lab team has created the Barcelona Urbany own social network, you have to join us, be a part of it and feel the Urbany Vibe!
How? It's very simple: since yesterday, you will find a large touch screen at the common room of our Hostel in Barcelona, where you can login, and record your own video & text messages so those who are staying at the Hostel can read and watch them. The registering procedure is simple: you must choose your country, enter your username, your password and your email ... and you're done!
Have you found something in Barcelona that you particularly liked? Want to find someone you know that stayed or will stay at the Hostel? Have you madly fell in love with someone in the elevator and want to know him/her? Do you think someone might left a message for you? Want to give some advice to other backpackers in Barcelona? What are you waiting for? Join the social network of our Hostel in Barcelona, we have exclusively designed it for you! No one has ever thought about something like this, we've made it possible!
Record your messages, your photos and videos, look for friends to take a walk around the city with you, maybe someone for a dinner, for skating or going to beach, give some advices to others about what of good you've doiscovered during the day or what wasn't that good ... but most of all, have fun, tell us about it and feel the Urbany Vibe:)
And of course, through the social network at our Hostel in Barcelona, you'll be able to find other people from your country or who speak your language, contact them and maybe plan to visit Barcelona together, why not?
There's no other Hostel in Barcelona that can offer you the exclusive services that you'll find at Barcelona Urbany Hostel ... and now, we've much more to offer, our own social network! A high-tech hostel is waiting for you, come to our Hostel in Barcelona and feel the Urbany Vibe :)
Want to see more pics? See how we mounted it ... AWESOME :)
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