The second edition of the Barcelona Beer Festival is here! The festival will take place on 8^th, 9^th and 10^th of March 2013. BBB is a Meeting point of high quality craft beer and variety.

More than 300 different beers from 150 brewers artisans, of which 30 is the first time they occur in public and foreign 75 are first imported into the country.

The festival takes place in the Cúpula las Arenas (C/ Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes). The Cupula las Arenas can be accessed through the centre by the direct access Express escalators inside, the two exterior panoramic files and the private access from the street.

How to get there from our Barcelona Hostel?  By Metro, you have the Clot / Aragó Station at a 5 minutes walking distance  from our Hostel in Barcelona: Take line 1 (Fondo / Hospital de Bellvitge) and get off at Plaza España stop (9 stops).

Barcelona Hostel recommends drink in moderation!

This Sunday, 28th October, Urbany Hostels invite you to stay and participate in the new edition of “Women's Fun Run” event.

This race continues to be a key event for the fight against breast cancer. With 15,000 women of all ages signed up, the race will set off from the foot of the Magic Fountain, Montjuïc, at 10 am, before continuing down Pararel, around several streets in the Example district and returning to Montjuïc via Gran Via.

At the end of the run, the Catalonia branch of the Spanish Cancer Association (AECC), which supports the race and has made it a key initiative in its fight breast cancer, is inviting all the participants to take part in a choreographed flashmob.

If you are part of this race and want to stay in one of the first hostels to have rooms only for women in Barcelona.

Barcelona Urbany located centrally in the Barcelona City, modernized Barcelona building, with comfortable accommodations, a common room and an idyllic terrace with great views and lots of activities. The decoration with graffiti contributes to the unique atmosphere of our hotel.

Women travelers can find complete comfort and convenience here. If you come to Barcelona, for this race or pleasure, this woman-identified atmosphere will make your stay a memorable experience.

At Barcelona Urbany Hostel's 9th floor, girls have their exclusive and dedicated area Pink Rooms. All of them have keycard lockers, private bathrooms, reading lights and air conditioning. Like the rest of the rooms but, here you can escape the boys and enjoy a few extra comforts like vanity mirror, straighteners, hairdryers and additional mirrors and shelves. At the Barcelona Urbany Hostel we know that girls like to have their room pretty organized.

You'll find our Pink Rooms, available for 4, 6 and 8 girls maximum, private bathroom and breakfast included, starting from 15 € / person. Girls, come with your best friends and share your Barcelona secrets in a special environment specially designed for you :) Book now our Pink Rooms!

Barcelona is a music festival held at Parc del Forum in Barcelona the first half of July.

The 5th edition will take place on 6 and 7 July 2012. During this weekend will pass through 4 stages of the Festival over 40 bands from 6 pm to 5 am.

But the festival is not only concerts: Parc del Forum will be full of activities, circus, games, workshops, stalls from organizations with social projects...

Over forty artists will be putting the soundtrack to the Cruïlla BCN festival, with Iggy Pop, M.I.A., The Specials, Gogol Bordello and La Pegatina the pick of the bunch. And, apart from the concerts, there will also be room for circus acts, games and workshops, plus an area for organizations carrying out social projects.

Aside from the concerts, one of the special features of Cruïlla BCN are the fringe activities that fill Fòrum Park with circus acts, games, workshops and even an area for associations carrying out social projects.

We help you find accommodation near the Festival site. Choose our Hostel in Barcelona and have a pleasant stay!

Hi Urbany people! Happy Land Music Festivals celebrates its 3rd year with the launching of a new festival in a new city Barcelona, Spain. On 21 of July we organize the biggest festival of electronic music in Barcelona.

Happy Land Music Festivals is known by its special music combinations, mixing DJs who never performed together on the same massive stage. This year, for the first time, will be featuring the best DJs in the world, Tiesto, Sebastian Ingrosso, Dirty South, Wally Lopez, Amnesia,Soraya Arnelas, Jessy, Mar-T and Les-Schimtz. Buy your ticket and enjoy the best house music from the hand of two numbers one world: DJ Tiesto and DJ Sebastian Ingrosso, among many more. Join thousands of fans celebrating the massive one day festival in the world with one crazy stage and luxury VIP platforms.

Urbany Hostel cooperate with Happy Land Music Festival and Urbany people can book your bed at the Barcelona Urbany, a vibrant and trendy hostel in Barcelona that offers hotel-like facilities and services that will delight you and make your stay in the city even better. Book your bed now!

A year on, the Barcelona Modernista Fair invites us once again to step back in time. Now in its eighth edition, it is on from 1 June to 3 June, offering new ideas, such as a gastronomic route and a range of activities to celebrate the Pedrera's centenary.

The Barcelona Modernista Fair has been growing a little more, year after year. This eighth edition will include some hundred stalls and activities of every kind, inviting us to relive one of the most resplendent periods in the city's history.

The fair is being held once again at C/ Girona, between Avda Diagonal and C/ Aragó, although there are activities going on at Diagonal too, between C/ Bruc and C/ Bailén, on 1, 2 and 3 June.

New features include the Modernista Fair's first gastronomic route, where 15 eating establishments will be offering tapas and dishes at a special price of 3 and 9 euros, respectively.

Finally, on Sunday June 3rd, there will be other initiatives like the Modernista window display competition and the Modernista bike ride, past some of the most emblematic Modernista buildings. There are only two requirements to participate in this modernist bike ride. You need to have a bicycle, preferably a vintage one, and wear clothing that can pass for what was worn at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

That´s it! Have a great weekend! Outside our Hostel in Barcelona, there are plenty of things to enjoy.

Our Hostel in Barcelona informs you that the Barcelona Primavera Sound Festival is back!

This year's edition will be held in the end of May at the Forum Area. Extended to 5 days, this means more Djs, more locations and more party! This year Primavera Sound opens party at the legendary Apolo club at Barcelona.

The show starts on Wednesday May 30 at 6pm and ends at 10pm, giving you time to head over the Arc de Triomf for more unmissable acts.

The timetables for San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012 are now available, both for the concerts in the Parc del Fòrum, from Thursday 31st May until Saturday 2nd June and for the two days at Arc de Triomf on Wednesday 30th May and on Sunday 3rd June. Check out the timetables in the section called "Timetable Parc del Fòrum" on our website. During the two weeks leading up to the main event of the festival and with San Miguel, thirteen venues in Barcelona will put on free concerts that will give the starting signal for this edition. The concerts will start at 8pm in bars and restaurants around the centre of the city, unusual venues for live music.

For all those that are staying at our Hostel in Barcelona for the Primavera Sound Festival, the best way to get to the Forum Area is: By metro: At 100 meters from our Hostel in Barcelona you'll find the metro station. Take the Metro line L2-Paral.lel / Pep Ventura at Clot stop, and get off after three stops at La Pau. Take there the metro L4 La Pau / Trinitat Nova, and get off 3 after stops at El Maresme / Forum station.

If you do not have any budget accommodation in Barcelona for the days the Primavera Sound is to be held, you can come and ask for your bed at our Hostel in Barcelona's reception or reserve your accommodation for Primavera Sound 2012 book online at a special price of the Barcelona Urbany Hostel, close to the Forum.

Come to our Hostel in Barcelona and enjoy this year's Barcelona Primavera Sound Festival edition.