Barcelona city hosts again an important sports event since the Olympics in 1992. Yesterday night we could assist to the open ceremony in the Magic Fountain of Montjuich and the revival of the Olympics was there although this event is only for the European countries.
The past months the City Council has invested a lot of money despite the economic crisis in preparing and set up the equipments for this event and now they forecast to obtain a ROI (return of investment) of more than 42 million euros thanks to the 1000 hours of TV broadcast that will reach to more than 50 countries.
Hotels lobby begin to forecast a good summer season in Barcelona with a 76% of occupation as the majority of the public assistance is from outside Barcelona according to the ticketing figures they have til now.
You can adquire your ticket for the 6 days since 60 €, more information in the official website: www.bcn2010.org
La muestra Arte en la calle, Auguste Rodin en Barcelona, reúne en Rambla de Catalunya siete esculturas monumentales del Museo Rodin de París: El Pensador (que el maestro concibió en un inicio para formar parte del grupo escultórico de La Puerta del Infierno pero que acabó cobrando vida autónoma), y seis estudios de los seis prohombres que conforman el Monumento a los burgueses de Calais. La exposición forma parte del programa Arte en la calle, una iniciativa pionera de la Obra Social ”la Caixa” que ya ha permitido ver en Barcelona dos exposiciones al aire libre de Manolo Valdés e Igor Mitoraj. El objetivo de este ciclo es el de sacar el arte de las salas de exposiciones, devolverlo al espacio público y provocar un diálogo con la arquitectura. Nunca mejor dicho en el caso de Rodin, quien concibió sus esculturas para ser expuestas al aire libre.
Las siete esculturas monumentales que componen la exposición Arte en la calle. Auguste Rodin en Barcelona, comisariada por Hélène Marraud, del Museo Rodin de París, están instaladas en Rambla de Catalunya –entre las calles de Consell de Cent y Diputació- y se podrán ver del 18 de diciembre de 2009 al 6 de febrero de 2010
Live Barcelona has a wide experience in Educational tours.
We propose a tour for students. Teach your students about Modernism as they visit the main Gaudi´s buildings.
They will enjoy the tour and learn about Barcelona, its History, art, culture and traditions.
We have the best guides for your groups. We will organize the itinerary best suit their interest. We customize the program with the teachers and tour leaders.
Your students will always remember the lessons they learned in Barcelona !!
Last Saturday we were working with a VIP group from Discovery Communications from USA and we were visiting the most important Gaudí’s work: the “Sagrada Familia”, still under construction. We attend at the auditorium of the museum to a very interesting speach about the construction of the building and we also went into the plaster worshop area, that is not open to the public.
It was a very nice experience for the group and for us as well!
The Sagrada Familia Church was started on 1882 and it is still under construction. Once it will be finished will have 3 façades and 18 towers. By the moment there are only 2 façades and 8 towers. We need about 20 more years to finish it!
If you are interested on it, let us know it and we will prepare a special tour for you!
