Prestige Mar Y Sol Hotel Costa Brava

Travel Blogs from Costa Brava

Food in Barcelona

A travel blog entry by sophiatravels

... places was a small tapas bar called 'Quimet y Quimet", with is now run by a fifth generation Quimet! They don't cook anything at Quimet, - all the tapas are cold, but the food is of the highest quality. We had some fantastic cheeses there. It was full of character - the entire tiny little bar was stacked high with canned foods, wine and liquor of all types (including a surprising array of interesting ...

From Romans to Gaudi

A travel blog entry by robertjscottjr

... was built in the 14^th century in the Gothic style. There are the traditional buttresses, but they are all inside the structure instead of the normal “flying” sort. The buttresses allow for 28 richly ornamented chapels around the perimeter. Unexpectedly, we were treated to a rehearsal of a performance of the Ave Maria by a talented singer accompanied by the incredible pipe organs—superb.

We ...

¿Qué es muy importante?

A travel blog entry by garypjackson

I had originally planned to head out of town on my weekends to Valencia and Madrid, but two different people from Barcelona (perhaps a little biased) said there were other places more interesting that I should visit other than Valencia, and Dean and were in Madrid just two years ago for five days, so I decided to against those cities. I also thought I should spend a weekend in Barcelona to have a few days to hang out in the city without ...

¡Sí sí sí!

A travel blog entry by garypjackson

... 8220;tabla de surf,” and beach towel is “toalla de playa.” Apparently my air drawing and pantomime skills need some work. Eventually I found the beach towels – about 30 minutes later. By the way, a Spanish/English dictionary is also on my shopping list.

And speaking of shopping, as I mentioned earlier, my apartment is located right next to La Boqueria, a huge market. They ...

Weekend Excursion to Costa Brava

A travel blog entry by jessheim

... It was kind of nice walking around early; the locals were out shopping and there weren’t as many tourists out and about yet. Before going through the market though, we stopped by a nearby caf� to enjoy Churros con Chocolate. Boy, was that delicious! I had never had it before but the chocolate drink was really rich and I enjoyed dunking my deep-fried and sugar-coated churros in the hot mug. As Julia and I walked up and down the aisles of the market, ...

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