Barcelona Tourism Update for Insiders

Dec 31, 2009
Issue #17

Table of Content

NEWS & WHAT'S ON?

1. Barcelona’s L9 driverless metro

2. Argentine striker Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona personally received the Golden Ball

3. Barcelona City Council announced the creation of “Office Live”

BARCELONA TOURISM NEWS, LATEST NEWS AND NEWS ARCHIVE

BARCELONA FOOTBALL CLUB, LATEST NEWS AND NEWS ARCHIVE

HOT DEALS!

1. Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar await you on the Kings' Parade!

2. Singer Alicia Keys will perform, her only concert in Spain, in Barcelona on June 2nd 2010

3. Winter shopping in Barcelona with attractive discounts

1. Barcelona’s L9 driverless metro

The first section of Barcelona’s new L9 metro service, which has an automated driverless system, has officially opened between Can Zam and Can Peixauet in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. The 3.9-kilometer, five-stop section connects with the city’s L1 metro line at Fondo.

More details here

2. Argentine striker Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona personally received the Golden Ball

Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona 2009 Winner Of The Golden Ball Award the prize was awarded by France Football magazine in which he is credited as the best footballer on the planet, in a ceremony broadcast on French television that the ‘Flea’ used to convey his thanks to fellow team-mates.

More details here

3. Barcelona City Council announced the creation of “Office Live”

The new Office Live plan is to promote electric mobility. Ciudad Condal was one of the cities chosen by the Government, within the Project Movel, along with Madrid and Seville, to encourage the use of electric vehicles in Spain.

Read full article here

1. Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar await you on the Kings' Parade!

The Three Kings' Parade is coming to Barcelona on Tuesday 5 January with a great big moving spectacular moving along a 5-km route, during which Their Royal Majesties the Three Kings will be travelling from the schooner Santa Eulàlia to Montjuïc, filling the city with magic on the most magical night of the year.

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2. Singer Alicia Keys will perform, her only concert in Spain, in Barcelona on June 2nd 2010

Singer Alicia Keys will perform, her only concert in Spain, in Barcelona on June 2nd 2010. The concert will be held at Palau Sant Jordi in the Catalan capital and tickets will go on sale Dec. 22, according to promoter Live Nation.

Buy your ticket here

3. Winter shopping in Barcelona with attractive discounts

During the months of January and February, it will be possible to take advantage of the high discount rates the shoppings offer to the buyers. With discounts ranging over 50% in some cases, you can purchase that article you wanted for some time, but you did not buy it because the real price was out of your budget. Many hotels in Barcelona are also offering special rates during this period, so that you can plan a low cost weekend shopping.

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You can also take advantage of cheap flights to Barcelona.

Book a cheap flight here

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