TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice 2013 destinations are out, and Barcelona  is no. 5 of the world’s 25 top destinations.

We love Hotel Alma’s travel guide “Barcelona con Alma. Conversations between citizens of Barcelona ”. In it, real Barcelonians share their favourite places to each other in conversations. For example designer Miguel Milà talks to journalist Rafae Vilasanjuan, and Pablo Juncadella, art […]

Certain places in Barcelona suffer from mass tourist. But Barcelona is also more than la Sagrada Familia and Las Ramblas. So, the new plan is to divide tourists amongst more places in the city. One such place is Horta-Guinardó, also known as […]

Congratulations to Hotel Omm, the Murmuri Hotel, Hotel Àbac and the Mandarin Oriental for winning the first FAD Certification of Design Quality Award. And congrats to the FAD and Applus for initiating the recognition of design in the hotel world in Barcelona. “The incorporation […]

Here’s a beautiful renovation of a classic Barcelona apartment from 1910 where the traditional elements have been respected by its designers Anna and Eugeni Bach. For more information visit diarioDESIGN.  

The boom of low-cost lodging, an interesting article in El País about how the number of hostels in Barcelona has doubled in the last few years, and about how for each legal bed there is 1 or 2 illegal ones, according to Carles […]

Last week Petz Scholtus took part in the conference “How to mitigate the impact of mass tourism in Barcelona?” by Upsocial. Juan Manuel Ribera, tourism consultant, explained that “tourism is not one thing but the sum of many things like gastronomy transportation, health care, […]

In 2012 Barcelona received 7,44 million tourists, 0,7% more than the year before according to La Vanguardia “Barcelona mantiene el número de turistas en 2012 pero caen un 6,8% los españoles”  

This is a bit of an unusual tour of Barcelona. Last week, Petz went to visit a part of the sewer system! It was a very educational and not too smelly tour. That was you really get to know your city! Photos […]

Check out Extra! Estudio’s illustrations about a walk from Barceloneta to the Olympic Village by Iñigo Jerez. It shows the more touristy Barcelona. (To see the whole series, visit Extra! Estudio and go to the project “BCN 24h, un passeig per la Barceloneta i […]

For those of you in love with the Barcelona tiles, check out Alberto Twose’s Tumblr. This is where he publishes his tiles, complete with year of production and location. Alberto Twose is also a man on a mission. At his house he now has […]

Not yellow but green! Barcelona has launched its own fleet of eco-friendly taxis. Taxi Ecològic use only hybrid vehicles, that are therefore much less polluting and silent. Other cool features: ionised air, phone chargers, free wifi, credit card payment and easy billing […]

This is our logo, designed by Katie Barcelona in San Francisco. Here is her explanation of it: “The logo for yök was created to embody the spirit of Barcelona. Inspiration was drawn from mid-19th century encaustic tiles in the city, and also […]

A while ago we visited Valldaura self sufficient lab, a project by the IaaC. This magical place in Collserola, a mountain range of Barcelona, is a great inspiration to anyone interested in learning from nature, becoming self sufficient, permaculture and knowledge sharing. […]

Miguel Milá is one of our favourite Barcelona designers, whose timeless designs are a wise inspiration for all that is to come. Check out the documentary of his work and life.