Barcelona Sports & Outdoors

Most people try to rush Barcelona on a budget so they end up missing some of the highlights in a whirlwind. The key to seeing Barcelona properly is a game plan,...

We visited the Barcelona Zoo at our second visit to the city of Barcelona. We knew that didn’t want to speed through the Zoo like a whirlwind and therefore took...

Barcelona is a city a lot of history indeed. On our first visit to Barcelona we explored the area of the Gothic Quarter The medieval town had its golden age...

We were descending the powerful rapids of the Aude river in this rubber dinghy, using peddles to steer away from the rocks and move along other obstacles. We...

The ROC Aqua Rafting Company has 3 trips to undertake. The beginners trip (2 trips available): The St George gorge: beautiful itinerary (level 3), of about 7...

Reading the hand-out of the ROC Aqua rafting company learned that a raft is an inflatable boat and that you need to manoeuvre it down the river with paddles....

I went sailing with Business Yachtclub in Barcelona and it was AWESOME!! I had such a wonderful time! I had never been sailing before, and the professional...

Bike tours are a great way to see barcelona. There are several bike tour company doing the city in Barcelona. I stayed in a hostel and they were posted all over...

Football is the most popular sport here of course and Barcelona is one of the richest football clubs in the world, However, Barcelona have also successful...

A brand new wooden pedestrian bridge, the Rambla de Mar connects the Rambla with the Maremàgnum, a complex with shops, cinemas, bars and restaurants.Another fun...

The Barcelona Olympic stadium (formerly known as the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc) was the venue for the 1992 Olympic games.The stadiumhas a capacity for 55,000...

Camp Nou - A Five Star Stadium - home stadium of FC BarcelonaCapacity 60,000The stadium’s maximum height is 48 metres, and it covers a surface area of 55,000...

La Rambla is the main street that runs through Dt. 1 Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. No vehicle traffic crosses it, so it is one long walkway to the waterfront,...

There are lots of mountains, valleys and beach areas around Barcelona and Catalunya.The farther you go into the interior the more scenic it becomes in my...

As far as I am aware, this is an old French game, very similar to bowls. A small ball (jack) is thrown into the field of play (can be sand, grass or anything...

This is a Catalan derivation of pub skittles or ten-pin bowling, but with a difference. Instead of rolling a ball at some skittles, you chuck a club at them!...

If you like swimming/diving, then you must come to this place, as this was the setting for the diving competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and also for...

Travelling to the circuit for the F1 grand prix -Use local metro links to get to a train station that will get you on the train for Montmello.Set off early as...

Palau Sant Jordi is a 12,000 seat venue that was designed for the '92 Olympic Games up on Montjuic. The architectural design resembles a wave because this is...

In some of BCN streets you can find these bycicle lanes, allowed only for bikes.Though it might seem a good idea, as BCN is mainly flat, the parts of the...