Renfe short- and medium- distance trains to remain free for all of 2023
Spanish government subsidizes rail as measure to combat inflation
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No major incidents beyond some queues on first day of free train tickets
Passengers welcome measure that coincides with up to 50% discount on metro passes
Sagrada Família and Barcelona museums offer free visits for La Mercè festivities
Learn how to get free tickets for September 24
Sagrada Família to offer 12,000 more free tickets
An exhibition will explain to visitors how the top of the cathedral’s second tallest tower will look
Public transport tickets not used during state of alarm compensated from July 1
Passes not validated during emergency period will see expiry date moved, while an application will be required for those used from March 14
In-person ticket sales on Barcelona buses scrapped due to Covid-19
Customers can buy them through an app and validate them through a QR code inside the vehicle
El Celler de Can Roca restaurant recognized as one of 'The Best of the Best'
Restaurant Magazine to honor culinary accomplishments at Singapore gala
El Celler de Can Roca in Girona is the second best restaurant in the world –again!
Roca brothers back at No.2 of the World's 50 Best Restaurant ranking, while Disfrutar in Barcelona gets the Highest New Entry Award after becoming No.20
El Celler de Can Roca in Girona is the second best restaurant in the world –again!
Roca brothers back at No.2 of the World's 50 Best Restaurant ranking, while Disfrutar in Barcelona gets the Highest New Entry Award after becoming No.20
‘El Celler de Can Roca’ ranked world’s third-best restaurant and awarded best service
Girona’s El Celler de Can Rocahas been voted the world’s third-best restaurant by ‘Restaurant’ magazine. After topping the list in 2013 and 2015, the establishment run by the three Roca brothers ceded its crown to Eleven Madison Park, in New York. However, it received a special distinction during the event: it was awarded the Ferrari Trento Art of Hospitality award for its “outstanding service”. Indeed, El Celler de Can Rocahas been among Restaurant’s best 50 gastronomic establishments in the world for the last 12 years and hasn’t fallen out of the top five in the ranking since 2009. Another Catalan restaurant, Disfrutarfrom three El Bulli alumni received the Miele One to Watch Award, for its innovative offering.
‘El Celler de Can Roca’ ranked world’s second-best restaurant, down from first place in 2015
Girona’s ‘El Celler de Can Roca’ is considered the world’s second-best restaurant by ‘Restaurant’ magazine. Thus, the establishment run by the three Roca brothers has ceded its crown, which it obtained in 2015 and 2013, to the Italian restaurant ‘Osteria Franciscana’. The gala event, moved from London to New York for the first time, also awarded chef Joan Roca as best chef. “This is very important, because it represents mutual understanding and recognition from chefs that I truly admire” stated Roca. Catalan restaurant ‘Tickets’, by Albert Adrià climbed from the 42nd position it occupied last year to 29th this year. Adrià was dessert chef at El Bulli, which was run by his brother Ferran Adrià and was recognised as the best restaurant in the world on five occasions.