Guide to the fiestas of Barcelona and Catalonia, Spain

Festa Mercè, Barcelona

The Catalan and Spanish people love to celebrate and their festival traditions are unique, lively and colourful. No matter when you visit Barcelona and Catalonia, Spain you are bound to stumble upon one festival or another. The traditional festivals (called ‘festes’ in Catalan and ‘fiestas’ in Spanish) are celebrations of the land and sea by … Read more

Chauffeur-driven Tesla S for your private tour of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Tesla S. Image courtesy Autolux

As a family-run, sustainable tour company, we at Artoba Tours are delighted to now offer our private tours of Barcelona and Catalonia in a chauffeur-driven Tesla Model S electric car. Tesla are at the forefront of electric cars and sustainable travel, and are undoubtedly at the forefront of luxury sustainable vehicles. So it’s a perfect … Read more

Catalonia’s ‘La Ruta de l’Atzar’ (Route of Fate) Wins Tourism Video Prize

Screenshot from Turisme de la Generalitat de Catalunya´s 'La Ruta de l'Atzar' (Route of Fate)

Catalonia’s tourism agency has just won the best film prize from the International Committee of Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT). ‘La Ruta de l’Atzar’ (Route of Fate) is a short film promoting tourism in Catalonia, and follows two women as they retrace the steps around Catalonia of a musician as chronicled in his journal. They see … Read more

The 2019 Virtuoso® Luxe Report Barcelona and Spain highlights

Penedès vineyard, Recaredo winery

The 2019 Virtuoso® Luxe Report was recently published and Barcelona and Spain appear in many categories, including most popular cities, most popular global destinations, and for food and wine travel, and family travel.   Barcelona is named as #6 in the top 10 most popular cities for 2019, and Spain is named as #7 in the top 10 most popular … Read more