In photos: The parade of giants, La Mercè festival, Barcelona, Spain
La Mercè is the annual festival of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, and a major part of the festivities is the parade through the streets of papier maché “giants” …
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In photos: The Castellers and scarf-wavers of Barcelona’s La Mercè Festival
We were in Barcelona last year for the Monochrome Set show, and the next day we witnessed a host of fascinating public events taking place around the city centre as …
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In photos: The Monochrome Set at the BAM festival, Barcelona, Sept 2018
Last September, The Monochrome Set played the main stage at the BAM Festival in Barcelona and had a brilliant time of it. We were playing in front of thousands of …
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In photos: a look at the Barcelona beaches in the last days of summer
Here’s a set of thirty photographs taken around Barcelona’s ‘La Barceloneta’ and ‘Platja de Sant Miquel’ beaches and harbour towards the end of a last year.
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Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set
The capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, …
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In photos: A cable car trip across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount Montjuïc to Barcelona Beach
Six weeks after our cable car journey over the Welsh mountains in Llandudno, we took in a very different kind of view as we drifted across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount …
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The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos
An ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, …
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No nonsense Spanish airport warning sign
I liked this straightforward warning sign outside Murcia airport in southern Spain. It gets the message across with no fuss and the minimum of words.
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