Things to do in Barcelona – La Casa Batlló
Absolutely stunning, Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo is a must see for everyone visiting Barcelona.
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Pedalea o Revienta – Barcelona to Valencia by Bike
“Pedal or Bust” – thats what Pedalea o Revienta means in English. And these guys are no joke. The Pedalea o Revienta crew made it from Barcelona to Valencia (229 miles) by bike in a day – fixie bikes no less – and the video turned out pretty damn cool. With a total of 9…
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2013 FINA Barcelona – World Aquatics Championships
The Barcelona 2013 FINA World Championships started last Friday (July 19th) and will be on until August 4th. Are you a fan of water-sports – swimming, water polo, diving and the like? Ever wanted to watch a synchronized swimming competition live? Ever wanted to go to the Olympics but couldn’t afford the tickets, accommodation prices and…
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Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona – Celebrating 10 Years!!!
Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona is celebrating 10 successful years of Barcelona Hostel madness!!! Just imagine 10 years of Barcelona Hostel experiences. If only the walls could talk or we could gather all the stories of everything that has ever happened at Sant Jordi Hostels over the past 10 years and put them together in a…
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Cruilla Music Festival Barcelona, 2013
The 2013 edition of the Barcelona, Cruilla Music Festival is this weekend and it is going to be off the hook!!! The Cruilla music festival is an annual 2-day music festival that is the highlight of the Barcelona Summer Festival calendar. With 4 stages and headlining acts like SNOOP DOG, WYCLEF JEAN, MORCHEEBA, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, James…
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Pedalea o Revienta – Barcelona to Valencia in a Day
9 riders, 370km, 17 hours, average speed 27 km/h, Goal – Barcelona to Valencia on fixed gear bikes in a day. Its like the tour de France on speed!!! Imagine riding your bike for 17 hours straight, a total of 370 km (229 mile), and doing it all in one day. The mission of the…
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Sonar Barcelona 2013 Starts Today!!!
The 2013 edition of the Sonar Barcelona Music Festival is the 20th edition of the famous event and will be one of the best yet! With a ridiculously good line-up, 3 full days packed with some of the most innovative and current media arts and music and events designed to showcase the best in the…
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Bruce Irons Spotted in Barcelona
Surf legend, Bruce Irons was in Barcelona during the X Games Barcelona event a few weeks ago. At an autograph session at TacTic, the best surf/skate shop in Barcelona our boy, Duda Castro, a lover of all things surf and skate, had the pleasure of meeting the surf icon and letting him know what’s up…
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Travel on Toast Visits Sant Jordi Hostel Gracia Hostel in Barcelona German language travel blogger Anja of the Travel on Toast travel blog, paid us a visit at our Sant Jordi Hostel Gracia hostel in Barcelona – and She really seemed to enjoy herself. A well-informed and experienced professional travel blogger, Anja from Travel on Toast…
DetailsSant Jordi Hostels Barcelona Football Team’s new Jerseys
Its official – The Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona football team is equipped and ready for action. We got our official Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona Football team jerseys and the boys are looking good. They might be pretty boys but they can play some mean footy. Every Friday we head over to the local football field…
DetailsEasy Eoghan Owning It in Barcelona
Good times with a good friend from Ireland – Easy Eoghan, everyone’s favorite leprechaun. Good, old Easy Eoghan the traveling leprechaun who is always up for a pint and can’t resist the ladies, he can drink all night and somehow never misses the free-walking-tour the next day. He owned it at our Sant Jordi Hostel Sagrada…
DetailsLos Vivancos – Flamenco Fusion in Barcelona
Los Vivancos – Aeternum, the Extreme Flamenco Fusion show is on in Barcelona through June 23rd. If you feel like you’ve already seen it all in Barcelona and you’re looking for something to do other than the normal tourist thing – site seeing, pub-crawls and the like – you might be interested in taking in…
DetailsIt’s Summer in Barcelona – Sant Jordi TV
Summertime in Barcelona is a magical thing – Beaches with seemingly endless sun and surf, parties that go till dawn, tapas in a a quiet plaza, beuatiful people everywhere and topless sunbathing at Barceloneta. It might be raining and cold in the rest of Europe, but here in Barcelona the summer has already begun and…
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X Games Barcelona 2013 Skate Park Final Ticket Give-away by Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona They won, they went, they watched the boys destroy the X Games Barcelona Skate Park Final, 2013. The seats were amazing – right next to the VIP area – and the weather couldn’t have been better. What an amazing afternoon with…
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The X Games Barcelona Ticket Giveaway Winners Someone had to win!!! With 8 tickets to give away and less than 200 participants the chances of winning really weren’t that bad. We have a cool mix of people from around the world coming with us on Sunday to the X Games Barcelona Skate Park Final!!! We picked…
DetailsESPN X Games Host Ramona Bruland Interviews Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona
ESPN X Games host Ramona Bruland came by our Sant Jordi Hostel Sagrada Familia hostel in Barcelona yesterday for a tour of our facilities and to interview our Marketing and New Media specialist, Duda Castro. The ESPN X Games film crew had free reign of the hostel. They filmed the facilities, checked out the mini-ramp and…
DetailsThe New York Times Discusses ‘Haute Hostels’ in Europe
Even the New York Times is taking note of the recent changes in the hostel industry
DetailsA Cool Comment Could Win – Free X Games Ticket Giveaway
A Cool Comment Could Win X Games Ticket Giveaway May 16th – 19th, 2013 the X Games are coming to Barcelona and Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona are giving away free tickets. Our “A Cool Comment Could Win X Games Ticket Giveaway” runs from April 26th to May 16th – when we pick the winner. The…
DetailsSant Jordi Hostel Gracia Featured in Ciclosfera Magazine
The popular Spanish magaizine for bicycle lovers, Ciclosfera, in an article about bicycling in Barcelona in the Spring, 2013 issue, gave some good lip service to our Sant Jordi Hostel Gracia Hostel in Barcelona – a fixed gear bicycle themed boutique hostel in the ultra hip Gracia neighborhood of Barcelona. They didn’t have a lot…
DetailsRetweet to Win – X Games Ticket Giveaway
Retweet to Win X Games Ticket Giveaway May 16th – 19th, 2013 the X Games are coming to Barcelona and Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona are giving away free tickets. Our “Retweet to Win X Games Ticket Giveaway” runs from April 24th to May 16th – when we pick the winner. We will choose 2 winners.…
DetailsJAMBOREE CLUB TONIGHT!!!!
Tonight!!! We`re going to JAMBOREE CLUB – Free Entrance to All Sant Jordi Guests – (80`s Music & Hip Hop)
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The evidence of a good time – a photo gallery of the Let’s Rock Barcelona international hostel-workers’ party
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We did it again! With a little help from our international-hostel-worker-friends from around the world, we Rocked Barcelona in 2013 – fun times, good friends, Barcelona in spring and wild, crazy hostel workers from as far away as Cancun, Mexico. We rocked it Sant Jordi Hostels Barcelona style – From the Favela Bar to the…
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