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Plaza Mayor

The Only Team Madrilenian, Only-Be, Practical Guide to Madrid

The Plaza Mayor of Madrid is one of the most beautiful in the city because it´s surrounded by typical buildings with hundreds of balconies. It cannot be missed.

L´illa Diagonal

The Only Team Barcelonian, Only-Be, Shopping and Wellness in Barcelona

L´Illa Diagonal is a big shopping centre in Barcelona that has two hotels inside it, a gym, more than 170 shops of all types of brands and up to two schools.

By the time the Grec Festival gets underway mid-June, Barcelona will be humid, hot and in the steamy depths of a Mediterranean summer. This is the beauty of the Grec Festival: many of its shows are held outside. In its 35th year now, many of the festivals shows are put on in Barcelona´s Greek Theater, or Teatre Grec set in the leafy hillside of Montjuic (Passeig Santa Madrona, 36, 08038 Barcelona). I went to a flamenco performance during the Grec Festival one year at Teatre Grec, and was impressed by the magical, intimate quality of this venue. It should be stated that Teatre Grec is not always easy to get to, but with patience concert-goers can grab a bus up the mountainside from downtown, or grab a cab. Not all the festival shows are held in the al fresco Teatre Grec. This year many shows will also be put on at Teatre Lliure de Gràcia, La Caldera, and at Mercat de les Flors which is one of the city´s most important venues for contemporary dance. Mercat de les Flors literally means Flower Market, and once was the place to go to for carnations and roses. These days its an intriguing space to see Andrés Corchero (8-13 July) or Àngels Margarit (22 – 24 July) perform with passionate grace. While dance is the main focus of the 2011 Grec Festival, also expect music of all kinds, and theater (usually in Spanish or Catalan). Get tickets in advance, as many of the popular Grec shows sell out ahead of time (take it from one who has missed some great music for... read more