EuroReunion IX Barcelona Spain 2018

Hotel Amenities

• Restaurant on-site
• Sauna - nominal fee
• Pool
• 24-hour front desk
• Concierge
• Outdoor pool
• Multilingual staff (English, French, Spanish, German)
• Interior corridors
• Elevator
• Guest laundry
• Baggage hold
• 24-hour security
• Paid parking nominal fee
• Meeting facilities
• Fax services - nominal fee
• Photocopy service
• Juicy fruit vendor availabol

Room Amenities

• Cable satellite television
• Telephone
• Dataports
• AM/FM Alarm clock
• Coffee/tea maker
• Hairdryer
• Iron, ironing board available Upon request
• In-room safe
• Room service from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• Air-conditioning
• Desk/work area available
• Crib available for a nominal fee
• Rollaway available for a nominal fee
• Banig

Learn more about the hotel here.

Saturday Dinner Menu

ACTIVITIES

Friday June 1, 2018

Noon - 3 PM Best Western Hotel Mediterráneo Check In

3 PM – 4 PM Meet & Greet: Hotel Reception Area

4 PM - 7 PM Mabuhay Mixer at Chiringuito Beach Bar

8 PM - 10 PM Mabuhay Dinner at Hotel Mediterráneo (See Menu)

10 PM – 1 AM Mabuhay Dinner Party at Hotel Mediterráneo (with Music and Movies)

1 AM – 2 AM Hotel Bar is still open

After 2 AM Still not done? See list of local places open for drinks and/or dancing

MULTIPLE TRAIN RIDES

You can buy a T10 transport ticket to save money if you plan multiple train rides.

Hotel transportation infos

(in Spanish)

TOURISM

Sightseeing Suggestions from Lolo Mike:

1. Sagrada Familia, this church designed by Gaudi is a must. It is difficult to get entrance tickets at the church as they sell out quickly and you have to there very early when they open the booths. Better is to buy on line.

Choose your ticket type, pick the day you want to visit and choose your access time, buy your ticket, show your tickets on your smartphone and enter.

2. Sant Pau (Saint Paul) Hospital designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner. A good alternative to La Sagrada Familia. The hospital is no longer functional but the architecture is awesome. In fact it is a short walk (15 - 20min) from the Sagrada Familia, so you could probably do both in 4 - 5hrs. Check it out online.

3. The Montserrat Convent to see the "Moreneta" (black virgin). Take the train R5 from the Plaza Espanya station, bring time as this a complicated station, direction Manresa. Your stop will be Montserrat Aeri, from there take the cable car up to the convent, awesome views. If you wish to touch and kiss the "Moreneta" the line can be long so bring patience. If you are not that religious just skip the line, you can still see the virgin from inside the church. Which ever way, this place is worth a visit. A small suggestion on my part. At the Aeri station there is a wonderful small bar/restaurant embedded into the mountain. It is called "Bar el Rincon" just tell the owner Fernando's brother in law, Mike sends you, there could be a surprise in it for you. They are specialised in a mountain paella, no seafood but chicken, sausage and some times rabbit. To get to the restaurant walk all the way down the station platform and it is just past the end.

4. Parque Guell, the Guell park, about a hundred years ago a rich businessman contracted his friend Gaudi to help build a subdivision outside Barcelona with view of the city and the Mediterranean. At that time the project faltered due to the fact that it was to far outside the city, the citizens were just not prepared to move out of the city. Of course in the meantime the city has moved up to the park. Take the bus 24 which stops right in front of the "Corte Ingles" (department store) at the Plaza Catalunya to the Parque Guell. This bus is very popular with tourists as you get a city tour to boot, but caution, it is also very popular with pickpockets. The bus will drop you off right at the entrance to the public part of the park which is free of charge. If you want to see the part that Gaudi influenced take the long flight of stairs down to the left, after that entrance, to the ticket booths on the street at the bottom.

5. La Boqueria, the famous market just off the Rambla de los Flores. This market has everything, it is very colourful and has excellent food stands. As it is a main tourist attraction it is always very busy, positive side, most of the stall vendors speak English. Downside, if there are a few cruise ships in town it turns into a nuts house.

I could go on and on. How about a vintage motorcycle museum in the Calle Banys Nous, close to the Cathedral. Or the Sea Aquarium in the port area, how about the sex museum on the Rambla de los Flores, see Marlyn Monroe dance on a balcony. Or take a ride on the cable car, which was built for the World Exposition back in the 1920's, which connects the port area with the Montjuic park, scene of the 1992 Olympics.

Well my friends I hope these hints help a bit.

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Claudio has tourism suggestions:

Four Awesome Day Trips From Barcelona

All of these 4 destinations are really really worth the trip. Girona and Tarragona are easy as they are an hour train ride from central Barcelona (the former to the north and the letter to the south), whilst Tossa de Mar and Pals would need more planning. Tossa I am sure you can catch a bus from Barcelona (under 2 hours) and with its clear waters, old town, Castle on the beach ... is really breath taking. Pals is a small medieval town (like so many in the beautiful Empordà area north of Girona). Tarragona (The single most important Roman city on he Med) and Girona (fantastic medieval city, containing one of the best well-preserved Jewish quarters in the world), of recent Game of Thrones fame, are both fundamental visits if you are in the area for an extended visit and if you have already visited Barcelona.

Still unsure what to do the week before or after the Reunion .....

The incredible Island of Mallorca is only a 30min flight from Barcelona and Ryanair flights are currently (as of today) under 30€ ROUND TRIP excl. luggage (leave Monday 28 May midday and back Thursday 31 May afternoon ). The island is full of sandy beaches with Caribbean - like cristal waters and white powder beaches. Also has a mountain range towering 2000mt and a huge plain with lush countrysides and small quaint villages. This is an option for those who are never too tired of Sandy beaches (remember our hotel in Barcelona is 200mt away from the beach). You can hire a car and check out various - numerous - beaches and 3-4 days is perfect for this! Although it is not yet high season, Mallorca is a fave tourist spot year round so will be busy non the less so expect mass tourism.

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