UnCommon Tourist

It's getting hot in heeeeere! July is coming in hot and the humidity heavy so here's our round up of things happening in the city, and slightly beyond, to keep you and your travel adventures cooooool! On todays episode, we talked about: VJazz Festival Brunch in the Parc Festival Major - Poble Sec Festival Major - Raval Festival Grec Sala Montjuic Cruilla Festival No ticket for La Sagrada Famila? W...

Whether you are travelling in the city, or you live here, and children feature in your daily life - this episode is for you! We gathered a fun, (often) free, and family-with-kid(s) friendly selection of places to check out in the city AND we even scored you some discounted entrances! Todays episode talks about: Stephy's Awesome brownies, play area and community! La Palacio de la Magia - use this l...

JUNE?! Already?! Ok, well let's do this then Barcelona! As mentioned in todays episode, there's a lot going on in the city, below are some links to todays chatting points! Barcelona Pride Programme (Kicks off June 28th, majority of events in July!) Sonar Festival The Grec Festival Programme Sant Joan "fun" Spanish Grand Prix Guitar Festival Bcn America's Cup Sailboats Alma Festival of Music Casa M...

Better late than never, here's a quick fire round of a couple of things happening in the later half of May! We also give you a quick explanation for our absence from the podcast in the last few weeks and debate the finer points of contemporary music and the best way to say (or serve!) a burger! Links below to direct you to mentioned events: The Burger Championships Modernism Fair Primavera Sound 2...

From film festivals to flower-covered buildings, April is a magical month as we dive further into Springtime and some cool Catalan traditions! Some things we talk about: D'A Film Festival Earth Day 2024 Car rally Sant Jordi 2024 Lots going on in the city, come play! ----------------------------------------------------- Ready to see the best of Barcelona?! Website book a tour, private hosting or fo...

From questionable pointy hat parades, to dancing eggs and giant palms, this week we cover what's going on during Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Barcelona! We also reflect on childhood traditions from Scotland, Texas and how much tin foil is REALLY need to save a chocolate egg from the rain! Grab a coffee, and enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------- Wanna hang out in the city? Her...

Inner city travel talk, made entertaining - the UnCommon way! Today we talk about how to get from the airport, to your accommodation, to anywhere cool and awesome in the city in the fastest, most comfortable and cost efficient ways! This episode mentions a video link to Alvaro using the ticket machine in a metro station - you can check it out here! Safe and fun travels folks! ---------------------...

Thinking about coming to Barcelona in March? Or already here and looking for some fun stuff that's happening? Or just like the sound of our voices, quick witted "jokes" and entertaining banter?! Then sit back, listen and enjoy to our short, and informative update of March activities in Barcelona (free jokes included). Some things we mention in todays episode: Festival Sant Medir (Page in Catalan)...

You know we like to talk our talk, but in todays episode we walked our own walk! well, hiked to be exact - so join us to hear how Alvaro survived the mountains and is able to give his full review of the UnCommon Tourist hiking tour route for 2024... are you adventurous enough to join us for the next one?! No special shout outs in this episode except for some of our own pictures that made it onto o...

Let's get to know each other a bit better - today we chat about who we are, what we do, what we love about Barcelona (and a few things we are less keen on....!) And Alvaro forgets he is holding a microphone, whilst he impersonates.... holding a microphone. Today we also mention the very awesome: Clarence Bekker Band La Whiskeria La Roseta Check out all three (no, not all at once you silly Goose!)...

Well, here we are! In this episode we talk about our respective Januarys, including great places to have some coffee! We also talk about cool things going on in Barcelona in the coming month of February and Angie finds the bleeper button! Some of these cool things we mention are found below: Llum Festival Mobile World Congress Osorio Coffee Saga Coffee Stories -------------------------------------...

Hey travel legend, welcome. In this podcast we will walk all about things going on in Barcelona, what you should check out, and possibly swerve, whilst in the city and build more of a relationship with the city so that every visit here is unforgettable. ---------------------------------------------- If you wanna connect, here we are: Website for more of what we do, how we do it and when! Podcast T...