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Summer Tennis camps in Barcelona and Catalonia |
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Now is the time of year when parents consider combining a summer holiday in Spain with a tennis summer camp for their children. When choosing a suitable location people often don’t look past the world famous Sanchez tennis academy in Barcelona. Although there is no denying that some of the top stars in the game have trained here such as Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, but one criticism could be that it can be a bit “factory – like” with tons of kids pounding it out without much individual attention.
Perhaps not as well know as Barcelona, the area further north around Girona offers a wide range of tennis summer camps for children. From the Catalunya Tennis resort with its 14 courts near Girona to a more one on one approach at Torremirona Spa there’s options for all levels of players and budgets.
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The coastline in the Girona province, the Costa Brava, has some of the most spectacular beaches in the whole of Spain. From Dali’s old haunt of Cadaques in the north, the Greek/Roman ruins of Empuries to the pristine beaches of Begur further south, the Costa Brava has plenty of offer for everyone. Come away from the coastline and there is a whole host of medieval villages and amazing countryside to explore.
Staying in a “Charming Villa” offers you the best of both worlds – within close enough proximity to a choice of tennis academies, beaches and peaceful countryside all while enjoying a top quality private villa.
We are happy to advise and work with you in detail to find you the perfect combination of tennis and villa to suit your needs.
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Places de visit: Barcelona's Palau de la Música |
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One of Barcelona’s hidden treasures, quite often not discovered by the usual tourist is the Palau de la Música, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in the heart of city, minutes away from Placa Catalunya.
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It was built built between 1905 and 1908 as a place where music could be enjoyed at its most, and it is still today a major site hosting festivals and music concerts.
The breathtaking architecture full of colour and natural light is a magnificent example of Modernist architecture, designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, a contemporary of Gaudi.
The interior design, made of mosaïcs, sculpted stones and numerous impressive stained glasses, is absolutely stunning and well worth a visit.
The best way to enjoy the Palau is to go to an actual concert, but there are also daily tours taking place in English, Catalan and Spanish. Visit: http://www.palaumusica.org/ for more information.
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The first major exhibition of Joan Miró to be held in Barcelona for amost 20 years. |
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The most complete exhibition on the Catalan painter Joan Miró organised in the last 20 years in Spain can be seen in Barcelona until March 18th 2012. The "Ladder of Escape" (L’escala de l’evasió) is hosted by the Fundació Joan Miró, the museum devoted to the Catalan artist and located at Barcelona Montjuïc Hill.
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The exhibition brings together over one hundred and fifty works drawn from public and private collections from around the world.
The first rooms explore the links between Miró and his native Catalonia, through works such as The Farm (1921-22), The Tilled Field (1923-24) and Catalan Landscape (The Hunter)(1923-24), as well as the time he spent in Paris and the creative liberation of Surrealism. In the middle section, the terrifying years of the Spanish Civil War and World War II are reflected in Miró's new pictorial language with works such as Still Life with Old Shoe (1937) and the Constellations (1940-41). The final section features works produced during the final stages of Franco's dictatorship, such as May 1968 (1968-73) and the triptych The Hope of aCondemned Man (1974).
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Calella de Palafrugell and the Festival of Cap Roig |
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Originally a fishing village, Calella de Palafrugell maintains a lot of its original charm and has not been spoiled by over development. With a mixture of Spanish and Catalan 2nd home owners and European tourists, Calella offers it’s visitors a wonderful laid back, slow paced alternative to modern day city life.
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You will not find mass tourism or rows of bars that are open until the early hours churning out load music. It is a family orientated area that offers the visitor a stunning environment full of coves, cliffs and clear crystal blue waters to explore.
Located to the south of Calella you will find one of Europe’s finest botanical gardens at Cap Roig. Started in 1928 by the Russian Woevodski family here you can spend your time admiring the huge collection of stunning Mediterranean flora. The Cap Roig music festival is held here every year with a wonderful variety of stage disciplines, dance, opera, jazz and classical music. This year the festival has a star-studded international programme including Chicago, Sting, Julio Iglesias, Tom Jones and many top Spanish and international artists. The dates are from the 15th July until the 21st August. More information at: http://www.festivalcaproig.com/?lang=en
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Dalí by Halsman |
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The Dali Castle, located in the town of Púbol, near Girona, hosts for the 2011 season an exhibition of photographic experiments that the surrealist painter of Figueres did with New York photographer Philippe Halsman.
Halsman was one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. He made more than 100 covers for Life magazine and portrayed celebrities like Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, among others.
In 1941 Halsman met Dalí and they began a close and brilliant collaboration that lasted 40 years. They produced together some memorable and innovative pictures without the use of Photoshop!
This temporary exhibition of 88 photographs can be seen until December 31, 2011 when the house-museum will close its doors to the public until the following March.
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