3 curious breakaways for students of our student residences in Barcelona.

Sitges: pleasant walks and beaches with views

In your visit to Sitges, you should extend the towel on Balmins beach, the quietest and cleanest of all and when you get tired of the bath and the sun, get up to take a cane in the courtyard of La Guineu (Barcelona, ​​20) and to snack on something, to go back to the beach, enjoy a nap and finally enjoy the colors of your sunset. But the color of the sunset, is not the best color of this beautiful corner, the white light of its streets and its patios will accompany your walk through this magical place. But the best thing that Sitges has is the people who live there and who animate this small fairytale city and its streets. The Mayor party is the 23rd and 24th of each month of August with many initiatives that grow to surprise visitors and tourists who will not want to return to Barcelona but continue to enjoy music, events and popular activities.

Vallvidrera: the most authentic nature

"The Vallvidrera Natural Park is the perfect place for nature lovers just 30 minutes from Barcelona. It is a connection corner for those who seek to enjoy a natural park with environmental awareness and responsibility. Undoubtedly, the best way to know Vallvidrera is by the hand of its local population, in the Vázquez Montalbán Civic Center (Reis Catòlics, 16) there is a team of people who will be delighted to immerse you in the secrets of the place, organize many activities, among them guided hiking routes for groups. The most demanded are the night routes, for which you have to book in advance.

Colònia Güell: trip to the industrial past of Barcelona

If you walk through the Colònia Güell, in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, it is as if you were haciendi a trip to the past, when the textile industry was firmly established in Catalonia. In 1890 the industrial entrepreneur Eusebi Güell began to build this colony, with the purpose of creating an industrial nucleus but at the same time, urban, with church, theater, and school included; this allowed to have a social and economic life protected by the company. The curious thing about this place is that the colony became a modernist work of art as a whole; projected by important and recognized architects of the moment, among which Gaudí stood out, who took charge of the church: the Gaudí crypt, which would be the previous step to the Holy Family. You can go from the Plaza de España with a railway.