The Cerca Guide to Barcelona
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Welcome to Cerca! We’re putting the world's best travel guide on your phone - the free Cerca app for iOS is available now.
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Barcelona is a city filled with tourists, sure, but it remains a surprising cultural, culinary and historical goldmine better enjoyed if you know how to look beyond the crowds. In this Cerca guide to the pearl of the Mediterranean, Neil Innes and Andrés Bartos tell you all about a strange, historic, and culturally bonkers Barcelona that's all too easy to miss.
And there's even more in the Cerca app - bonus content, maps, and info on the points of interest mentioned in our episodes. Listen, become inspired and plan all without worrying about having to hit pause and take notes - because the info you need is waiting for you in the Cerca App.
So whether you're planning a trip to Barcelona in the near future, are already there, or just want to learn about a place we love, you're in the right place. This is what we do.
Let's go to Barcelona!
~ This Cerca Guide was written by Neil Inness and voiced by Andrés Bartos and Neil Innes
Visit www.cercatravel.com for more news on where Cerca is going and to sign up for special access to new features.
Location:
United States
Description:
Welcome to Cerca! We’re putting the world's best travel guide on your phone - the free Cerca app for iOS is available now. --- Barcelona is a city filled with tourists, sure, but it remains a surprising cultural, culinary and historical goldmine better enjoyed if you know how to look beyond the crowds. In this Cerca guide to the pearl of the Mediterranean, Neil Innes and Andrés Bartos tell you all about a strange, historic, and culturally bonkers Barcelona that's all too easy to miss. And there's even more in the Cerca app - bonus content, maps, and info on the points of interest mentioned in our episodes. Listen, become inspired and plan all without worrying about having to hit pause and take notes - because the info you need is waiting for you in the Cerca App. So whether you're planning a trip to Barcelona in the near future, are already there, or just want to learn about a place we love, you're in the right place. This is what we do. Let's go to Barcelona! ~ This Cerca Guide was written by Neil Inness and voiced by Andrés Bartos and Neil Innes Visit www.cercatravel.com for more news on where Cerca is going and to sign up for special access to new features.
Language:
English
Episodes
Barcelona: The Rise & Fall of FC Barcelona, Part II
7/11/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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Our story of FCB continues... Playing the beautiful game under a dictatorship. The story of the first super star footballer, Lazlo Kubala and and also of perhaps the greatest who ever lived, Leo Messi.
~This Cerca Guide is written by Neil Innes and voiced by...
Duration:00:36:08
Barcelona: The Rise & Fall of FC Barcelona, Part I
7/5/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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The story of Barcelona's football team is really the story of the city and its fans and the passion that consumes people here. It's the story of 100 years of the most storied club in soccer history.
~This Cerca Guide is written by Neil Innes and voiced by Andrés...
Duration:00:38:14
Barcelona: Pop Culture - Glorious and Strange
6/27/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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Catalunya is small, but wow can they celebrate. In this Pop Culture waltz through fiestas, traditions and a magical pooping log of xmas, we'll show you how this little region is both incredibly glorious, a little mad and wickedly strange.
~This Cerca Guide is...
Duration:00:39:38
Barcelona: Play Here
6/20/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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Barcelona, on the face of it, doesn't look like a kid friendly place but nothing could be further from the truth. Let's take a look at a perfect day spent with your family in a place which adores children.
~ This Cerca Guide is written by Neil Innes and voiced by...
Duration:00:44:29
Barcelona: Dark City - The Civil War
6/13/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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This is the dark story of The Spanish Civil War that is not often heard. It's a story about the losing side. A group of anarchists who turned a nearly 4 decade dictatorship into a regional pride which still lives on.
~ This Cerca Guide is written by Neil Innes...
Duration:00:40:30
Barcelona: Architecture - Gaudi & Cerda
6/6/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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It could be argued that three movements changed Barcelona. The birth of Modernism, the building of the city's sprawling block system, and the 1992 Olympic Games. In this episode we'll take a look at each of these moments and explore the city with our eyes on the...
Duration:00:41:18
Barcelona: Drive Here - The Costa Brava
5/30/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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One of the most scenic coastal routes on the continent can be done in only 3 hours, but let's take our time. In this episode we discover the secrets and the artists and characters that called The Costa Brava home.
~ This Cerca Guide was written by Neil Innes and...
Duration:00:52:58
Barcelona: Eat Here
5/26/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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Sangria? Bravas? Paella? You’ll find them here, but that’s not Barcelona. This is a culinary odyssey through the low down, the high class, the delicious and the most local and secret food spots in Barcelona. From the Michelin star to the wonderful dive bar, from...
Duration:00:46:05
Barcelona: Start Here
4/30/2022
For this episode’s full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available now for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.
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Barcelona is a city filled with visitors, tourists, travelers and wanderers but there’s so much that tourists never see.
This city is a surprising cultural, culinary and historical goldmine better enjoyed if you know how to look beyond the crowds… That’s the...
Duration:00:49:35