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Restaurant L’Ou d’Or
carrer sant Llatzer 16
17600 Figueras
Ph : 972 50 37 65
Open from Monday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Close on Sundays
Web L’Ou d’Or 

From Barcelona, it is very easy to go to Figueras by train from San Station.

Dali Museum
Figueras centre
Web Dali Foundation

You can visit the famous Dalis theatre museum constructed by Dali himself. It is a very nice and interesting museum. A funny museum too, nice to visit with children ! There is also a small jewelry museum on side of the big one. You can admire beautiful jewels created by Dali.

If you want to eat in a typical restaurant in the centre of Figueras, go and eat at “LOU d’OR” . This family run restaurant has a lunch menu at 10 euros ! and it is worth it … delicious kitchen. You can choose among 4 different starters and 4 plates. For desert you can choose in the desert buffet.
There is even a big terrace on the back side of the restaurant.

IKIBANA
Passeig Picasso 32 (along the ciutadella park)
El Born  Barcelona
Ph 93 295 67 32
Web  www.ikibana.es 

Do you like japanese food ? go and enjoy this japanese fusion restaurant.
You will have a nice time in this design restaurant.

Lunch time menu : 12 € 
1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Also take away food !

For your stay in Barcelona , you can hire an apartment in the trendy Born area

February, March

This is the time of year the Catalans have been waiting for: it’s Calçots season!!

Maybe when I tell you first that a calçot is a vegetable kind of like an onion, only longer, you’ll start thinking: these Catalans have got to be nuts to eat something like that. And you might be right, but the charm of this typical dish is the salsa Romesco which accompanies it and the festive atmosphere in which it takes place.

Calçots constitute a single-dish meal and are cooked on a grill, if possible in the open air and with family or friends. Calçots originated in Tarragona, specifically from the region of Valls. The best calçots are those that you buy at the market and then cook immediately at the barbecue. But if you don’t feel like cooking, you can go to a Masia or a restaurant in the country where they will prepare them for you in traditional style. Outside of Barcelona on the road to San Cugats, you can find some restaurants for calçots.

Eating calçots is a unique experience that we recommend to everyone who has the chance to visit Catalunya during this season.

Discovered by a local farmer called Xat de Benaiges at the end of the 19th century, the cultivation of Calçots is a complicated process that starts at the end of the year when onion seeds are planted. Once the onion has germinated and begun to grow, it is pulled out of the ground and stored for a time before being replanted. It is only buried half way into the earth and as it grows higher, it is necessary to repack earth around the newly grown part of the vegetable. When harvested it has the long leek like appearance that most people living here know and love. The Calçotada became a family feast celebration in the first few decades of the twentieth century. However, it wasn’t until 1983 that Valls undertook the first communal Calçotada to which anyone can go. Other areas in Catalonia produce Calçots but Valls proudly lays claim to its role as founder of the Calçot tradition.

Enjoy your stay in Barcelona, hire an apartment in the centre on the Plaza Catalunya

From the 16th till the 24th of September the 7th edition of the Asian Festival will be held in Barcelona.

Lots of acts, movies, food and joy in the Ciutadella park, the Mercat de les Flors and the Auditorio de la Caixa Fòrum.

The festival will be opened by the company of the prestigious dance director Akram Khan on the 16th of September in the Mercat de les Flors. He will be acompanied by the national classic ballet group from China.

From the 20th till the 24th of September you can enjoy more than 50 free spectacles and activities in the Ciutadella park. One of the present groups is the Rajastan Folk Group which will present authentic music and dance from Rajastan.

For more information www.festivalasia.es

For an apartment in Barcelona during the Asian festival www.cocoonbarcelona.com