Tag: Poblenou

In recent months we have covered the street art of El Poblenou extensively. Perhaps one of the most creative pockets in the city, El Poblenou has enough good stuff to provide a street art hunter with a good day worth of gleeful sightings. While the area is relatively spread out, it&rsqu...

Carrer de la Selva de Mar is tucked away in a relatively quiet area in the El Poblenou district of Barcelona, and the street art on Carrer de la Selva de Mar is some of the best in town. I can’t be sure how it came to be that street art was encouraged here and attracted artists in...

I was boarding a Virgin Voyages cruise out of Barcelona so I decided to fly in a few days before. I did not have a preference where to stay so I looked up affordable options in American Express’ Fine Hotels & Resorts program. The Hoxton Poblenou happened to be the cheapest and ni...