The Catalan language, its culture and its stories, told simply.
Roast chestnuts, sweet potatoes and pine-nut panellets: on the evening of 31 October, Catalonia celebrates autumn its own way. The history, recipes and words of a tradition that is holding its own against Halloween.
Costa Brava coves, the long golden beaches around Tarragona, the wild sand of the Ebre delta: our pick, with the Catalan words you need for a perfect day by the sea.
Hundreds of people climbing on top of each other up to ten storeys high, a child at the very top raising one hand: castells are Catalonia’s most breathtaking spectacle, and a fine lesson in working together.
Medieval bridges, stone houses clinging to cliffs, white lanes by the sea: ten Catalan villages where time seems to have stood still, from the Empordà to the Ebre delta.
A thousand-year-old language that held its ground, and one you can learn at your own pace. Here’s why I was so keen to give it a website of its own.
