June 30th. 2014
A whole day devoted to shopping in the city http://bit.ly/1nBfZjz
Barcelona celebrate many festivals, but until now there was no dedicated shopping! Now you do!
Barcelona Shopping Line organized for the first time to mark the start of summer sales, the Barcelona Shopping Festival. An event that will take place tomorrow, July 1, to promote the city as an international shopping destination.
The Festival aims to celebrate a regular basis, and be present in the calendar to promote international tourism in Barcelona. The event is organized along throughout the day from 10 to 22h. Consist of a parade composed of a tourist bus designed and themed for the occasion, which will tour with music and street entertainers characters in masquerade mode that will encourage and promote shopping.
Will begin at 10 am at Av. Portal del Angel, then continue on Pg. Gracia; to stop before 13h and 14h Pedralbes Centre opposite the island Diagonal continue to Rambla Catalonia to 17h and close, to finish Born to 20h. two-hour concert. The invited artists are: tu mejor choose life, Myriam Swanson and Amadeu Casas Elena Gadel, Marc Durand, & Jofre Bardagí Pedro Espinosa and Juan Rovira.
The promotion of the event is mainly through both social networks Offices (VisitBarcelona Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter), and the City Council. A competition was organized through networks and has called for the public to approach the different stops of the tour to participate and win a prize. The leveraging social networks of VisitBarcelona has already begun and will last until the end of July. Awarded a prize, in collaboration with Vueling, a person from outside can come with a partner.