8 episodes
UnCommon Tourist Alvaro Garza
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- Society & Culture
At UnCommon Tourist we want your travel experiences to be UNFORGETABLELY awesome!
Stay in touch with all the fun, frolics and f*ck ups of Barcelona from a tour guide, and residents, perspective - join us to unpack the stories, explore the darker corners of the city and play "hey, what's that smell" with some of the more "rustic" parts of the city as well as splashing about it all the colourful joy and sunshine that Bcn has to offer...
Don't just travel to a city, become part of it. We're here to guide you, one awesome podcast at a time!
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EP8: What's Going On - April!
From film festivals to flower-covered buildings, April is a magical month as we dive further into Springtime and some cool Catalan traditions!
Some things we talk about:
D'A Film Festival
Earth Day 2024
Car rally
Sant Jordi 2024
Lots going on in the city, come play!
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EP 7: Easter Week in Barcelona
From questionable pointy hat parades, to dancing eggs and giant palms, this week we cover what's going on during Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Barcelona!
We also reflect on childhood traditions from Scotland, Texas and how much tin foil is REALLY need to save a chocolate egg from the rain!
Grab a coffee, and enjoy!
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EP 6: Travelcards, Taxis & Buses: oh my! How to travel into & around BCN!
Inner city travel talk, made entertaining - the UnCommon way!
Today we talk about how to get from the airport, to your accommodation, to anywhere cool and awesome in the city in the fastest, most comfortable and cost efficient ways!
This episode mentions a video link to Alvaro using the ticket machine in a metro station - you can check it out here!
Safe and fun travels folks!
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EP5: What's going on in Barcelona - March
Thinking about coming to Barcelona in March? Or already here and looking for some fun stuff that's happening? Or just like the sound of our voices, quick witted "jokes" and entertaining banter?!
Then sit back, listen and enjoy to our short, and informative update of March activities in Barcelona (free jokes included).
Some things we mention in todays episode:
Festival Sant Medir (Page in Catalan)
St Patricks Day - an Irish pub that's actually quite nice & near La Sagrada Familia.
Craft Beer at BlackLab
Craft Beer Festival
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EP4: Who Goes Hiking With Mace Spray? Ummmm...
You know we like to talk our talk, but in todays episode we walked our own walk! well, hiked to be exact - so join us to hear how Alvaro survived the mountains and is able to give his full review of the UnCommon Tourist hiking tour route for 2024... are you adventurous enough to join us for the next one?!
No special shout outs in this episode except for some of our own pictures that made it onto our Insta feed (shameless plug, but ya know, chuck us some love and we'll shout YOU out on our next episode instead!)
Instagram photos (anything sunny and mountainous is our hike!) Like, comment, follow, or message us here.
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EP3: Wait, What does UnCommon Tourist do?!
Let's get to know each other a bit better - today we chat about who we are, what we do, what we love about Barcelona (and a few things we are less keen on....!)
And Alvaro forgets he is holding a microphone, whilst he impersonates.... holding a microphone.
Today we also mention the very awesome:
Clarence Bekker Band
La Whiskeria
La Roseta
Check out all three (no, not all at once you silly Goose!)
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