Casamona International, The Real Estate Blog

Monday, September 12, 2011

GREAT AND COZY APARTMENTS AT UNBEATABLE PRICES by CASAMONA

Did you just get the job of your dreams and now you are planning to move to Barcelona? Or are you a student and coming for a once in a life time experience? Are you coming alone, or with your family, or friends? We can make your life easier. Do not get lost in the jungle of the real estate market.

Casamona has the best solutions for you. The best short or long term rental apartments are at Casamona. Visit our site, talk to our agents and you are just one step away from the apartment of your dreams. Cozy, spacious, bright, with terraces and balconies, modern or rustic, with glass walls or with wooden beams, furnished or not, you can find them all at Casamona. All at unbeatable prices.

Our apartments are located in the best districts of Barcelona. Close to the most famous touristic places in the city, or in a nice and quiet neighborhood, just tell us what are you looking for and we can find the perfect place for you.

Let us do the hard work for you so you can enjoy your stay in Barcelona.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Great time, good food, reasonable prices,

The Casamona team is having great time in the office and out. This week we had lunch together in a very nice place that you also should try it while you are in Barcelona. A typical Spanish restaurant which manages to embody the image of what one might expect of a traditional restaurant in Barcelona, this is Café de l’Acadèmia. It is a great place to discover the real taste of traditional Catalan food, reasonably priced. Don’t tell your friends about this place :) it is our secret!

Hidden away in the heart of the Gothic district, on Carrer Liedó, only a short walk from Plaça Sant Jaume, Café de L’Academia is a small, but elegant restaurant. They have outdoor tables with umbrellas available on the plaza and tables inside. There are also a few seats at the bar. We all really enjoyed the atmosphere and the rustic decor. The interior is just what you might expect from an old Gothic building: a low ceiling with wooden beams, stone walls, small spaces, soft lighting, wood furniture and a charming atmosphere.

The menu is small but it offers you a good variety. You can get tostidas, pasta, rice, salads, cold soups, fish and steaks. The food is good and fairly priced. Main dishes are up to 20 euros, but the restaurant also offers half portions for most of the dishes.

As a first dish some of us ordered salads, which were very good and the others, a traditional Catalan dish: mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage, a weird combination, but tasty. For the main course we had fish with asparagus and the vegetarian part of the team had pasta. We all tried the house wine. The house red wine was outstanding and definitely it is worth a try.

We enjoyed our lunch together, the food was good and the staff were polite and efficient and they spoke English. We all liked the atmosphere and cosiness of the restaurant. If you want to dine in a traditional Catalan style and to get good food at reasonable prices, Café de L’Academia has for you a lunch menu for ONLY 15 euros, including wine and 3 courses.

Enjoy it in a Spanish way!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Vegetarian or not, come to taste Teresa's!

Teresa Carles (which is also the name of the restaurant) and her food lovers family will be glad to open the door of their restaurant to you! Located not far from Plaza Catalunya, the quiet ambiance of that gastronomy restaurant is perfect for a family gathering (or even a professional gathering), or just for a nice time between friends!

The restaurant has an amazing carte, either with or without meat, even though the speciality of the house is the large variety of food they suggest for vegetarian people. The mother of the restaurant -- and of the family --, Teresa, has already more than 300 recipees boiling in her head when she opens her first restaurant in Lleida. Then her daughter strongly encourages her to spread the business and here is how starts the story of Teresa Carles in Barcelona, since 1979.

You don't necessarily have to be a vegetarian to have lunch or a breakfast there, but still the basic idea of the restaurant would be a spokesperson for those who can't eat meat, or sometimes even rarer things such as glutten. The menu offers typical association of food such has melon with cheese or pasta, but also more uncommon mix like the carrot and kiwi cocktail, and this is without forgetting the traditional Tiramisu and Coulant of the house.

A gastronomy occasion not to be missed out! And a perfect tasting and chatting time in a place where everyone will find his fetish dish!

Terese Carles,

Carrer Jovellanos, 2

08001 Barcelona.

Opening Times: Every day from 9am to 12am, Breakfast and Lunch from 9am to 12pm, Lunch and Dinner from the carte from 12pm to 12 am, and take away anytime in these hours.

Eat good and pay little, recommended by Casamona

Are you looking for a nice place where to spend quality time with your family and friends? Do you want to have a good lunch or dinner but not to spend too much? I have found the perfect place for you, Les Quinze Nits restaurant. I have found it when I was walking through Barcelona during my lunch break in order to find a nice place to have a fast lunch, before I have to get back to work.

Walking on the small streats of Gotic district I had just remembered that I saw, many times, a restaurant that always had a queue in front,while the others from the square had empty tables. I said that it is time to see what is all about this restaurant, what does it have to offer and why so many people are waiting patiently to be seated? So, let’s find the story of the queue.

When I arrived at La Plaça Reial, right off La Rambla, there were more then 30 people waiting to be seated and many others were already at the tables from the terrace and from inside. Fortunately, the queue moved pretty fast, so I was invited upstairs and I got a table by the window, with a very nice view over La Plaça Reial.

While I was waiting for my server I have noticed that the interiour is very spacious, looks spotless and gets a lot of natural light through the big arched windows. The combination of modern and classic details creats a cosy and nice decor. The hardwood floors and 19th century dressers contrast with the modern chairs covered in red and white leather, but all together with the impeccable white tablecloths create a stylish ambience. Also the red lamps offer a romantic and intimate atmosphere.

The mediterranean menu is diversified and affordable.. The dishes have pretty big sizes and good taste. For only 10 euros you can choose from The Menu of the Day two different courses, a dessert and as well as a quarter litre of wine or beer or a soft drink. In the Main Menu there is a large variety of courses like pasta, salads, fish, beef, lamb or pork steaks, paella, home made ice cream, crema catalana and fresh fruits. The most expensive dish from the menu is roasted lamb with rosemary potatoes for only 11,62 euros. You also can choose from a large variety of wines at very good prices and for only 8,95 euros you can get one litre of sangria. Cheap and good food for all tastes.

The service is good, but it takes a little bit longer then I was willing to wait during my lunch break. So if you are looking for a fast meal in your lunch break or if you are anxious to go back on the beach this is not the perfect place for you. Instead, Les Quinze Nits is great for those of you that are not in a hurry, those that want to enjoy a nice talk with friends or spend quality time together durring a family dinner. The combination of great location, nice ambiance and great prices are unbeatable and makes Les Quinze Nits a favourite for many tourists. It servs lunch from 1:00pm to 3:45pm and dinner from 8:30pm to 11:30, so get there early and be prepared for the wait.

Cheap and good food in a nice atmosphere, this is the story of the queue. Keep reading our blog to find out what are the best places to visit, to dine in and to have fun in Barcelona and around.