Those lucky enough to get their hands on a Primavera ticket will now be grappling with the dilemma of where to stay. The correct answer: as close as you can to the festival itself.
It might seem like a no-brainer, but Parc del Forum — the gargantuan venue used for Primavera, which is also the site of the Museu Blau (natural history) and CCIB (a conference centre) — is located in a historically less favourable part of town, on the very edge of the city abutting the Besos river where it flows into the Mediterranean.
