Catalan Authority prohibits “professional rally” throughout the city, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s one more.
Barcelona City Council approved a decree that prohibits, throughout the city and for 24 hours a day, every day of the week, the promotion and organization of “Alcohol Routes” among public establishments.
The measure, the newspaper advances this Wednesday, aims to protect citizen coexistence, the rest of residents and public health.
The new regulation goes further and also prohibits any “advertising disclosure, by any means, of related activities” to the one also known as pub crawlingwhich has become popular in the various tourist cities around the world.
“The offer consists of consuming one or more beverages, usually of low quality and relatively rapidly, to move to the next establishment”explains the gathering, quoted by.
“Several portals announce this activity as an experience of its own, but The city is not interested in these attractions. Our goal is to ensure coexistence between citizens, the rest of neighbors and public health ”, says the tourism councilor Jordi Valls.
And in Portugal?
Barcelona is not the only one at war with Pub Crawling. Prague, one of the capitals of night practice, also activated the ban from 22h00 to 06h00.
In this context Portugal does not escape the rule, and these “rally” for tourists are organized by several companies in Lisbon and Porto. They are organized, have a script and have the presence of tour guides. They promote the “final night experience” in the bars of cities, with shots, cocktails and sometimes bar open to the mixture. They have packages with all included: just pay the organizer and drink at ease.
It is recalled that it has just banned the sale of alcohol for consumption on the street between 11:00 and 8h00, shortly after OO, in turn, between 21h00 and 08h00.
The new Catalan prohibition will have a four -year validity from its entry into force. The decree, signed by the mayor, now enters public consultation for 20 days and prevents the sale, promotion or conduct of circuits by bars and places of night fun.
