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Reasons to visit Bread and Butter
1. Catching up with the latest trends in the world fashion industry
2. Opportunities to buy major Spanish and international brands under one roof
3. Great choice of top hotels near Bread and Butter event

Held at the Fira Montjuic, Bread and Butter is a trade fair event for contemporary fashions in denim, sportswear, street fashion and smart-casual clothes. A meeting point for fashion buyers, traders and journalists, the event attracts over 100,000 visitors from across the world. Over 1,000 brands exhibited in January 2008.
Happening twice a year, Bread and Butter is as much visited by members of the fashion trade as the general public, so if you are visiting Barcelona consider paying a visit. There are plenty of hotels near the Fira to choose from. The next event is scheduled to take place in January 2009.
Across the surface area of 130,000 square metres, fashions are showcased from across Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and the US.
Spanish brands such as Desigual and Custo Barcelona are popular with visitors. Visitors can admire the likes of Custo´s colourful tunic dresses designed for spring-summer 09, and box-pleated skirts in new-age fabrics worn with A-line jackets and French sleeves. Barcelona’s Desigual flaunts a huge catwalk to present its new designs. Expect to see vibrant T-shirt dresses in graffiti print, with V-necks and glitter detail, colourful Seventies-print coats and unmistakable deconstructed skirts. Another popular Barcelona brand exhibited here is Camper footwear. The sneakers are made to last and are sold across Europe.

Hotels near Bread and Butter
The hotels in the Sants area are useful for Bread and Butter exhibitors due to amount of good quality business class hotels in this area. The location, beside Sants train station, will suit train passengers arriving from the airport of from other parts of Spain.
Around Plaza España there is a great range of cheap hotels to suit all budgets, and it’s worth staying in this area for the romantic views atop Montjuic mountain – a real attraction for couples.

Getting to your hotel near Bread and Butter
Metro lines 1 and 5 stop in Sants, as well as most intercity and commuter trains. Plaza España station (for the Fira congress centre) is served by lines 1 and 3 as well as commuter trains and an airport express bus that take just a few minutes to get to the main airport. Montjuic is accessible by local buses 50, 61 and 13 from Plaza España, by a steep funicular from Paral-lel metro station or best of all by the fabulous cable car that goes from Barceloneta near the Columbus statue near Las Ramblas.