Five-year contracts, temporada tricks and the rights tenants give up
The contract says one year. The Spanish LAU often gives you five. Here is what the law actually says about Barcelona long-term rentals: the five-year rule, the temporada loophole, the agency-fee shift, and the rights tenants keep giving up.
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Brunch Electronik takes over Parc del Fòrum for three days, plus Puccini at the Palau, rumba at Poble Espanyol and a heavy week in the clubs.
