Festivals & Heritage
Results by DATE
Displaying 1 to 20 of 23 results.
An ancient arena is recreated at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi for Ben Hur Live. The show, which was 15 years in the making and coincides with the 50-year anniversary of the film, features over…
The Cabalgata los Reyes Magos, or Procession of the Three Kings, is a popular Hispanic Christmas tradition. In Barcelona, crowds gather at the harbour steps of the Moll de Fusta to witness the…
The Cabalgata dels Tres Tombs is Barcelona's celebration of St Anthony's Day (17 January). Processions and blessings of animals take place throughout the city. The largest is in Sant Andreu…
Carnival in Barcelona, timed just before the Lenten fast, is spent indulging in soon-to-be-forbidden pleasures. The city streets become a stage for lively celebrations, from tortilla-making…
Sweet-toothed individuals should try and catch Barcelona's Fiesta de San Medir, held in the artistic district of Gràcia in early March. Some 30 neighbourhood groups take part in a colourful…
Palm Sunday Celebrations in Barcelona
Palm Sunday (Fiesta de Ramos/Fira de Rams) is one of the most important events in Spain's Christian calendar. In Barcelona, a solemn procession winds from La Seu (the cathedral) in the old…
Barcelona celebrates its very own version of St Valentine's Day, otherwise known as "Lovers' Day", on St George's Day. Many join in the romantic tradition, with sources estimating that over…
Every 11 May Barcelona honours Sant Ponç, patron saint of beekeepers and herbalists, with a special market along Calle Hospital. The stalls sell natural products such as honey, perfume, herbal…
Corpus Christi - L'ou com Balla
Corpus Christi is celebrated in Barcelona with 16th-century tradition L'ou com Balla, translated as "dancing egg". Emptied eggshells are perched above the water jets of the city fountains, to…
Every year St John's Day (Sant Joan) is celebrated throughout Spain with an explosion of bonfires, fireworks, concerts and dances. Catalonians celebrate in their idiosyncratic way and…
Brightly coloured, bulbous hot-air balloons from around the world fill the skies over Igualada for the European Balloon Festival. The event draws around 25,000 people, who come to the sleepy…
The Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia hits the streets on 15 August to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The streets are filled with rainbow-coloured decorations and floral art. Live…
The Sants Festa Major takes place on and around the Carrer de Sants street in Barelona's Montjuïc district. Twelve main streets host their own parties and activities. When night falls…
Catalonians celebrate their National Day with concerts, demonstrations and parades throughout Barcelona. Locals proudly hang red-and-yellow-striped Catalonian flags from their balconies and…
Barcelona's September fiesta honours the city's patroness, La Mercè (Virgin of Mercy). The week-long La Mercè Festival, dating back to 1902, bids farewell to summer and ushers in autumn with…
As if Barcelona wasn't vibrant enough, the Asia Festival injects even more colour and life into the Spanish city. The Parc de la Ciudadella annually exhibits Asian culture, art and customs…
La Sagrada Família in the Eixample district is a crazed, towering cathedral and lifetime obsession of Gaudí, a unique symbol of the Catalan capital and a work in progress. Climb up inside its…
The Poble Espanyol, or Spanish Village, was built for the 1929 Expo to showcase the architectural styles particular to the 17 autonomous communities of mainland Spain.
La Pedrera is a gem in the heart of the Eixample district. Across the street from the popular Gaudí House, this large corner building by the Catalan master boasts the sculpture-filled Espai…
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) was a maverick genius whose architecture, love it or hate it, has become synonymous with the city of Barcelona. An ardent Catalan, Catholic and workaholic he died…
