The 700-year-old festival of Corpus Christi is back
Corpus Christi, one of the oldest events on the Barcelona calendar of festivals and traditions, is returning to the city, filling it with flowers as well as cultural and recreational activities.
Corpus Christi, one of the oldest events on the Barcelona calendar of festivals and traditions, is returning to the city, filling it with flowers as well as cultural and recreational activities.
Monday 6 June is Whit Monday, a festival that is not celebrated in the same way throughout Catalonia. As each local authority can chose, some make it a public holiday but others don’t.
22 May is St Rita's Day and the Convent de Sant Agustí in the El Raval neighbourhood will be playing host to a truly special party
It's quite strange that a dynamic and modern city such as Barcelona should maintain an ancestral tradition like the Sant Ponç Fair, which is being held on 10 May in Carrer de l’Hospital.
The range of mona cakes on offer in our country is very varied and goes beyond the more commercial trends. Next to the characters most popular with children, you can find chocolate eggs of all sizes, spectacular creations that look like sculptures...
Sant Josep Oriol is a Barcelona saint who led a life of vicissitudes, austerity and complete devotion to looking after others. As a good saint, miracles are also attributed to him, the most famous being when he turned a radish into coins. Want to get...
Fat Thursday is on 16 February, meaning we’ll be celebrating the arrival of Queen Belluga in the Arribo ceremony, followed by the Taronjada orange battle for Carnival in Barcelona.
The little giant Laia is approaching her 25th birthday, so we have gathered a few of the curiosities and details surrounding her.
Barcelona celebrates its winter Festa Major [big annual festival] with dozens of traditional activities. Come and enjoy yourselves, from 10 to 12 February!
The poster created by Germán García-Salmones for the festival, which will take place from 18 to 26 March in the Pi neighbourhood, has already been unveiled.