Cosa c'è in programma a Barcellona (Spagna) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Three Kings parade

• Festival

  Three Kings parade

  5–6 genNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  The kings arrive by sea on the evening of 5 January and process through the city throwing sweets, which closes the Christmas season. The 6th is the holiday and the day Catalan children actually get presents. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Calçot season (1 dic – 5 apr (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Santa Eulàlia

  12–15 febCarnevale

  The winter festa major: giants, castellers and free concerts through the old town over four days, aimed squarely at residents. In 2026 it lands on the same dates as Carnival, orange-throwing included. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Calçot season (1 dic – 5 apr (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Semana Santa

• Festività

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  Good Friday is a national holiday and every region adds Holy Thursday or Easter Monday. Spain travels in large numbers, so trains, flights and hotels book up at higher rates, and processions of some size close streets in almost every town. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Calçot season (1 dic – 5 apr (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Sant Jordi

  23 aprGrande festaAffollato

  Every street becomes a stall of books and roses and the whole city walks around buying both. The single best day of the year to be here, and it is a working day, not a holiday. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Semana Santa (29 mar – 6 apr), Calçot season (1 dic – 5 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Sant Joan

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 giu – 20 ott · di solito

  The Barceloneta water is genuinely cold until late June and at its warmest in September, which is why locals swim well into October and laugh at May bathers.

• Festival

  Sant Joan

  23–24 giuLuci e fuochiAffollatoRischio

  Bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off. Loud in every neighbourhood, not just at the water. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Summer holidays in Spagna

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 20 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Festa Major de Gràcia

• Chiusura

  The August closures

  1 ago – 5 set

  Neighbourhood restaurants, bakeries and small shops shut for the holidays from the start of August into the first week of September. The tourist core stays open; the places locals send you to often do not, so check before crossing town. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Festa Major de Gràcia

  15–21 agoGrande festaAffollato

  Gràcia's streets are decorated by their own residents and judged against each other, and the neighbourhood holds a week of concerts under them. Free, packed, and the reason to be in the city in mid-August. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 20 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — La Mercè, Summer holidays in Spagna

• Festival

  La Mercè

  23–27 setFesta religiosaAffollato

  The city's own festa major: human towers on Plaça Sant Jaume, the correfoc fire run, and free concerts across several stages. The 24th is a local public holiday. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Wild mushroom season

  20 set – 30 nov · di solitoStagione di funghi e primizie

  Rovellons and other bolets come down from the Catalan hills after the first autumn rain and take over the market stalls and the menus for a couple of months.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 20 ott (di solito)), The August closures (1 ago – 5 set)

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (20 giu – 20 ott (di solito)), Wild mushroom season (20 set – 30 nov (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Festival

  Fira de Santa Llúcia

  26 nov – 23 dicNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  The oldest Christmas market in the city, set up beside the cathedral from the end of November: nativity figures, mistletoe, and the caganer stalls that visitors take a while to understand. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wild mushroom season (20 set – 30 nov (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Natura

  Calçot season

  1 dic – 5 apr · di solitoStagione di funghi e primizie

  Grilled spring onions eaten with the fingers over romesco, at farm restaurants in the countryside inland. City places do a version, but the calçotada is a day out of Barcelona rather than a dinner in it.

Ancora in corso: Fira de Santa Llúcia (26 nov – 23 dic)