O que acontece em Barcelona, Espanha, ao longo do ano

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Three Kings parade

• Festival

  Three Kings parade

  5–6 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Calçot season (1 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Santa Eulàlia

  12–15 FevCarnaval

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Calçot season (1 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Semana Santa

• Feriado

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Calçot season (1 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Sant Jordi

  23 AbrGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 6 Abr), Calçot season (1 Dez – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — entre os picos, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em maio.

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Sant Joan

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 20 Out · normalmente

  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 JunLuzes e fogoLotadoRisco

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Summer holidays em Espanha

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Festa Major de Gràcia

• Fechamento

  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 festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — La Mercè, Summer holidays em Espanha

• Festival

  La Mercè

  23–27 SetFesta religiosaLotado

  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 ↗

• Natureza

  Wild mushroom season

  20 Set – 30 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de coleta

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 20 Out (normalmente)), The August closures (1 Ago – 5 Set)

Meia-estação — entre os picos, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 20 Out (normalmente)), Wild mushroom season (20 Set – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Festival

  Fira de Santa Llúcia

  26 Nov – 23 DezNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Wild mushroom season (20 Set – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Natureza

  Calçot season

  1 Dez – 5 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de coleta

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Fira de Santa Llúcia (26 Nov – 23 Dez)