With Autumn in full swing and Christmas shopping under way, thoughts turn to New Year. Barcelona’s New Year celebration ritual began two years ago by the local government, in response to a barrage of requests from hoteliers of the city who did not know what to say to their clients when asked where to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in Barcelona. In the end it was decided that, Barcelona, its neighbours and the thousands of visitors coming to the Catalan capital could celebrate New ...

If you are coming to Barcelona experiencing a case of the January blues, be prepared to shake them off at the Festa Major de Sant Antoni. Sant Antoni is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood nestled between the raval on the edge of the old town, the Raval the Eixample. Its focus is the beautiful art nouveau Sant Antoni Market. From January 17th, a 10-day festival fills the trendy Eixample barrio with correfocs, geants, concerts, competitions, workshops, exhibitions, and many more festivities to ...