Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year, when the majority of people return home to meet their family and friends to spend time together.
In this blog, we want to recommend the best 5 things you can do for Christmas in Barcelona to take advantage and enjoy the wonderful reunions with your loved ones.
Visit Santa Llúcia Christmas market
Christmas in Barcelona is characterized by Christmas markets, where people buy and enjoy the atmosphere and decoration of the shops.
The Santa Llúcia market is the most popular Christmas market in Barcelona. It has been 236 years since.
In this market, you can find all kinds of decorations for the trees, the nativity scene and Easter flowers.
The market is open every day of the week from 25th November to 23rd December from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm.
Enjoy strolling through the city’s Christmas decorations.
This year in Barcelona, the Christmas lights will be switched on the 24 November, giving to the city a unique and magical Christmas spirit.
The main locations where we can enjoy the lights are:
Plaça Catalunya
Gran Vía
Aragón Street
In addition to these three locations, this year in the district of Gràcia a new lighting is being installed. We recommend you to go out and enjoy the Christmas Barcelona spirit.
Visit Käthe Wohlfahrt shop
Käthe Wohlfahrt, is a German shop that has opened its doors in the city of Barcelona. Mainly, they are dedicated exclusively to handmade Christmas decorations and are recognised in many European countries, the shop it’s located in the Gothic Quarter.
The main action that the shop wants to do is to take all its clients to how Christmas is in Germany, making each part of the shop focused exclusively on a product and make this experience.
Christmas in Poble Español
The Poble Español located in the mountains of Montjuic opens its doors with a wonderful Christmas design that captures the attention of all visitors, the main dates where you can go to visit are:
From 3 to 11 December
The 17th and 18th December
From the 22nd to the 24th of December
From 26th to 29th December
From the 3rd to the 8th of January
If you are planning to go with small children, we recommend you to go before 24th December to give the gift letter to Father Christmas and after 26th November to give the gift letter to one of the Three Wise Men.
Visit Sant Pau Christmas lights
The Sant Pau hospital site will open its doors every night from 22 November to 15 January 2023, to enjoy a spectacle.
We can see a lighting festival where they focus on the mystery of the cosmos with themes such as galaxies, stars and constellations, among other types where there will be more than 20 spaces to enjoy the festival and the Christmas in Barcelona.
Did you like the plans we suggest to spend Christmas in Barcelona? We hope you find this guide useful and that you can enjoy it with your family and friends.
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