How to enjoy Holy Week in Barcelona
Easter is an ideal time to take a trip and take advantage of new cities and disconnect from the routine. Also, if you search well and in advance it is possible to find offers to travel in Easter. Visiting Barcelona is one of the best places to travel in this time, with many tourist attractions and where spring is already breathing in the environment. Although it is a holiday of Christian origin, the truth is that in the Catalan capital you will find a large number of activities to carry out. Also, discover the delicious "monas de Pascua" and the rest of the gastronomy of this era. In this article we explain in more detail how to enjoy Holy Week in Barcelona.
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First of all, if you plan to travel to Barcelona during Holy Week, you will need to know that the holidays in Catalonia are different from the rest of Spain: while Holy Thursday is not a holiday, it is Easter Monday. You must take it into account to organize yourself better, as well as to make reservations for flights or tickets for transportation and accommodation.
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Likewise, it should be noted that, as in many other places, during the Holy Week in Barcelona there is a large number of religious events to celebrate this religious festival.
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In this way, the Sunday before Easter takes place on Palm Sunday, when the streets are filled with boys and girls with palms, palmones, olive branches, laurel ... to be blessed and thus have good luck rest of the year the whole family.
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The processions with sacred images take place on Good Friday, with the different Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods. Although these also take place in the streets of Barcelona, it is worth noting the processions of the neighboring city: L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, where up to a million people can gather.
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The trips to Barcelona during the Holy Week allow us to also know the surroundings and visit the tourist attractions of other cities or Catalan towns. Since Spring is already present at Easter (or even good weather!), We recommend you visit the Costa Brava in Girona, and be surprised by the beautiful seascapes and fishing villages. To make your visit perfect, we recommend the best hotels on the Costa Brava.
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Although it is already the end of the season, you can also take advantage of your trip to Catalonia to enjoy a good "calçotada", that is, a meal in which the main dish is the calçots (a specific variety of onions) roasted and accompanied with romesco sauce. The cradle of the calçots is located in Valls, in the province of Tarragona, but you can enjoy this delicacy in any corner of the Catalan geography.
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Following the gastronomy, if you spend Easter in Catalonia, you will also need to know and / or try the "Monas de Pascua": a cake accompanied by one or several chocolate figures, which the godparents must give to their godchildren. The tradition marks eating this sweet on Easter Monday, also known as "the Day of the Mona". Although the traditional are chocolate figures in the form of eggs, chicks, rabbits ... the truth is that currently authentic virguerías are made.
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Barcelona is a city full of tourist attractions and places to visit, enjoy your Holy Week knowing the Sagrada Familia or the Park Güell, two of the great works of the architect Antoni Gaudí, or opt for the alleys of the Gothic quarter. Although you can not leave out the Passeig de Gràcia, with its great modernist works such as La Pedrera and Casa Batlló. Expand this information in our article about what are the main places to visit in Barcelona.
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When traveling around Barcelona and the surroundings, we recommend using public transport, as it will be as comfortable and practical as possible. The city of Barcelona has an extensive network of metro, bus, tram ... that will take you where you want to go, see our article on how to get around Barcelona.
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Barcelona is a city with a great hotel offer, that's why in .com we want to help you choose the Barcelona hotel that best suits your needs with this list. In this way, you can complete a perfect Easter in Barcelona .
