Barcelona during your Christmas holiday is a fantastic experience, complete with wonderful family attractions, as well as historical traditions and festivals that ensure you have an unforgettable Christmas vacation, as well as an insight to the eccentric traditions behind a typical Catalan family Christmas.
The Christmas Markets offer tourists a great chance to purchase traditional Spanish Christmas fare, including homemade gifts and food. There are also nativity scenes which add to the festive charm, as well as a ‘Caga Tio’ which is very much something that you won’t find anywhere else in the world, other than Catalan Spain, during your Christmas in Barcelona. Barcelona Hotels are mainly in the heart of the city, and therefore part of the festivities and events that take place, including the Three Kings Procession which is a procession through the city centre that draws a lot of crowds (both locals and tourists) each year. prontohotel.com offers a wide range of accommodation and Barcelona hotels close to the city centre, which are luxurious and comfortable, and above all are family friendly during the festive season as children are very much a part of the celebrations that take place.
The Barcelona La Merce Festival takes place in the city centre of Barcelona every year for five days in September, to honour the ‘Mare de Deu de la Merce’, the Patron Saint of Barcelona.
The festival is held to bid a goodbye to the summer just gone, and welcome in the autumn in style, and has been a tradition since 1902 when the event was originally founded.
During this time the hotels in Barcelona become very full with both Spanish and international tourists who wish to join in with the festivities, and dance the night away in the biggest street party in Barcelona’s annual calendar.
Many hotels are located close to the centre where The Barcelona La Merce Festival e is held, so you can come and go as you please whilst visiting the area as there are hundreds of events that take place throughout the five days so you can choose what you do and don’t want to attend.
Some of the main popular events include ‘Correfoc’, which is a ‘fire run’ when performers dressed as ‘devils’ and sparkling ‘dragons’ run up and down the main road (which is close off during La Merce) with bangers and fireworks, setting them off. prontohotel.com offers wonderful deals, so you can stay close to the heart of the party in luxurious and comfortable accommodation and make the most of such an enjoyable event.
