Lent is traditionally a time of fasting and denial, and Carnival
is the period before Lent to celebrate pleasures, extravagance and
indulgence with an abundance of feasting and dancing....
The Barcelona Summer Festival, popularly known as the Grec
Festival, is the cultural highlight on the summer calendar, and one
of the most important arts festivals in the world. Every summer...
Thousands of spectators gather to watch as the sky is filled
with a wonderfully colourful display of hot air balloons from
around the world. Market stalls are set up to complete the...
Midsummer in Barcelona is celebrated with a big bang as
fireworks colour the sky in a festive prelude to the national
holiday of the Feast of John the Baptist. Ancient traditions
observed the...
The Festival of La Mercè is dedicated to the patron saint of
Barcelona, the Virgin of Mercy, and involves a fabulous assortment
of popular Catalan traditions and mythology. The city celebrates...
The fifth race of the Formula One season, the crowds gather to
watch the thrills, spills and speed that accompany a spectacle of
this nature. Formula One is the king of motor sports and...
Primavera is one of Spain's biggest music festivals and sees
some of the world's principal pop and rock stars grace the summer
stages for a fiesta of fun and music in the glorious sunshine.
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