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La Festa Major de Sitges 2023

Annual festival of Sitges near Barcelona
Sant Bartomeu

Event date:
19th to 26th August, 2023

Event location:
Sitges - seaside town 45km south of Barcelona

Information:
Festa Major de Sitges
. Open programme 2023. La Fiesta Mayor de Sitges is the biggest annual festival in Sitges. Sitges is a delightful seaside town 40 minutes south of Barcelona by train or car. The Festa Major co-patron saints of Sitges are Sant Bartomeu (24th August) and Santa Tecla (23rd September). The Festa Major de Sitges takes place in August every year and like other Catalan festa major celebrations, you can see many Catalan traditions including processions with gegants (giants) - capgrossos (big paper mache heads), correfoc by diables (firerun by devils) - bastoners (stick dancers) cobla music bands a full programme of music and concerts - and of course sardanes dancing and castellers groups, who build incredible human towers.

Latest news on Festa Major Sitges Twitter or by downloading the Sitges Festa Major Apps.

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Event address & map

Venue:
Sitges
City:
Sitges
Country:
Country: es

How to get to Sitges from Barcelona

Sitges is a popular and exclusive sea-side resort located about 45 kilometers south of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.

Sitges is well known for the Sitges Film Festival in October and the Sitges Carnival in February and the Pride Festival in June.

Sitges also offers visitors a very nice selection of beaches, nightspots, and historical sites.

Open FULLSCREEN map Sitges 



Sitges tourist office official website



Hotels and apartments Sitges




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Getting to Sitges from Barcelona


By car

The C-32 tollroad is the fastest way to drive to Sitges from Barcelona. It connects Sitges with Barcelona in 30 minutes. You can also take the free C31 coastal road, which is very scenic, but it has many bends and can be quite congested.
Google map route Barcelona to Sitges

By bus

Bus company Mon-bus operates buses from Barcelona and from Barcelona airport to Sitges

By train

Sitges is under between 35 and 45 minutes from Barcelona by R2 south line train. The railway company is called Renfe. The trains connections are called Cercanias/Rodalies: The trains to Sitges are on the R2 south line which departs from stations in the center of Barcelona to outlying suberbs of Barcelona and towns nearby. Regional trains to Sitges leave every 15 minutes from various stations in Barcelona including Passeig de Gracia (currently undergoing renovation), Catalunya or Sants: Price for a return ticket around 10 euros. 

Timetables Trains Barcelona to Sitges
Line R2 south trains to Sitges
Hotels Sitges

How to get to Sitges from Barcelona airport


The nearest airport to Sitges is Barcelona El Prat Airport

Bus company MonBus operates a bus service every 30 minutes from Barcelona airport to Sitges

The ticket price is €4.10 with €3 airport supplement

The MonBus bus stop is only at Airport T1 Terminal 1 - not at airport T2 Terminal 2

Check MonBus website for times of bus connections to Sitges.

How to get from T2 terminal to T1
If you are arriving at Terminal 2 T2, then you need to take the free airport shuttle bus from terminal T1 to T2 to be able to connect to the Monbus bus to Sitges.

The free T1 > T2 bus runs every 7 minutes, 24 hours a day.  

At T2 terminal the terminal bus is located under the bridge outside T2B which will take you to T1.

The distance between the two Barcelona airport terminals is 4km and the shuttle bus journey time is 10-15 minutes. 

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Barcelona Event 

Barcelona Events:
La Festa Major de Sitges 2019 - Sant Bartomeu
When:
19.08.2023 - 26.08.2023
Where:
Sitges
Category:
Barcelona Festivals