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Festa Major de Gracia Barcelona 2023 - top things to do |
![]() La Festa Major de Gracia 2023Festes de Gràcia 2023 - calendar and visitor guide The dates for Festa mayor de Gràcia festival dates are 15th August to 21st August 2023. The Gracia festival hashtag is #FMGràcia23 #VilaDeGràcia Will be updated fully August 2023 Guide in English to Barcelona's Festa de Gracia festival 2023 in English with recommendations for top things to do. The next Gracia Festival starts on 15th August 2023 The Gracia festival dates are always 15th to 21st August every year. The first day of the festival on 15th August is a public holiday in Spain called Assumption day. The Gracia Festival is considered by many to be Barcelona's nicest, most festive and most welcoming street festival. During the five days of the Gracia festival you can experience many wonderful Catalan traditions - and a full programme of concerts and activities, which bring the streets of Gracia to life. The festival takes place in the Gracia neighbourhood of Barcelona which is located 20 minutes on foot from the city center square of Plaça de Catalunya in the direction of the hill range to the north west of Barcelona. Scroll down this page for maps. Article continues after ads
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Scroll down this webpage you can find a few of the many Gracia festival 2023 programme highlights, recommended top events and some general tips and ideas for how to plan a visit. You also find links to Festa de Gracia map and if you want to get the latest news then install the Festa de Gracia Iphone or Android apps When you are at the festival, you can buy the full Festa de Gracia programme for €1. There are posters with maps and information around the festival area. Map decorated streets Gracia Festival. Note the blue circles with white arrows indicate which way to enter the decorated streets (calles engalanadas). IMPORTANT message for visitors: The Gracia festival is famous for its hospitality and open arms welcome of all cultures and persons to the festival. However please note that this is fundamentally still a festival for the Gracia neighbours and residents, but the residents of Gracia are kind enough to welcome visitors. The residents of Gracia open their neighbourhood and their hearts to tourists and visitors and they only ask that you respect their home and the street decorations. Also be quiet after 1pm at night. As always, we would like to offer our thanks to the wonderful residents of the Gracia neighbourhood of Barcelona for giving up some much of their free time and August holidays to make the Gracia Festival such a unique experience for all visitors. Moltes gràcies! Muchas Gracias! ![]() Article continues under ads
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Gracia was once a separate village from the city of Barcelona and only became part of the city in 1897. This is why the Gracia neighbourhood still has small, narrow village streets and a special village feel and charm. ![]() The Festa Major de Gracia street festival is Barcelona's biggest, most colourful and most popular neighbourhood festival. The neighbourhood festivals are organised by residents of local neighbours with the aim of bringing the residents and neighbours together in communal activities and events. It's a wonderful tradition and the Gracia festival is the most famous of all the local Barcelona festivals, attracting over one and a half million visitors each year in August. Useful pages and apps:
Map decorated streets Gracia Festival Note. the blue circles with white arrows indicate which way to enter the decorated street. Twitter Festa de Gracia (hashtag #FMGràcia2022) Instagram Festa de Gracia (hashtag #FMGràcia2022) Android App Festa de Gracia Iphone App Festa de Gracia Pictures Festa Major de Gràcia Programa Festa Major de Gracia The Gracia festival has been declared a "Traditional Festival of National Interest" by the government of Catalonia and has been awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi (St George's Cross). Over 20 of the Gracia neighbourhood's streets are decorated and filled with activities for all the family including competitions, workshops, sports, concerts and lots more. ![]() The best time to visit the Gracia festival in Barcelona (in our opinion) is in the evening from 8pm when it starts to get dark, but we recommend that you avoid the first evening when it is usually most crowded. The lights on most decorated streets are switched on at around 8.30 pm and the decorations generally look nicest when they are illuminated. The first two days of the Gracia festival are always very crowded, so have patience when visiting - and please be careful with the street decorations which are all handmade and often fragile. Opening times Festa de Gracia festival There are activities in the decorateds street until 2.00am on weekdays and 3.30 am on Fridays and Saturdays with the exception of Plaza Sol, Plaza Diamant and Plaza Revolució, which are open until 1.00am on weekdays and until 2.30am Friday and Saturday. Article continues after ads
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![]() The Festes de Gràcia always presents an extensive and varied programme of more than 500 activities of which over 300 are for families and children during the day. Many activiites are also specifically for residents, but the many free concerts and the street decorations are free for visitors to enjoy. This popular festival is organised by the neighbours and families in Gracia and like all Festa Major festivals in Spain and Catalonia it was originally only for residents, but the originality and beauty of the Gracia street decorations has become world famous which means people come from all over Barcelona - and from all over the world to experience the annual Gracia festival. Decorated streets 2022Over 20 Gracia streets and plazas will be decorated by the residents. You can find them on the Gracia Festival map of decorated streets.The decoration are hand-made by the residents who spend countless hours transforming their streets into hand crafted fantasy worlds with charming carnival style decorations and themes. The decorations change theme every year and the each street compete for the prized award of best decorated street or square of the Gracia festival. We remind you kindly to enjoy the decorations, but to be very careful not to damage them, so that they can be enjoyed all through the festival period. All the decorated streets are worth seeing, but it can take a while to get to all of them, and remember that it can take a while to visit the streets that are most famous for their decorations like Carrer de Joan Blanques and Carrer de Verdi. Verdi was the first street to make their own decorations and make programme of street events back in 1862. ![]() Smartphone Apps for Gracia FestivalThe Festa de Gracia festival has smart phone apps for Android and Iphone. Download them here:Iphone App Festa de Gracia Pictures Festa Major de Gràcia ![]() Map location Gracia FestivalIt is easy to find the Gracia area of Barcelona. From the centre of Barcelona it takes 15 to 20 minutes to walk up the Passeig de Gracia street from Plaza Catalunya square.Passeig de Gracia means "passage to Gracia" - the name comes from the time when Gracia was a separate village from Barcelona. Most of the Gracia Festival is in the area of Gracia called 'Vila de Gracia' marked on the map below. If you take a taxi, then the taxi driver will drop you on on the edge of the festival area and then you just walk in. There are maps of the festival plazas and streets in many places and in the festival programmes, which you can buy for 1 euro in cafes or festival events. On the first night of the Gracia festival it is usually very crowded; the streets are narrow and the crowds are huge, so be very patient. It is best to visit streets in the first days of the Gracia festival - in our opinion. The prizes for best decorated streets are always announced on 16/8 and after the prize giving the decorations start show some wear and tear. Closest metro to Gracia FestivalIf you take the metro then take the green line metro to one of these three metro stations nearest to the Gracia Festival:metro green line L3 to station Fontana and station Diagonal green L3 metro yellow line L4 - to station Joanic. Barcelona metro map ![]() Top things to do Gracia festivalMonday 15th August 2022Event: Cercavila de Cultura Popular - Opening ParadeWhat is it: Biggest parade of the Gracia Festival. This is a festive early evening parade featuring all groups of the festa major including the gegants (giants of Gracia including two sun and moon giants called 'la Gresca i el Torradet') caps grossos (big heads) dracs (dragons), castellers (human castle groups) bastoners (stick dancers) grallers (pipers) and many more. Worth seeing! Start time: 18.00 - 6 pm Start: usually at junction of streets Carrer Gran de Gràcia & Plaça de Trilla Finish: Plaça de la Vila de Gràcia Finish time: 20:00 - 8pm Fullscreen map: Google MAP parade route Finish: Plaça de la Vila de Gràcia ![]()
Event: Parade - Cercavila de Sant Roc |
Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2023 16:08 |
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