Festivals
Find music, food, local traditions and lively celebrations at festivals held in towns and villages throughout the year.
Festivals
Find music, food, local traditions and lively celebrations at festivals held in towns and villages throughout the year.
The Fiery Feast of
Sant Joan in Catalunya
The Feast Day of Sant Joan on 24 June is a Public Holiday in Catalunya and marks the start of the tourist season proper on the Costa Brava.
Saint Jordi:
Patron Saint of Catalunya
St Jordi is the patron saint of Catalunya and on his feast day on 23 April men and women exchange red roses and books as tokens of affection
¡Carnival Craziness on
La Costa Brava!
The most (in)famous Carnavales happen in Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans. Costa Brava Carnavales are smaller in scale but still lots of fun!
Christmas Customs
in Catalunya
Catalans have some pretty unusual Christmas traditions not found anywhere else in Spain, or elsewhere, some of them involving poo. Yes, poo!