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Discover the BCN Guide
All the city’s activities you can imagine are at your fingertips in the BCN Guide: music, shows, festive holidays, courses, workshops, and much more.
Enjoy the parks
The city’s parks and gardens transform it into a living, breathing space. You’ll find them all here. Explore and enjoy them!
Beaches and bathing
Check out all the information about the beaches of Barcelona: location, flag statuses, bathing season, and much more. Remember that smoking is prohibited on all beaches.
Festes Majors
Find out about the wide range of festa majors taking place in Barcelona’s districts and neighbourhoods and enjoy them.
Municipal sports centres
Make the most of the city’s municipal sports centres. There are over a hundred of them throughout the city, with a wide range of offers and prices.
Main events for 2025
This year comes packed with music, art, popular culture, dance, theatre, circus, sport, performing arts and much more. Check out the great options the city offers you!
Gaudir més
Join the “Gaudir més” programme and make the most of its discounts, free admission and advantages for enjoying your city’s various spaces.
Barcelona Districte Cultural
Barcelona Districte Cultural comes with some changes. Now an annual initiative, the programme of performing arts is joined by projects in visual arts, audiovisuals and thought. Don’t miss it!
School Playgrounds open
Did you know that every district has playgrounds that open outside school hours as safe public spaces for children, young people and their families? Check out their opening times!
Cultural calendar
You can find full information on the main events planned for Barcelona’s cultural calendar.
Visit La Model
Discover the history of La Model and explore the inside of this former prison with a guided tour or an open visit. Find out more!
Commerce in Barcelona
Find out about the wide range of shopping possibilities Barcelona offers you and discover sustainable local options.
