What to do in BCN

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.

BACK TO THE GREC THIS SUMMER! Open in a new window

Barcelona Grec Festival is back in 2025 to offer a hundred shows, with theatre, music, dance, circus and much more. Don’t miss it!

Architecture Weeks Open in a new window

From May 12 to June 28, you'll find over 180 activities including exhibitions, awards, talks, tours and festivities to experience and celebrate architecture. Don’t miss it!

Main events for 2025 Open in a new window

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!

T'estiu molt

Barcelona is launching a summer-holidays campaign for children and teenagers with over a thousand leisure, sports, educational and cultural activities. Find out all about it!

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.

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!

Discover the BCN Guide Open in a new window

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.

A woman walks with a surfboard and a man warms up at the athletics track at the Mar Bella municipal sports centre

Municipal sports centres Open in a new window

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.

Barcelona Districte Cultural Open in a new window

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!

Festes Majors

Find out about the wide range of festa majors taking place in Barcelona’s districts and neighbourhoods and enjoy them.

Commerce in Barcelona: Two women in a shop

Commerce in Barcelona Open in a new window

Find out about the wide range of shopping possibilities Barcelona offers you and discover sustainable local options.

Montjuïc Park

Montjuïc mountain is a big green space in Barcelona offering everyone sports, leisure and cultural facilities. Discover the park and enjoy it!

Gaudir més Open in a new window

Join the “Gaudir més” programme and make the most of its discounts, free admission and advantages for enjoying your city’s various spaces.

A monitor attending to children playing in a school playground

School Playgrounds open Open in a new window

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!