Barcelona prepares security operation for the Sants Festa Major 2026
Pedestrian zone, reversed traffic and parking bans throughout the festival, with extra closures on the days of the correfocs, the races and the pyromusical.
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The eleven stretches of decorated streets will close to traffic at 9am on 18 August and reopen at 6pm on 30 August. The section of Carrer dels Comtes de Bell-lloc between Viriat and Puiggarí, where the Castellers de Sants perform, will close at 5pm on 21 August. Carrer de Melcior de Palau, between Santa Caterina and Alcolea, will be cut off on 28 August from 5.30pm to 11.30pm.
This year, vehicles will be allowed through the following decorated-street junctions, during daytime hours only: Vallespir with Violant d'Hongria and with Badalona, Valladolid with Santa Caterina, and Guadiana with Sant Crist.
The funfair will be set up on the Rambla del Brasil, between Avinguda de Madrid and Carrer de Sants, and on the Rambla de Badal, between Sants and Canalejas. Assembly begins on 18 August, and dismantling on the 31st.
Pedestrian zone
From 22 to 30 August, a pedestrian zone will be in place within the area bounded by Carrer de Joan Güell, Avinguda de Madrid, Carrer de Berlín and Carrer de Numància, and Passeig de Sant Antoni (mountain side). At night, vehicles will be barred from entering the zone between 9pm and 4am.
Changes to traffic direction
From 9am on 18 August to 6pm on 30 August:
- Reversed direction: Carrer de la Ferreria (between Almeria and Guadiana) and Carrer de Juan Bravo (between Vilassar and Almeria).
- Two-way traffic: Carrer de Santa Cecília, between Santa Caterina and Alcolea.
Parking bans
Parking will be banned, including motorbikes on pavements, as follows.
From 18 August (6am) to 30 August (9pm):
- Alcolea (Llobregat side), from Melcior de Palau to Miquel Àngel.
- Alcolea (Llobregat side), from Valladolid to Passeig de Sant Antoni.
- Valladolid (both sides), from Vallespir to Alcolea.
- Santa Cecília (mountain side), from Santa Caterina to Alcolea.
- Andalusia, from Sant Baltasar to Sagunt.
- Galileu (Llobregat side), from Rajolers to Melcior de Palau.
- Vallespir (both sides), from Béthencourt to Passeig de Sant Antoni.
- Vallespir (both sides), from Plaça del Centre to Melcior de Palau.
- Noguera Pallaresa (mountain side), from Rossend Arús to Almeria (Plaça de la Farga section).
- Rei Martí, 37 (four spaces in the green residents' parking zone).
From 21 August (6am) to 30 August (9pm): Comtes de Bell-lloc (both sides), from Viriat to Puiggarí.
From 22 August (6am) to 27 August (6am): Violant d'Hongria, from Alcolea to Santa Caterina.
From 28 August (6am) to 29 August (6am): Melcior de Palau, from Santa Caterina to Alcolea.
Any vehicles left parked in these stretches, despite the temporary signage, will be towed away.
Correfocs, races and pyromusical
On Saturday 29 August, all the streets along the correfoc routes will be closed well ahead of time. The children’s correfoc will run from 5pm to 7.30pm, from the gardens of Can Mantega to Carrer de Joan Güell and the Placeta de Ramon Torres i Casanova. The Festa Major correfoc will run from 9.30pm to 11pm, from Plaça d'Osca to Plaça de Bonet i Moixí, passing through Riego, Autonomia, Watt, Sants, Gayarre, Ferreria, Guadiana, Rei Martí, Cros, Sant Crist and Plaça d'Ibèria. In the morning, from 8am to 11am, the Farga athletics race will close Almeria, Juan Bravo, Olzinelles, Ibèria, Plaça d'Ibèria and Sant Crist.
On Sunday 30 August, the running and cycling races will close Carrer de Sants and Carrer de la Creu Coberta to traffic, between Moianès and Olzinelles, from 9am to 2.30pm. The Parc de l'Espanya Industrial will remain closed all day, and the pyromusical will take place from 10pm to 10.30pm.
Check the festival map for the event areas, the streets closed to traffic and the nearest metro stops, and the TMB website for up-to-date information on changes to the transport network.
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