Nadal 2024

This year, don’t miss your last chance to see the Christmas lights designed by Estudi Antoni Arola at Plaça de Catalunya, Carrer d’Aragó and Gran Via. If you go to Passeig de Sant Joan, you can still enjoy the comic-themed lights designed by Brosmind, which were first introduced last year. Furthermore, the unique buildings to be lit up will be joined by 25 Christmas light structures placed throughout the city’s ten districts.

The City Council has decided to keep the Christmas lights on for longer, increasing the number of hours from 243.5 to 322 hours, with an extra day. Having listened to the city’s shops and restaurants, the aim is to encourage people to celebrate Christmas and spend locally. The Christmas lights will be on between 28 November and 6 January at the following times:

• Sunday to Thursday: 5.30 pm to 1 am
• Friday and Saturday: 5.30 pm to 2 am 
• Eve of public holidays (25 and 31 December and 5 January): from 5.30 pm to 2 am

Hundreds of streets and squares will be decked out thanks to the partnership between Barcelona City Council and the city’s shops.

Routes highlighting iconic establishments

This year’s Christmas season will also see the introduction of new routes highlighting iconic establishments in the Gòtic and El Raval neighbourhoods. The establishments will feature special lighting showcasing the uniqueness of their products as well as of the establishments themselves and their architectural heritage.

The route through the Gòtic neighbourhood will include the Cafè de l’Òpera, La Colmena, the Brunells patisserie, Torrons La Campana, El Xampanyet and Casa Gispert. And the Raval neighbourhood route will include Casa Almirall, Granja Viader, the Resolís and Marsella bars, the London Bar and La Confiteria. 

Elsewhere, the neighbourhood of La Marina and the area around the Maragall shopping hub also offer the chance to follow a route around the most innovative window displays. The initiative is aimed at innovation in small shops and businesses, with architecture and design schools in Barcelona invited to create special displays for the Christmas season

Hotels with illuminated façades

This Christmas also offers the chance to visit the illuminated façades of some hotels in the city through an initiative developed with the Hotel Guild.

This website provides the details and hours of each project, with the following hotels all offering special illuminations: Alimara Barcelona Hotel; Catalonia Catedral; Duquesa de Cardona; Duquesa Suites; Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal; Grand Hyatt Barcelona; H10 Urquinaona Plaza; Hotel El Palace Barcelona; Hotel Neri Relais & Châteaux; InterContinental Barcelona; Le Méridien Barcelona; Madanis; Nobu Barcelona; Ocean Drive Barcelona and The Barcelona EDITION.