{"id":23681,"date":"2014-12-23T07:01:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=23681"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:04:54","slug":"catalan-christmas-magic-atmosphere-in-barcelona-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-magic-atmosphere-in-barcelona-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel Catalan Christmas Magic Atmosphere In Barcelona This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/a>If you decide to visit Barcelona in winter then you are going to find yourself in for a really great time. Though the temperatures may have dropped somewhat the atmosphere really starts to warm up at this time of the year. There are plenty of winter activities in Barcelona you can enjoy and below is a quick guide to help you decide just how you will spend your time in this amazing city.<\/p>\n

1. Fira de Santa Ll\u00facia<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the city\u2019s oldest Christmas market where you can explore more than 280 stalls to find the perfect trinkets or gifts. Situated directly in front of Barcelona Cathedral it is sure to provide you with plenty of christmas cheer and give you the opportunity to see how a Catalan christmas is celebrated.<\/p>\n

2. New Years Eve<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there is one place to be to help celebrate New Year then look no further than Barcelona. Whether you want to enjoy a truly amazing firework display or would prefer to just dance the night away then you\u2019ll find yourself spoilt for choice. You could of course wrap up warm and head to the Magic Fountain and watching a truly amazing firework display. However if you would prefer just to celebrate the New Year with new and old friends then head to one of the city\u2019s many clubs.<\/p>\n

One of the particular Spanish and Catalan traditions that shouldn\u2019t be missed out at this time of the year is the heating of 12 grapes. You eat each one as the clock chimes and use this as your countdown to welcome in the new year.<\/p>\n

3. Catalan Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

As already mentioned there are plenty of winter events in Barcelona to enjoy and you might want to get involved in some of the local traditions as well. One tradition especially favoured by the children is that known as Ti\u00f3 de Nadal. This is when the children start to feed \u201cCaga Ti\u00f3\u201d, which can only be described as a log on which a smiley face has been painted and which wears a blanket. Then on Christmas Eve the children approach the Ti\u00f3 with small sticks which they then hit it with and hope that eventually it starts to release presents to them.<\/p>\n

4. Hit The Slopes<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all know about the great activities available to enjoy during the summer months in Barcelona, but there are plenty of great activities to enjoy when the weather does turn cold. If you have the time available why not head out from the city to the resorts of Grandvalira Andorra or La Molina. Here you have the opportunity to not only try out a bit of skiing or snowboarding but also you may want to give snow biking or even igloo building a try. Plus of course there is plenty of snow around to make the odd snowman as well if you want.<\/p>\n

\"Molina_La2\"<\/a>However if you only to intend to visit Barcelona for a couple of days then a visit to the temporary skate rink located in the city\u2019s Pla\u00e7a Cataluyna is worth a visit. It remains in situ until the start of January each year.<\/p>\n

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If you decide to visit Barcelona in winter then you are going to find yourself in for a really great time. Though the temperatures may have dropped somewhat the atmosphere really starts to warm up at this time of the year. There are plenty of winter activities in Barcelona you can enjoy and below is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":23682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4498],"tags":[244,1590,1591,1564,1563,593,1267,1266,1565],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23683,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23681\/revisions\/23683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}