{"id":58862,"date":"2015-10-29T09:21:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T08:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=58862"},"modified":"2020-08-10T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:18:09","slug":"halloween-and-castanyada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween and Castanyada in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Halloween<\/strong> is a yearly celebration that happens on the 31st of October. Particularly famous in North America, <strong>Halloween<\/strong>\u2019s customs are believed to be influenced by Celtic-speaking countries&#8217; folk customs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#Halloween\" title=\"Halloween\">Halloween<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#Nightclubs_Restaurants\" title=\"Nightclubs &amp; Restaurants\">Nightclubs &amp; Restaurants<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#Enigmatium\" title=\"Enigmatium\">Enigmatium<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#La_Posada_Maldita\" title=\"La Posada Maldita\">La Posada Maldita<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#PortAventura\" title=\"PortAventura\">PortAventura<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/halloween-and-castanyada\/#The_day_after_Halloween\" title=\"The day after Halloween\">The day after Halloween<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Halloween\"><\/span>Halloween<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last night of October is the night where people all ages get dressed in <strong>costumes<\/strong> and celebrate <strong>Halloween<\/strong>. Houses, buildings, and local businesses decorate their windows with <strong>scary items<\/strong>, children go trick or treating (<em>Truco o Trato<\/em> in Spanish), and adults go to parties\u00a0at popular venues.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nightclubs_Restaurants\"><\/span>Nightclubs &amp; Restaurants<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/14045189148_15511362b7_b.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-58867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/14045189148_15511362b7_b-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"haloween barcelona\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/strong>This city\u2019s most famous nightclubs usually host big <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/cheap-halloween-costumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween<\/a><\/strong> parties. For a night out dancing, try Razzmatazz, CDLC Club, Sutton Club, Opium Mar, Shoko Club, or Sala Apolo.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enigmatium\"><\/span>Enigmatium<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Enigmatium<\/strong> is a restaurant that offers nights of mystery, puzzles and humor in an interactive production. The restaurant is so enigmatic, it doesn\u2019t actually reveal its location. People have to follow clues to discover it!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Posada_Maldita\"><\/span>La Posada Maldita<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>La Posada Maldita<\/strong> is a horror-theme restaurant in which the waiters are dressed as scary, mangled creatures. The restaurant also offers horror shows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>La Posada Maldita<\/strong> is located at Avinguda de la Flor de Maig, 57, at Cerdanyola del Vall\u00e9s, 40 minutes away from the center of Barcelona. \u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/why-choose-barcelona-as-the-best-halloween-destination-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Choose Barcelona As A Halloween Destination?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PortAventura\"><\/span>PortAventura<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A great option to spend a fun day with the family is to visit <strong>PortAventura<\/strong>, an amusement park located an hour and a half from the center of Barcelona, that offers special rides and a lot of surprises during <strong>Halloween.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PortAventura<\/strong> is located at Avinguda de l\u2019Alcalde Pere Molas, Km2, Vila Seca, Tarragona.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_day_after_Halloween\"><\/span>The day after Halloween<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cucurucho_de_castanhas_Galicia.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-58864 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cucurucho_de_castanhas_Galicia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"haloween barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The 1<sup>st<\/sup> of November is a public holiday in Spain called<strong> \u201cTodos los Santos\u201d<\/strong> (All Saints Day). This is a day when people go to church and visit the graves of loved ones who have passed away. But November 1<sup>st<\/sup> is also a <strong>celebration day<\/strong> in Barcelona, where the streets fill with artists, dancers and stalls offering food, objects and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is also the day when Barcelona has its annual <strong>Castanyada. <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/castanyada-panellets-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Castanyada<\/strong><\/a> is a festival in which people get together and create a fire in an open space, placing a <em>tambor <\/em>over the hot coal, which is then covered in <em>casta\u00f1as<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the<strong> Castanyada<\/strong>, it is also common to eat <em>panellets<\/em> (a typical Catalan pastry) , <em>boniatos <\/em>(sweet potatoes), candied fruit and drink muscatel wine.\u00a0 <strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"58862\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is a yearly celebration that happens on the 31st of October. Particularly famous in North America, Halloween\u2019s customs are believed to be influenced by Celtic-speaking countries&#8217; folk customs. 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