SEMANA SANTA 2019 BARCELONA: WHAT TO DO
If you find yourself in Barcelona this week, you might be wondering what to do with yourself since most of your friends and family have bolted town for vacation time elsewhere. Don’t worry! As is always the case in the Catalan capital, there is always something to do to keep you busy!
We’ve got some events going on during Holy Week 2019 that might interest you. Here they are:
- Barcelona Flower & Garden Show: De Flor en Flor
- Where: Poble Espanyol; Moll d’Espanya, 5
- When: April 19-22nd
- Times: 11:00-19:00
- Cost: Included in price of admission to Poble Espanyol; 6,30€
- Downtown Market Barcelona
- Where: Maremàgnum; Moll d’Espanya, 5
- When: April 20-21st
- Times: 12:00-21:00
- Cost: FREE
- BCN Film Fest
- Where: CINES VERDI (C/ Verdi 32); FILMOTECA DE CATALUNYA (Plaça de Salvador Seguí); CAIXAFORUM (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8)
- When: April 22-30th
- Times: Depends on the day (for the full program, click here)
- Cost: 2,90€; 8,90€ for Inauguration film; 5,90€ for Closing film
- “El dibuix de temps’ at Castell de Montjuïc
- Where: Castell de Montjuïc
- When: April 18-22nd
- Times: 13:00 and 16:30
- Cost: 12€ online; limited number of tickets (in Catalan only)
- Furia Queer
- Where: Sidecar Factory Club; Plaça Reial 7
- When: April 21st
- Times: 22:00-6:00
- Cost: 7€ online
- Max Beckmann
- Where: CaixaForum; Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8
- When: April 17th-May 26th
- Times: 10:00-20:00
- Cost: 5€
- Tintín y La Luna
- Where: CosmoCaixa Barcelona; Carrer d’Isaac Newton, 26
- When: April 17th-May 26th
- Times: 10:00-20:00
- Cost: 2,50€ online
- The Meet Vincent Van Gogh Experience
- Where: Port Vell; Pla de Miquel Tarradell
- When: March 14th-June 2nd
- Times: 10:00-20:00; passes are time-designated
- Cost: 13€
- Easter Egg Hunt at Granja d’Aventura Park (and other activities)
- Where: Granja d’Aventura Park; Camí Ral de Suro, Finca Número 2
- When: April 13-21st
- Times: Depends on the day and activity
- Cost: Free for children under 3; 10,90€ for children aged 5-12 and adults over 65; 12,90€ for adults
Holy Week Processions
- Silent Procession of Badalona
- Where: Esglesia de St. Maria; Carrer del Temple, 4 (Badalona)
- When: April 18, 2019
- Schedule: 21:00
- Route:
Església de Santa Maria
Plaça Barbarà
Carrer de la Costa
Plaça Constitució
Carrer Barcelona
Carrer Rector
Carrer Santa Bàrbara
Plaça Alcalde Xifré
Carrer de la Creu
Carrer Francesc Layret
Carrer del Temple
- Where: Esglesia de St. Maria; Carrer del Temple, 4 (Badalona)
- Holy Friday Procession of Barcelona: Procesión de Jesús del Gran Poder y la Esperanza Macarena
- Where: Parroquia de Sant Agustí; Plaza Sant Agustí, 2
- When: April 19, 2019
- Schedule: 17:00-23:00
- Route:
17.00 Pl. Sant Agustí
17.15 Hospital
17.30 Pla de la Boqueria
17.45 La Rambla
18.30 Santa Anna
19.00 Av. Portal de l’Àngel
19.30 Arcs
20.00 Av. Catedral
20.30 Trobada
20.30 Boters
21.15 Carrer del Pi
21.30 Pl. del Pi
21.45 Cardenal Casañas
22.00 Pl. de la Boqueria
22.15 Hospital
22.30 Pl. Sant Agustí
23.00 Entrada paso de la Virgen
- Where: Parroquia de Sant Agustí; Plaza Sant Agustí, 2
- Holy Friday Procession of Barcelona: Procesión del Sant Crist de la Bona Mort
- Where: Parroquia de Santa Anna; Carrer de Santa Anna, 29
- When: April 19, 2019
- Schedule: 18:30 h – 22:00
- Route:
18:30 Parroquia de Santa Anna
19:00 Carrer Santa Ana
19:10 Portal de l’Àngel
19:20 Carrer Portaferrisa
19:30 Carrer Petritxol
19:45 Pl. del Pi
20:00 Carrer de la Palla
20:30 Pla de la Seu (joins the Parroquia de Sant Jaume Procession at 21:00 Carrer Bisbe)
- Holy Friday Procession of Barcelona: Procesión de la Virgen de las Angustias
- Where: Parroquia de Sant Jaume; Carrer Ferran, 28
- When: April 19, 2019
- Schedule: 18:30-22:30
- Route:
18:30 Parroquia de Sant Jaume
19:00 Ramblas
19:45 Plaza del Pi
20:30 Avinguda de la Catedral
21:00 Carrer Bisbe (joined by Parroquia de Santa Anna procession)
22:00 Plaza de Sant Jaume
22:30 Parroquia de Sant Jaume
- Where: Parroquia de Sant Jaume; Carrer Ferran, 28
- 15+1 of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Where:
- When: April 19, 2019
- Schedule: 20:30-24:00
- Route:
Carrer del Molí
Avinguda de la Electricitat
Carrer Hierbabuena
Carrer dels Naranjos
Avinguda de Severo Ochoa
Lateral de la Avinguda de Isabel la Catòlica
Plaça de Eivissa
Carrer de Vineròs
Lateral de la Avinguda de Severo Ochoa
Carrer de Marcel.lí Esquius
Carrer del Molí
- Where:
For more info on the processions, click here.
Whatever you end up deciding to do, we hope you enjoy Holy Week in Barcelona!
By EMILY BENSON
Photos by ISABEL TROYA