As for every year and all year for that matter, Barcelona is hosting one event after the other what seems sometimes to be an never ending party.

After finishing the summer holidays, the locals went straight into the street festivals, starting off with the biggest one in the neighbourhood of Gracia. Then moving on to the festival in Sants. After this Barcelonas own festival starts, Merce, where the city is full of events, concerts, theatre, folk dancing, the dragon fire parade (El Foc) and not to mention the fire works, ending the evening on the sky. The fire works are building up, each and every night of the festival it can be seen from the beach front down in Barceloneta to then end it off with the big finale at Plaza Espanya, the 24^th of September n the day of the saints day of Barcelona, Mercedes, which is also a public holiday.

As soon as Merce has reached its end Barceloneta takes over from there. And the locals have gathered up during months for their yearly festivities. The streets are competing against each other for who can make the nicest decoration along their streets.

Anyone with a talent for something has been practising for the big day of performing in front of their neighbours up on stage. Bands are playing latest hits, old and young mixed up on the dance floor all with the same aim, to have some fun.

The festivities last for a week, with a big fair ground along the port, food stalls, markets selling arts and crafts. If you are planning to come to Barcelona in September, no matter what date you plan to come you are more then likely to coincide with one of these above mentioned festivities, and even outside of Barcelona the wine regions presenting their new wine harvest and fresh bottles of wines and cava.

Many people find it more pleasant to come to Barcelona this time of the year as it is still warm temperature and perfectly all right to swim in the sea, but also less tourist crowding the high lights of the city.

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With greetings from the Akaza Team