The month of September is a great month for tourists staying in Barcelona Spain Accommodation as this month Barcelona celebrates its biggest annual festival; La Mercè, the Patron Saint of Barcelona.
The La Mercè festival officially takes place on September 24th 2007 however there are over 500 activities and events happening all over the city from the 22nd.
Amongst the hundreds of activities include:
-The Festival of Music: concerts and street performances all over Barcelona
-The Festival of Tradition: castellers (human towers), capgrossos (dwarves with big heads), gegants (giants )and an entire menagerie of festive animals, accompanied by guests from Mediterranean countries.
-The Festival in the Sky: acrobatic air show featuring jets, balloons and gliders and more
-The Festival of Fire: all types of sparks, from the pyrotechnical fireworks and music show to the correfoc (literally a fire-run)
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