SPAIN: Barcelona's Christmas Traditions

We were in Barcelona for 6 weeks and it coincided with Christmas and New Year’s, giving us the opportunity to experience the Christmas traditions that are unique to the region of Catalan.

Barcelona's main Christmas Market is the Fira de Santa Llúcia in the square in front of Barcelona’s Cathedral.

It goes back almost 250 years when the Christmas Market was first documented in 1786. 

It is one of Spain’s oldest Christmas markets and one of the oldest continuously held markets in Europe.

But it is different than the other European Christmas Markets.