The best things to do with kids in Barcelona this weekend, picked for the Thursday email by parents who live here. Swipe through for times, ages and prices. Most families pick one big plan and one easy backup, so the weekend works whatever the weather or the mood.
Two neighboring festes majors end on the holiday, both with a family program. Sarrià starts with its homemade cart race down the old main street and closes with an outdoor movie and a cold-fire show. Les Corts fills the afternoon with a magician, the giants' farewell dance and a correfoc, then ends with fireworks set to music. Do a morning in one, an evening in the other.
Patis Oberts opens school playgrounds to everyone outside class time, so the yard down the street becomes a neighborhood play space. A monitor opens the gate, watches over the space and gets kids playing together.
The 20 city nursery schools in the program set out sandboxes and toddler play areas for the under-sixes, and several host a storytime during the season.
Brickània is Montblanc's LEGO festival, inside the medieval church of Sant Francesc and its cloister. Kids walk around eight big dioramas, from Harry Potter's world to a medieval Montblanc, and the apse holds three built around the town's Sant Jordi legend. Then they can build at the play area, join a short robotics session, or browse stalls of new and secondhand sets. It suits kids who already build at home.
Vila Màgica is Gràcia's own magic festival, now in its third year and run by neighborhood associations. For families, the heart of it is the open-air stage in Plaça Joanic: a comedy magician, rows of folding chairs and a crowd of kids. The acts are built on humor and audience participation, so expect volunteers to be called up. Indoor shows around the neighborhood fill out the rest of the program.
The best things to do with kids in Barcelona this weekend, picked for the Thursday email by parents who live here. Swipe through for times, ages and prices. Most families pick one big plan and one easy backup, so the weekend works whatever the weather or the mood.
Two neighboring festes majors end on the holiday, both with a family program. Sarrià starts with its homemade cart race down the old main street and closes with an outdoor movie and a cold-fire show. Les Corts fills the afternoon with a magician, the giants' farewell dance and a correfoc, then ends with fireworks set to music. Do a morning in one, an evening in the other.
Patis Oberts opens school playgrounds to everyone outside class time, so the yard down the street becomes a neighborhood play space. A monitor opens the gate, watches over the space and gets kids playing together.
The 20 city nursery schools in the program set out sandboxes and toddler play areas for the under-sixes, and several host a storytime during the season.
Brickània is Montblanc's LEGO festival, inside the medieval church of Sant Francesc and its cloister. Kids walk around eight big dioramas, from Harry Potter's world to a medieval Montblanc, and the apse holds three built around the town's Sant Jordi legend. Then they can build at the play area, join a short robotics session, or browse stalls of new and secondhand sets. It suits kids who already build at home.
Vila Màgica is Gràcia's own magic festival, now in its third year and run by neighborhood associations. For families, the heart of it is the open-air stage in Plaça Joanic: a comedy magician, rows of folding chairs and a crowd of kids. The acts are built on humor and audience participation, so expect volunteers to be called up. Indoor shows around the neighborhood fill out the rest of the program.