The 2026 dates are not out yet; Girona usually announces them in November. In 2025 the market ran Nov 28 to Jan 5, and the ice rink ran Dec 20 to Jan 4.

Are the market and the rink in the same place?

No. The market is on Plaça de la Independència, in the center. In 2025 the rink and ice slide were at the Palau de Fires in Parc de la Devesa, about a 10-minute walk away.

The market is free. In 2025 the rink was €12 an hour including skate rental, the ice slide was €4 for four runs, and gloves were required on the ice. Lleuresport, the kids' Christmas park, was €5 for anyone over 3.

Is there something for little kids?

Yes. Lleuresport, Girona's big kids' Christmas park, fills the Sant Narcís sports complex with play areas for every age from babies to teens. In 2025 it opened Dec 29 and 30 and Jan 2 and 3, 3:30pm to 8pm.

What about holiday hours?

In 2025 the rink closed on Christmas Day, closed at 7pm on Dec 24 and 31, and opened at 4pm on Jan 1. The market closed at 7pm on Dec 24, Dec 31 and Jan 5.

Girona Christmas Market and Ice Rink

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Where

Mercat de Nadal, Plaça de la Independència (2025: Nov 28 to Jan 5, 10:30am to 9pm), Ice rink and sled slide, Palau de Fires (2025: Dec 20 to Jan 4, 10am to 9pm) and Lleuresport kids' Christmas park, Complex Esportiu Sant Narcís (2025: Dec 29, 30 and Jan 2, 3, 3:30pm to 8pm)

Getting there

~40 min by train drive from Barcelona

Ages

All ages (best for 4–12)

Duration

A full day, including the train

Setting

Outdoors (the rink is covered)

Plan for

A full day, including the train

Ice rink

800 m², covered, with a 27 m sled slide

From Barcelona

About 40 min by fast train from Sants

What you need to know

Ice slide for kids: a 27 m toboggan with three sled lanes next to an 800 m² covered rink at the Palau de Fires; in 2025 skating was €12 an hour with skates, and €4 bought four slides
The market is free to wander: stalls of nativity figures, Tiós and torrons on Plaça de la Independència, open daily 10:30am to 9pm in 2025
Easy by train: fast trains from Barcelona Sants take about 40 minutes, and the market is a 15-minute walk from Girona station

About

Girona's old town, with its colored houses over the Onyar river and the cathedral steps above, makes a storybook setting for Christmas. The market fills the arcaded Plaça de la Independència with wooden stalls selling nativity figures, Tiós, wooden toys and torrons, the almond nougat Catalans eat at Christmas. The ice rink is the kids' favorite: one of the biggest in Catalonia, covered, with a separate ice slide where children race down three lanes on sleds. Pair it with a walk along the old city walls and a hot chocolate in the old town for a full winter day out.

Market free; rink €12 an hour (2025)

Dates to be announced

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Where it is

Mercat de Nadal, Plaça de la Independència (2025: Nov 28 to Jan 5, 10:30am to 9pm)
Pl. de la Independència, 17001 Girona, Spain
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Ice rink and sled slide, Palau de Fires (2025: Dec 20 to Jan 4, 10am to 9pm)
Passeig de la Devesa, 34, 17001 Girona, Spain
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Lleuresport kids' Christmas park, Complex Esportiu Sant Narcís (2025: Dec 29, 30 and Jan 2, 3, 3:30pm to 8pm)
Carrer d'Empúries, 47, 17005 Girona, Spain
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