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Festive Barcelona
Decorated floats and costumed giants inch down crowded
streets, teams of red-shirted men clamber on each other’s
shoulders, sweets are hurled to children, fireworks burst
into the sky and the drummers are going crazy – it’s festival
time in Barcelona, and you can forget all about a decent
night’s sleep. In a city with two patron saints, a dozen
neighbourhoods each with their own
festa
, and a full cultural
and music calendar, there will be something going on
whenever you visit.