What to do for Sant Jordi 2025 in Barcelona

Sant Jordi is Catalonia's most romantic day, with people buying books and roses for their loved ones on April 23. 

The streets are covered in red flowers and full of people buying books for their loved ones.    

Barcelona will have a record-breaking 500 stalls selling books and roses, making a total of 3,500 meters of space reserved for this joyous day. 

Here is what to do and where to buy books and roses during Sant Jordi day in seven different districts of Barcelona. 

Eixample district 

This year, the Eixample district will once again become the city’s main attraction, with 203 book stalls, centered around the Sant Jordi Superblock around Passeig de Gràcia, between Diagonal and Gran Via and Carrer de Balmes and Pau Claris. 

Casa Battló, one of the famous modernist buildings by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, will be decorated with roses, as it does each year, and is definitely worth a visit.  

Another iconic piece of Gaudí architecture is the basilica Sagrada Família, which will celebrate Sant Jordi with a huge audiovisual art installation called ‘Llum Primigènia’, about the legend of Sant Jordi.  

Ciutat Vella district 

The central district of the Catalan capital will have 94 book stalls, with the more than one-kilometer-long boulevard La Rambla once again becoming one of the main attractions, despite being under construction.  

At Passeig de Lluís Companys, the walkway in front of the Arc de Triomf monument, will also have books and rose stands. There will be a specific space reserved for comics, children's and youth literature. 

On la Rambla de Raval, around 60 social organizations, collectives and associations will celebrate Sant Jordi with some 40 activities, including workshops and book presentations.  

On the April 23, many museums and public institutions, such as the Barcelona City Hall will be open for visits.  

Central Plaça de Sant Just will celebrate its 16th edition of the Artists’ Book and Small Press Festival. 

Gràcia district 

The Gràcia district is known for having the highest number of bookshops per inhabitant. Besides those bookshops there will be 23 book stands, from Jardinets de Gràcia running up Carrer Gran de Gràcia.  

There will also be a gathering of illustrators on the Plaça de Nicolás Salmerón square.  

Sant Jordi will also be celebrated in Park Güell with book exchanges, reading areas and a workshop. 

Les Corts district  

This district will have ten bookstands in an effort to decentralize the celebrations and bring people towards more traditional places with local initiatives.  

There will be many activities by local organizations and shops in the area of La Diagonal Avenue. 

Sant Martí district  

This year, Sant Martí will have eleven book stalls, along with the already existing bookshops, and the main Sant Jordi areas will be around La Rambla de Poblenou, la Plaça del Mercat del Clot and the García Márquez library, that was named the 'Best New Library in the World' in 2023. The library will also be hosting activities. 

At the Encants market, there will be a charity book stall. Books will be sold for €1 a piece, and all proceeds will be donated to the Spanish Association for Creatine Deficiencies.  

Sant Andreu district  

Plaça d'Orfila square is an epicenter for the inhabitants of the Sant Andreu and will be occupied on Sant Jordi by five book stands. Authors will be signing their books at the book stands and at the district's library. There will also be different literary activities, concerts and child-friendly events organized throughout the district. 

The neighborhood Bon Pastor will hold their first edition of the poetry competition Jocs Florals. 

For same-sex love, the district will also celebrate its fifth edition of ‘Lesbian Sant Jordi’ (Sant Jordi Lèsbic).  

Sarrià district 

This year, the district will have two book stalls, and the main activities will take place around the squares Plaça de Sarrià and Plaça de Mañé i Flaquer.  

There will be other activities such theater, poetry readings and book exchange throughout the day in the district.  

Sant Jordi around Catalonia 

One of the factors that makes the day so special is that it is celebrated up and down all of Catalonia. Check out our guide to where to celebrate Sant Jordi if you’re outside the Catalan capital. 

Girona  

In northern Catalonia, Sant Jordi will once again return to the areas Barri Vell and El Mercadal, with the center of all activities in the city being Plaça Catalunya, where most of the books and rose stands will be.    

This allows for more space and for more people to pass through without blocking the street. 

Around La Rambla, El Pont de Pedra, and Santa Clara Street as well as Carrer Nou street will be the designated areas for social organizations. 

Throughout the day, there will be book signings, workshops and children's activities as well as the opportunity to dance traditional sardanes dances at Plaça de la Independència on April 23 at 6pm. 

Tarragona  

In the south of Catalonia, Sant Jordi will be celebrated with stalls selling books and roses on the Rambla Nova boulevard. On the street there will be traditional castellers, or human towers, at 8pm. Those wanting to dance sardanes can do so at Verdaguer square at 7pm.  

There will also be various book signings with authors at different bookshops around the city.  

Some of the main museums of the city such as the Archaeological Museum of Tarragona, the Roman Villa of Els Munts, and the Centcelles Roman ensemble will have free entrance on April 23.  

Lleida  

To the west, Lleida's central celebration point will be concentrated between Rambla de Ferran boulevard and Francesc Macià avenue. There, book and rose sellers will set up their stands for the day's joyful celebrations.   

A new addition this year will be the newly opened location of the Morera museum on Rambla de Ferran boulevard. There will also be a stage for musical performances and to dance sardanes at 7pm.  

169 requests have been made to set up a stall in the reserved area, promising a wide variety of books, roses and more.  

Badalona  

Badalona, just north of Barcelona, will hold its yearly Sant Jordi fair on Carrer Francesc Layret. Shops and organizations will participate and sell products related to Sant Jordi, such as flowers, pastries and books.  

Some bookshops will set up on Plaça de Pompeu Fabra selling their books, while others will be present at Plaça de l'Ajuntament. These celebrations will start on April 20.  

There will also be another celebration on the Sant Elies square from 5pm to 7pm with workshop and children's activities.  

Vic  

In the inland city of Vic, Sant Jordi will be celebrated with literature and cinematography. On April 23, the town is presenting the works of Jordi Lara, a Catalan writer, journalist and director.  

Lara won the 2017 Serra d'Or Critics' Narrative Prize, a prestigious Catalan literature award. The writer will be presenting pieces from his own movies on April 23 at 8pm.  

Calonge i Sant Antoni  

In the Costa Brava municipality of Calonge i Sant Antoni, Sant Jordi really takes over.  

Calonge is considered a book town, a first in Catalonia, and features many bookstores among its streets.  

A few days before Sant Jordi, from April 18 to the 27, Calonge will have stands with books and roses, shows and authors signing books to celebrate Catalonia's most romantic day. Five bookshops in the town are participating in the initiative. 

More Sant Jordi celebrations around Catalonia 

In Vic, possibly the town with the most bookshops per population in the country, all the bookshops will set up in the town’s most emblematic space, Plaça Major. 

In Manresa, bookshops and florists have a traditional space, the Passeig de Pere III, in front of the Casino, with a separate area for author signatures. 

In Reus, the party will be held in the most iconic square in the city, Plaça del Mercadal.. 

In Tortosa, the book stalls will be on a route from Carrer de Sant Blai to Plaça de l'Àngel, Carrer de l'Àngel, Plaça d'Agustí Querol, Carrer de la Rosa and Plaça de la Cinta. 

In Amposta, they will be concentrated in Plaça de l'Ajuntament, where the stalls of the local bookstores will set up. 

In Torredembarra, stalls will set up in the square that connects the two most commercial streets, with a space marked out for bookstores and florists. 

In Banyoles, they will stop in Plaça Major, in a space shared with organizations. 

In Premià de Mar, organizations, florists, and bookshops will share space in Plaça de l'Antic Ajuntament, in the old town and three streets that lead to it. 

In Tremp, both bookshops and organizations set up stalls of books, roses and handicrafts on Rambla Dr. Pearson, with local activities and authors. 

In La Seu d'Urgell, the City Council plans to fill Passeig Joan Brudieu with stalls from the city's bookstores and florists, as well as a space for associations. 

In Vilafranca del Penedès, the bookstores will be located on the Rambla de Sant Francesc, where they will share space with the town's entities. 

In Ascó, the party will be located in Plaça de l'Església, where the City Council organizes activities.