LOCAL FESTIVALS AND MARKETS:
Markets:
Craft cooking Fair: 1st Saturday of the month. Rambla Llibertat
Market de la Lleona: 1st and 2nd Saturday of the month. Plaça Sant Feliu
Collectors’ Fair: Sundays and holidays. Plaça Catalunya
Weekly Art Fair: Saturdays. Plaça Miquel Santaló
Art Fair: Saturdays.
Flower Market: Saturdays. Rambla Llibertat
Craft Fair: Saturdays. Pont de Pedra
Strolling Market: Tuesday and Saturdays. Parc de la Devesa
Festivals and Main Activities:
Girona Gastronomic Forum. Biannual
Gastronomic Week. March
Easter Week. Holy Friday Procession. Manaies
Girona, Flower Festival. May
Religious Music Festival. June - July
“Escènit”. Summer activities
“Temporada Alta”. Theatre, music and dance festival. October - December
The Festival of Sant Narcís . October - November
Christmas fair and celebrations
Regular theatre music and dance events at the: Auditorium – Conference Hall, Municipal Theatre, The Centre Cultural La Mercè, La Planeta Theatre.
POINTS AND PLACES OF INTEREST:
The Jewish Quarter or Call, The cathedral: 6th-8th century, The Church of Sant Feliu: 13th-17th century, The Monastery of Sant Pere of Galligants: 12th century, The Arab Baths: 12th century, The Art Museum, The Museum of the History of the City, The Bonastruc ça Porta Centre, The Archaeology Museum, The Cinema Museum.
ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA:
Girona has all the charm of a large city but without the crowds, it is a city made to measure, filled with places to see and visit – streets, festivals, culture, restaurants, tourist services, gastronomy, sporting events, fairs, theatre, sports fishing, bicycle trips, trekking, guided tours, picnic areas, tourist “train” hot-air balloon rides, etc.