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How is Easter celebrated in Costa Brava?
Costa means coast in Spanish and Catalan and Brava means wild. This beautiful coastal region is located in the northeast of Catalonia. This area was officially selected as a tourist destination by the Spanish government in the 1960s. It has breath-taking beaches and beautiful sights where a tourist can enjoy a relaxing holiday.

Easter holidays are to look forward to in Spain because it celebrates the resurrection of Christ. Many villages and towns located in Costa Brava celebrate Easter with special events. A common way to celebrate the holidays is to hold processions and parades.
It is during the holy week known as Semana Santa, Easter processions and parades start taking place.

The holy week starts from Palm Sunday which is the first Sunday of the holy week. During this day, Godparents are supposed to treat their Godchildren with Mona de Pascua. This is a traditional cocoa cake with chocolate topping that can even take the form of the famous cartoon Sponge Bob or folk scenes and characters. Next there is the Holy Thursday when the procession of Verges takes place. It is divided into two parts- one part represents the Passion of Christ while the second one is held on midnight. The second part represents the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The dance of death also takes place when people dress up like skeletons and dance in front of Christ.

After Holy Thursday, Good Friday follows. During this day crucifixes are carried in many places such as the Sant Hilari Sacalm, Besalu and Beget-Camprodon. The most famous procession in Costa Brava during the Easter holidays is in Girona. The procession of the Cofradia de Cristo takes place here where people dress up as Roman soldiers and other costumes. Most of these processions are accompanied by parades, demonstrations and dances. Songs like Saeta or Capella are played during the procession.

Another specialty of Easter holiday in Costa Brava is the delicious food. The Catalans have their own brands of pastry for Easter. The holiday would also be incomplete without the traditional Spanish sweet Mona de Pascua, chocolate eggs and yummy fried donuts called Bunuelos. The fried donuts come in many delicious varieties such as Bunuelos de vent (choux puffs), Bunuelos de I'Emporda (donuts that originate from Emporda region) and Bunuelos de crema (cream puffs) .Other traditional dessert includes Torrijas, Pestinos and Tortell des Rams. Don't miss these heavenly deserts during your visit in Costa Brava because you won't find it anywhere else!

Where to stay during your easter holidays in Costa Brava?

Barcelona is only 1.30 or 2 hours ago from Costa Brava, so you have the option to book an apartment Barcelona or a hotel Costa Brava if you prefer to get accommodation in the area.

Enjoy your easter holidays in Costa Brava Catalonia! Besides, Ryanair arrives to Girona Airport nearby.

Experience a Blend of Science and Innovation Like Never Before!
Heralded as one of the finest science museums in Europe, CosmoCaixa Science Museum is your chance of coming across the most eclectic blend of science and ingenuity. Inaugurated in 1981, it was closed in 1988 and was reopened in 2005. Cosmo Caixa Science Museum claims its superiority over all other museums in Spain by being the first interactive museum in the country.

With an aim of bringing science to all the enthusiasts, CosmoCaixa Science Museum exhibits some of the most impressive science highlights. Helping you understand different disciplines of science, Cosmo Caixa Science Museum even gives you a chance to do experiments first-hand.

Full of stuff that will enchant adults and adolescents alike, CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona strives to make science exciting and fun. With the assortment of intriguing exhibits promising to hold your attention, here you will come across Flooded Forest that is a remarkable recreation of the Amazonian rainforest. Encased in walls made of glass, the Flooded Forest is an endeavor at watching the marvelous ecosystem from a number of different perspectives.

Also featured here is the Wall Geological which provides an insight into the geology of the world. There is also the Room Of Matter that depicts the progressive evolution of matter and life on earth. The planetarium housed here is all about understanding the development of universe at different stages.

Whether it is the Big Bang or the Internet, Shakespeare or anything else, the CosmoCaixa Science Museum helps you eye things from a scientific perspective. If you are an enthusiast of flora and fauna from different ecological zones, the Toca! Toca! area in CosmoCaixa Science Museum is just the place for you.

With Albert Einstein's statue welcoming you at the information desk, you feel as if you have really entered the era of discoveries. Everything about CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona is about educating locals and tourists. Even the elevator is entirely made of glass so that you learn about the way it works as you mount it to get to the upper floors.

Promising to make your experience richer and entertaining at every step you take, there is a huge Acariquata tree with a height that goes from the bottom all the way to the top of the museum. Modern and playful, CosmoCaixa Science Museum is what you call having fun as you learn.

More Information about CosmoCaixa in Barcelona:
Official Web

Address: Isaac Newton, 26 / Tel. 93 212 60 50
Public Transport:
• Buses: 17, 22, 58, 73, 75, 60 y 196
• Tramvia Blau
• Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya: Avinguda del Tibidabo Station

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