Kids in Barcelona - Family and parents guide to activities, shopping, holiday apartments, events, health, schools and nurseries, babysitting and childcare, and playgroups in Barcelona.

Swimming outdoors in Barcelona
Unless you have family membership at the gym or are lucky to share a communal pool, you may just opt for the obvious choice of one of the Barcelona Beaches. There are places that you can go to cool off in the city and out of town, it is just a question of knowing where they are...read the guide to paddling. pools, water parks and Barcelona Beaches

Music Festivals
Throughout the summer on Wednesday and Friday evenings you can enjoy free outdoor jazz sessions at the Ciutadella Park. This weekend, Montjuic castle will again host the Hamaka festival in the castle's moat. A great afternoon out with the children offering food, drink, lots of comfortable chairs, space to play and relaxing music...see events list

July in Les Corts
The summer local fiestas are now in full swing with Les Corts continuing its month-long Julio a les Corts. The programme includes free showings of Harry Potter films on Thursday evenings...see details and link to full programme

Festa Major of Poble Sec
Poble Sec is celebrating its Festa Major until Sunday with children's workshops at 5pm on Thursday 17th plus a giants parade and bouncy castles this weekend among music, dance and other outdoor activities...see details

Children's Theatre
A last chance to see Sleeping Beauty plus puppetry at the Puntual and, until the 27th July, the enjoyable classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer along with his inseparable friend, Huckleberry Finn....see family theatre

Children's Cinema
Don't forget that every Wednesday in July and August, CaixaForum are showing short films suitable for young children. The programme includes various adventures from Babar and also Little Einsteins from Disney. Wednesday 16th July at 5pm and 6.30pm is the Book of Pooh ...see details

Children by Cathy
If you are keen to have some natural unposed photographs of your children in their own environment then Cathy Loughran is an award winning photographer with a great portfolio...see Cathy's selection

See What's on for Children for other workshops, shows and activities

Regards,

Kids in Barcelona

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Sitges Playgroup Summer activities for parents and kids...see message board

BabyTown
Diagonal Mar nursery open for children ages 1-5 during the summer...see message board

Final Moving sale items including Italian crafted crib, Maclaren pram, baby backpack and kitchen items...see forum

El Petit Comite
Thursday 17th July 11am-1pm, Cinema play with a Teletubbie's theme. Come and draw and paint with us. Parent's group for pre-school children. Centre Civic Parc Sandaru, C/ Buenaventura Muñoz, 21 (nr. Ciutadella).

Free Talk on how you can use Reflexogoly to improve the health of your children...see details