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Grec Festival
Theatre, dance and music in summer
The city’s summer festival of theatre, dance and music, named after the open-air Greek theatre on Montjuïc.
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Image courtesy of © Josep Aznar · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- Summer
- Address
- Montjuïc, Barcelona
- Nearest metro
- El Poble-sec
600 m · 8 min walk
More distances - Website
- barcelona.cat
About Grec Festival
The Grec Festival fills Barcelona’s stages each summer, with performances in the Teatre Grec on Montjuïc; the programme is on barcelona.cat/grec.
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Grec Festival before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to Grec Festival, as the crow flies.
- InterContinental Barcelona550 m7 min walk
- Brummell600 m8 min walk
- Hotel Miramar Barcelona1.0 km12 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from Grec Festival are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest metro stations
- El Poble-secL3600 m8 min walk
- EspanyaL1L3900 m11 min walk
- Paral·lelL2L31.0 km13 min walk
Key sights
- La Boqueria1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Barcelona Cathedral2.1 kmWalk 27 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Palau de la Música2.4 kmWalk 30 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Casa Batlló2.5 kmWalk 31 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Museu Picasso2.5 kmWalk 31 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- La Pedrera2.9 kmWalk 36 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Barceloneta beach3.0 kmWalk 37 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Sagrada Família4.0 kmCycle 16 minCar or taxi 15 min
- Park Güell5.0 kmCycle 20 minCar or taxi 18 min
- Barcelona-El Prat Airport11 kmCycle 42 minCar or taxi 33 min
Main railway stations
- Plaça d’Espanya (FGC)950 mWalk 12 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 7 min
- Barcelona Sants2.0 kmWalk 24 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Plaça de Catalunya (Rodalies, FGC)2.1 kmWalk 26 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Passeig de Gràcia (Rodalies)2.3 kmWalk 29 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
Location
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