Santa Eulalia Festival 2011 – An exciting event in Barcelona

The Santa Eulalia Festival will be held in February in 2011 in Barcelona. This annual festival is the most awaited event, particularly for children. Also called Fiesta de Santa Eulàlia or "La Laia", this festival is held for four days. It is Barcelona’s biggest festival for children and is also the best time to visit this place. Even you too should look out for cheap airfares to Barcelona and try to get the best possible cheap flight deals to Barcelona so that you may travel by cheap flights to Barcelona after buying cheap tickets to Barcelona.

More than a hundred fun activities of all kinds, mostly for children, will be held during the festival that starts from February 11 and will continue up to February 13 this year. Why not buy cheap air tickets to Barcelona and reach by cheap airline flights to Barcelona along with your family and kids to make the most of your holidays here during the festival? This is undoubtedly the best time for you to visit this beautiful place.

The Santa Eulalia Festival is held around the day when Barcelona’s co-patron saint Eulàlia, who died as a martyr with only 13 years on the 12th February. This day is called Santa Eulalia's Day, and the festival is celebrated to commemorate the saint.

When you buy cheap tickets to Barcelona and arrive by cheap flights to Barcelona, you’ll be pleased to see a happy and exciting event in Barcelona during this period. When your children come along with you by cheap international flights to Barcelona, they will get an opportunity to see and get hilarious after seeing street parades with giants and other fantasy figures, human castles, storytelling, puppet shows, etc. Besides, family workshops, talks, concerts and many other events will also be held during the festival.

Other events during the festival include “castellers” human castle building, sardanas dancing and “correfoc” fire runs. It’s really exciting to see music schools, choirs and children’s orchestras usually perform around the city throughout the festival. Children’s photography competition called “Foto Laia” and the "Premis Ciutat de Barcelona" awards for shopkeepers will also be held. A local artist also creates a new poster for the Santa Eulàlia festival every year. Book cheap flights to Barcelona and avail the excellent opportunity to spend your family holidays here!