The 11 of May, the streets of Barcelona fills of the aromas and natural colors of the aromatic plants and products. Confitadas essences, fruits, honey, yogurt, candies, cheeses, treats, liquors, wines, oils, pies, and inserted can be seen, be smelled and be enjoyed in the Fira de Sant Pon. The Fair of Sant Pon or San Ponce is, perhaps, one of the celebrated oldest fairs in Catalonia and every spring gives all natural class of medicinal grass, remedies, and products to us Earth craftsmen. The Fira de Sant Pon is celebrated from century XVI in honor to santo landlord of the herbolarios and beekeepers, although probably the origin of the celebration goes back to the celebrations dedicated to Flora, Roman goddess of the vegetation. Tenderetes settles in four districts of the city: Beautiful Ciutat, Sants-Montjuc, Sarri-Saint Gervasi and Nou Barris, although the market of greater spread takes place around the street Hospital, in the heat of heart of the Beautiful Ciutat. Besides the fair-market, also religious acts are organized, pasacalles, festive sardanas and other acts.
If you are enjoying your stay in some of the hotels of Barcelona and want to see something different and traditional, you do not lose the local fair of Sant Pon. The visit to the event is gratuitous and it is not necessary to buy nothing to be able to enjoy the atmosphere and to discover peculiar products. The robust one, the thyme, rosemary, manzanilla or the laurel are some of the species protagonists of this day, besides made foods of artisan form like jam, honey, chocolate and representative foods of the Catalan food like cheeses, the typical one killed just fact, inlays in addition, in the last years and following the new tendencies, have gotten up all type of ecological products, natural 100% without colouring preservatives nor. In order to be able to remove the maximum benefit to the fair from San Pon you would have to consider to make a reserve in some hotel in Barcelona. You will not regret!