For many, March 19 (St. Joseph’s Day and Father’s Day) is one of the most important dates on the calendar. Whatever yours is, we are sure that one of these Father’s Day plans will be the perfect way to celebrate the day together in the most special way possible.
Is your father more laid back or more active? Does he enjoy food or does he prefer art? Whatever it is, in this top of plans you will find ideas that you will surely get right. You will be happy and your father will be even happier, enjoying time with his loved ones doing something he is passionate about.
A day of sports and games at Alfa5
Soccer or tennis? Shooting range or paragliding? At Alfa5 you won’t have to choose, because this leisure center that combines sport and technology (with the so-called XR Sports) offers up to nine activities in the same space, adapted to all tastes and physical conditions and combining the use of virtual reality with real space. A perfect plan for sporty parents and also for gamers, for those who enjoy hitting the ball or playing a shooter (in this case 360º).
📍 Location: Alfa5. c/ Almogàvers, 169
💸 Tickets : from 12€ (and with special promos during the week).
Hidden Evidence, an experience to feel like Hercule Poirot
If your father is a fan of mystery and loves series like Colombo, CSI or Castle or the detective novels of a lifetime, in Hidden Evidence he will feel at home. In this immersive experience (where you can go as a family) a crime is represented and we as guests will have to solve it, looking for clues and questioning suspects, all in a unique environment (in Barcelona today, in the Casa de la seda, in a plot about mysterious cults).
At Fever you can purchase the Hidden Evidence gift card for your father to choose the session he prefers for this experience (either for Barcelona or, if you make a getaway, for other Spanish cities where it is performed).
📍 Location: La casa de la seda. C/ de Sant Pere Més Alt, 1
💸 Gift card from 28€ (one person)
An exciting immersive journey into the world of Goya
Centre d’Art Amatller’s new immersive exhibition, Universo Goya, has just opened its doors in Barcelona. Between Light and Darkness. If your father is one of those who is passionate about art, he will have a great time revisiting the painter’s career and seeing with his own eyes how some of those paintings he has seen a thousand times now come to life. If you also like history, you will also enjoy the part of the exhibition dedicated to the period in which the artist lived (with original objects from those years) and the room about the events of May 2 and 3.
If you don’t want to gamble with the date, you can buy a gift card for Universo Goya. Between Light and Darkness, so your father can choose which day he will go with you to enjoy it.
📍 Location: Centre d’Art Amatller. Passeig de Gràcia, 41
Organize a gastro gourmet route
Passeig dels Gourmetsis an initiative that wants to turn Paseo de Gracia into a high-level gastronomic route, ideal for foodie parents. It is a gastronomic festival that takes place from March 13 to 23, in the middle of Father’s Day.
If your father is a select gourmet, this is your plan. A total of 16 restaurants are joining the initiative, which have created five irresistible routes: a route of dishes, signature snacks, creative pastries, gourmet menus and varied experiences that include concerts, evenings, etc., with gastronomy always at the center.
📍 Location: 16 restaurants in the center of Barcelona
💸 Dishes from 8€.
From tapa to tapa in Barcelona
If your father fits perfectly in the category of ‘disfrutón’, this plan with food is also made for him. On this occasion, we bring you our selection of favorite tapas in the city; a tour of lifetime bars that offer real delicacies that are capital sins of gastronomy.
Without going any further, the torreznos (well fried and greasy) of Bar Gol, the ensaladilla rusa of Sant Antoni Gloriós, the pescaíto frito of Bar La Plata or the preserves of Quimet & Quimet. You can take him to make a vermouth (one of those strong ones that soon finish at 16h) or directly to put your boots on at lunchtime.
👉 Discover here the 20 best tapas bars in Barcelona
Disconnect from the hustle and bustle in the middle of nature
Getting away from the stress and noise of the city is often an ideal plan for weekends and holidays. Not only that, but it also means reconnecting with ourselves and surely with whoever accompanies us.
If your father is a sportsman, or simply a lover of nature and landscapes, you should know that in Catalonia are 3 of the 30 most beautiful landscapes in the country according to National Geographic, and that going to visit them is a plan to enjoy a different plan with your father.
👉 These are the most impressive landscapes of our land.
Visit flowering fields
If you are two nature lovers, a very good plan is also to tour some of the fields in bloom, and more at this time of year, with spring falling. They are a spectacle to behold and going to one of them is an excuse to get out of the city and get in touch with nature. The most beautiful are located in Begues, Ribera d’Ebre, Les Garrigues, Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana, Aitona, Pla de l’Estany and L’Empordà. Almost all of them are concentrated in the province of Girona; an ideal trip to do by car and get into this spectacle.
👉 These are the 9 most beautiful flower fields of our territory.
A family concert
Barcelona has a wide range of concerts 365 days a year, and specifically the spring months are full of musical events. From classics to indie bands, from jazz to rock, from happy pop to hip-hop… Whatever your dad’s thing is, you’re sure to find an interesting concert in our music calendar.
👉 Discover the most important concerts in the coming months in Barcelona.
Give him a time of total disconnection
If nature is not enough or he is simply a city animal, surely your father does not say no to a good spa. Barcelona and its surroundings have several wellness centers where he can take a dip and let himself be pampered with a massage or other healthy treatments. Give him the pleasure of going alone, as a couple … or with the excuse of inviting him go you too, a moment of relaxation does not hurt anyone.
👉 These are the 16 best spas in Catalonia
Put the finishing touch to the season of calçots.
If you love each other, calçots are always a good excuse to enjoy a feast, make a bit of a fool of yourself with the pitet and give the Romesco Sauce a kick. Besides, there is nothing more nostrat and more familiar than sitting together at a table, and more in one where this jewel of our gastronomy abounds. Fortunately, you don’t have to go far from home to enjoy a good calçotada.
👉 Eat calçots without leaving Barcelona: the best places.
Celebrate Father’s Day with your children
Maybe you are not reading this article looking for plans to celebrate with your father, but you are the father who wants to celebrate this day with your son! That’s why we leave you here plans (many of them free) to enjoy the city and the good weather with your family.