The museums, monuments, and sites of the Generalitat de Catalunya have prepared more than a hundred activities this summer under the campaign Aquest estiu viu el patrimoni (This summer live the heritage). Proposals for all audiences, including guided and dramatized visits, concerts and shows, family workshops, clue games and escape rooms, and summer strolls. These activities aim to ensure that both local and international tourism have access to Catalan cultural heritage and get to know and discover its richness in a fun and different way. All experiences take place in settings full of history.
The complete agenda of activities has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the Department of Culture and the different public and private agents in the territory and is one of the most important commitments to the revitalization and socialization of culture and heritage.
These activities aim to ensure that both local and international tourism have access to Catalan cultural heritageAmong the highlights is the Jordi Savall Festival, which celebrates its second edition and is consolidating itself as an essential summer event in the Tarragona regions. The Royal Monastery of Santes Creuswill host, from August 11 to 15, ten concerts of this early music festival directed by the renowned performer and conductor, which will take place in heritage sites that are part of the Cistercian Route. Also noteworthy is the Schubertíada in theCanònica de Vilabertran, in Alt Empordà, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and also kicks off on August 11 with soprano Marlis Petersen.
Other musical events of the summer held in Catalan monuments are the Empordà festivals of Portalblau in Empúries and the classical music festival in Sant Pere de Rodes. During the month of August, at the Empúries site of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, the Portablau festival can be enjoyed, with groups such as Texas, El Catarres or El Pot Petit, among others.
The offer of guided tours and walks is increased with new proposals for thematic, intergenerational visits and those that combine monumental and natural heritage. In the Girona regions, visitors can sign up for the classic Josep Pla Route in the Iberian city of Ullastret, or for monastic Girona, which allows them to discover the monasteries of Sant Pere de Galligants and Sant Daniel.
The offer of guided tours and walks is increased with new proposals for thematic and intergenerational visitsIn Priorat, visitors can participate in the visit Reflections of a Carthusian Father in Montsantor on the second spiritual walk in theCartoixa d'Escaladei. And, in Alt Penedès, in the city ofOlèrdola, the 5 km route has been programmedOlèrdola, a mountain of storiesto discover dry stone constructions or the archaeological remains of medieval human-shaped tombs.
An agenda full of different types of activities in all the regions of Catalonia that the Government makes available to all Catalans and also to all visitors who will come to Catalonia this summer. Details of the activities can be consulted in the online agenda that has been enabled on the cultural heritage web portal which also includes proposals for routes, weekend getaways and various promotions to experience a summer full of heritage.