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To mark All Saints’ Day, the city’s cemeteries are extending their public help and information opening times, from 8 am to 5.30 pm, on 1 November
TMB will be providing extra bus services to and from Montjuïc and Collserola cemeteries
Cementiris de Barcelona is to extend its citizen help and information opening times on All Saints’ Day. Public help and information offices will be in service from 8 am to 5.30 pm on 1 November. Opening times on 29 and 30 October and on 5 and 6 November will be from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.
The cemeteries will be open during their usual hours, from 8 am to 6 pm.
If you wish to avoid crowding and enjoy guaranteed privacy during your visits, Cementiris de Barcelona recommends you plan your visits in advance to check its maps and locator, which you will find available on its website, for your dearly departed. The public are also requested to stagger their visits and to visit in small groups.
TMB will be providing extra bus services to the cemeteries
TMB will also be providing extra bus services to and from Montjuïc and Collserola cemeteries. More specifically, public transport to Montjuïc cemetery will be stepped up with extra Line 21 (Paral·lel – Prat) services on 30 October and 1 November. There will also be extra Line 107 bus services, whose route enters the cemetery, from 24 October to 1 November. In addition, a special shuttle service will be available between Plaça d’ Espanya and Porta de Sant Lluís (entrance to the upper section of the cemetery) on 1 November.
As for travel to and from Collserola Cemetery, there will extra services on Line 102 (Plaça d’Eivissa), from 24 October to 1 November, and on Line 104 (Fabra i Puig), on 29 and 30 October and on 1 November.
Flower-selling points
There will be points for purchasing natural flowers, located in Poblenou, Sant Andreu, Les Corts and Montjuic cemeteries from 8 am to 6 pm over the coming days:
- Poblenou: from 22 October to 6 November
- Sant Andreu: from 29 October to 6 November
- Les Corts: 22 and 23 October (from 9 am to 5 pm), 29, 30 and 31 October and 1 November
- Montjuïc: from 29 to 31 October and 1 November
Mass at Poblenou Cemetery and at Sarrià Cemetery
Poblenou cemetery will be holding a mass for the departed, presided over by the Auxiliary Bishop, Monsignor Javier Vilanova, in memory of those who have died alone, on 1 November, at 12 noon. And a mass for the departed will be held in Sarrià cemetery at 12.30 noon.
Night-time tour in Les Corts cemetery
A cultural activity at Les Corts cemetery, also held in previous years, is a dramatised night-time tour. Tours are being given this Thursday, 27 October, with a number of time slots, between 7 pm and 10 pm.
Lasting an hour and a quarter, the tours offer a unique opportunity to discover not just the family vaults of famous figures buried in Les Corts cemetery but also the night-time attractions of this site. The tours, which are candle lit, include live music.
The tombs visited on the tours enable participants to connect with the history of the former village of Les Corts and to get to know the illustrious figures buried there, some of whom will be portrayed by actors, as is the case of Dr Pau Llorach, the comedian Joan Capri and the actress and film-director Elena Jordi. Other points of interest will also be visited, including the cemetery's Modernista-style chapel and Barcelona's oldest Jewish section.
Funeral Carriages Collection
The Funeral Carriages Collection at Montjuïc Cemetery will be open to the public from 10 am to 2 pm on 1 November, with a free guided tour available at 12 noon. A virtual tour guided by an animated character is also available. The link for accessing it is: https://www.cbsa.cat/visita-virtual-a-la-colleccio-de-carrosses-funebres/