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Nits de Circ reaches its sixth edition with a show that will bring the best flying trapeze artists in the world to Roses

Roses is once again hosting the Nits de Circ festival for another summer, which will bring the world's leading circus figures to the Ciutadella. A total of six performances will be held, from Tuesday 18 August to Sunday 23 August, featuring spectacular acrobatics, juggling and balancing acts under the stars by 29 international artists. Tickets are now on sale.

Taking advantage of the annual break that some of the largest traveling circuses take in the middle of their tour, Circus Arts Foundation, proposes a show that brings together under the same open-air arena a selection of the main figures of the world's great circuses . The headliners of prestigious circuses such as Arlette Gruss, Bouglione, Knie or Krone will occupy the arena under the stars. …

The City Council is finalizing preparations for the Festa Major and already has the program for the new Barraquetes space ready

Next Friday, August 7, Roses begins the celebration of its Festa Major, with a program that will last until the 16th and that will once again combine tradition and new proposals to offer activities aimed at all audiences. Music, popular culture, shows, sports and family activities will fill the streets and squares of the municipality for ten days, which will also feature two outstanding novelties: a theatrical opening speech and the creation of the Barraquetes children's space.

The celebration will begin on Friday, August 7th with an opening ceremony that this year will surprise everyone. The Roses Theatre Group will be in charge of officially opening the Festa Major with a theatrical opening speech , an innovative proposal created especially for the occasion that will turn the facade of the City Hall, in Plaça de Catalunya, into a vertical stage. Throughout the …

ECONàutic: Sailing Towards a More Sustainable Future

Committed to protecting the marine environment and promoting responsible boating, Port Roses takes part in the ECONàutic project, an initiative led by the Catalan Association of Marinas and Tourist Ports (ACPET) that promotes environmentally responsible practices throughout the recreational boating sector. To encourage better waste management on board, berth holders at the marina can now collect …

The Festa Major magazine reviews 30 years of Optimist and recovers the origins of family theater in Roses

This year's Roses Festival Magazine offers a monograph on the 30-year history of Optimist, an organization founded in 1996 and which, over the course of three decades, has brought a stable program of high-level children's and family theater to Roses. It will be available to the public, free of charge, from tomorrow, Thursday, July 23, at the Town Hall, the Tourist Office and the Municipal Library.

The magazine of the Roses Festival has become over the years a document of collective memory , which reviews the history of the town from antiquity to its most recent history. In the issue that has just been published, the magazine takes a journey through the origins of family theatre in Roses, and highlights the work that the Optimist association has developed throughout its thirty years of…

Roses proposes discovering its heritage with immersive activities, games and night visits for all audiences

Taking advantage of the summer holidays and the arrival of the tourist season, the Roses Culture Area is once again offering this summer a wide program of activities to discover, or rediscover, its two heritage emblems: the Citadel of Roses and the Castell de la Trinitat. The program is aimed at all types of public and offers, from classic guided tours, to immersive activities with 3D technology, family games, or night experiences under the moonlight.

This summer the heritage spaces of Roses will once again become the setting for an extensive range of activities designed for audiences of all ages to discover the history and heritage of the municipality in a participatory and immersive way. All activities are offered in different languages ​​to facilitate access for both the local public and the numerous visitors who choose Roses as a touris…

The promenade is filled with free activities to enjoy the summer with the family, right on the beach

The City Council is once again offering a family entertainment programme on the beach for summer evenings during the months of July and August. Foam parties, discomobiles, zumba and children's shows alternate on different days of the week on the stages located along the Santa Margarita promenade, to become meeting points for leisure and entertainment and to make young and old enjoy themselves.

The stage located in the area of ​​the Hotel Montecarlo hosts the fun Discomóbils with foam party , which take place every Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Zumba classes , led by Zumbamics , are held on the same stage every Friday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. These sessions are open to all ages and levels and invite the public to practice physical activity outdoors in a participa…

From July 1 to August 31, traffic in the Cap de Creus Natural Park from Roses is restricted

Today, Wednesday 1 July, the period of traffic restrictions begins in the coves of Cap de Creus located within the municipality of Roses, and will remain in place until 31 August. The restrictions are in force from 9.30 am to 4 pm, every day of the week. The access restrictions apply to vehicles with four or more wheels, whilst access by motorbike, on foot or by bicycle is permitted throughout the day. During the restricted hours, only authorised four-wheeled vehicles and people who can prove they have a booking for an activity within the park will be allowed access.

The Roses City Council is once again applying this season the plan to restrict motorized access to the Cap de Creus Natural Park, previously agreed upon with the management body of the Natural Park. This plan has been applied since the summer of 2021 and aims to avoid the saturation that the coves and natural spaces of the Cap de Creus Natural Park receive during the summer season, an overload tha…

The City Council consolidates the bathing area adapted for people with reduced mobility and the elderly

This summer, the City Council is maintaining the adapted bathing area installed on La Punta beach, a space designed to facilitate access to the sea and guarantee safe enjoyment of the beach for people with reduced mobility, dependent people and groups of the elderly. The facility has a rest area with seats and safe swimming channels, with a floating and modular structure. Access is free.

After the good experience of last season, the council has decided to continue this service, which expands the accessibility of the municipality's urban beaches and contributes to making Roses an increasingly inclusive destination.   The facility offers a central shaded area with seating for relaxation, support rails and a shallow swimming area that allows users to stand or sit safely in the wat…

Summer is filled with cinema, stories and games for the whole family at the Roses Library

The Jaume Vicens Vives Municipal Library in Roses presents a new edition of summer activities aimed at families, with a special program that will take place throughout the months of July and August. The proposals will focus on three main activities: cinema, stories and puzzles, and are designed to encourage reading habits, imagination and shared play between young and old.

The Library continues for another summer promoting culture and education in leisure, offering free and accessible activities that invite families to enjoy a lively, participatory space open to everyone during the school holidays. This year's offer is structured into three different programs: Petit Cinema, Contes d'estiu and Tardes de puzzle.   Petit Cinema is a series of children's films tha…

The Sant Pere Festival reclaims the maritime memory with cinema, habaneras and the traditional suquet

The Roses Fishermen's Guild and Roses City Council will celebrate a new edition of the Festival of Sant Pere, patron saint of fishermen, on July 1st and 3rd. The program highlights the memory and maritime culture of Roses with various activities and maintaining the fish suquet, the habaneras and the popular revetlla dance as protagonists.

The celebration will begin on Wednesday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Teatre Municipal de Roses, with the screening of the documentary Aiguallum Lamparo , a short film dedicated to the last spider web in Roses. The session will be completed with a subsequent round table that will allow us to delve deeper into the history and evolution of the local fishing world, as well as pay tribute to the peo…

Roses incorporates DJ sessions on the beach into the celebration of Sant Joan's Eve

Roses will once again celebrate the Sant Joan festival on June 23rd with a program that will merge tradition, popular culture and fun, and this year includes a new proposal: a DJ session on the beach of La Perola. Another novelty will be the reception of the Canigó Flame, which this year is more open to citizen participation by moving it to the street. The night will also feature the traditional parade and lighting of the bonfire, the Fireworks Castle and dancing on the promenade.

The program will begin around 8 p.m., when the traditional arrival of the Canigó Flame is scheduled, a ritual that evokes the common identity and brotherhood between all Catalan-speaking territories, and which represents the culmination of the summer solstice. This year, the ceremony of receiving the flame and reading the manifesto will be modified and will take place publicly in Plaça Catalunya…

Activities to discover all the facets of Roses through history, sports and well-being

Turisme de Roses already has its summer program ready, which this year once again offers a combination of activities aimed at different audiences and interests, focused on its heritage, its history and its natural environment. Visitors and locals will be able to enjoy this summer theatrical family visits enlivened by characters from different eras, salting workshops, water walking, snorkeling, or the Dedins cycle, with meditation sessions designed for well-being and connection with oneself.

Continuing with the offer that combines nature, sport and well-being, the Roses Tourism Area is once again programming this summer guided snorkeling activities, to discover the Mediterranean species, meadows and rock formations of the underwater world of Roses, and water walking . Water walking is a gentle sporting practice where, with water up to the waist and guided by an expert monitor, y…

Sílvia Ripoll, new mayor of Roses

Sílvia Ripoll Cayuela (Junts per Roses) has been elected mayor of Roses during the plenary session of the Roses City Council held this afternoon in the council chamber. The candidate has achieved the absolute majority of the vote, obtaining a total of 9 votes from the 17 councilors who make up the corporation.

The extraordinary session to elect the new mayor began promptly at 1 p.m., with the assembly hall full. The first item on the agenda was the presentation of the resignation of the outgoing mayor, Josep Maria Martínez Chinchilla, who stated that " in compliance with the 2023-2027 legislative term agreement between the political groups PSC-CP, Junts per Roses and Gent del Poble, after 3 years of m…

Renovation of the beach lifeguard service modules, which begins tomorrow, June 6

The lifeguard service on the beaches of Roses is incorporating new care modules this season. Specifically, six modules are being installed on the beaches of Santa Margarida, Rastrell, Nova, Punta, Canyelles and Almadrava, equipped with the necessary spaces and equipment to care for users and provide care.

The Environment and Beaches Department of the Roses City Council is finalizing preparations to launch the lifeguard service on the town's urban beaches. As in the last two years, the council continues to focus this season on expanding the service, with the aim of responding to new bathing habits and ensuring the safety of bathers and beach users.   In this way, the service will remain active from…