The Majestic hotel in Barcelona celebrates Christmas: €135 Christmas Eve dinner and a €525 Gatsby gala

From 24 December to 6 January, the Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona is serving six festive meals, from €80 for the Three Kings’ lunch to €525 for a New Year’s Eve gala inspired by The Great Gatsby. The five-star hotel on Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona’s most elegant avenue, has entrusted the menus to its executive chef David Romero, who pairs fine festive produce with Catalan traditions.

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1. Barcelona, European Capital of Christmas 2026
2. Christmas Eve at SOLC, a €135 dinner
3. Christmas Day brunch and St Stephen’s cannelloni
4. A €525 Gatsby gala for New Year’s Eve
5. New Year’s Day brunch and the Kings’ cake
6. Chocolate, piano and rooftop views of Gaudí

Barcelona, European Capital of Christmas 2026

This year, Barcelona holds the title of European Capital of Christmas 2026 in the large-city category. From late November until 6 January, the feast of the Epiphany, some 130 km of streets and squares will be lit up. The Christmas markets set up in front of the cathedral, with the Santa Llúcia fair, and at the foot of the Sagrada Família.

The Majestic sits at the heart of this setting, on Passeig de Gràcia, among modernista façades and luxury boutiques. This is where the hotel hosts its festive meals, at the SOLC restaurant and in its grand Mediterráneo ballroom.

Christmas Eve at SOLC, a €135 dinner

On the evening of 24 December, the SOLC restaurant serves the Christmas Eve dinner. On the menu: a langoustine and monkfish bisque, a dodine of foie gras and duck breast with chestnut purée, then a fillet of sea bream with black trumpet mushrooms and artichokes.

For dessert, there is a Yule log with pecans and Tahitian vanilla. The menu costs €135 per person with wine pairing, or €200 with the premium pairing. Father Christmas will drop by the dining room.

Christmas Day brunch and St Stephen’s cannelloni

On 25 December, from 1.30pm to 3pm, the Christmas brunch celebrates the sea and the season: oysters, monkfish and prawn cannelloni, escudella i carn d’olla, the Catalan meat and vegetable stew, and Pallars beef fillet with black truffle. It costs €190 per person, or €255 with the premium pairing.

The next day, Catalonia celebrates St Stephen’s Day, Sant Esteve, with its traditional cannelloni. The lunch on 26 December, from 1pm to 3pm, brings escudella with galets pasta, cannelloni with black truffle cream and monkfish with artichokes and ceps, for €125 (€190 with the premium pairing).

A €525 Gatsby gala for New Year’s Eve

The highlight of the programme, the Grand New Year’s Eve Gala, takes on the colours of the Roaring Twenties this year, with a Great Gatsby theme. It is held in the Mediterráneo ballroom, with arrivals between 8.30pm and 9pm.

The menu brings together Fine de Claire oysters, scallops with black truffle, carabinero (a large red prawn) with Oscietra caviar and A5 wagyu beef à la Périgueux. After the twelve grapes at midnight, a Spanish tradition, an orchestra, a DJ and an open bar keep the party going until 3am. Allow €525 per person, or €815 with the premium wine pairing.

New Year’s Day brunch and the Kings’ cake

On 1 January, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, the New Year’s Day brunch costs €130 per person, champagne included, with free-range chicken cannelloni, grilled turbot and seasonal desserts.

On 6 January, the day of the Three Wise Men, the family lunch is served from 1.30pm to 3pm for €80 per person, with the Kings’ cake (coca de Reis), the Catalan brioche ring, for dessert. Children’s menus are available over the festive season.

Chocolate, piano and rooftop views of Gaudí

Throughout December, the hotel also offers chocolate and cocktail workshops, tastings of sparkling wines and of wine and chocolate pairings, piano evenings and a Christmas choir. Families have their own festive teas, and the La Dolce Vitae panoramic terrace, the hotel’s rooftop, looks out over the rooftops and Gaudí’s landmarks.

To choose where to stay, see our selection of Barcelona’s luxury hotels. In the mountains, the Four Seasons Megève is also serving truffle and caviar for its festive dinners.

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