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A practical guide to opening hours
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When can I open?


In this section you will find information on weekly opening days, opening times, sunday and public holiday openings, comulsory closing days and restricted openings for each type of restricted businesses in Catalonia:

  • Retail outlets in general.
  • Shops selling cakes, confectionary, churros, bread, ready meals.
  • Outlets selling newspapers, flowers and plants.
  • Sale of fuels.
  • Retail outlets in tourist towns
  • Outlets at tourist venues (museums, monuments and tourist recreation centres).
  • Outlets located at borders, in stations or other land, sea or air transport terminals.
  • Shops in hotels.
  • Food stores (< under 150 sq. m.) (not belonging to groups or distribution channels or operate under the same trade name).
  • Convenience stores.
  • Outlets under 150 sq. m. in area located in towns with less than 5000 inhabitants with authorisation from the town council (otherwise, general opening hours).
  • Chemist's shops.
  • Outlets located in the immediate vicinity of retail markets held on public holidays.

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