{"id":3015,"date":"2026-03-26T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/hot-air-balloons-and-festivals-in-catalonia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:22:30","slug":"hot-air-balloons-and-festivals-in-catalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/hot-air-balloons-and-festivals-in-catalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot air balloons and festivals in Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sector in Catalonia<\/p>\n\n<p>Catalonia is one of the main aerospace poles in Spain and Europe. The city of Igualada stands out in particular, where both the industrial and tourist activity of the sector is concentrated. Ultramagic, one of the world&#8217;s largest manufacturers, has its headquarters there, with a strong export orientation.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The sector combines:<\/p>\n\n<p>Experiential tourism (flights over landscapes such as central Catalonia or the Costa Brava)<br\/>Specialized aeronautical industry<br\/>International events and competitions<br\/>\ud83c\udf89 Festivals<\/p>\n\n<p>The key event is the European Balloon Festival:<\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>Held since 1997 in Igualada<br\/>It is the largest balloon festival in Spain and southern Europe<br\/>More than 40-60 international balloons participate<br\/>Includes competitions, sightseeing flights and shows like the Night Glow<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Overall, the sector has a strong tourism impact and positions Catalonia as a European benchmark.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Balloon-festival-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3000\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Balloon-festival-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Balloon-festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Balloon-festival-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Balloon-festival.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sector in Catalonia Catalonia is one of the main aerospace poles in Spain and Europe. The city of Igualada stands out in particular, where both the industrial and tourist activity of the sector is concentrated. Ultramagic, one of the world&#8217;s largest manufacturers, has its headquarters there, with a strong export orientation. The sector combines: Experiential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"atributo":[],"destino":[75],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-and-festivals","destino-girona"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3017,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions\/3017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"atributo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/atributo?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"destino","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destino?post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}