My wife and I will be visiting Barcelona with our adult age (21 and 19 years old) children April 29th - May 4th. I am curious if May 1st being a national holiday will cause us problem due to closures, large crowds, etc. Does anyone know how a tourist's day is impacted on May Day. If it is a problem, does anyone have any recommendations (i.e. day trip to Montserrat, go to beach, etc.). Thanks!
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It's like any regular Sunday... shops and business closed, many restaurants and most tourist attractions open though. The main difference with a regular Sunday are the rallies. They tend to be at noon and in the afternoon. They're peaceful marches. The routes will be announced a few days in advance, but Via Laeitana, from Plaça Universitat, towards Plaça Sant Jaume (where the centre of power in Catalonia resides: the Presidency of Catalonia and the City Hall of Barcelona) tends to be a firm candidate, but again, it's better to wait as they do change from time to time.