La Molina With Kids: Sledding, Ski School & Real Costs
La Molina is where Barcelona families go when the children want snow. It’s about 145 km and two hours from the city, it has a sledding area as well as 71 km of pistes, and…
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Always wondered what Barcelona can give to a tourist. We invite you to visit all of ours Barcelona dedicated articles. There you can find main sights and wondering if there still places to visit. Looking to step off the beaten track and get into the local rhythm? Or maybe you just want to escape the tourist crowds? We try to cover all your wonderlust feeling, whatever your interests, whatever the weather and of course all tips are for travellers with kids.
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Barcelona Christmas Markets 2026: All 5, Ranked by a Local
Barcelona has five Christmas markets and most guides cover two of them. That’s how people end up queuing at the Cathedral on a Saturday afternoon in December when the market they actually wanted was twenty…
Three Kings Parade Barcelona 2027: Times, Route & Kids Tips
If you’re in Barcelona on 5 January with children, cancel whatever else you had planned. The Cavalcada de Reis is the biggest children’s event of the year here — bigger than Christmas Day, which in…
Barcelona With Kids: A Local’s Family Guide (2026)
We moved to Barcelona in 2010 and have raised two boys here. This is the guide I send people when they ask what to do, written from living here rather than visiting. It covers the…
Christmas in Barcelona With Kids: A Local Family’s Guide
We’ve done Christmas in Barcelona every year since 2010. Some of it is genuinely magical. Some of it is a crowded street with a €6 hot chocolate and a child who wants to go home.…
Sant Jordi in Barcelona: Books, Roses and a Normal Workday
On 23 April, every year, Barcelona fills with book stalls and rose sellers, and the tradition is that you give a book and a rose to the people you love. And everybody goes to work.…
Barcelona City Tour Bus Map: Every Stop on Both Routes
Quick answer I live in Barcelona and I still took the tourist bus, which is a slightly ridiculous thing to admit. My in-laws were visiting, we had one day, and I wanted to see whether…
Big Fun Museum Barcelona: Prices, Time Needed & Is It Worth It
Quick answer Living in Barcelona means we’re always looking for new family plans in a city we already know well. So when Big Fun Museum invited us to visit, we turned it into a Sunday…
25 Best Places to Visit in Barcelona (2026): Prices & Times
Quick verdict I’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010 and I still get asked the same question every time someone visits: what do we actually do? This is my answer, organised the way you’ll walk it…
TravelFamilyBlog Booking Map
Explore & Book Hotels and Flights: Planning your next trip just got easier! With the TravelFamilyBlog Booking Map, you can explore, compare, and book flights, hotels, and more. Save time, find the best rates, and…
Basketball Family Travel: Camps, Games and What They Actually Cost
We did not set out to become a family that plans holidays around basketball. It happened one camp at a time, and by now we have taken our two boys to play in Catalonia, Wisconsin,…
Barcelona With Kids: A Local’s Family Guide (2026)
Getting Around 2025 This is an updated post about Barcelona. I hope you will find this article about Barcelona very usefull, once you come to visit this stunning city. Barcelona is the best city we have ever…
10 Barcelona Attractions for Kids, Ranked by a Local Parent
We’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010 and our two boys have grown up doing these things. If you have three or four days here with children and you want the shortlist rather than the full…
Basketball Camps for Kids: Pau Gasol, Lakers & More (What We Paid)
Our two sons live for basketball, and over the last few summers we’ve done the camp circuit the way most parents do: some research, some guesswork, and some money we’d spend differently next time. Damian…
Flamenco Show in Barcelona: Prices, Times & Which Seat
Almost every visitor to Barcelona thinks about seeing flamenco, and almost every article about it tells you it was passionate and mesmerising without telling you what it costs or when it starts. We went to…
Palau de la Música Catalana: Tickets, Prices & Under-10s Free
Everyone in Barcelona goes to see Gaudí. The best building in the city was designed by someone else. The Palau de la Música Catalana is a working concert hall by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, finished…
Casa Batlló With Kids: Under-12s Free, and Is It Worth It?
Quick answer Our two Barcelona hotel picks Boutique pick · EixampleThe Cotton House Hotel, Autograph Collection – a boutique hotel in central Barcelona. Check prices Rooftop terrace · Via LaietanaH10 Cubik – by the Gothic…
50 Free Things to Do in Barcelona (2026, by a Local)
Quick answer Is Barcelona expensive? The honest answer after fifteen years here: the tickets are, the city isn’t. Sagrada Família is €26 a head, Casa Batlló around €35, and Park Güell’s Monumental Zone on top…
Basketball Family Travel: 8 Youth Tournaments in Spain & Europe
Our two sons, Damian and Marc, play basketball, and for the last few years our family holidays have followed the tournament calendar. Since 2024 they’ve played eight youth tournaments: in La Roda, Puigcerdà (twice), Lloret…
Symphony at CaixaForum Barcelona: €8, 35 Minutes, Age 8+
We went to Symphony at CaixaForum after a morning on the Las Golondrinas boat, and I want to start with the thing most write-ups get wrong — including, until now, mine. Symphony is not an…