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.
There is a fourteenth-century monastery at the top of Barcelona where a closed order of nuns lived from 1327, with a three-storey Gothic cloister that is one of the largest in Europe. Adults pay €5.20.…
Every Barcelona Christmas guide sends you to the same outdoor markets. This one is indoors, it’s free, and it’s on Passeig de GrĂ cia — which makes it the answer to the question those guides never…
There is a shop five minutes from Barcelona Cathedral where it is Christmas in August. Käthe Wohlfahrt sits on Carrer dels Banys Nous, in the Gothic Quarter, and it sells German Christmas decorations three hundred…
Can Fisher sits directly on the sand at Bogatell, which in Barcelona means two things at once: the view is genuinely lovely, and you are about to pay beachfront prices for rice. We took both…
Everyone who comes to Barcelona thinks about the football. Almost nobody thinks about the basketball, and for a family with a sports-mad child, that’s backwards. FC Barcelona’s basketball team plays at the Palau Blaugrana, an…
Barcelona’s old town is not one place. Ciutat Vella — literally “old city” — is four distinct districts pressed together, and knowing which one you’re in is the difference between a good afternoon and three…
Quick answer For my 35th birthday, my husband gave me a session at Flotarium Barcelona. It turned out to be one of the most genuinely restorative things I’ve done in this city — and also…
There was some time, you dreamy of a trip to Barcelona. Or, maybe you visited this beautiful city and want to come back and enjoy it again. During these times, you don´t know when you…
Where to stay in Barcelona with kids: our three picks BUDGET · GRĂ€CIAGenerator Barcelona – private family rooms at hostel prices, five minutes from Passeig de GrĂ cia and metro Diagonal (L3/L5). Rooms are small and…
All of us know, how rich is the Spanish cuisine, with most famous paella, sangria and amazing tapas. Today I was inspired by a local food magazine to share with you some very specific Catalan…
It was a Saturday in November, sunny and not windy, which on the Barcelona seafront is the best weather there is. We’d been walking along the beach with the boys and we were hungry, and…
I’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010. Most of what I know about visiting the city, I learned by watching people get it wrong — from the queue at the Sagrada FamĂlia, from the next table…
Quick answer Tickets and where to stay in Barcelona TICKETSBarcelona Zoo tickets – compare times and prices before you go. Also on Viator. See tickets BUDGET · GRĂ€CIAGenerator Barcelona – private family rooms at hostel…
Quick answer Where to stay in Barcelona with kids: our three picks TICKETSSagrada FamĂlia tickets – compare times and prices before you go. Also on Viator. See tickets BUDGET · GRĂ€CIAGenerator Barcelona – private family…
Quick answer One day in Barcelona is not enough, and that’s fine — plenty of people get exactly one, off a cruise ship or between flights, and the question isn’t whether it’s enough but how…
Quick answer Four days is the length where Barcelona starts working properly. Three days covers the sights; the fourth is what lets you leave the city for a day without feeling you’ve stolen time from…
Quick answer We’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010, and the single thing visitors most reliably get wrong here isn’t which sights to see — it’s which ticket to buy. Most people either overpay for a…
Barcelona is a good city to leave for a day. Not because there’s nothing to do in it — we live here, there’s plenty — but because within two hours of Plaça de Catalunya you…
This walking tour is created mainly for the first time visitors. As this walking tour of Barcelona includes 10 main places to see while in Barcelona. Those can be discovered in only 1 day. We…
We’ve taken our two boys out in kayaks on flat water, on the sea and on a reservoir, over several years, working towards one thing: a full day in a kayak. This is what we…