Estany dels Pessons Hike With Kids: Route, Time & Parking
In June 2019 we drove up to Grau Roig with Damian (6) and Marc (3) and walked up to the Pessons lakes. In summer the ski slopes turn into green meadows, and a gravel track…
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Andorra in Winter With Kids (Without Skiing): Our Guide
Most Andorra-in-winter guides assume you’re there to ski. We weren’t. A few weeks before Christmas, around 2016, we drove up from Barcelona with Damian, who was about 3, and Marc, who was still a baby.…
Where to Stay in Barcelona with Kids: A Local Hotelier’s Guide
I’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010. Before that, and for fourteen years afterwards, I worked as an account manager for a major online travel agency, looking after hotel portfolios across Spain — including this coast.…
Montserrat from Barcelona: Every Way Up, and What Each One Costs
Montserrat is the day trip everyone takes from Barcelona, and the one most people get needlessly wrong before they’ve even left the city — because there are four ways to get up the mountain, three…
Bunkers del Carmel: Hours, How to Get There & the Sunset Rule
Bunkers del Carmel: Barcelona’s Best View, and the Sunset Rule Nobody Mentions The Bunkers del Carmel have the best view in Barcelona. Not the best famous view — the best view, full stop. You stand…
Barcelona Family Trip Cost: A Real Week for Four, Itemised
What a Week in Barcelona Really Costs a Family of Four Every “how much does Barcelona cost” article I’ve read gives you a range. Eighty to two hundred euros a day. Which is useless, because…
Barcelona Tourist Map: Every Area & What’s Actually in It
Tap the square icon in the top corner to open this map in the Google Maps app and save it offline. Most Barcelona maps show you pins. They don’t tell you the thing you actually…
Spain with Kids: Where to Go, Region by Region (From Our Trips)
We live in Barcelona, and we’ve spent more than ten years taking our two boys around Spain: from toddler beach weeks in Menorca to a New Year in Seville, a winter road trip in the…
Costa del Sol with Kids: Where to Stay & What to Do
The short version Top 3 Family Hotels on the Costa del Sol Where we’d stay with two kids, ranked by what kind of family you are. Most to do Holiday World Resort, Benalmádena Pools, organised…
Rupit: Catalonia’s Cliff Village and Its Hanging Bridge
Rupit has 280 residents, sits on a rock in the mountains of inland Catalonia, and you can walk the whole village in an hour. We took three hours, because we had three children and there…
48h Open House Barcelona 2026: Dates, Queues & Best Picks
One weekend every October, more than 250 buildings across Barcelona open their doors for free — including a great many you cannot get into on any other day of the year. The 48h Open House…
MNAC Barcelona: The €2 Ticket Most Visitors Miss
Quick answer MNAC is the enormous domed palace at the top of the steps above Plaça d’Espanya that everyone photographs and almost nobody goes into. But during pandemics, with everything closed, once we were allowed…
Picasso Museum Barcelona: Under-18s Go Free (2026 Guide)
Quick answer I went with our kids twice, once on the first Sunday of the month during pandemics, and the second time with kids and my parents who came to Barcelona. Both times we went…
Casa Vicens: The Gaudí House Without the Queue (2026)
Quick answer We visited this place during pandemics, when it was possible to move around Barcelona city. Here to mention, that the price was different then for us. On the other hand, this was our…
Tibidabo With Kids: Which Ticket to Buy, and the Real Cost
Quick answer The two tickets, and which one you want Ticket Over 120 cm 90–120 cm Over 60 Entrance (whole park) €39.00 €15.50 €11.70 Panoramic (emblematic rides + views) €21.50 €11.80 €9.10 Single ride, one…
Chocolate Museum Barcelona With Kids: Is It Worth €8?
Quick answer Where to stay in Barcelona — our three picks Budget · GràciaGenerator Barcelona – private family rooms at hostel prices, five minutes from Passeig de Gràcia and metro Diagonal (L3/L5). Rooms are small…
Park Güell With Kids: What’s Free, What’s Not (2026)
Quick answer Where to stay in Barcelona — our three picks Budget · GràciaGenerator Barcelona – private family rooms at hostel prices, five minutes from Passeig de Gràcia and metro Diagonal (L3/L5). Rooms are small…
Barcelona With Kids in Winter: 11 Things to Do (Local Guide)
Every winter we watch tourists walk down Passeig de Gràcia in t-shirts, and every winter I want to stop them. Barcelona in winter is mild compared to London, Oslo or Paris — it rarely drops…
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…
Skiing Near Barcelona With Kids: 5 Resorts Compared (2026/27)
Barcelona is one of the only major European cities where you can be on a beach in the morning and in real snow the same afternoon. La Molina, the closest proper ski resort, is about…