Barcelona travel guide & transfers

Gaudí, beaches and the best food streets in the Mediterranean

About Barcelona

Barcelona packs a UNESCO-listed modernist skyline, 4.5 km of city beaches and a hill full of museums into a place you can cross in half an hour. Neighbourhoods have very different personalities: the Gothic Quarter for medieval lanes, Eixample for Gaudí and shopping, Gràcia for squares full of locals, Poblenou for the calmest sand. Almost every visitor arrives through El Prat airport, 15 km south of Plaça de Catalunya.

Top attractions

Sagrada Família — book the tower slot for the best views over the Eixample grid
Park Güell monumental zone — go at opening or at the last slot of the day
Casa Batlló and La Pedrera on Passeig de Gràcia
La Boqueria market and the Gothic Quarter lanes behind it
Montjuïc: Joan Miró Foundation, castle and the cable car
Barceloneta and Bogatell beaches

Travel tips

Restaurants serve lunch from 13:30 and dinner from 20:30; anything earlier is aimed at tourists.
Pickpocketing peaks on La Rambla and the L3 metro line — keep bags in front of you.
Sunday is museum-heavy and shop-light: most stores close, museums are free from 15:00 on the first Sunday of the month.

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