🌅 At sunset
Sunset at the Bunkers del CarmelA 360° view over all of Barcelona and the sea.
✦ Your self-guided tour
Barcelona
Discover the city at your own pace, with your route and your trip essentials in one place.
6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guide12 languages
Highlights
6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guide
Photos
Photos: Wikimedia Commons (each author credited) and Google.
Barcelona: your route
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6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guideTransport on the route: about €17.60
Included: the full route, audio guide in 12 languages and the travel tools. Not included: museum and monument tickets, transport tickets.
💡 Good to know in Barcelona
Practical tips before you step out.
Luggage
Leave luggage at the airport left-luggage desk or a partner storage point on the route (marked ★). Carry only essentials and your passport.
Internet
EU SIM cards roam at no extra cost. From outside the EU, a 1‑day data eSIM is cheap; airports and many cafés have free Wi‑Fi.
Payments
Contactless cards are accepted almost everywhere.
Tipping
Tipping is optional; small change is common.
Water
Tap water is safe but tastes of chlorine; many prefer bottled.
Safety
La Rambla and the metro are pickpocket hotspots: wear your bag in front.
Sockets
Type C/F sockets, 230 V.
Toilets
Toilets in stations, shopping centres and museums; in a café, buy a drink first.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
Safety in Barcelona
Emergency numbers, common scams and how to get help. Free for everyone.
Emergency112
Police091
Tourist policeMossos d'Esquadra · La Rambla 43
Hospital and pharmacy search around the city centre — share your location for results near you.
Look for: Farmacia ✚
Show this to someone nearby
¡Socorro! Necesito ayuda. Por favor, llame a la policía o a una ambulancia.
Common scams and risks
Pickpockets
Crowded trams, metros and queues are their workplace. Bag in front and zipped; phone never in a back pocket.
Phone snatching
Thieves on bikes or scooters grab phones from your hand. Step back from the kerb when using maps.
The stain trick
Someone points at a "stain" on your clothes and helps clean it while a partner takes your bag. Move away.
Shell game
Street games with cups and a ball are rigged; the "winners" are accomplices. Never play, and watch your bag while you look.
Fake petitions
Someone with a clipboard asks you to sign for a charity, then demands money, or a partner picks your pocket. Walk on.
Fake police
Plain-clothes "officers" ask to check your wallet. Real police don't. Ask for ID and offer to go to a police station.
👜 Watch your wallet in
La Rambla · Metro L3 · Sagrada Família · Park Güell · Barceloneta
🌙 At night, take extra care in
El Raval · Barceloneta (beach)
Keep a photo of your passport on your phone, carry just one card and some cash, and stick to busy, well-lit streets.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
General guidance. If you're in danger, call 112 now. · Barcelona
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🆕 Today in Barcelona
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Experiences in Barcelona
Moments, fun and events, picked for you.
Your interests
🌙 At night
Magic Fountain of MontjuïcA water, light and music show at dusk on set days. Check the schedule.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
Barceloneta beachSand 15 minutes' walk from the old town. Paella with a sea view.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
Spotify Camp NouBarça's stadium: museum, tour or a match.
🌙 At night
Vermouth and tapas in El BornNarrow streets, tiny bars and early-evening vermouth.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
Parc de la CiutadellaBoats on the lake, the grand cascade and room for kids to run.
🏛️ History & culture of Barcelona
How the city came to be, in a few minutes of reading.
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain after Madrid. With a population of 1.7 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.7 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range.
According to tradition, Barcelona was founded by either the Phoenicians or the Carthaginians, who had trading posts along the Catalonian coast.
Read the full history
The history of Barcelona stretches over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named Barkeno. Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean Sea, the coastal route between central Europe and the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, has ensured its continued importance, if not always preeminence, throughout the ages.
Barcelona is currently a city of 1,620,943, the second largest in Spain, and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its wider urban region
is home to three-quarters of the population of Catalonia and one-eighth of that of Spain.
💬 What travellers say about Barcelona
Tips, experiences and questions from people who've been there.