The Simple Travel Guide to Barcelona
Bienvenida / Benvinguts a Barcelona!
I’ve never visited anywhere as much as I have Barcelona. By last count it’s closing in on 20 times. Nowhere on earth makes me feel quite the same as I do whenever I touch down in this city. Hence why I return again and again.
It’s special. It’s also busy, touristy (to an extent) and very easy to go wrong.
Despite that, simple travel in BCN is possible and occasionally easy. Barcelona’s neighbourhoods are incredibly walkable and it’s the sort of city where you get so much more out of it by wandering than you do standing in line for the Sagrada Familia.
Which is good. Because that’s the best way to experience it.
Your two-minute neighbourhood guide to Barcelona.
Barcelona’s central neighbourhoods are very clearly defined by the big boulevards that crisscross the city which gives each of them a distinctly different vibe.
The neighbourhoods you do want to see:
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