What to Do in Barcelona: Guides from Local Hosts
Barcelona is Gaudí, a Gothic maze and a beach at the end of the metro line. These guides are what the city’s own hosts send guests to first.
7 lists, each ordered by what guests actually opened rather than by what ranks on review sites. Pick a guide below, or open the app to see everything sorted by distance.
8 places
Best restaurants in Barcelona
Barcelona eats late, shares everything, and takes vermouth seriously. This is not a ranking scraped from reviews: it is what local hosts recommend.
19 places
What to see in Barcelona
Barcelona stacks a Roman street plan, a Gothic quarter and Gaudí’s unfinished basilica into a city you can cross on foot. These are the places its own hosts send guests to first.
9 places
Barcelona nightlife
A night in Barcelona can start with a flamenco dinner and end on a rooftop or at a beach club. These are the places locals keep going back to.
10 places
Typical products of Barcelona
Catalonia’s specialities are not only on restaurant menus — they are in the markets, the modernista workshops and the delis locals actually use. This is what hosts point guests toward.
6 places
Free things to do in Barcelona
Barcelona gives away more than it charges for: a temple on the highest hill in the city, a market that has fed it for centuries, a forest behind it and four kilometres of beach.
7 places
Day trips from Barcelona
Some of Catalonia’s best days out are not in Barcelona. A mountain monastery, a Dalí museum, Roman ruins and a string of coves are all close enough for a day.
7 places
Shopping in Barcelona
Barcelona shops on two streets and in a handful of markets: one for design, one for the high street, and the rest for everything the chains do not carry.