The Barcelona City Guides deal with the questions every visitor has: how to see Gaudí without paying a reseller twice the price, which tapas counters are worth the wait, where to swim when Barceloneta is packed and how a night here runs from midday vermouth to a club at 2 am. Each guide is a short list with clear opinions: why to go, what to order or book and one practical tip for every place. It opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Barcelona City Guides
- 159 places
- 6 guides
- 9 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Barcelona guides
Food guide
28 places
Old bodegas pouring vermouth from the barrel, tapas bars worth a queue, the market where eating beats sightseeing, Catalan cooking for a long lunch and the best pastry and coffee stops.
Things to do guide
28 places
Gaudí and Modernisme with the booking tricks that save hours, the Gothic quarter and El Born, five museums that justify their price, Montjuïc and the viewpoints Barcelonans actually use.
Family guide
29 places
Parks with real playgrounds, a science museum with a rainforest inside, funiculars, cable cars and boats, four plans for wet days and restaurants that are easy with children.
Nightlife guide
28 places
Vermouth at noon, cocktail bars from the world’s top 50, natural wine in El Born, jazz and flamenco, sunset terraces and somewhere to eat at 1 am.
Day trips guide
21 places
Every city beach from Barceloneta to Llevant, quieter sand a short train ride away, and Montserrat, Girona and Dalí’s theatre within 90 minutes.
Budget guide
25 places
The Sundays when museums open for free, gardens and a monastery for €5, viewpoints that cost nothing, lunches under €10 and the markets where locals eat.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Bar Cañete
Raval, Carrer de la Unió
A long counter facing an open kitchen, just behind the Liceu opera house. The fried squid sandwich, about €6, is the best in town; red prawns and razor clams wait if you want to go further, and the bill grows with you. From the food guide.
Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Horta-Guinardó, top of Avinguda de Gaudí
Domènech i Montaner’s former hospital: pavilions dressed in mosaic tiles, spread through gardens, a ten-minute walk up the avenue from the Sagrada Família. Half the visitors and twice the room. Give it 90 minutes; entry is around €17. From the things to do guide.
Montserrat
1 hour by R5 train from Plaça d’Espanya, then rack railway or cable car
A Benedictine monastery tucked into jagged rock a thousand metres up. See the Black Madonna, hear the boys’ choir at 13:00 and, with energy left, follow the trail to the summit of Sant Jeroni. From the day trips guide.
Finish the game, then open the guide
World City Trail’s scavenger hunt, escape game and audio tour in Barcelona lead you through the old town. When the game is over, the guides take it from there: a vermouth in a Gràcia bodega, a Modernista hospital with a fraction of the Sagrada Família crowds, a train up the coast to a calmer beach or a free museum on a Sunday afternoon.
Barcelona guides: your questions
What do the Barcelona City Guides cover?
Six guides with 159 places between them: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each entry tells you why it is worth going, which neighbourhood it is in, what to know about opening times and one practical tip.
When do I get the guides?
Straight after checkout: the links show up on your order page and in the confirmation email. They run in any browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, without an app or an account.
Can I use the guides offline in Barcelona?
Yes. Open each guide once while you have a connection and from then on it works without data, your ticks and notes included. Only the map links need a signal.
Are the guides available in other languages?
They come in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek and Polish, and you can switch language inside the guide whenever you like.
How much do the Barcelona guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99. If you also book a World City Trail game, the food guide drops to €3.99 and all six to €14.99.
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