Barcelona Art, Food, Gardens & Parks, Landscape, Modern Architecture + Museum Pictures

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Spain’s second-largest city is blessed with striking architecture, world-class museums and streets filled with the aromas and rhythms of Catalonia.

If you love exploring medieval streets, watching street artists and eating tapas along shared tables in tiny bars, head straight for the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona.

Few places better exemplify Barcelona’s long history than this hilltop structure, which holds a complicated place in the city’s heart.

Walk in Gaudí’s footsteps by visiting his breathtaking temple, an impressive labor of love that started in the late 19th century and is still ongoing today. 

Few places better exemplify Barcelona’s long history than this hilltop structure, which holds a complicated place in the city’s heart.

Visit one of Europe’s biggest science museums for a fun and educational day out with the whole family.

Few places better exemplify Barcelona’s long history than this hilltop structure, which holds a complicated place in the city’s heart.

Stand on the street to admire the color and brickwork of Gaudí’s first building.

Serving as a gateway to Sants-Montjuïc and the buildings of the International Exhibition, this whirligig of movement is crowned by a spectacular monumental fountain.

Few places better exemplify Barcelona’s long history than this hilltop structure, which holds a complicated place in the city’s heart.

Serving as a gateway to Sants-Montjuïc and the buildings of the International Exhibition, this whirligig of movement is crowned by a spectacular monumental fountain.

Realism is a somewhat surprising feature of this museum of modern art, with figurative art taking prime place among the contemporary masterpieces.

A lake and a majestic fountain are among the highlights in this urban park that stands on the site of the city’s former fortress.

Let the might and precision of the waterworks take your breath away at a free show that has been presented regularly since 1929.

This museum on Barcelona’s port gives an insight into the city’s important maritime history in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Serving as a gateway to Sants-Montjuïc and the buildings of the International Exhibition, this whirligig of movement is crowned by a spectacular monumental fountain.

Serving as a gateway to Sants-Montjuïc and the buildings of the International Exhibition, this whirligig of movement is crowned by a spectacular monumental fountain.

Few places better exemplify Barcelona’s long history than this hilltop structure, which holds a complicated place in the city’s heart.

Visit one of Europe’s biggest science museums for a fun and educational day out with the whole family.

This museum on Barcelona’s port gives an insight into the city’s important maritime history in the 18th and 19th centuries.

If you love exploring medieval streets, watching street artists and eating tapas along shared tables in tiny bars, head straight for the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona.

Stand on the street to admire the color and brickwork of Gaudí’s first building.

These lively pedestrian streets in the heart of Barcelona are filled with flower stalls, tapas restaurants and street performers. 

This concert hall is an awe-inspiring example of modernist architecture. Tour the building or get in early for tickets to a performance.