Ai Weiwei’s portrait Filippo Strozzi in Lego (2016).

The Spanish museum that shouldn’t exist

Barcelona’s Museum of Prohibited Art is billed as the only museum in the world exclusively dedicated to art that has been censored.

  • byKerry van der Jagt
Barcelona is the biggest homeport hub in the Mediterranean.

Port guide:Barcelona,Spain

One of the world’s biggest cruise ports is merely functional but,once off the ship,this city is a marvel.

  • byBrian Johnston
La Sagrada Familia is an unfinished masterpiece.

Your life will never be the same after visiting this unfinished masterpiece

Here’s how to get the best out of a visit to Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece in Barcelona,La Sagrada Familia.

  • byBen Groundwater
Park Guell.

Barcelona,Spain,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Where palatial domes,modern towers and the spires of another cathedral - the city's medieval one - jostle for your gaze

  • bySteve McKenna
The rooftop at Sir Victor,Barcelona.

Sir Victor Hotel review,Barcelona,Spain

For a property built in the 21st century,this place has an unusual quality for a European hotel:space.

  • byJulietta Jameson
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Guell Park features plenty of Antoni Gaudi's signature playful modernism,and is an idyllic place for a stroll.

Barcelona,Spain travel guide and things to do:Nine must-do highlights

What to see and do (and eat) in Barcelona.

  • byBen Groundwater
Barcelona's La Rambla. The city is notorious for pickpockets.

Barcelona pickpockets dressed as nuns:I fell for the oldest scam in the book

I fell prey to the oldest scam in the book in Spain.

  • byLorna Thornber
Sagrada Familia cathedral will be completed in 2026.

Despite being a tourist drawcard,Barcelona delivers with sophisticated genius

It’s a wildly successful football team,a chair,an architectural archive,a cultural commune and one of the world’s most vibrant cities which continues to draw tourists to Spain.

  • byCraig Osment
A sunset view of Barcelona,one of the world's most vibrant and avant-garde cities.

Revisiting Barcelona:Is it a city worth returning to?

It had been 12 years between visits to Barcelona - a place she had vowed never to return to. But was her bad experience a fault with the city or with her youth?

  • byNina Karnikowski
La Sagrada Familia,designed by architect Antonio Gaudi,in Barcelona.

Barcelona,Spain things to do:Tips from an expat

Want a real Barcelona experience? These are the things travellers should check out.

  • byBelinda Jackson