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With children and your family in Barcelona

On this page you will find child-friendly information on arrival with children, child-friendly accommodations and attractions which children will be crazy about.

Our tip: sights of interests where children and adults can have some fun is to be found on the page “Tours for the whole Family".

Barcelona offers a lot for families with children

Sightseeing with the family

With our tour program for the whole family you and your children will know Barcelona in two days.

Barcelona offers many places where families with children may have a good time. An amusement park, a zoo, several parks to let of steam and many museums which have adapted to the specific interests of the children, make Barcelona the ideal destination for families with children.

Travelling with children

If you travel by car you should allow two days for you trip to Barcelona from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or the UK. Also, the cost of petrol, tolls, a possible night stay and parking fees are not insignificant.

In Barcelona itself, the subway and bus network are very well developed and almost all attractions are within walking distance of a station so much so that a car is not necessarily required. If you nevertheless need a car, for example, a day trip into the surrounding areas there are already hired cars available from € 30/day.

A flight with a liner or a low cost carrier is not only for your children a highlight of the holiday but it may even be cheaper than the car.

Accommodation with children

Since Barcelona is among other things an exhibition centre there are no high school seasons. So in August it is rather hot, but hotel rates are lower than in other months. Many hotels offer special family rooms for mostly four people. On Barcelona.de you can click when reserving a room on our reservation system "additional options" and select "family room". You will then receive a selection of hotels that have such rooms and prices for your desired period.
As good and often cheaper alternative to one or even several hotel rooms are holiday apartments.. The apartments have usually more bedrooms and are designed for self-catering, so you make sure to save money.

Rental of baby carriages and other accessories

In Barcelona, you can rent baby carriages, beds and other accessories. Ideally, if you arrive by plane and transport plane in too cumbersome. The booked equipment will be delivered into the hotel and picked up again.
Website of the company Baby Travelling.

Reductions

Children up to 3 years of age usually have free admission to the museums and monuments. Children from 12 – 16 years of age normally have reduced admission but this is not uniformly regulated. Some institutions also offer a discount for students (do not forget the ID). For bus and underground train infants up to 3 years of age don't have to pay in buses and undergrounds but children from 4 years have to buy a ticket. The Barcelona Card is reduced for children up to 12 years of age and with the card the use of the bus and underground is included.

Attractions for the whole family

An amusement parks, beautifully designed parks and lots of museums, focusing on meeting the interests of children make Barcelona also interesting for children.

Tour proposal for families with children
Tour program with children Here we have composed a 2-day tour program which your children will also like.

Apartments in Barcelona
Apartments With a family, an apartment can be a fairly cheap and practical alternative to a hotel. You can make your meal, some still offer the services of a hotel, such as room service and breakfast.

Hotels with family rooms
Hotels with familiy rooms We offer lots of hotels with special family rooms. These are from three people. On Barcelona.de book hotels of all categories. Select the option "family rooms".

The Living statues of the Ramblas
The Living statues of the Ramblas Again and again, surprised children stay in front of the living statues of the Rambla. These are usually very well, and in a time consuming way, dressed up as robots or medieval knights.
Address: Rambla dels Caputxins
Metro: L3, Drassanes, Liceu  

L'Aquàrium shows the flora and fauna in the sea
L'Aquàrium Especially the tunnel through the shark basin is an attraction, not only for children. Special family tickets make this “expensive” museum affordable.
Address: Moll d'Espanya del Port Vell Barcelona
Internet: www.aquariumbcn.com
Metro: L3, Drassanes  

Museu maritím, the impressive nautic museum
Museu maritím The seafaring’s history is explained in a vivid way. The replica of the 60 metre long galley is impressive.
Address: Avinguda de les Drassanes Barcelona
Metro: L3, Drassanes  

Wax works cabinet
Wax works cabinet 360 well-known personalities are appealingly staged. At all costs, visit the cafe Bosc de les Fades. Your children will love it.
Address: Pge. de la Banca 7 Barcelona
Internet: www.museocerabcn.com
Metro: L3, Drassanes  

Las Golondrinas – Harbour tour trip along the beaches
Las Golondrinas – Harbour tour and boat trip along the beaches

Experience the maritime Barcelona with the "Golondrinas" from a different perspective. You can choose between the shorter harbour tour through the yacht harbour, the fishing port and the freight port and the long excursion.

Address: Portal de la Pau (gegenüber der Kolumbussäule) Barcelona
Phone: 93 442 31 06  
Internet: www.lasgolondrinas.com
Metro: L3, Drassanes  

Columbus statue - best view on the rambla
Columbus statue - best view on the rambla From up here the children have a great view of the Ramblas, the Maritime Museum, the port and the L'Aquŕrium.
Address: Südlich der Rambla Barcelona
Metro: L3, Drassanes  

CosmoCaixa - very informative museum of science
CosmoCaixa - informative museum of science The science museum CosmoCaixa constitutes an absolutely new concept of science museums. Science should be presented as an understandable and attractive discipline. The museum is interactive, educational, and extremely attractive to the eye.
Address: Carrer Teodor Roviralta 47-51
Phone: +34 93 212 60 50  
Metro: FGC, L7, Av. del Tibidabo, then 800 metres by feet or bus   Bus: 196 from Av. del Tibidabo  

Montjuïc - fun with a lot of view
Montjuïc - fun with a lot of view From Montjuďc, you and your children not only have a great vista. The amusement park and also the departure of the cable car are a highlight for children.
Address: Avibguda del Castell/C. de Montjuïc
Metro: L3, Paral·lel, Funicular, Telèferic, Aeri  

Water organ - Font Màgica
Water organ - Font Màgica If it is already dark, the water fountain special effects are unique.
Address: Plaça Espanya
Internet: fonts.bcn.es
Metro: L3, L1, FGC, Espanya  

Poble Espanyol, the Spanisch village
Poble Espanyol, the Spanisch village At the foot of the Montjuic, the open-air museum offers a lot of disport. There are many events for children, including traditional demonstrations of craftsmanship, such as the glass blowers who gage the wonder and admiration of many children.
Address: Avinguda del Marqués de Comilla
Internet: www.poble-espanyol.com
Metro: L 1, L3, FGC, Espanya  

Sandy beach of Barcelona
Sandy beach of Barcelona What child wouldn't have fun on this sandy beach. The beach is well maintained and the water is clean. From the Rambla, port or L'Aquŕrium the beach is a short walk away.
Address: Barcelona
Metro: L4, Barceloneta  

Zoo - Parc Zoològic
Zoo - Parc Zoològic The zoo is specialised in apes. But also the daily dolphin charm children. In the adjoining Parc de la Ciutadella you can have a boat tour on the lake.
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona
Internet: www.zoobarcelona.com
Metro: L4, Barceloneta & Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica, L1, Marina & Arc de Triomf  

Parc de la Ciutadella, rowing boat and picnic
Parc de la Ciutadella, rowing boat and picnic Here you can go rowing boat, a mammoth climb on the horns, admire the Dragon in the Zoological Museum, or simply go to a meadow and make a picnic.

Stadium of FC Barcelona
Stadium of FC Barcelona A must for every football lover is a visit of the Museum of F.C. Barcelona which also includes a look at Europe's largest football stadium. Here you also can buy tickets for games of the FC Barcelona.
Address: Barcelona
Internet: fc.barcelona.de
Metro: L3, Les Corts, L5, Collblanc  

Museu de la Xocolata - chocolate museum
Museu de la Xocolata - chocolate museum

The chocolate museum Museu de la Xocolata shows the history of chocolate in Europe: its origins, how it got to us and how it was traded as an element between myth and reality, between medicine and food or as an aphrodisiac. It also shows the manufacturing of chocolate, from the cocoa bean up to industrial production processes. A museum not only for children.

Address: Comerç, 36 08003 Barcelona
Phone: +34 932 687 878  
Metro: L4, Jaume I., L1, Arc de Triomf  

Parc Güell
Parc Güell The freely accessible park is a special attraction. With a lot of space and designed with a lot of imagination children can let off steam.
Address: Carrer d'Olot
Metro: L3, Lesseps +10min. Fußweg  

Parque d'Atraccions on the Tibidabo
Parque d'Atraccions on the Tibidabo Already the approach journey is a pleasure leading up to a fantastic vista and great amusement park. The vending machine museum should also not be missed but it can be very full on the weekends.
Address: Barcelona
Internet: www.tibidabo.es

Children at the beach of Barcelona

Indeed, the multiplicity of possible leisure activities, from the museum for children, the amusement park to the beach, Barcelona also makes it attractive for a family vacation.

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The sights in Barcelona also inspire the children

Many places in Barcelona certainly inspire your children.

Living statues on the Rambla

The living statues on the Rambla certainly inspire your children.

Aquŕrium  in Barcelona

In the Aquŕrium you can sty with your children stay hours without boring them. From seahorses, to skate to the white shark, which you look directly into the eyes, there is plenty to see and discover.

Zoo of Barcelona

What child would not be enthusiastic of a zoo? In Barcelona are the apes and dolphins.

The science museum of Barcelona, CosmoCaixa

In CosmoCaixa your children learn in an interactively and modern way to know the exciting world of science.

Harbour cruise

Not only your children will be amazed on the harbour cruise.

With the funicular to the Tibidabo

Even the roadmap to the tibidabo by the cableway is something special. And the roller coaster and ferris wheel in the air higher, of the 200-metre-high viewing platform with the glass floor not to mention...

Parc de la Ciutadella

A cruise on the lake of the Parc de la Ciutadella certainly makes a lot of fun.


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