Barcelona's beach and fanciful architecture make it a fun destination with kids. If you're looking to set the stage for your trip with some thematic reading, check out my favorite children's books, maps, and resources for visiting Barcelona with Kids
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Castles and Palaces are mainstay attractions on any trip to Europe. What makes them great with kids? All those ramps and stairs! A good castle visit in the morning ensures a great nap in the stroller, during which we try to see a museum or enjoy a multi-course meal.
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I am traveling alone with my 27 month old from Hawaii to Barcelona in January to meet my husband. I am not planning to bring a carseat, do you know of a car service there for airport transports? After a couple ...
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When we took the kids to Barcelona last year, Modern Art was on our agenda. Too ...
When we were in Barcelona with the kids last October, our best trick for seeing cultural sights was to wait until they were both napping (D in the sling & E in the stroller. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
Here's a picture of newly-awake D crawling through Gaudi ...
This is a guest post from Julia Fossi, a co-owner of Fish and Chips, Barcelona's first and only traditional fish and chip shop. Co-owners Julie and Julia are both young mothers who moved to Barcelona over seven years ago. They met in a local moms group and decided to ...
While wandering through a residential area of Barcelona one afternoon, we found a busy little fenced playground nestled in between some huge apartment buildings. The kids and I both loved the simple and sweet wooden playground toys, and the small scale of everything made it easy for E to interact ...
Taverna Basca Irati (pictured) is one of several upscale tapas bars in Barcelona that displays its tapas on a big self-service bar. Each dish is skewered with a dainty toothpick. You help yourself to whatever looks good, and at the end of the meal your toothpicks are counted and your ...
I'm strangely obsessed with checking out the baby food selection in every country we visit. Something about the choices we make for those first meals reveals a lot about the culture. In France, we saw chocolate flavored rice cereal and formula. In Italy, the mad cow scare meant that ...
For E, one of the highlights of our trip to Barcelona was his first taste of Churros (fried dough, similar to long doughnuts) at Granja-Xocolateria La Pallersa. Churros are dipped in to thick, rich chocolate before eating, and it's hard to imagine a more toddler friendly combination than fried ...
While it’s fun to take the kids to the aquarium and the park, we also want to see some of the artwork and cultural attractions Spain has to offer. I’ve loved modern art since my teen years, and I’m anxious to pass that appreciation on to my ...
The kids seem to be tired of eating in restaurants, so today seemed like the perfect day to put together a picnic lunch. We’re staying near the Boqueria, Barcelona’s main market, so our first stop was to pick up food. We headed to an olive stand first, where ...
Our sleep situation is not good. We’ve been so tired that we’ve been lax about getting the kids up and going in the morning, and this is coming back to haunt us at nighttime. E is sleeping through the night now, thankfully, but D (who has never been ...
We had such a rough flight in, and everyone was so exhausted, that I didn’t have the heart to get everyone up first thing in the morning like I normally do. I know I’ll pay for this later, but at some point, it’s more important to function ...
We arrived in Barcelona at about 10pm local time, safe and sound. The trip was long, but things ran generally on time, and the kids were superstars on the flights and in the airports. E in particular with so delighted with each new promise of a bus ride, train ride ...
We leave for Barcelona Tomorrow! I'd like to say that we're all packed and everything is done, but of course we're not. In a mad fit of energy today, I did a thousand things today, including many that had been languishing on my desk for months. I ...
Earlier this week, I promised my son that I would make him Paella. After a false start that ended at a local pizza restaurant, we had our introduction to Paella tonight. I haven’t made Paella since my son started eating solids, despite the fact that it is one of ...
It's always a leap of faith booking a vacation rental. We do lots of research before booking. We look at reviews, we look for recommendations from established sources, and we read the terms and conditions carefully to make sure they're clear and fair. So far, we've always ...
Yesterday I was sitting on the couch leafing through a guidebook to Spain when E got curious and wanted to see what was inside. I ended up bringing out a book with lots of pictures and talking to him a little about the trip. We looked at a bunch of ...
I always find it helpful to read blogs and reviews written by other parents before I travel somewhere. Often this is where I get my best and most up-to-date tips. Here are some good blog entries and articles about travelling to Spain with Babies, Toddlers, and Kids.
Madrid with Kid ...We leave for a family vacation in Spain in under three weeks! We booked the tickets months ago, so I cannot believe that it's almost time to go. We'll be visiting Barcelona, Madrid, and Sevilla! Over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting about what we ...
