Wish your kids were younger- I could have written you a novel!

Almost every neighborhood has a mercat, or indoor food market. The most famous is La Boquería, but I would go to one of the less famous mercats for lunch. There are restaurants in the mercats (often just a few barstools at a counter) that open up for lunch around 1:30 p.m. and the food is amazing and fresh. If during the week, get a menú del día (2 course meal with drink and dessert) or if you want something lighter, a plato combinado (typically something like fries, vegetable, and a meat).

Here's a list with a link to all the mercats: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/mercats/es/canal/mercats-alimentaris

We took a similar tour, and it was very interesting
https://www.viator.com/tours/Barcelona/Small-Group-Medieval-Villages-Day-Trip-from-Barcelona/d562-3142BCNMEDIEVAL

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Anonymous wrote:The path in Barcelona has been completely and utterly beaten.

This exactly.

+1

Unfortunately.

This is OP and we will be there for 3 days as part of a bigger trip. My Dh, ds (17) and me. We have actually been there before for a couple of days and did the major touristy stuff which is why I was looking for off the beaten path experiences

Thank you!

We just spent a week in Barcelona and would have happily spent longer, though we were not exhausting ourselves hitting everything. We didn’t get to all the beaten path things I would have liked to do. If you happen to be going with kids, the zoo doesn’t get talked up much and is quite lovely.

Anonymous wrote:3 nights max.
Then head up the coast to cadaques or girona or Aiguablava or Begur. Search here for those names for ideas….

This is a good idea. Take a couple days in barcelona, rent a car and go up la costa brava.

Anonymous wrote:The path in Barcelona has been completely and utterly beaten.

This exactly.

As others have mentioned, Barcelona's path is pretty well beaten. I would recommend visiting Casa Batllo. It's less crowded than the Sagrada Familia (and way easier to get tickets to last minute) but still a very cool way to admire Gaudi's work.

3 nights max.
Then head up the coast to cadaques or girona or Aiguablava or Begur. Search here for those names for ideas….

We went in September and really just strolled and had a great time. There for 7 days and only had 2 with plans, some of the sites pp mentioned. We found our way on a sunset sail one evening and a pallea making class that my husband still talks about. I credit those to Airbnb Experiences. It's the second tab on their main page.

Barcelona is a great city to visit but it's a small city and you really only need 2-4 days for it at the most. Hit the major sites (imo there are Parque guell, LSG, Montjuic) but other than that, stroll Borne, gothic quarter and el raval.

The path in Barcelona has been completely and utterly beaten.

How about some more info?

- how long will you be in barcelona for?
- First time?
- what kinds of things do you like to do?

Suggestions for things to do, places to go? This will be mid-June.