If you are planning to go to Barcelona to spend the day with your family, or if you live in the city and you are looking for original plans to do with your family, this article is the right one for you. Barcelona is a city with an incredible offer, you only need to open your eyes wide in the street and you will realise it. Not only it has activities for adults, but you can also find lots of fun ideas for children of all ages and their parents. After all, the inner child never goes away, does it?
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Tibidabo
Founded in 1901, the Tibidabo mountain is simple but infallible. This classic offers the best views of Barcelona and plenty of entertainment options for all ages. The most common attractions are El Avión, the Miramiralls mirror maze and the Talaia. Other highlights include La Mina d’Or and the Mystery Castle, among many others.
What’s more, if your visit coincides with the birthday of one of your loved ones, the park offers you the chance to celebrate it with a snack and a birthday cake.
Blau Museum
If, apart from a fun plan, you want to do a cultural activity where you can learn, your place is the Museu Blau. This museum is the main headquarters of the Museum of Natural Sciences, which can be found in different parts of the city. As soon as you enter, you can admire the enormous skeleton of a one-ton whale that was found on the beach of Llançà back in 1862. The museum offers an interactive activity to play like a child and learn like an adult. Don’t forget that at the exit of the museum you will find the slides of the Forum Park.
Urban Forest
Adrenaline lovers, don’t hesitate to visit the zip lines, nets, bridges, trunks… that the Bosc Urbà offers. Attractions, strong emotions and fun await you on platforms 6 metres high and divided into different circuits.
Aventurico Escape Room
Aventurico is an escape room where children can have a great time. They have 10 rooms set in Harry Potter or Alice in Wonderland, among others. They also offer the possibility to celebrate your birthday. Unfortunately, they only allow children to participate, but don’t worry! They have a room for adults where you can have a drink and play on trampolines while you wait for the little ones to pass the tests.
Indoor Jumping Club
Trampolines and other activities are becoming more and more common, and in Barcelona you can enjoy them too. The Indoor Jumping Club is a 1,200-metre space that focuses on leisure and sport, with an exclusive area for children from 0 to 8 years old. There is also a separate area for adults to have a quiet drink while a specialist supervises the safety and fun of the children. Don’t forget to wear non-slip socks or buy them there!
Museum of Illusions
Another museum we recommend is the Museum of Illusions, but beware, this is not a conventional museum. This museum contains themed rooms and mazes with 3D paintings that can come to life. They have been hand-painted by the city’s best artists and allow you to travel to incredible places such as the abyss of the Grand Canyon or tame dinosaurs.
Make desserts in Çukor
Çukor is a factory of dried fruit sweets and other handmade sweets. Here, you can book workshops for the whole family where, through your imagination, you will be able to create with your own hands different and delicious pieces of chocolate and candy, and then enjoy savouring them. That’s the aim, isn’t it? The Çukor team is made up of professionals who will be in charge of elaborating the recipes with enthusiasm and excitement.
Wax Museum
Come and meet the most important historical figures at the Wax Museum in Barcelona. Artists, kings, celebrities and great thinkers are recreated and exhibited in this neoclassical building and will explain the history in a fun and entertaining way. Once the visit is over, you can also visit the Bosc de les Fades and enter the magic of the forest with its different thousand-year-old trees and meet the creatures that live in them. This forest is inhabited by otherworldly beings such as gnomes, fairies and goblins, but don’t be afraid, some of them may offer you some concoctions to taste.
Barcelona Zoo
If you like animals, going to Barcelona Zoo is always fun, and even more so with your family, as it’s a safe bet whether you’re travelling with children or not. In this historic zoo you can find very different animals such as bison, kangaroos, elephants, bears, lions… This enclosure has ten different differentiated spaces which reproduce the ideal environment in which the different species live in nature.
Parc Güell
Parc Güell in Barcelona has been considered a World Heritage Site since 1984. This 19-hectare park offers a space for leisure and enjoyment where you can find a unique architecture created and designed by Antoni Gaudí. We recommend buying tickets in advance, as they sell out easily, especially on weekends.
Now that you have a little more information about what to do in Barcelona with your family, which place do you most want to visit? Don’t hesitate to book your transfer with Shuttle2Sun from Barcelona airport, Reus airport, Girona airport or AVE Camp de Tarragona train station to Barcelona.
