Barcelona has had enough
Fed up with overtourism, the city is trying to curb visitors.
From The Times
July 24, 2026

Barcelona has changed since the stream of tourists visiting the Catalan capital became a flood: Places like the famed Boqueria market, where locals once shopped, and Las Ramblas boulevard, where city residents once strolled, are now so overrun that locals avoid them.

A busy market entrance with a colorful metal and stained-glass archway has the words La Boqueria included on the signage. Many people walk past market stalls and in and through the entrance.

Edu Bayer for The New York Times

Fed up, the city has a new message: not one tourist more. →

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