Elsewhere in Europe, tourism overcrowding has vexed Italy’s most popular sites including Venice, Rome, Capri and Verona, ...

Spaniards are brandishing water guns, squirting unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona to protest overtourism's affect on housing ...

In Italy, Portugal and Spain, activists ... one of the city’s main tourist attractions. Sunday’s protests grew out of a weekend of workshops held in Barcelona by the Southern Europe Network ...

Planning a trip to visit the Sagrada Familia on your next trip to Barcelona, Spain? There are some important things to know ...

As protesters marched through central Barcelona on Sunday, they shouted at the tourists who were filming them to "Go Home!". Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and ...

Acitivists against tourism stop a tourist bus in front of La Sagrada Familia Basilica, to protest against overtourism in the city, in Barcelona, Spain, April 27, 2025. REUTERS “As a traveler ...

Spain, a popular global tourist destination, hosted a record 94 million international visitors last year. However, cities like Madrid and Barcelona ... people and economic activities in general ...

Tourism is hugely important to Spain and Barcelona is a top destination ... The protesters' route wound towards one of Barcelona's biggest attractions, the towering Sagrada Familia church designed ...

The coalition of activists and campaigners that make up Sur de Europa contra la Turistizacion have once again called for large-scale demonstrations on June 15 in Venice, Milan, Lisbon, San Sebastian, ...

The best way to get around Barcelona is by metro. A handful of numbered and color-coded lines weave throughout the city, making stops near many of the city's most popular attractions as well as ...

Locals in tourist hotspots ... tour buses and popular attractions with placards and water pistols to get their point across. Following a meeting in Barcelona in April, a coalition of activists ...