What It’s Like to Visit Barcelona Right Now

With rising cases, limits on who can travel into the city, and moderate restrictions on dining and gathering, there’s a lot you need to know before a trip.

A view of Barcelona from Parc Guell. 

Photographer: Jorg Greuel/Stone RF

Clara Hernanz Lizarraga is a reporter based in Bloomberg’s Madrid bureau.

On most summer days this year, venturing down Barcelona’s leafy Las Ramblas has felt surprisingly relaxed—devoid, for once, of thick tourist crowds and elbow-jostling.