Last year, Barcelona launched a three-year Action Plan for the High-Traffic Area of the Sagrada Familia to manage tourism. Among the several measures is the creation of a 6,200-square-meter anteroom, ...

Barcelona plans Sagrada Familia selfie square to ease tourist crowds - The 6,200-square-metre ‘anteroom’ aims to redirect ...

Angry with tourists hogging the street, the city is hoping to create a zone that is dedicated entirely to taking selfies.

In fact, Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia, the most popular tourist site in the city, has become its symbol, nearly as emblematic as the EiffelTower or the Statue of Liberty. The facade and towers of ...

In a bid to stop overcrowding and allow locals to move around easily, Barcelona will be making a large public square at the Sagrada Familia.

Barcelona plans to create a special tourist zone near the Sagrada Familia. This initiative aims to alleviate the ongoing ...

Laura French From 1883 up until his death in 1926, Catalan art nouveau master Antoni Gaudí devoted himself to the construction of La Sagrada Família, a towering, Gothic-style-with-a-twist church.

In an effort to balance tourism and local life, the city will create a dedicated photo zone outside the iconic basilica to ...

Designed by Gaudi, a famous Catalan architect also known for the Park Guell, another tourist magnet in Barcelona, the Sagrada Familia was named a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2005. Construction ...

Barcelona plans to curb overcrowding at its famous landmark La Sagrada Familia church with the creation ... led by designer and architect Antoni Gaudi – creating congestion and frustration ...

Barcelona plans to create a large public square to ease congestion in front of its top tourist attraction, the Sagrada Familia ... picture in front of Antoni Gaudi’s famously unfinished basilica.