What is the best city guide app for Barcelona?

Barcelona ArtWalk is a free Barcelona city guide: a daily what's-on feed with 300+ live events, 130+ galleries and museums with current exhibitions, a narrated audio guide to 80+ landmarks, self-guided walking tours with turn-by-turn routing — plus the city's biggest street-art map with 200+ murals.

What is the best app for finding street art in Barcelona?

Barcelona ArtWalk is a free app for discovering street art in Barcelona, with 200+ mapped murals, AI-generated walking tours, and listings for galleries, museums and events. It's on iOS and Android.

Is Barcelona ArtWalk free?

Yes. Barcelona ArtWalk is free to download on iOS and Android.

Where can I find street art in Barcelona?

The densest areas are El Raval (including the Keith Haring mural by MACBA), the Gothic Quarter, El Born, Poblenou's old factory walls and the legal walls at Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies — all mapped in the app.

Does Barcelona ArtWalk create walking tours?

Yes. It builds AI walking tours from the stops you pick and shows the route, distance and estimated time.

Does Barcelona ArtWalk have an audio guide?

Yes. The free audio guide covers 80+ Barcelona landmarks — from the Sagrada Família and Park Güell to the Gothic Quarter and Montjuïc — with narrated stories, and 7 curated audio walking tours such as The Gaudí Route, Gothic Quarter & Born and Montjuïc Heights, each with a walking route and turn-by-turn directions.

Which Barcelona neighbourhoods does it cover?

The whole city, with the densest coverage in Ciutat Vella (El Raval, Gòtic, El Born), Poblenou and Gràcia.

Is Barcelona ArtWalk good for tourists visiting Barcelona?

Yes. It works as a Barcelona travel guide: browse murals near you on the map, plan a self-guided walking tour, check what's on today, and find galleries, museums and exhibitions while you explore the city.

Is Barcelona ArtWalk only for street art?

No. It started as a street-art map and grew into a things-to-do app for Barcelona: a daily what's-on feed with 300+ live events, 130+ galleries and museums with current exhibitions, AI walking tours, and practical extras like public toilets and water fountains.

What app shows what's on in Barcelona today?

Barcelona ArtWalk has a daily-updated events feed — concerts, festivals, club nights, openings and tours from across the city — with Today and This Weekend filters, next to its exhibitions listings and street-art map. Free on iOS and Android.

What makes Barcelona ArtWalk different from other street art maps?

It's the only Barcelona app that both maps and keeps a record of the city's street art — which matters here, where legal walls repaint weekly — and brings festivals, gallery shows and events into one place.

How can I promote my event or gallery?

Use the contact form on this page to feature your event, list your gallery, or advertise to the app's users.

Things to Do in Barcelona This Week: Festa Major de Sants, The Weeknd & More (August 2026)

One festa hands the city to the next this week. Gràcia's hand-decorated streets come down after tonight — and on Saturday, Festa Major de Sants takes over: eleven streets rebuilt as fantasy worlds, nine days of neighbourhood celebration and hundreds of free concerts, from 22 to 30 August. The Barcelona ArtWalk app tracks all of it live — 360+ events and 380+ galleries and exhibitions right now.

Decorated streets at Festa Major de Sants, Barcelona — Festa Major de Sants — eleven hand-decorated streets, free entry. Photo: Barcelona Metropolitan

The festa handover

Festa Major de Sants — 22–30 August, Sants district. Decorated streets, concerts, castells, correfocs. Free.
Best time to walk the streets is after dark, when the lighting is on and the crowds thin around midnight.

Big nights ahead

The Weeknd — After Hours Til Dawn at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Tuesday 1 September. One Barcelona night only.
Hermanos Gutiérrez — the desert-guitar brothers at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Sunday 30 August.
DYSTINCT — Morocco's genre-bending pop star at Opium, Sunday 23 August.

Art to catch before it closes

Kapwani Kiwanga: Estats canviants — Fundació Tàpies, until 13 September.
Joaquín Tusquets and Minor White — two photography shows at the KBr Photo Center, both until 6 September.
Picasso: Mediterranean ceramics — Museu Picasso, until 27 September.
MACBA Collection: 30 Years — the Raval museum's own history, until 28 September.
Gaudí–Miró–Gomis: Deconstructed — inside Casa Batlló, daily.

Gaudí–Miró–Gomis exhibition at Casa Batlló, Barcelona — Gaudí–Miró–Gomis: Deconstructed at Casa Batlló. Photo: Ajuntament de Barcelona

Free this week

Festa Major de Sants — all nine days, free.
Mecal Air — open-air short films in the Can Framis courtyard, Friday nights through 28 August, free entry.
Mercat de la Terra — the Slow Food market at Parc de les Tres Ximeneies, Saturday.

For the full late-summer picture — beaches, more exhibitions and the September festa calendar — see our guide to things to do in Barcelona, and check Barcelona's exhibitions for what the galleries are showing.

Tip: the What's On feed in the free Barcelona ArtWalk app updates daily — every festa stage, exhibition and concert below is in it, with maps and tickets.

Let the Barcelona ArtWalk app inspire you

Where do you find Barcelona's most beautiful murals? What stories hide behind them — and which artists painted them? The free Barcelona ArtWalk app has the answers: 200+ mapped works with photos and background, AI walking tours with route, distance and time, plus the city's galleries, exhibitions and events. Download it free for iPhone and Android.

There's a lot to discover. Barcelona ArtWalk.