Privacy and trust

Privacy, cookies and advertising

Barcelona Explained is designed to help visitors plan the city clearly. This page explains what data may be collected, how cookies may be used, and how ads or commercial links are handled.

Overview

What this page covers

This is an independent travel guide. We try to stay useful first, commercial second.

Basic use

When you browse the site, your browser may automatically share technical information such as device type, language, approximate region, referral source and pages visited.

No public contact channel

This site currently does not offer a direct public contact channel for reader messages, corrections or private enquiries.

External services

When you open official ticket pages, maps, booking platforms or other third-party services, their own privacy and cookie rules apply.

Cookies and ads

How advertising and cookies may work

The site may use advertising technology such as Google AdSense. If enabled, these services may use cookies or similar technologies to show or measure ads.

Advertising cookies

Advertising providers may use cookies to measure ad performance, limit repetition, understand broad interests or serve more relevant ads where legally permitted.

If ads are not enabled, this part of the site remains inactive.

Consent in Europe

For visitors in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, consent messaging should be shown before personalised advertising is used. If ads are activated, the site should be configured to respect that requirement.

You can also manage cookies in your browser settings at any time.

Commercial links

How booking and tour links are handled

The guide uses direct official links where trust matters most. Some comparison links or partner links may become affiliate links over time.

Official first

Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and similar high-friction tickets are linked directly to official sources when possible.

Comparison links

Hotel, transport or activity comparison links may support the site financially in the future. When that happens, we keep trying to recommend what is genuinely useful first.

Editorial independence

Commercial relationships should not determine the route logic, neighbourhood advice or warnings about poor tourist decisions.

Keep planning

Continue with the guide

Head back to the main guide or read the editorial policy for more context on how this site is put together.