El Pais travel tips

I loved growing up in Barcelona.

Many in Málaga fear that their city is becoming a theme park for tourists. Activists say the post-pandemic tourism boom has pushed locals to the limit by distorting the rental market and gentrifying the city centre.

Barcelona’s tourist tax is one of the fastest rising in Europe.

Binibeca, a picture-perfect small town in Spain’s popular Balearic island of Minorca have everything required to please tourists: whitewashed houses with terracotta tile roofs, narrow cobblestone streets, winding alleys, quaint staircases, street names in white-and-blue tiles — and all overlooking the marine blue of the Mediterranean.

Barcelona has banned cruise ships from docking at one of the two terminals located in the city center, part of a growing push to limit overcrowding and pollution.

Spain’s Tourism, Trade and Industry Minister Reyes Maroto will quit to run for mayor of Madrid, triggering a cabinet reshuffle, she said on Monday.