Walkable Spanish city is home to Europe's 'most beautiful and popular attraction'

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Barcelona is a city that is perfect for exploring on foot (Image: Getty Images) There are plenty of reasons to visit Barcelona : delicious tapas, a thriving art scene, beaches within easy reach, and an eclectic mix of architecture. Plus, Britons can enjoy a relatively short flight time from UK airports .

However, the city is also home to what has been described as " Europe 's most popular attraction" for 2024. READ MORE 'World's most walkable city' is beautiful - and less than 2 hours from the UK [INSIGHT] Standing tall in the Eixample Right district of Barcelona is the Sagrada Familia, a jaw-dropping church from Antoni Gaudi representing Catalan Modernism, Art Nouveau, Noucentisme, and Spanish Late Gothic architecture. Despite work on the church beginning in 1882, there is still more to be done and the final project is not expected to be completed until 2026.

This is partly due to the intricate nature of Gaudi's incredible designs, but also due to construction having stopped several times over the years. The death of Gaudi was one of the first instances to have halted the progress of the church's construction. Ten years later, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, the construction was halted.

Vandals who destroyed the models and plans for the basilica added further issues for construction. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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