You can see them frequently and almost everywhere in Catalan’s beautiful capital Barcelona – the red hop-on hop-off buses, called Bus Tursitic, taking you around the city and helping you to explore all angles of Barcelona. I actually never thought that I will ever go on such an engine that is only taking curious tourists and non-locals around. I prefer to explore any city by myself and with the help of insider tips from locals I meet during my trip.

However, I figured out that sometimes you should overcome your fear of getting around in a city the “non-hipster” way. When you only have two days in Barcelona and you want to combine a day at the beach, culinary specialties like Paella plus various tapas and extensive sight-seeing combined with a little shopping – there is just no other way! And let me clarify this: Bus Turistic is actually the perfect chance of getting everything that has been panned done. Without a hassle.

An audio guide (available in many different languages) explains important facts all around Barcelona and supports you in getting an overall overview about the city in general. As you can hop-off and hop-on on many stations all around Catalan’s capital,  you are enabled to go and explore things more in detail if you wish so. Moreover, the bus has several stops along the beach promenade.

So, even for backpack-travellers it’s a great opportunity to see most of a wonderful city like Barcelona within a short period of time.