{"id":62910,"date":"2016-02-22T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=62910"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:27:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T12:27:13","slug":"five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways to avoid being an annoying tourist in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whenever I visit another country I detest the idea that I might come across as the stereotypical <strong>tourist,<\/strong> they always make me cringe. Accordingly, I have written about the five things not to do if you want to <strong>avoid being an annoying tourist in Barcelona.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/#1_Wear_an_appropriate_attire\" title=\"1. Wear an appropriate attire\">1. Wear an appropriate attire<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/#2Dont_just_speak_in_your_native_language\" title=\"2.Don&#8217;t just speak in your native language\">2.Don&#8217;t just speak in your native language<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/#3_Dont_spend_your_whole_visit_on_Las_Ramblas\" title=\"3. Don&#8217;t spend your whole visit on Las Ramblas!\">3. Don&#8217;t spend your whole visit on Las Ramblas!<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/#4_Give_Spanish_food_a_try\" title=\"4. Give Spanish food a try\">4. Give Spanish food a try<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/five-ways-to-avoid-being-an-annoying-tourist-in-barcelona\/#5_Respect_the_local_inhabitants\" title=\"5. Respect the local inhabitants\">5. Respect the local inhabitants<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Wear_an_appropriate_attire\"><\/span>1. Wear an appropriate attire<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bad-tourists-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62918\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-62918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bad-tourists-2-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"bad tourists 2\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>When it\u2019s 13 degrees outside, don\u2019t wear a vest and shorts. It seems that half of the <strong>tourists<\/strong> visiting <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, especially from Britain, have little concept of seasons and believe it stays hot all year round; well it doesn\u2019t. So don\u2019t wear flip-flops in January or wear sunglasses when it\u2019s overcast. Please, use some common sense because you\u2019re giving all of us Brits a bad name!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2Dont_just_speak_in_your_native_language\"><\/span>2.Don&#8217;t just speak in your native language<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is mostly aimed at the Brits and Americans who seem to find it difficult to acknowledge that Spain is a different country with a different <strong>language.<\/strong> In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-feel-like-a-catalan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catalan<\/a> is a region of Spain with their own ancient dialect. Catalonians are proud of their culture and both Spanish and Catalan are important parts of this. So please don\u2019t just bark English when ordering food or asking questions in a supermarket. Locals don\u2019t expect you to learn Spanish before you visit but at least give some basics a try. I know it\u2019s an obvious clich\u00e9 that English tourists just speak louder and slower, and it\u2019s a fairly common joke. But trust me, the locals don\u2019t find it funny.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Dont_spend_your_whole_visit_on_Las_Ramblas\"><\/span>3. Don&#8217;t spend your whole visit on Las Ramblas!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is a big place, and it has a plethora of bars and restaurants serving authentic Spanish food and drinks in beautiful and idyllic settings. <strong>Las Ramblas<\/strong> is the street that everyone heads to, but in fact it has very little authentic Spanish food and drinks and is full of American fast food chains and souvenir shops. Whilst it would be unfair to say that there are no good places to eat or drink on the famous street, 99% of them are tacky, overpriced and are ridiculed by the locals. So please, when you visit Barcelona, don\u2019t sit on <strong>Las Ramblas<\/strong> with a giant glass of Sangria or a giant glass of beer and instead make an effort to seek out the local gastronomic delights buried within the city<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Give_Spanish_food_a_try\"><\/span>4. Give Spanish food a try<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/paella-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62922\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-62922 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/paella-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"paella 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>When eating out, try local drinks and food and refrain from\u00a0simply ordering food found in your own nation. As a Brit, I hate seeing tourists order food or drink in Barcelona that they can eat back home. In Spain there\u00a0are a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/where-to-drink-like-a-local-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">famous drinks<\/a> and traditional dishes, so don\u2019t go in a restaurant and order Guinness, or worse go to McDonalds and buy a Big Mac! Instead, try something <strong>Spanish<\/strong>, perhaps some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/paella\/\" target=\"_blank\">paella<\/a> and cava? Also, for the love of all that is holy, don\u2019t spend your entire visit in one of the millions of Irish pubs around the city!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Respect_the_local_inhabitants\"><\/span>5. Respect the local inhabitants<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, recognise that the city is full of people who are trying to live and work here. So please don\u2019t stop in the middle of a busy pavement to take a photograph or get a map out in the middle of a road! Think about the things that <strong>tourists<\/strong> do which annoy you back home. 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