Spot a Catalan flag with star (estelada)

Spot a Barcelona Metro M

Find the red M on the white square at any Barcelona Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.

Spot a Barcelona pavement tile

Find the panot tile (the four-petal flower tile that paves Barcelona's pavements citywide). Photograph the tile pattern.

Spot a Barcelona tapas plate

Find a small Barcelona tapas plate on a bar counter: patatas bravas, croquetas, pan con tomate, pimientos de Padrón. Photograph the bite.

Spot a Boqueria fruit stall

Inside the Boqueria find a fruit stall with stacked dragon fruit, mangos, mountains of strawberries. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Catalan senyera flag

Find the Catalan senyera (horizontal red-and-yellow stripes) flying from a balcony, a government building or a souvenir shop. Photograph the stripes.

Spot a churros con chocolate cup

Find a plate of churros with a thick cup of hot chocolate at a Barcelona café. Photograph the dunk.

Spot a Gaudí dragon detail

Find any other Gaudí dragon detail in the city: the Casa Vicens, the Finca Güell entrance gate, the Park Güell roof. Photograph the dragon work.

Spot a Gràcia balcony with senyera

Walk into the Gràcia neighbourhood and find a small square (Plaça del Sol, Plaça de la Virreina) with a Catalan flag on a balcony. Photograph the local atmosphere.

Spot a human castle (castellers)

During festivals (especially Sant Jordi, Mercè) you can see castellers building human towers. Otherwise find a photo, mural or statue of a casteller pyramid. Photograph the reference.

Spot a paella pan

Find a paella pan at a Barcelona restaurant or in a shop window. (Paella is technically Valencian but Barcelona menus love it.) Photograph the pan.

Spot a Park Güell mosaic bench

In Park Güell's upper terrace find the trencadis mosaic bench (the long undulating mosaic bench). Photograph the colours.

Spot a Picasso reference

Find a Picasso reference in Barcelona: the Picasso Museum on Montcada, a poster, a souvenir mural. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Sagrada Família stained glass

Inside the Sagrada Família, find the colourful stained glass throwing patterns on the stone columns. Photograph the light.

Spot a Spanish flag

Find a Spanish flag (red-yellow-red) flying alongside the Catalan flag on a building. Photograph both flags.

Spot a tio de Nadal log (winter only)

In December find a tió de Nadal (Catalan Christmas log with a red hat and face) in a shop or home. Outside the season, find a souvenir tió. Photograph the log.

Spot a vermouth glass

Find a vermut de grifo (vermouth on tap) at a Barcelona tapas bar, with the olive and orange peel. Photograph the orange.

Spot an Estrella Damm beer

Find an Estrella Damm beer (the red star) on a Catalan bar terrace. Photograph the glass or bottle.

Spot an FC Barcelona shirt

Find someone wearing or a shop selling the FC Barcelona blaugrana (blue-and-claret striped) kit. Photograph the shirt.

Spot La Pedrera (Casa Milà) wave

Walk to Casa Milà / La Pedrera further up Passeig de Gràcia. Find the wave-like stone facade with the wrought-iron balconies. Photograph the curves.

Spot pan con tomate

Find pan con tomate (toasted bread rubbed with garlic, tomato and olive oil) on a Barcelona café table. The Catalan breakfast. Photograph the bread.

Spot the Arc de Triomf

Walk to Passeig de Lluís Companys and find the Arc de Triomf, the red-brick triumphal arch from the 1888 World Fair. Photograph the arch.

Spot the Barcelona Ramblas crowd

Walk down La Rambla and find the crowds, the flower stalls or the human statues. Photograph the bustle.

Spot the Barceloneta beach

Walk to Barceloneta beach and photograph the sand with the Frank Gehry golden fish sculpture or the W Hotel in the background.

Spot the Boqueria market entrance

Walk to the Mercat de la Boqueria off La Rambla. Photograph the wrought-iron-and-stained-glass entrance.

Spot the Casa Batlló skull balcony

Walk along Passeig de Gràcia and find Casa Batlló by Gaudí, with the bone-like balconies and the dragon-scale roof. Photograph the facade.

Spot the Gothic Quarter cathedral

Find the Cathedral of Barcelona (La Seu) in the Gothic Quarter. Photograph the gothic facade.

Spot the Park Güell salamander (El Drac)

Walk to Park Güell and find El Drac, the mosaic salamander at the entrance staircase. Photograph the dragon.

Spot the Plaça Reial palm

Walk into Plaça Reial off La Rambla and find the palm trees, the arched colonnade and the Gaudí lampposts. Photograph the square.

Spot the Sagrada Família spires

Find the Sagrada Família and photograph the spiked spires against the sky (from the front or back facade).