The ticketed days out kids ask for by name, from amusement park rides and indoor trampolines to ice skating, go-karts, bowling, VR and escape rooms, all worth booking ahead at weekends and in school holidays.
An indoor trampoline park in Cornellà with wall-to-wall jump courts, a foam pit, and a battle-beam pit. Beyond trampolines there's the SkyRider overhead zipline, a Ninja Course, Clip 'N Climb walls, high ropes, a jump tower, and a younger KidsZone. Sessions run by the hour, and grippy socks are required. Changing rooms and free lockers are on site.
Barcelona Bosc Urbà is an aerial adventure park under the giant solar canopy at Parc del Fòrum. Two harnessed rope circuits run five meters up: 14 family challenges with barrel tunnels, wobbly bridges and zip lines, plus 15 tougher sports challenges. A netted high-altitude trampoline zone and a food truck with monitor-led kids' games complete the park.
A bowling and arcade center on the top floor of the Diagonal Mar mall, run by Ilusiona. It packs lit bowling lanes with bumpers, next-generation arcade and ticket-redemption machines, VR driving and space-battle simulators, and a large space-themed soft-play park for younger kids. Air-conditioned, with a bar and birthday party rooms.
An indoor karting center with a 500m asphalt track that runs through tunnels, chicanes and banked corners. Small kids ride electric mini-karts on a separate Monaco-themed track, and teens can drive the faster adult karts, which makes it one of the few places a whole family can race together. There is a burger-and-pizza restaurant in the building.
Open since 1901, this mountaintop park stacks more than 30 rides up the side of Collserola. The signature Avió has swung kids out over the rooftops since 1928, and there is a hand-painted carousel, the Muntanya Russa rollercoaster, the Miramiralls hall of mirrors, and a small Automaton Museum. A separate Panoramic Area holds gentler rides for the youngest, and the Cuca de Llum funicular carries you up to the top.
A virtual-reality arcade with eight headset stations running over 60 Meta Quest 3 games, from zombie shooters and dancing to ocean exploration. Groups of two to eight play together in the same session, and there is a multiplayer VR escape room as an alternative. Staff set up the headsets and adjust each game to the players' age and experience.
A full-size 30x60m ice rink at the FC Barcelona sports complex in Les Corts, with the club crest painted at center ice and tiered seating along one side. Public sessions let anyone lace up and circle the ice. Birthday parties include rink entry, skate hire and breakfast or an afternoon snack in a reserved area of the rink bar, with prices quoted on request.
La Nube and El Gato sit 250 meters apart: in one a hacker is wiping the files off the cloud, in the other a grandmother's cat has vanished. A game master goes in with the group for the full 60 minutes, and puzzles run on logic and observation, with no scares or physical challenges. Each room holds up to 10 players, so larger birthday groups split across both.
A live escape room set in a moody, early-1900s mansion: a young heiress has been murdered and her spirit is trapped inside, and your team has 60 minutes to crack the puzzles and set her free. It takes large parties, up to about 21 players at once, and runs in Catalan, Spanish, English and French, so non-Spanish-speaking families can play in their own language.
A Les Corts fixture since 1978, with 14 automatic lanes set against a brick mural of the skyline and a lighter crowd than the Diagonal Mar alley. Bumpers cover children up to 14 and ramps help younger kids who cannot yet swing a ball get it down the lane. Lanes are first come, first served, with a bar-restaurant on site. Birthday parties for kids 8 to 14 are booked ahead and include bowling, a meal and cake.
An 18th-century military fortress on the 173-meter Montjuïc hill, built in a star shape with angled bastions, a dry moat crossed by a stone bridge, and a watchtower. Kids can walk the ramparts, peer through gun embrasures at the rusted coastal cannons, and cross the drawbridge into the parade ground. The wraparound terrace gives a 360-degree view over the harbor, the sea, and the rooftops below.
The Font Màgica sits at the foot of Avinguda Maria Cristina below the Palau Nacional, built by Carles Buïgas for the 1929 International Exposition. Around 2,600 liters a second move through its three concentric pools, lit in color and choreographed to music: film scores, Spanish classical, rock, 1980s pop. The terraces and steps above the water fill up early.
The ticketed days out kids ask for by name, from amusement park rides and indoor trampolines to ice skating, go-karts, bowling, VR and escape rooms, all worth booking ahead at weekends and in school holidays.
An indoor trampoline park in Cornellà with wall-to-wall jump courts, a foam pit, and a battle-beam pit. Beyond trampolines there's the SkyRider overhead zipline, a Ninja Course, Clip 'N Climb walls, high ropes, a jump tower, and a younger KidsZone. Sessions run by the hour, and grippy socks are required. Changing rooms and free lockers are on site.
Barcelona Bosc Urbà is an aerial adventure park under the giant solar canopy at Parc del Fòrum. Two harnessed rope circuits run five meters up: 14 family challenges with barrel tunnels, wobbly bridges and zip lines, plus 15 tougher sports challenges. A netted high-altitude trampoline zone and a food truck with monitor-led kids' games complete the park.
A bowling and arcade center on the top floor of the Diagonal Mar mall, run by Ilusiona. It packs lit bowling lanes with bumpers, next-generation arcade and ticket-redemption machines, VR driving and space-battle simulators, and a large space-themed soft-play park for younger kids. Air-conditioned, with a bar and birthday party rooms.
An indoor karting center with a 500m asphalt track that runs through tunnels, chicanes and banked corners. Small kids ride electric mini-karts on a separate Monaco-themed track, and teens can drive the faster adult karts, which makes it one of the few places a whole family can race together. There is a burger-and-pizza restaurant in the building.
Open since 1901, this mountaintop park stacks more than 30 rides up the side of Collserola. The signature Avió has swung kids out over the rooftops since 1928, and there is a hand-painted carousel, the Muntanya Russa rollercoaster, the Miramiralls hall of mirrors, and a small Automaton Museum. A separate Panoramic Area holds gentler rides for the youngest, and the Cuca de Llum funicular carries you up to the top.
A virtual-reality arcade with eight headset stations running over 60 Meta Quest 3 games, from zombie shooters and dancing to ocean exploration. Groups of two to eight play together in the same session, and there is a multiplayer VR escape room as an alternative. Staff set up the headsets and adjust each game to the players' age and experience.
A full-size 30x60m ice rink at the FC Barcelona sports complex in Les Corts, with the club crest painted at center ice and tiered seating along one side. Public sessions let anyone lace up and circle the ice. Birthday parties include rink entry, skate hire and breakfast or an afternoon snack in a reserved area of the rink bar, with prices quoted on request.
La Nube and El Gato sit 250 meters apart: in one a hacker is wiping the files off the cloud, in the other a grandmother's cat has vanished. A game master goes in with the group for the full 60 minutes, and puzzles run on logic and observation, with no scares or physical challenges. Each room holds up to 10 players, so larger birthday groups split across both.
A live escape room set in a moody, early-1900s mansion: a young heiress has been murdered and her spirit is trapped inside, and your team has 60 minutes to crack the puzzles and set her free. It takes large parties, up to about 21 players at once, and runs in Catalan, Spanish, English and French, so non-Spanish-speaking families can play in their own language.
A Les Corts fixture since 1978, with 14 automatic lanes set against a brick mural of the skyline and a lighter crowd than the Diagonal Mar alley. Bumpers cover children up to 14 and ramps help younger kids who cannot yet swing a ball get it down the lane. Lanes are first come, first served, with a bar-restaurant on site. Birthday parties for kids 8 to 14 are booked ahead and include bowling, a meal and cake.
An 18th-century military fortress on the 173-meter Montjuïc hill, built in a star shape with angled bastions, a dry moat crossed by a stone bridge, and a watchtower. Kids can walk the ramparts, peer through gun embrasures at the rusted coastal cannons, and cross the drawbridge into the parade ground. The wraparound terrace gives a 360-degree view over the harbor, the sea, and the rooftops below.
The Font Màgica sits at the foot of Avinguda Maria Cristina below the Palau Nacional, built by Carles Buïgas for the 1929 International Exposition. Around 2,600 liters a second move through its three concentric pools, lit in color and choreographed to music: film scores, Spanish classical, rock, 1980s pop. The terraces and steps above the water fill up early.