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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Barcelona bus route removed from map apps to tackle tourist overcrowding

A view from Park Güell
A view from Park Güell, Barcelona’s second most popular attraction. Photograph: MasterLu/Getty Images/iStockphoto

While some places will go to any lengths to attract visitors, residents of La Salut neighbourhood in Barcelona are celebrating a move to wipe themselves off the map.

For years, residents had complained that they could not get home because the number 116 bus was always crammed with tourists visiting Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell. The park is the city’s second most popular attraction after the Sagrada Familia basilica.

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