I went to Manchester last night having a drink in the city centre while the girls were at the MEN. No trouble, no pick pocketing, no beggars.

Seems like this country isn't so bad after all.

Fully understand what your saying and i agree that it goes on in every major city, i feel Barcelona more than others but to say people who get into trouble are stupid and naive is way of the mark and for the record my friend had is wallet in his front pocket but they are professional and very good at what they do, i used the metro and didn't have a problem i also told the prostitutes were to go and the beer/drug sellers accept your first answer, i didn't have a problem and would go back next month if i could but your stupid and naive comment peeved me off, it's like saying people go out of there way to have there stuff nicked.

Great weekend . more than the 1500 the TV are saying about the WIRE turn out. Ryanair should be done over the trade discription act as stating. Reus as Bacelona Airport when it's a good 1.30 hours away. Thats like saying Birminigham for Blackpool. What a joke. Barcelona again? NO. To much trouble with pick pockets ete.. SLIM WAS RIGHT.

Wow. Talk about telling half of a story................

i've been a lot of cities around europe never known so many incidents in one weekend you accept that these things happen but never so many and so frequently

it bloody isnt like any other city its a horrible place so many people got robbed have to watch your back everywere u go. saw it for myself match day

from personal experiece... you get offered illegal subastances in every city... including manchester where i live at the moment... we have had a great time... we are still here... and the city is brilliant... first time i have been here and would definitely come again, locals very welcoming, result considering we have had a perfect weekend... you get bellends everywhere and as long as you are sensible you can have a brilliant time...
to p.s. the catalans v czech republic game, although one sided, was brilliant... all in all... a good time was had by all :p

i have just read all the other replies... seriously must we be impervious to crime? had a brilliant weekend, would definitely do it again, but would advise bringing more aftersun this time, i resemble a lobster atm...

Wait till you hear the tales of the boozed up England fans going to watch the World Cup next year.

agreed... i dont want to sound biased but thought it was chuffing brilliant, minus the sunburn and the stupid amounts af money spent on a metro ticket that we hardly used :p

Dead safe, Barcelona. No trouble at all.

Warrington is a right hole, we are used to much worse.

Agree with stevo - so many stories of people getting mugged over the Weekend.

1 Fella was robbed of 300 Euros and my brother got jumped and robbed of his camera.

Nice City & Great Weekend but they really need to sort out the Crime.

The problem is a large group of (more than likely) drunk people is going to be an easy target for those who want to commit such crimes because after a drink or two you let your guard down a bit more. Even being on holiday tends to mean your more relaxed and let your guard down therefore leaving you slightly more at risk.

I have visted Barecelona once at never saw any trouble, my parents have been 4 times now and have only experienced one (relatively small) incident of pick pocketing. But as has been said over and over it is a big city problem, and especially a big city with a lot of tourists problem.

Guy I met was lucky on Friday. He had two prostitutes on his arm and he felt one of them dip into his pocket where his phone was. Luckily, she missed and picked up a packet of tomato sauce and then gave up. Eventually he got rid of them but it was a lucky escape.

(Dont ask, I only met the guy out there.)

Heard loads of trouble, and had plenty of Africans on Rambles wanted a piece of me. And my phone, camera, money etc. But all you had to do was walk straight past them and dont make eye contact. I kept all my valuables in buttoned up or zip up pockets and as a result I didnt get anything nicked and had a great time. Even after leaving Cheers ed up at 4am.

There was a thread here before we went. We knew how rough it was (although the aggressive 'prostitutes' were slightly more aggressive than I thought and clearly had no interest in enticing you, and simply wanted to rob you).

Overall, it wasn;t actually as bad as I expected. We was around the Ramblas all the time, and whilst it was intimidating at times, we kept our wits about us and was ok.

I thought it was a brilliant weekend, and would love to go back, and think the Magic Weekend there was brilliant.

Main disappointment was that the Wire fans seemed to leave the ground straight after the match, when there was a great atmosphere round the beer and food tents, where thousands of Catalans fans stayed until a couple of hours afterwards...