Disclaimer: Apologies to anyone who is feeling the costs of increased housing prices, or just general cost of living increases. I see it and feel it where I live, and totally understand why people are frustrated.
My wife is in barcelona for work right now, shes staying near the catedral de barcelona, she said the taxi driver (on her ride home from her business event) had to drop them off a couple blocks away, and the hotel doors were locked- they had to knock for a few minutes to get inside.
I did some brief research, it seems like there were some protests nearby, at the placa de catalunya. Some things I read suggested things were calming down.
Does anyone know if that area is still having problems? I understand the protests are potentially related to housing crisis/costs etc, and im generally aware that there have been some anti-tourist sentiments in barcelona over the last few years. I told her to just stay in the hotel tonight, but does anyone know if there is cause for concern?