Overview
Explore Barcelona’s major sights on this full-day personal tour of the city, with preferred access at the Sagrada Familia or La Pedrera. Book with us and avoid hours of queueing. Visit all the city’s top sites, plus plenty of hiddens corners.
Description
Explore Barcelona on this 8-hour guided tour and see some of the most famous Gaudí landmarks. Walk down hidden streets in the Gothic Quarter, and stop to taste local tapas and wine.
Start your tour with a drive to Montjuïc, site of the 1992 Olympic Games, where you will be rewarded with superb views over the city and coast. After a brief stop at the Catalunya National Art Museum (MNAC), make your way down to Plaça Espanya and drive past the Modernista buildings of L’Eixample.
The journey to the Sagrada Familia takes you up Passeig de Gracia, home to famous designer stores and the setting for two of Barcelona’s best loved Gaudí buildings, La Pedrera and Casa Batlló. Before you tour the Sagrada Famìlia, you’ll get an in-depth explantion of why this amazing building is so imprtant to us and what it meant to Gaudí himself.
Skip the long lines to explore inside Gaudi’s monumental – and incomplete – Sagrada Familia. You can save up to two hours queueing in the summer!
After your visit inside the church, we’ll continue to the Barrio Gótic, the oldest part of the city, which was still surrounded by Medieval walls as late as the mid 19th century.
We start this part of the tour with a visit inside one of Barcelona’s most authentic food markets. Later, we’ll stroll through the winding streets of the medieval quarter. Explore Barcelona’s Roman origins, through to the early Middle Ages when Catalan counts controlled the Mediterranean Sea and Barcelona was the capital of an empire. Visit the Jewish Quarter, the Royal Palace, and the original 2,000-year-old Roman Temple. We end the morning with a visit inside the magnificent Santa Maria del Mar church.
After a quick lunch, head to Park Güell, the fabulous city garden designed by Gaudí. Your guide will lead you through the park explaining Gaudi’s concept and introducing you to some of his most bizarre creations.
Finally, drive back to La Pedrera on Passeig de Gracia and skip the lines to tour inside one of the greatest Modernista buildings of them all.
Your guide will leave you here to allow you to spend as long as you want explore the house with it brilliant architecture, visit the recreated 18th century private dwelling, and enjoy the permanent exhibition in the rooftop attic.
What’s Included
Guide
Entrance fee and tour of the Sagrada Familia
Parc Güell entrance
Entrance fee and tour of La Pedrera
What’s Not Included
Tips