Barcelona Trip Overview
Do you only have morning or an afternoon in Barcelona? On this private guided walking tour with an expert, passionate and friendly guide you will visit all the essential places of the city in half a day.
In the first part we will start with a trip to old Barcelona. From Roman origins through medieval times in the famous Gothic Quarter, a labyrinth of small medieval streets rich in fantastic stories and details, where you can admire the best of Catalan medieval Gothic art: the churches, the palaces, the marks of the past.
After a 15-minute break, the second part of the visit will focus on 19th century and early 20th century Barcelona, with the wonderful modernist palaces and the architectural grandeur of Antoni Gaudí, with Casa Batlló, La Pedrera and the emblematic Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. The best way to have the authentic Barcelona experience.
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* Duration: 5 hours
* Starts: Barcelona, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Do you only have morning or an afternoon in Barcelona? On this private guided walking tour with an expert, passionate and friendly guide you will visit all the essential places of the city in half a day.
In the first part we will start with a trip to old Barcelona. From Roman origins through medieval times in the famous Gothic Quarter, a labyrinth of small medieval streets rich in fantastic stories and details, where you can admire the best of Catalan medieval Gothic art: the churches, the palaces, the marks of the past.
After a 15-minute break, the second part of the visit will focus on 19th century and early 20th century Barcelona, with the wonderful modernist palaces and the architectural grandeur of Antoni Gaudí, with Casa Batlló, La Pedrera and the emblematic Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. The best way to have the authentic Barcelona experience.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Columbus Monument, Plaça Portal de la Pau, s/n, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Introduction to the tour and history of the Christopher Columbus Monument, at the beginning of Las Ramblas, built in 1888 and dedicated to the famous and controversial figure. You will discover the symbols that it presents, dedicated to the history of navigation in Barcelona.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Placa Reial, 08002 Barcelona Spain
A wonderful 19th century square, the most famous in Barcelona. Formerly a convent, it is famous for its entertainment venues and its modernist decoration, to which the famous architect Antoni Gaudí contributed with two splendid lampposts.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Placa de Sant Jaume, Placa Sant Jaume, 08002 Barcelona Spain
In the Plaza de Sant Jaume you can admire the Palace of the Generalitat and the Town Hall, two buildings with a long history that represent the most important political institutions in Catalonia and Barcelona.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Barrio Gotico (Barri Gotic), Barrio Gotico (Barri Gotic), Barcelona, Catalonia
We will walk through the narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, the oldest area of Barcelona, which stands out for its narrow streets and its typical medieval urban planning. A fascinating area, full of buildings of great historical value and rich in hidden and surprising details about the city’s past.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Placa Sant Felip Neri, Paseo de Palau Episcopal, Barri Gotic, 08002 Barcelona Spain
A wonderful square hidden in the neighborhood’s maze of streets, with a baroque church where you can still see the marks left by the bombings that destroyed Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War in 1938.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Plaça Nova, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
We will admire from the outside the different facades of the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, an imposing Gothic-style church with gargoyles, warrior statues and many more details. Also the remains of the wall and what remains of the Roman aqueduct of ancient Barcino, the name for Barcelona in Roman times.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Placa del Rei, s/n, 08002 Barcelona Spain
The Plaza del Rey, where there are amazing Gothic buildings such as the Royal Palace, the seat of the former sovereigns of the Crown of Aragon, the Chapel of Santa Ágata and many more remains that date back to the medieval period of Barcelona
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Plaza del Pi, Barcelona Spain
A charming square where you can see the famous Church of Santa Maria del Pino, a splendid example of 14th century Catalan Gothic architecture, with its impressive gargoyles, the bell tower and the mysterious marks left on the walls by the inhabitants in ancient times.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Las Ramblas, La Rambla, 08002 Barcelona Spain
We will enjoy an essential walk on the most famous avenue in Barcelona, La Rambla, where Barcelonians and visitors have met for two centuries and which has become one of the symbols of the city. We will explain how this place originated and why it is so emblematic and we will teach some of the most interesting historical details and the most outstanding buildings, such as the Liceu Theater and the Canaletas fountain.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Plaza de Catalunya, Placa de Catalunya, 08206 Barcelona Spain
Famous square that separates the old city of Barcelona from the modernist area known as Ensanche (Eixample), where we will talk about the evolution of the city, the marks left by the fighting of the Spanish Civil War that can still be seen, before entering the Modernista area of the Eixample for the second part of the visit.
Pass By: Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona Spain
The most luxurious Paseo del Ensanche, the main street of the opulent Barcelona of the families of the Catalan bourgeoisie of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The magnificent palaces built in a time of great industrial development in different styles stand out here, among which the Catalan Modernism of Antoni Gaudí and other famous architects, famous for creating original forms, for the rich decoration and the presence of dragons, warriors and other surprising figures stands out above all.
Pass By: Casa Amatller, Passeig de Gracia, 41, 08007 Barcelona Spain
One of the most impressive modernist buildings from the beginning of the 20th century, the work of the famous architect Puig i Cadafalch and home of the Amatller family, producers of chocolate. It is possible to access the wonderful interior courtyard for free, where we will talk about how the industrialists of the time lived and the technological details that can still be observed.
Pass By: Casa Batllo, Passeig de Gracia, 43, 08007 Barcelona Spain
Famous building built by the architect Antoni Gaudí in its iconic style for the Batlló family, declared a World Heritage Site and called “The Dragon House” by the people of Barcelona due to its roof that recalls the scales and the silhouette of a dragon, symbol of Catalonia .
Pass By: Casa Mila – La Pedrera, Passeig de Gracia, 92, 08008 Barcelona Spain
Another legendary building, the work of Gaudí and admired around the world for its unusual and futuristic shape. We will tell its history and that of its owners, members of the Catalan bourgeoisie, and all the details about its construction and its religious and natural symbolism.
Pass By: Basilica de la Sagrada Familia, Carrer de Mallorca, 401, 08013 Barcelona Spain
The most celebrated monument in Barcelona in all its splendor, still incomplete, where we will finish our visit in great style. We will see in 30 minutes its various facades from the outside, we will tell its surprising and long history, we will analyze its secrets and the most interesting details about its construction.
