8-Hour Barcelona Private Tour

What's included

What you'll see and do

1. Barcelona

   Start of the Tour from your Hotel, the Port or the Barcelona Airport. The itinerary can change depending on the starting/ ending place and the preferences of the client.

2. Plaza de Catalunya

   Plaza Catalunya is a centric square in Barcelona, one of the city's nerve centers. It has an area of 5 hectares. It constitutes the point of union between the old town of Barcelona and the Ensanche (one of the city's districts).

   10 minutes here

3. Passeig de Gracia

   Paseo de Gracia is one of the main avenues in Barcelona. It's full of commercial and business areas; it also includes lots of important examples of Modernist Architecture, such as the Casa Batlló or la Pedrera by Antoni Gaudí, and other houses by great Catalan architects like Lluís Domènech i Montaner. These buildings are considered to be part of the World Heritage by the Unesco. The avenue is located in the center of Barcelona, the Ensanche, and it connects Plaza Cataluña with the Calle Mayor de Gracia to the west.

   25 minutes here

4. La Mansana de la Discordia

   The Casa Lleó i Morera is a Modernist building built by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It's located in the number 35 in Paseo de Gracia.

   10 minutes here · Admission not included

5. Casa Amatller

   The Casa Amatller is a Modernist building adjacent to the Casa Batlló and near the Casa Lleó i Morera. It was projected by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch between 1898 and 1900.

   5 minutes here · Admission not included

6. Casa Batllo

   The Casa Batlló is a building designed by Antoni Gaudí, the greatest exponent modernist Catalan movement. The construction was between 1904 and 1906. It is located in the number 43 of Paseo de Gracia, in the named "Manzana de la Discordia" (literally "Apple of Discord"). This name was born due to the concentration of modernist buildings by different architects: la Casa Amatller, la Casa Lleó i Morera, la Casa Mulleras and la Casa Josefina Bonet.

   5 minutes here · Admission not included

7. La Pedrera - Casa Mila

   The Casa Milà, commonly known as "La Pedrera" is a Modernist building by Antoni Gaudí, built between 1906 and 1910. It is one of the most visited buildings in Barcelona, with 20 million visitors since its opening to the public in 1987.

   10 minutes here · Admission not included

8. Placa Cinc D'Oros

   Plaza del Cinco de Oros, previously known as Plaza de Juan Carlos I, can be found in the Ensanche District. It is located in the intersection between the Diagonal Avenue and Paseo de Gracia.

   Pass by without stopping

9. Basilica de la Sagrada Familia

   The Sagrada Familia is a Catholic basilica projected by Antonio Gaudí. The construction began in 1882 and it is still under construction. It's considered Gaudí's masterpiece. One of Spain's main attractions and the most visited church in Europe, just after Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. When its construction concludes, it will be the tallest christian church in the world.

   30 minutes here · Admission not included

10. Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau

    The Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo, projected by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, is a modernist hospital. It was built between 1902 and 1930 in two phases: the first one by Domènech i Montaner himself (1902 - 1913), during which 13 modernist building were built; the second one, by the architect's son Pere, starting in 1920, who built 6 more buildings with a milder modernism. With its main building and its numerous pavilions, the Hospital de San Pablo is, with the Instituto Pere Mata in Reus (also by Domènech i Montaner), one of the greatest modernist complexes in Catalonia. Even though the original project was not built in its totality, its notoriety was recognized with a great number of prizes and it was even considered part of the World Heritage by the Unesco in 1997.

    10 minutes here · Admission not included

11. Park Guell

    The Parque Güell is a public park with gardens and different architectural elements located in the upper part of the city of Barcelona. Conceived as a residential complex, the park was designed by Antoni Gaudí, the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism, commissioned by the businessman Eusebi Güell. Built between 1900 and 1914, it was inaugurated as a public park in 1926. The Parque Güell shows Gaudí's artistic plenitude: this work belongs to his naturalist era (first decade of the XX Century), a period when the architect perfected his personal style inspired by the organic shapes of nature. In the Parque Güell, Gaudí used all of his architecural genious and put into practice a lot of his innovative structural solutions, that later would be characteristic of his organic style and would culminate in the Sagrada Familia.

    40 minutes here · Admission not included

12. Casa Vicens Gaudi

    The Casa Vicens is a modernist building located in the Calle de las Carolinas 18-24 (Gracia District). Work by Antoni Gaudí, it was his first relevant project after he got his degree as an architect in 1878. It was built between 1883 and 1888. When the Casa Vicens was built, Gracia was still independent to Barcelona with its own city hall, it was considered a village. Today it's part of Barcelona. This building belongs to Gaudí's orientalist era (1883 - 1888), period during which the architect built a series of works with an evident oriental taste, inspired by the art of the Middle East and the Far East (India, Persia and Japan), as well as the Islamic Hispanic art, mostly Mudejar and Nasrid styles. The building was declared an Official Asset of Cultural Interest the 24th of July 1969, and part of the World Heritage in 2005.

    10 minutes here · Admission not included

13. The Real Monasterio de Santa María de Pedralbes is a complex of monuments in Gothic style located in the city of Barcelona. The area of the monastery was originally walled. Nowadays, two watchtowers and two gates are the only part that remain of its walls.

    10 minutes here · Admission not included

14. Jardins Palau Reial Pedralbes

    The Palacio Real de Pedralbes is a building located in the middle of an extensive area of gardens in the district of Les Corts. Between 1924 and 1931, it was the residence of the Spanish Royal Family during their visit to the city. Today the palace remains closed to the public.

    15 minutes here

15. FC Barcelona Official Store - Camp Nou

    The Camp Nou is a sports venue property of the Fútbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona's soccer team, located in Les Corts district.

    40 minutes here · Admission not included

16. Estacion De Barcelona Sants

    Barcelona Sants, or just Sants, is the main train station of Barcelona. It was inaugurated in 1979 after a long construction. It is the second main train station of Spain, just after Madrid-Atocha. Its long and middle distance rides, using both the classical train network and the high speed network, connect Barcelona with different national and international destinations. Sants concentrates most of the traffic of Cercanías of the city. In the station conflude the lines R1, R2, R3 and R4 of Cercanías Barcelona. The Bus Station located outside the station, just in front of it, shares the same name with the train station.

    Pass by without stopping

17. Parc de Joan Miro

    Woman and Bird, was the last big work by the multifaceted Joan Miró. This artwork was inaugurated in 1983 without the presence of its author because of his health issues. He died just a few months after it, at the age of 90. Woman and Bird, was one of the first expressions of public art in Barcelona during the democracy. Located in the Parque Joan Miró, next to a big artificial lake, the sculpture was made of concrete and counts with 22 meters of height. It represents the femenine silhouette with a hat and the bird can be found on the hat. The representation of the woman is solved by a hollowed out shape covered in black ceramics that reminds of the shape of the exterior of a woman's genitalia, in the author's language. The exterior of this sculpture is covered by red, yellow, green and blue colors (the artist's most common color palette) in trencadís (broken tile mosaics) and made by the ceramist Joan Gardy Artigas.

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18. Placa d'Espanya

    Barcelona's Plaza España is one of the most emblematic points of the city. It was built during the International Exposition of 1929, following a project by Puig i Cadafalch and Guillem Busquets. It was finished by Antoni Darder. It is an important center of the city's traffic from which you can acces to the area of Montjuïc, and where the Feria de Muestras and the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña (MNAC) are located. Other relevant buildings in the square are the Centro Comercial Las Arenas (old bullring and actual mall, artwork in "neomudéjar" style, an Islamic inspired style), as well as the so-called Torres Venecianas, inspired by the famous belfry in Venice, built by Ramon Reventós for the International Exposition of 1929.

    10 minutes here

19. Torres Venecianes

    The towers to access the enclosure of the Exposition of 1929, known as "Torres Venecianas", are two twin ornamental towes, located at the intersection of Avenida de la Reina María Cristina with Plaza España. The name "Torres Venecianas" is due to their similarity with the belfry of Saint Mark in Venice. Built by Ramon Reventós as the access of the enclosure of the International Exposition in Barcelona; nowadays they work as the access to the enclosure of Montjuïc's Fira Barcelona.

    Pass by without stopping

20. The Magic Fountain

    The Magical Fountain of Montjuïc was built on the score of the International Exposition of 1929 by Carles Buïgas in the place where the Four Columns by Puig i Cadafalch were located. During the 80s, music was incorporated to the fountain's show, and just before the Olympic Games of 1992 in Barcelona they were totally restored. The fountain was also one of the external stages for the celebration of the MTV Europe Music Awards 2002. Since 2013, the Barcelona Campanadas (a New Years' Spanish tradition) are celebrated in this place.

    10 minutes here

21. Poble Espanyol

    The Pueblo Español is an outdoor architectural museum located in Montjuïc, close to the Magical Fountain. The enclosure contains 117 life-sized buildings that represent a typical Spanish village, with its streets, houses, squares, theatre, school, restaurants and artisanal workshops. It was built due to the International Exposition of 1929. At the beginning, it was planned that the enclosure would be built only for 6 months (the duration of the Exposition), but the success this place had allowed this place to remain complete to this day.

    40 minutes here · Admission not included

22. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

    The Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña (MNAC) stands out thanks to its Romanesque Art collection, considered to be one of the most complete ones in the world. Also known as Palacio Nacional (National Palace), it was built for the International Exposition of 1929.

    10 minutes here · Admission not included

23. L'Anella Olimpica de Montjuic

    Olympic Ring, is the name of the space and group of sportive facilities located in Montjuïc receive, that were built or restored for the Barcelona 1992 Olympics. It has an aproximate area of 400 hectares.

    10 minutes here

24. Palau Sant Jordi

    The Palau Sant Jordi is a multifunctional pavilion on Montjuïc. It was built on the score of the Olympic Games of 1992, inaugurated in 1990. It is considered the gem of the so-called "Anillo Olímpico de Montjuïc", which also include facilities such as the Estadio Olímpico and the Pisicinas Picornell (Picornell Pools).

    10 minutes here

25. Estadi Olimpic

    The Estadio Olímpico is a sports venue situated in Montjuïc. The original stadium was inaugurated the 20th May 1929 by Alfonso XIII, a day after the International Exposition. On the score of the Olympics of 1992, the stadium was rebuilt practically in its totality (1985-1989), being re-inaugurated 60 years later as "Estadio Olímpico" the 8th September 1989 by king Juan Carlos I. Designed by Barcelona based architect Pere Domènech i Roura, son of modernist architect Domènech i Montaner, it was projected to house future Olympics, that after aplying 4 times, would arrive to Barcelona 63 years later.

    10 minutes here · Admission not included

Where it starts and ends

Options you can book

• Visit Barcelona 8 hours

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• Visit Barcelona 8h with guide

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Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Languages

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Ticket

Mobile Only

Runs on

Every day

Group size

Up to 15 travelers per booking

Operated by

J&G Elegance Cars

Know before you go

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time.

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