Barcelona Highlights Private Half Day Tour with Sagrada Familia Visit

Summary

Explore Barcelona and its highlights while enjoying the comfort of a private tour, together with your guide that will pick you up at your hotel in a private vehicle. Experience a nice city-mixture, visiting world-known places as well as the hidden corners of Barcelona. Breathe in the agreeable Mediterranean breeze, while strolling at the seafront and make splendid pictures while standing on the top of the Montjuïc Mountain, which offers incredible views of the city. Get to know Antoni Gaudí’s major works and experience his life project, the Sagrada Familia, that undoubtedly will leave a lifelong impression.

Tour highlights

• Sample the best of Barcelona on this exciting half-day private sightseeing tour.

• Discover the 1992 Olympic Village tour located on top of Montjüic Mountain, and enjoy the breathtaking panoramic views of the city.

• Visit La Sagrada Familia without any queue, Gaudí’s crowning masterpiece.

• Discover the cobbled and narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, all the medieval history in the old town and the roman influence during the first steps of the city.

• Learn about modernism rambling the elegant Passeig de Gracia, the place where best modernist masterpieces like La Pedrera and Casa Batlló were built.

• Get a taste of past and present in the Mediterranean lifestyle discovering Barcelona’s old fishing district and its transformation to modern-day beach Platja La Barceloneta.

Points of interest

• PASSEIG DE GRÀCIA:
  Home of the main examples of private modernist architecture, including Gaudí’s Casa Batlló and Pedrera as well as Casa Ametller from Puig i Cadafalch and Casa Lleó Morera from Domenech i Muntaner. Nowadays this is the most luxurious avenue of Barcelona and an important shopping area.

• EIXAMPLE DISTRICT:
  This district was designed by Ildefons Cerdà in order to expand the city beyond the medieval wall. His idea was revolutionary and the Eixample is an example of great urban planning as well as having a high density of gorgeous modernism buildings.

• SAGRADA FAMILIA:
  Perhaps the most emblematic landmark of Barcelona. There are no words to describe the feeling one gets when entering this magnificent temple of Modernism. The organic shapes found throughout its structure, the light filtering through its stained glass windows and the symbolic nature of the building’s sculpted façade will probably be the highlight of this tour (if not of your whole stay in Barcelona!

• MONTJUÏC MOUNTAIN:
  Originally used as a strategic place from which to defend the city against attack, this impressive mountain borders the Mediterranean Sea. From its summit you will enjoy fantastic views of the Barcelona skyline. The mountain is home to several buildings that perfectly exemplify modern art and contemporary architecture. These include the sport facilities belonging to the Olympic Ring, as well as museums like the Miró Foundation and Caixa Fòrum. You will also discover examples of urbanism and architecture specially designed for the International Exhibition of 1929.

• OLD TOWN:
  This is where the history of Barcelona first started. In Barcelona’s Ciutat Vella you will find a harmonious mix of modernity with Roman and medieval imprints right in the city center. Learn all about Barcelona’s origins and about some of the most fascinating Catalan traditions. Explore the charming corners, picturesque plazas and narrow alleys of the Gothic Quarter. We especially recommend a visit to Plaça Sant Jaume and the famous Cathedral.