Barcelona Architecture Tour: Insider Secrets with Local Architect

Name: Barcelona Architecture Tour: Insider Secrets with Local Architect
Brand: Viator
Price: 610.83 USD
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5.0(6)2 hoursEnglishBook 2 days aheadBarcelona, Spain

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See the city through the eyes of an architect who works here and knows it inside and out. This outdoor Barcelona walking tour covers the city’s finest Modernist and Art Nouveau treasures and even some hidden gems you won’t want to miss. Along the way, your expert guide points out the unexpected details and shares insider stories to make each design come alive.

Linger beneath the sculpted façades of the Sagrada Família as your guide deciphers their meaning. Learn how the remarkable Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, a 27-building masterpiece by the inimitable Lluís Domènech i Montaner, became the world’s largest Art Nouveau complex. See whimsy come to life in stone and iron at Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. You’ll even enter the Casa Amatller cafe to learn about Barcelona chocolate-making and join the tradition.

You’ll leave not only having seen more, but understanding more — how shape, color, and imagination combine to give Barcelona its unmistakable character.

Included

Qualified architect as your guide
Chocolate sample at Casa Amatller
Private outdoor walking tour of Barcelona architecture

Not included

Entry to buildings

What you'll do

Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, Barcelona, Spain
Begin your Barcelona architecture walking tour at the Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, one of the fathers of Catalan Modernism. Your architect guide will share how this former hospital became the largest Art Nouveau site in the world.
15 min
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia
Carrer de Mallorca, 401, L'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
We’ll stroll along Avinguda Gaudí to la Sagrada Família, the symbol of Barcelona and the most famous church designed by Antoni Gaudí. Your guide will reveal the secrets of the symbols embedded in the façades as you view the basilica from four unique perspectives.
30 min
This ornate modernist building is something of an architectural hidden gem in Barcelona
Get to know the story behind this 1901 home often called a palace.
10 min
Casa de les Punxes
Av. Diagonal, 420, Barcelona, Spain
Listen to the story of Barcelona’s most fairy-tale home as you admire its silhouette, evoking a castle straight from the Middle Ages.
15 min
Passeig de Gracia
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona’s most famous street is lined with Art Nouveau and Modernist treasures designed by architects like Gaudí, Montagner, and Puig i Cadafalch, among others.
30 min
La Pedrera - Casa Mila
Passeig De Gracia, 92, Barcelona, Spain
Nicknamed “the quarry” because of its organic and almost rough exterior, Casa Milà has an unusual beauty. Your architect guide will share what makes it unlike any other building.
Casa Batllo
Passeig de Gracia, 43, Barcelona, Spain
This is one of Antonio Gaudí's most elaborate creations. Notice the colors and detailed window decorations.
Casa Amatller
Passeig de Gracia, 41, Barcelona, Spain
Here, you’ll enter the ground-level shop to learn about and sample artisanal Barcelona chocolate.
15 min
Designed by Domènech i Montaner, a master of Modernism, the highly decorative ex
terior of this casa will catch your eye with its lavish flourishes and engravings along the façade.