Barcelona Architecture Tour
Discover the artistry and secrets behind some of the city's most striking buildings created by the inimitable Gaudí.
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What you'll do
Take a Barcelona Architecture Tour with Go City®
- With us, there are no entry fees on the day – all you've got to do is show your pass.
- Admire beautiful homes like Casa Mila and Casa Batlló which embody the modernist style
- Learn how Gaudi used his art to achieve extraordinary lighting and acoustic effects
This comprehensive tour of Barcelona's most fascinating architecture lets you in on a few secrets of their construction and the brilliant mind of their creator, Antoni Gaudí.
Your tour commences at the stunning Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, the largest Art Nouveau building in the world, a former hospital that now makes up a lavishly decorated cultural complex with 16 unique pavilions.
Then, it's on to one of the world's most recognizable buildings, the Sagrada Familia. Your guide will tell you all about the history of its construction that spanned over 125 years and the secrets of the symbols embedded in its intricate facade.
Your tour ends on the wonderful Passeig de Gracia, famous for its high concentration of Art Nouveau and modernist buildings designed by architects like Gaudi, Montagner, Puig i Cadafalch, and others. You’ll even enter the Casa Amatller to learn about the Barcelonian chocolate-making process that began in 1797, and you can even try a taste!
The architecture of Barcelona, conceived by some of the world's greatest artistic minds, shows off incredible attention to detail and intricacy. Don't leave the city without joining on this tour for a deeper dive into the unparalleled architecture of beautiful Barcelona!
Highlights
Recinte Modernista Sant Pau - The world’s largest art nouveau complex, used as a hospital up to the late 1990s
Famous modernist houses - Including Casa Milá, Casa Batlió, Casa Amatller, Casa Lleó Morera, Casa de les Punxes, and Casa Macaya
Casa Amatller - Where you’ll enter to learn about and sample Barcelona chocolate
Sagrada Família - Symbol of Barcelona and Gaudi’s masterpiece, as seen from four different perspectives
Passeig de Gracia - Home to stunning architecture and upscale shops and restaurants
Go City is a better way to sightsee. Your pass includes tickets for the Barcelona Architecture Tour, plus admission to dozens of top Barcelona attractions for one money-saving price.
Booking required
This attraction requires advanced booking.
Getting in: present your pass and booking information to your guide at the meeting point.
Meeting point: outside the main gate of Recinto Modernista de Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, at the end of Avinguda Gaudí. Your guide will be holding a sign that says "ExperienceFirst". Make sure to arrive 15 minutes before the tour departs.
- Tours are given in English.
For more information visit the Experience First website.
Where you'll be
Operating hours
March until October 2024
Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays - 4PM
November 2024 until February 2025
Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays - 3PM
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