Best of Gaudí: Barcelona Architecture Walking Tour
Modernist gems and Gaudi’s masterpiece, La Sagrada Família
€29 per adult
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Highlights
- Discover the secrets hidden in the facades of the monumental Sagrada Família.
- Stroll the Passeig de Gracia, known for its beautiful modernist buildings.
- Learn how Gaudi used his art to achieve extraordinary lighting and acoustics effects.
- Enter Casa Amatller to discover (and sample!) the fine tradition of Barcelona chocolate.
- See how buildings used for healthcare, home, and worship combine to create the modern art wonder of Barcelona.
- Admire beautiful homes like Casa Mila and Casa Batlló, which embody the modernist style.
- Explore the Recinte Modernista Sant Pau, once a hospital, now the world’s largest art nouveau complex.
What you'll do
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. You’ll marvel at this 27-building complex — the largest Art ... read more
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. You’ll marvel at this 27-building complex — the largest Art Nouveau site in the world, which once housed one of the most important hospitals in Barcelona, still in use right up to the late 1990s!
We’ll stroll along Avinguda Gaudí to La Sagrada Familia, the symbol of Barcelona and the most famous church designed by Antonio Gaudí. Your tour guide will tell you all the secrets of the symbols embedded in the two facades as you view the lovely Sagrada Familia from all angles.
Continue your beautiful Barcelona architecture walking tour on the scenic Passeig de Gracia. It’s famous for its high concentration of art nouveau and modernist buildings designed by architects like Gaudi, Montagner, Puig i Cadafalch, and others. Your guide will focus on the best of these, including Casa Milá, Casa Batlió, and Casa Lleó Morera.
You’ll even enter the modernist building, Casa Amatller, to learn about the Barcelona chocolate-making process that began in 1797. And you can, of course, try a taste! End your Barcelona walking tour at the Casa Lleó i Morera.
As our time together comes to a close, you’ll now understand how these incredible buildings, whether used for healthcare, housing or worship, include an attention to detail and graceful design that always shine through. This is what makes Barcelona so beautiful!
Itinerary
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Recinte Modernista Sant Pau
The world’s largest art nouveau complex, used as a hospital up to the late 1990s
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Sagrada Família
Symbol of Barcelona and Gaudi’s masterpiece, as seen from four different perspectives
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Passeig de Gracia
Home to stunning architecture and upscale shops and restaurants
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Beautiful modernist houses
Including Casa Macaya, Casa de Les Punxes and Casa Batlló
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Casa Amatller
Where you’ll enter to learn about and sample Barcelona chocolate
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Casa Lleó i Morera
A modernist home with award-winning architecture
Plan your trip
Tickets
No tickets are included, but your guide can give you pointers for visiting inside the many places you’ll see.
Tour ending point
This tour ends at the Casa Lleó Morera.
Refund policy
We offer a 100% refund up to 24 hours before the start time.
Meeting point
We meet at the Recinte Modernista Sant Pau. The address is Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona.
FAQs
The walking portion of the tour is approximately 1.5 miles. If mobility is an issue, please arrange for a private tour.
We understand plans change. You can always change your tour 24 hours or more before you tour. We offer a 100% refund up to 24 hours prior to your tour start time. Within 24 hours of your tour, we would have incurred hard costs and therefore cannot allow rescheduling or cancellation without costs.
Plan to show up 15 minutes early. The tour starts promptly, and you won’t be able to catch up once it begins. Please keep in mind there are no refunds or rescheduling if you miss the tour.
Our tours run rain or shine. If there’s extreme weather and we have to cancel, you’ll get a full refund.
Tips aren’t expected but are always appreciated by our guides. If you think your guide did an outstanding job, a tip is a great way to show that.