Barcelona Architecture Walk: Uncover Gaudi's Genius with Experts

Uncover the genius of Gaudí and Barcelona architecture on a guided walk with practicing architects and professors. Discover the city’s iconic landmarks and gain unique insights.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Monument al Llibre - Along the Modernism Route, we will trace the sinuous dream path that took Antoni Gaudí from his social concerns to a total absorption with the divine, until he finally became “the last great cathedral builder.”
    We will talk about eclecticism and the end of modernism, the Crypt of Colony Güell and the Sagrada Família, utopian…
What's Included
  • Microguide of Barcelona included
Additional Information

Experiencing the brilliance of Gaudí and Barcelona’s architecture is a wonderful way to start the day.

  • Recognized as one of the best architectural tours worldwide by The Sydney Morning Herald.
    The tour guides at Barcelona Architecture Walks are all active architects. They are also architecture professors and critics for the most part. This mix of top…
Location
Monument al Llibre
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes
The meeting point will be at the sculpture “Monument al llibre” (Big Red Book) by Joan Brossa at the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Gran Via, in front of the Comedia Cinema.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jocz1873gm
Sep 23, 2024
Fabulous and informative walking tour!! - This tour was fabulous. Carmen our guide was amazing!! Friendly and knowledgeable. She was so enthusiastic about the subject and brought everything alive. I would recommend this tour to my friends when they are in Barcelona. We did the tour on our first day, which was just such an amazing introduction to the beautiful city of Barcelona and the wonderful Gaudi. Thank you!!!
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Johnp9700
Sep 21, 2024
Fantastic and deeply knowledgeable tour experience with Pia and BAW - We had a fantastic tour with Pia during our visit to Barcelona. She is an architect, an engineer, a professor and a deep expert in both Gaudi and the architectural evolution of Barcelona. We had a wonderful experience and learned a ton!
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Dreamer47653037246
Sep 14, 2024
Highly recommend, very interesting tour - This was an extremely informative and interesting tour! We didn't anticipate to learn so much of the history of Barcelona as well as the architecture and urban design. Highlight recommend this tour, Pia was great, answered all of our questions and is a wealth of knowledge!
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354craigv
Sep 11, 2024
Wonderful and informative walking tour - This was a wonderful walking tour. Our guide Pia was an architect and explained the features that made the building special. She also explained the genius of Gaudi and lots about Spanish history. This was a highlight of our Barcelona visit
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Betsymk9339pw
Aug 17, 2024
10/10 recommend - My boyfriend and I booked this tour for our first time to bcn. Our tour guide, Tomas, was so energetic, funny, and informative. We learned so much, even as people with no real background in architecture. I think you would get more out of the tour if you have the architectural background, BUT I do not think it’s required to have a great time and learn a lot. After this tour we went to Park Guell and La Sagrada Familia and got so much more out of those experiences because of Tomas’ guidance in the architecture tour. Would recommend to anyone!! Thanks Tomas!
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Go25881590999
Aug 2, 2024
Thank you Carmen for your Architecture Knowledge - Thank you Carmen for such an amazing walk through Barcelona. Thanks to you and your vast knowledge with the subject I was able to enjoy my visits to Casa Batlo, Guell park and the other Gaudi's excibitions. Thanks to Carmen My family and I were able to not only understand Gaudi's work but we were also able to explain it to others who had no knowledge of the subject, some of the people we spoke to just went there because is what tourist do, but we were inmerse with Gaudi's architecture and his vision. I highly recommend this tour to everyone who wants to visit Gaudi's masterful arquitecture art work, this showed us not only the current state of his work, but the work throughout Barcelona. Carmen's passion for her work is evident when she tells the many topics that encompasses this tour. Thank you Carmen for this wonderful walk.
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Mishkabell
Jul 28, 2024
We loved this tour! - We absolutely loved this tour. Our teens loved this tour! It gave us a really great insight into Gaudi, and helped us enjoy our time in Barcelona.
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O1284cdjenniferl
Jun 30, 2024
Excellent Overview of Barcelona's Architecture and Gaudi's Influence - My kids (ages 20 & 18) and I really enjoyed this very informative tour. Pia was an incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide who provides a lot of detail about the history of Barcelona and how that history impacted the city's layout and architectural design. My kids and I are definitely "city people" who enjoy wandering around looking at buildings, so this was just the right kind of tour for us. We also enjoyed talking with Pia after the tour was over!
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Grace
Jun 20, 2024
Highly recommend! - Our group of 7 (2 adults, 5 teens) learned so much on this tour. Our guide was Rafa and he was extremely knowledgeable, kind, and engaging. We saw the buildings around us in an entirely new light after the tour. Thank you for a great experience!
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Ritaram87
Jul 15, 2024
Awful - not a tour, just a professor lecturing at you for a few hours in detail about the physics of arches - This was honestly a very disappointing experience. We were hoping for a true walking tour where we could learn some of the history behind Barcelona’s architecture. What we got instead was a university level lecture about architecture - including in depth diagrams drawn for us of esoteric topics including the physics of arches, brick layering, and sewers - given in weird parks and alleyways. We literally spent the first 45 minutes in a small park behind a Melia hotel that our guide (Pia) first derided for their business practices. Everyone on our tour was frustrated. She talked at us with diagrams and old pictures. She didn’t engage with us at all. I think we traveled a maximum or 3 square blocks in the 3+ hours we were together. We barely saw anything of value and left feeling very frustrated. There should be a disclaimer that this is designed for Architects and Structural Engineers. Not for people looking to explore a city, learn a bit of history, and have a good time.
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).