Barcelona Food Tour: Market & Gothic Quarter with Expert Guide
Description
Stroll around the historical streets of Barcelona and taste your way through the best Street Food scene with this 2.5-hours experience. Your journey will start from the vibrant local market La Boqueria, where you will be able to try delicious local specialties! Our expert guide will take you to the best foodie spots to indulge delicious Spanish food like a local! Sample a variety of street foods in traditional family-run business, such as jàmon, cheese, fried fish, patatas bravas, pichos and pastries, while taking in the impressive scenery of historic Barcelona all around you.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Your tour will start from here where you will get an introduction of the city, its culture and culinary heritage.
Your food tour experience will start from La Boqueria Market, after meeting your food-expert guide, meet some of the food vendors at their market stalls at this vibrant historical place. Sample local specialties and feel the amazing atmosphere where locals go for their groceries. The local market offers a sensorial experience, and will introduce you to the local culinary scene of Catalan gastronomy. Here you will have the chance to try fried fish and the finest slices of cured meat and cheese.
Next, head for the Gothic Quarter, learn all about and explore this amazing neighborhood and its architecture that give this picturesque quarter an unique charm. Learn about traditional dishes and specialties from your knowledgeable local guide and try local specialties such as Pinchos (small tapas) and patatas bravas!
Your guide will narrate the journey as you encounter various historic sites such as the medieval Placa del Rei (Royal Palace), the Temple d'August and the city's Roman remnants and the Palatine chapel of Santa Agata. Visit a nearby family-run deli shop to eat some of the best Catalan’s dessert. Hear how this famous sweet is made and why it’s so traditional. Choose to take this tour either at lunch or dinner time, as it is an ideal way to do some sightseeing while having a light meal as you make your way through the city. This is a small group tour for a max. of 14 people.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(108)
Vincent was a fabulous tour guide! Just the right amount of walking-eating and talking. The last place with the cheese and Iberian ham was so delicious-it was a great stop! I wish all food tours were like this one.
We booked this Food tour for the following morning (11am) after arriving in Barcelona from the U.S. to give us time to recoup from travel. It was the perfect thing to do! Our guide Vincent (Vincenzo) was very engaging and knowledgeable not only about the local cuisine by also the history and knew his was around very well. The food spots he took us to were superb. Savory as well as a few sweets! It really gave us a good sense of the culture, history and a lay of the land. Would highly recommend.
Excellent guide and excellent food. The only downside is the meeting point is difficult to find.
Sophia was an awesome tour guide. She explained some history of the area, she took us into one of largest outside markets. We got to taste many Spanish foods. Everything was great from start to finish. Would do tour with Sophia again. The best.
Maria was an awesome guide! We had a group of 8 and no other people so that worked out great! She adapted the tour to our group, taking us to a second market instead of getting pinxtos, since we had just come from San Sebastián. We tried foods that we would never have tried otherwise. She seemed to have a good relationship with the vendors. She was very personable, honest, engaging, knowledgeable, maintained great eye contact, maintained control of our wild group, and answered all of our questions. We would highly recommend this tour!
Lots of yummy food samples. We had the opportunityto purchase items to take home. Maria was a wonderful guide.
Sophia was a wonderful guide and the tour was great as a solo traveler, she shared a lot of great info and I felt like I was hanging out with friends quickly!
This was a nice intro for those new to Barcelona. The main market on the Rambla is a must see, but feel (like our guide) that better quality food options exist at other local markets. However the main market is a feast for the eyes! Loved the other local stops including other local market stops. A bit of history and culture thrown in...and many wonderful tastings.
Maria was excellent! We enjoyed the food tasting and what certain things were called. She also gave us excellent restaurant recommendations. 5*****
It was very good , informational, I wish the food amount was a little large. Vincenzo was the best. Walking was not hard.
