Gothic Quarter Tour: Explore Barcelona's Historic Heart

Embark on a captivating walking tour through the Born and Gothic Quarters of Barcelona, exploring Catalan traditions such as human towers, mysterious legends, fire-spitting devils, romantic tales, bulbous-headed giants, and unique Christmas celebrations.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Placa Sant Miquel - In this public square located in Barcelona’s Old Town, discover how a monument honors the remarkable achievement of building human pyramids.
  • Placa de Sant Jaume - This is the central plaza of the Gothic Quarter, bordered by City Hall and the Catalan government headquarters. Here, ancient roads once converged to link the…
What's Included
  • Guided tour through the Old Town and Gothic Quarter
  • Experienced Barcelona guide
  • Optional upgrade for flamenco show (1-hour) with free drink included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Imagine stepping back in time to wander the winding streets of Barcelona’s historic heart with a local by your side. That’s what you’ll experience on our Gothic Quarter walking tour, a blend of Catalan traditions and architectural wonders.
Begin your journey in the Plaça Sant Miquel as you hear about human towers 10 stories tall. We’ll continue to other…

Location
Plaça de Sant Miquel
Meet your guide outside next to the Castellers Monument in Plaça Sant Miquel, 08002. Your guide will be holding a sign that says ExperienceFirst. For easier navigation, paste these coordinates directly into a wayfinding tool like Google Maps: 41.38207502308905, 2.177073248297465
Cancellation Policy

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

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Carolm410
May 4, 2025
Great tour to learn about the gothic quarter! - Set was an awesome tour guide! Very knowledgeable about the area, answered all our questions and shared lots of interesting history about the area. She also recommended several good places to eat!
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David
Apr 25, 2025
Walking through the Gothic quarter - An amazing experience that you have to do it in your life. The guide was very friendly and kind and helps us to understand better the history of Catalonia .
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859dimitrisi
Apr 19, 2025
Worthy old town guided tour in Barcelona - The tour was so interesting and helpful in order to explore the history of Barcelona and it s old town details. Daniella our guide was so enthusiastic while she was showing us around all hidden jems of the old town. We explored places that we wouldn t have seen by ourselves. Recommended 100%
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W5687bkfrancescom
Apr 19, 2025
You must visit the Barcelona of Origins to understand where and how a civilization that colonized the Mediterranean developed - Exceptional, we would not have observed and seen and known the true history of Barcelona without an exceptional and competent guide like Daniela, also a very good pearl English in addition to Spanish, Italian with endless culture and passionate stories. Thank you!
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_j9254hm
Feb 6, 2025
Barcelona Gothic Quarter Tour 24.01.2025 - We had a Barcelona Gothic Quarter Tour with tour guide Eoghan, a brilliant,engaging, friendly, Irish guide. Our heads are still spinning (in a positive way) from the amount of knowledge he imparted during our family’s tour of the Gothic quarter . He gave us all the information we needed & kept our kids in interest to learn more things. Really, this man knows so much about every history of Barcelona — it’s architecture; politics; culture; family life; art, etc etc. The tour was well worth it because of Eoghan it .
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863minjis
Jan 28, 2025
Take your time and enjoy! - Eoghan the Gothic Master! Love the story behind gothic quarter. Enjoyed lovely day walking and learn more about the Catalan culture
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Lxdg
Jan 21, 2025
Barcelona's 101 tour - this is probably the first tour you should do while in Barcelona, if you're lucky enough you'll get Eoghan as a guide and he'll get you started on the roots of this city and the Catalan people.
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Chrissitin
Jan 21, 2025
Great tour with nice guide👍🏼 - Very handsome and nice guy. Perfect Irish English- easy to understand. Useful informations and very interesting tour!
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Manfred
Nov 27, 2024
Barrio Gotic with Catalan glasses - The tour was perfect for exploring the Gothic quarter. Our guide (Owen from Ireland - with a very high speaking speed!) knew with enthusiasm how to introduce us to Catalan culture and legend in an exciting and entertaining way. However, earphones and amplifiers would have been helpful (as on the tours in Park Guell and Sagrada), as the traffic noise was often very disturbing. Group size with 9 people optimal. Some things (e.g. visit of the cathedral) have to be planned before or after, as no indoor visits were included.
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Fearless07744101818
Nov 26, 2024
Gothic Tour with Valentina - Valentina was fantastic. We ended up getting a private tour and she was so attentive to our kids’ questions. Highly recommend.
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From $33
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).