Barcelona guide

Barcelona tour

The team of feelathomeinbarcelona.com provides in this guide some of the most interesting itineraries so that the visitor can enjoy his stay and lodging in the city of Barcelona.

The excursions can be combined following the time of the stay in the city, adapting to the meteorological conditions, the time of the year, and other relevant factors.

TOURS IN THE CITY

The Shadow of the Wind Tour

One of the most stimulating books, the Shadow of the Wind written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon shows us a magical Barcelona, full of enchanting corners where this magnificent novel takes place.
Transformed into the main characters of the book, this route will take you to places that transmit the essence and the aromas of the Barcelona at the beginning of XX Century. Our team of feelathomeinbarcelona.com proposes this route to those visitors who wants the possibility of entering a world of fantasy mixed with reality.
The route begins in the Boulevard Sta. Mónica near the Arc del Teatre passing by Plaza Real, Carrer del Call and the Baixada de la Llibreteria.
Then discover Santa Maria del Mar, Montcada Street and other settings like Els Quatre Gats and the Calle Canuda, next to the Place of the Church, where the house and the bookstore are located.

Panoramic Tour

This tour gives you an idea of the many activities and attractions that the city of Barcelona offers to its visitors.
Montjuïc is the best viewpoint of the city, scene of the Olympic Games of 1992; the monument to Columbus and the port; the Gothic District and the Cathedral, the Modernist Stroll of Passeig de Gracia and the Sagrada Familia Temple Church, symbol of this city.
This route takes 2 to 4 hours so that feelathomeinbarcelona.com recommends this tour for visitors who stay only for few days and refuse to leave the city without at least seing the esencial and for those having more time who wish to have general view before beginning to explore it thoroughly.

Modernist Tour

This tour will bring you through the streets of the best modernist Museum outdoors of Europe situated in Barcelona.
It crosses the main streets of the Eixample and it shows you more than 150 buildings than have been declared of artistic and historical interest by the local government.
The Modernist atmosphere, was given by the figure and genius of Antonio Gaudí that created its own particular and unique style.
Some of his most known spectacular and emblematic creations are the Batlló house, the Milà house, the Güell Park and the Sagrada Familia.
From any of our apartments in Barcelona you will feel attracted by the figure of Gaudí and you will want to deepen in some of the most emblematic monuments of the city.

Historical Tour

This Tour is offered to you to know the origins of the city and how it has been developed; it takes a walk by the corners of the Gothic District and discovers to you precious details of Barcelona through the history and the legend, where and how the Barcelonian lived, their habits, professions and beliefs.
It visits the Cathedral, the Plaza Real, the place San Jaime, the Jewish district and La Rambla.
Taking advantage of the central location of some of our apartments located in the Casco Antiguo, visit the Museum Picasso, situated in the Ribeira district on the Montcada street.
The permanent collection of the Picasso Museum is an authentic surprise for the majority of the visitors since it offers a work selection of his youth, showing the evolution to the older Picasso that all we know.
This itinerary is recommended for those who like to walk and wants to enter into the life of local Barcelonan discovering their history and roots.

Historical, Modernist and Olympic Tour of Barcelona

We recommended to dedicate a whole day to this route to know the main the attractiveness of the city.
The Gothic District and La Rambla, the District of the Ribera and the Picasso Museum, the Port and Vila Olympic, Montjuïc and the panoramic view of the city.
The Modernist walk and houses of Gaudí, the Güell Park and the Sagrada Familia.
This tour gives you the opportunity to really know all Barcelona.

Las Ramblas Tour

This Tour propose a funny game to explore the most famous and colorful street of Barcelona. The group will be divided into teams and given a series of questionnaires to complete after passing some funny tests, using your ability to be understood by the Barcelonan, the rapidity of orientation and your sense of humor.
Recommended to whoever wants to leave the routine of the usual tours and wants to amuse himself at the same time as discovering curiosities and details the life of the people living in Barcelona strolling on " The Ramblas".

Bike Tours

In these last few years the city council of Barcelona is promoting the use of bicycles, adapting more and more special tracks and the new Bicing service; for this reason we suggest you to visit some points of the city calmly on wheels.
The itinerary more adapted to a bike tour are the following onen: the District of the Barceloneta, Olympic Villa, Park de la Ciutadela, La Ribera, The Gothic District and Paseo Colon.
Recommended for those who wants something different and enjoy a relaxed stroll between the city’s main attractiveness and monuments.

City Lights Tour

Nocturnal panoramic of the main illuminated monuments of the city and if with luck, if you are staying over the weekend you will be able to attend the greater spectacle of light and sound of Barcelona: the Magical Fountain of Montjuic, while watching water dancing to the music changing colors and forms, something really unique. Recommended for those who programmed some nighttime activities (dinner, spectacle) and want to enjoy this show or simply for those who wish to see the atmosphere of this city’s night life.

Barcelona's gardens

In Barcelona, besides art, culture, and leisure you can find wonderful public parks. Many of them come from old property located in the northwest of the city, with sculptures and sources that constitute authentic hidden treasures.
These are unique creations that combine nature, art and history, built by architects and city planners like Forestier and Blonde, outstanding figures in the modern history of the gardening.
In feelathomeinbarcelona we propose this route to invite you discoering the sources and sculptures that embellished diverse properties of the northwest of the city and which today are public patrimony.
This route includes the following gardens: Gardens of the Tamarita; Gardens of Villa Cecilia and the Quinta Amelia; Puerta del Dragon in the Güell pavilions; Torre Girona and Gardens of the Palace of Pedralbes.

History of the Gothic

Barcelona displays a lot of legends, traditions and histories that have been passing from generation to generation and that will guide you through this itinerary by the Gothic District.
Following this route by the medieval streets, you will hear historical legend, know the customs that governed the social life and histories of the many characters who were the authentic main figueres of the city.

Barcelona Viewpoints

It is always suggestive to observe things from another point of view, especially a city. This route offers visitors to know Barcelona from the heights, from panoramic terraces, roofs and high points from where observing the city.
The itinerary begins in the terrace of the Cathedral then goes to the terrace of the Casa Milá, the terrace of Palau Güell, the tower of Collserola-Tibidabo and finally Montjuïc. The possibilities of visiting these or other roofs are very varied, depending on the time of the year or the day, therefore this route might change in each occasion.

Legendary establishments

This it is an itinerary of selected historical establishments throughoutof the Ciutad Vella: the Xancó Shirt shop, the Market of the Boqueria, Ingenio, Fargas, l'Arca del Àvia, Caelum,etc, etc.
Also includes some antique dealer amd some design store as well as a stop during the evening at a traditional chocolate shop in Carrer del Petrixol, Viader or Sta Clara.

Modernist Barcelona

At feelathomeinbarcelona we think that good part of the enchantment of Barcelona is defined by the modernist originality: when observing, for example, the color of the Casa Batlló in the day light you will appreciate and remember it for ever.
For the modernist artist the colors, the materials and the designs are important, and are part of the final work.
The Modernism was an artistic movement filled with originality, with extensions in all Europe and that can be enjoyed in Barcelona to the maximum in a route not very extensive but intense.
It includes works of the most prestigious architects of this moment: Puig i Cadafalch, Doménech Montaner, and by all means Gaudí.
It is recommended to do this route walking and visiting the interior of the Apartment of La Pedrera.

Jewish Barcelona

We suggest a visit centered especially in the Jewish Call, old name of the district. Although there are not many rests of its past, crossing its narrow streets, you can recognize the past Jewish names of the streets that were an important part of the history of Aragon time.
The itinerary will cross the Plaza de la Catedral, Montjuïc del Bisbe, Plaza Sant Felip Neri, Calle Baixada de Sta. Eulalia; Calle San Ramón del Call, Calle San Doménech del Call, Calle Marlet, Calle del Call, Calle dels Banys Nous, Calle Ferran, Plaza del Rei.

Cultural activities for professionals

The city of Barcelona is home of diverse congresses and professional fairs.
For those participants who want to enjoy their stay in the city, Barcelona offers different suitable itineraries for the professional activity of the group: activities that relate the historical and artistic wealth of Barcelona to the professional profile of the participants: doctors, lawyers, industralists, scientists, teachers, etc.
Besides enjoying your stay in one of our apartments, after a long day of work you can enjoy some of the other organized activities offered by a tour.
The city also offers activities for families with children, see in the section " Barcelona for the children".