Barcelona Sightseeing Tours
See also our section on Kids' Activities for
a full list of museums, cultural centres, parks, play centres and just
about everything you can do in Barcelona with children!
You might find it helpful and more entertaining for kids to take a guided tour of the city. As well as tourist buses , there are walking tours, boat cruises and even helicopter sky tours of the city. Bike tours usually only have adult-sized bikes but if you have very young children see Getting Around Town for bike rental companies that provide child seats and take advantage of the promenades, and bike routes around the city.
Barcelona Tourist bus
Barcelona’s Bus Turístic is a great way to visit the city with all the family. An open-top bus is always a hit with kids and you can get a fairly thorough idea of most of the city’s sights without exhausting those little legs in the process. You can hop off where you like or decide which sights you would like to come back and get a closer look at another day. It also beats working out the city’s bus and metro routes when you are on a timeframe but would like to get a feel for the whole city. You are also given a discount voucher booklet onboard which can be use for admission to many of the musems and centres.
The bus runs either a Northern (Red) Route or a Southern (Blue) Route. There are at total of 42 stops. From April 7th until September 30th there is an additional Forum (Green) route. The tickets are valid on all routes so you can change at any of the inter-connecting stops.
Times: Timetables available at bus stops and on the bus. Bus runs between every 5 and 25 minutes depending on the time of year.
Price: Adult 1 day €19.00; Child 1 day €11.00 (4 -12 yrs) 2 consecutive day options available
Tickets can be purchased on board, at Barcelona tourist information centres, Sants Station and at TMB customer service centres.
For Bus Turístic Timetables, maps and ticket purchase
Montjuïc Tourist Bus
Tel. 93 441 4982
The Bus MontjuicTurístic is a single-level, open-top, hop-on and off bus that takes you from either the port area or Pl. Espana up to and around the park of Montjuic
Barcelona Walking Tours
Tel. 93 285 3832
Adults: €9.50, Children: 4-12 years €4; Call to reserve. Duration approx. 2 hours. Arrive 10 mins. early.
Official Barcelona walking tours in English leave from the tourist office in Plaza Catalunya
Gothic quarter: Mon-Sun 10am in English; Sat. 12pm in Spanish
Discover the charm of the streets, squares and hidden locations of the old gothic quarter of Barcelona.
Picasso: Tue-Sun 10.30am in English; Sat 11.30am in Spanish/Catalan
Discover Picasso's Barelona by following in his footsteps plus visit the Museu Picasso.
Modernism: Fri & Sat 4pm in English; Sat 4pm in Spanish /Catalan
June to September at 6pm.
Visit the Eixample district's mondernist buildings and architecture by Antoni Gaudi, Domenech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch.
Gourmet: Fri & Sat 11am in English; Sat 11am in Spanish/Catalan
A flavour-filled journey through the old town discovering Barcelona's gastronomic culture.
Barcelona Taxi Tours
http://www.barcelonataxi.com
http://www.barcelonataxivan.com
Take your own private and personalised family tour around the city in either a Barcelona taxi or minivan. They are also available for airport and other trips.
Barcelona Boat trips
Catamaran Orsom
http://www.barcelona-orsom.com
Enjoy a relaxing cruise along Barcelona's coastline on Barcelona's Catamaran Orsom. Daily sails, Jazz cruises, Sunset cruises and Firework cruises during special events.
See website for details.
Las Golondrinas
http://www.lasgolondrinas.com
Wooden double decker motor boat that takes you for either a 35 min short cruise through the Port of Barcelona or Catamarans that take you further to Port Vell and then out to sea for a longer tour of 1h 30 mins. Both routes start Portal de la Pau near statue of Christopher Columbus. Timetables depend on weather conditions.
Port only cruise: Adult: €5.00; Child (4 to 10 years): €2.50; FREE for children under 4 yrs
Port and Sea cruise: Adult: €10.50; Child (4 to 10 years): €4.80 FREE for children under 4 yrs
Barcelona Helicopter Tour
Cat Helicoters
Tel. 93 224 0710
htttp://www.cathelicopters.com
Take either a coastline flight (BCNCOSTATOUR) or a city flight (BCNSKYTOUR) for unbeatable panoramic views of Barcelona.
Price: BCNCOSTATOUR €45 ; BCNSKYTOUR €80
Flights depart from the helipad at the World Trade Center
Location: Moll Adossat, Pg. de L’Escullera (walk from bottom of Av. Parallel)
Horse-drawn Carriages (Calesses)
Tel.: +34 93 421 88 04
A relaxing ride through the city in a horse-drawn carriage. Service run by Barcelona Taxis.
Departures: Daily 12 pm - 8 pm
from Portal de la Pau (bottom of La Rambla, near Columbus monument)
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