Tour de la Catedral del Mar

Tour guide was exceptional…knowledgeable about art in general , Picasso’s life, influences, friends, other artists of the times, etc. Not too exotic or detailed, but increased my understanding. High energy and expressive with excellent English. Plenty to see there after the tour; nicely curated gift shop-no tourista junk.

I knew the book and being a few days in Barcelona I wanted to come and see this wonder, for its simplicity and its size. It 'a unique church from the outside is all in very linear gray stone just the facade with the rose window, the two towers and the facade all carved and the columns that look knotted. really a wonder.

Once you read the book of the same title, you want to go and meet it, and since you are there you live the history of everything that has surrounded the city. While inside the cathedral you live in the past, its darkness, its silence, its height, the same people change. And when you leave the neighborhood is still an adventure, you start combining history with modern, with people everywhere, with streets full of sales, but always enjoying every street every building.

. This tour was fantastic. Our guide Laura was lovely and informative and read small passages of the book that related to what we were seeing. Highly reccomended

We are very happy we booked this guided tour and recommend it strongly. We didn't realise we had booked a Spanish tour, but the tour guide was willing to translate to English for us. She had a lot of knowledge about the book and about Barcelona. The group was small and we were able to ask any questions we had. It was very special that we were allowed inside many of the buildings.

We bought the Groupon coupon and the map that accompanies the coupon shows the number 38 of Portal del Ángel .. nothing starts there the route and when you book you are not informed of another point .. it is super bad indicated and when we tried to contact them on the day in question there was no way to talk. Finally we found the guide started already the tour and had not been informed of our reservation despite having us the ok in our mail. Pretty unfortunate... a little disgusting organization. I don't think we'll repeat or recommend it.

I transport myself to the narration of the book with the same name, very beautiful, in a very typical neighborhood of Barcelona.

Not one of the best tours I've ever done. There is a lack of content and historical context and more involvement of the guide. Some aspects were unclear.

It is a very interesting tour, and when we arrived at the church of the virgin of the sea we were surprised by the beautiful simplicity of its interior, and seeing the small image of the virgin on the altar closes with this story perfectly.

The guide led us through the spaces of the Cathedral of the Sea in a professional way, with historical knowledge. He explained the tour and its history in a pleasant, professional and, most importantly, from the heart. That explains why I remember everything clearly when normally in these cases after a while I no longer remember anything...! Thanks for the experience.