Barcelona & Gaudi. Regular Tour

We had a three hours tour with Pia, an architect who teaches at university in Barcelona and has an international experience and background. We were three couples and the walk was very informative and pleasant. Pia speeks a phantastic english and explained first of all milestones of Barcelona's history and the different phases of town planning and development. We were then led to various buildings and neighbourhoods and she explained principles of Gaudis buildings, even using a small drawing board to illustrate aspects of structure and decor. We got an amount of information while walking through the streets with her. She was a very pleasant guide. This guided tour was a very nice contrast to other completely overcrowded visiting spots and Gaudi tours. As such, the Sacrada Familia was not included in the walk.

It is really a very interesting activity for a first time in Barcelona, very complementary to visiting only the major monuments. Bianca, our guide, explained to us how the city developed, how the locals of Barcelona took ownership of the new neighborhoods, and showed it to us through the architecture. It is a very privileged "off the track" walk without the other tourists. Bianca led this discovery with brilliance, kindness, and liveliness. It was great 🤩🤩🤩🤩. I highly recommend the guide and the organization.

Bianca was a great tour guide. She was really knowledgeable and passionate about Barcelona and architecture. She gives a holistic perspective of Barcelona - intertwining history, culture, and technical aspects.

We had a wonderful architecture tour through Barcelona with Pia. She is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about architecture, and during the 3.5-hour tour she showed us so many details we would otherwise never have noticed. We especially loved hearing the stories behind the buildings, learning about the architects and discovering the symbolism hidden in Barcelona’s architecture. Pia really knows her subject and shares her knowledge with great enthusiasm. Some of the more technical explanations about construction and structures were personally a little less interesting to us, simply because we don’t have a background in architecture. We could have listened for hours, though, to the stories about the buildings, the architects, their history and all the symbolism hidden in the details. Overall, a fascinating and very enjoyable way to discover Barcelona from a completely different perspective. We came away looking at the city and its buildings with new eyes. Thank you, Pia, for sharing your incredible knowledge and enthusiasm with us!

We did the Barcelona & Gaudi tour our first day in Barcelona. The tour was amazing, and led by Pia our insanely knowledgable guide. She gave us a history of the city, how and why it is built the way it is, the influences of Gaudi and other architects/designers, and a generally understanding of Barcelona. This tour set the stage for every single thing we did on our trip. The different neighborhoods of the city were explained in a way that we could feel the changes as we walked around, not just visually but the personality of the neighborhoods. This was by far the most worth-while use of our time and money. I suggest every person visiting Barcelona take this tour. Our time in Barcelona was completely changed because of this tour. It went beyond what any guidebook could communicate. I cannot recommend the Barcelona & Gaudi tour with Barcelona Architecture Walks enough!

Wow! This tour was a highlight of my trip! Though I am not an architect, designer or builder, I was looking for a more detailed educational experience about Gaudi and the context of his work before seeing other Gaudi and Modernist sites. Our multi-lingual tour guide Pia—an architect and professor—shared her deep knowledge in an accessible and engaging way. She was also in tune with the needs of our group on a hot day, and built in a break for beverages. She even extended the tour to make up for the lost time. Pia was over and above as a guide, and the tour content was fascinating. Highly recommend!

Hi, we took the Barcelona Architecture walk, and it was a collosus disaster. The guide Pia, was walking ahead basically talking to herself. Opon writting the company, they explained they had issues with speakers that day... Not only that, but even with the technical difficukties the guide to manage to convey racist and antisemitic views. Demand of refund from the company were declined with an explanation that they did have technical difficulties, and that racist views against Israelis are legit. I would steer away from this company and let them sink with their technical difficulties and bigot views.

Pia was an absolutely incredible guide. Incredibly knowledgeable and personable. The time flew by and I wish I could have kept learning from her. Giving the history of the city was a welcome touch. It did not feel like your typical tourist guided tour, but rather something special. I walked away with a renewed want for education, and an appreciation for architecture and Gaudi.

This was our third tour in Barcelona, and we were particularly interested in an architecture-focused tour, especially one centered around Antoni Gaudí. We were not disappointed. Our tour guide, Pía, was incredibly knowledgeable, given her background as an engineer and architect professor. She provided us with valuable insights and information not only about Gaudí’s architectural designs but also about the history of Barcelona’s urban planning. If you’re an architecture enthusiast, I highly recommend this tour. While some aspects may have gone over my head, the overall experience was incredibly informative.

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Disappointing experience not because of the concept or the sites but rather the individual guide. An architecture and teacher, our guide was definitely knowledgeable and showed a solid passion for the subject matters of the tour - Barcelona and Gaudi. That said, she spent an inordinate amount of time expounding upon her heavily socialist perspective, how "Spain" was constantly disrespecting "Catalonia" and how anything bad was the result of "capitalists." Particularly noteworthy was when another guest of the tour pointed out to me how our guide had spent time complaining that coffee shops "should only charge 1.50 for a cup of coffee" but then later bemoaning how coffee shops don't pay living wages to the baristas. Comments about American women being backstabbers and American men just wanting "independence" from women seemed to reflect a trauma from her college years in the US. When she did find time to get around to talking about architecture, her insights were interesting and informative (though sometimes confusing). She had a helpful set of visuals with her and passionately spoke about technological advancements made in architecture over the years. Had she kept the OpEd out of the tour, this could have been a five star experience.