Barcelona in a Day Tour with Sagrada Familia, Park Güell & Casa Batlló

• Skip the line Sagrada Familia and Park Güell tickets
• Barcelona Historic Gothic Quarter Walking Tour
• English-speaking guide
• Climate-controlled luxury bus between certain sites

The Gothic Quarter

Take a step back in time as you enter the oldest part of Barcelona. Many of the homes and buildings of this district are built directly on top of ancient Roman ruins. This labyrinth of twisting alleyways and cobblestone streets can be easy to get lost in. 

With your guide, however, you will explore this ancient neighborhood in extraordinary detail. You will begin at the Plaça Sant Jaume, and will visit the neighborhood market, Mercado de la Boqueria where you will be treated to delicious local jamon and cheeses. 

Barcelona's Great Architect

You will next see three beautiful buildings designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi: Casa Batlló, Casa Mila, and the Casa Vicens. These buildings are notable for their Catalonian Modernist style, an artistic movement created out of and in opposition to the Modernist movement of the 19th century. This style is unique to Catalan, and the Gaudi houses are the perfect example of its impact on architecture. The Casa Batlló features an intensively detailed facade of colorful ceramic tiles, and is nicknamed the “house of bones” for the look of the balconies jutting out the facade. The Casa Milà looks as if it were carved from a single piece of stone, lending it the nickname La Pedrera. You’ll also see Casa Vicens, one of Gaudi’s earliest works and one of the most richly decorated.

Park Güell

Once our exploration of the city center is over, we will hop on a luxury climate-controlled bus and head to our next destination, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Our next stop is Park Güell - envisioned by Gaudí as a luxury residential area outside of Barcelona's city center. You will learn all about Gaudí's colossal ideas for this complex, and why they never actually came to fruition. Nowadays, Park Güell is the most beloved park in Barcelona and a fantastic place to see the city from above. Before your tour is over, there will be time for postcard-worthy photoshoots from the trencadís-adorned balconies of the park, rising above its iconic Dragon Stairway. 

After your visit to the Park Güell, we will arrange a coach trip back to Barcelona center. Before we continue with our Gaudí in a Day Tour, you can relax over a 1.5-hour break which will be enough for you to enjoy lunch and refreshment. The price of lunch is not included in this tour.

Skip the Line Sagrada Familia Tickets

After your break, we will continue our Gaudí in a Day tour by visiting the most popular monument in Barcelona: the Sagrada Familia.  Not only is it the most popular churches in Spain, the Sagrada Familia is one of the most visited churches in Europe! 

With that type of popularity, it's not surprising that queues to get in can sometimes go in a circle around the church. Since we are decisively against waiting in the lines, we will make sure you focus your time and attention on actually exploring the place, rather than waiting to explore it. 

As you're heading inside with your guide, you will learn the history of this magnificent church and get to admire the exterior of the building, represented in two contrasting facades: Facade of the Nativity and the Facade of Passion. 

You will learn more about the eccentric genius who envisioned this masterpiece and started the Basilica at the age of 30, back in 1882. 

Every time one pays a visit to Sagrada Familia, they get to see it in a different light and a step closer to Gaudí's master plan. 

Explore More

After admiring the unfinished church, you can still explore Sagrada Familia on your own. Underneath the floor of the church, you will discover the Sagrada Familia museum. With a plethora of real scale models, original photographies, drawings and documents, you can continue exploring vast genius and brilliance behind this Barcelona gem!