Barcelona Highlights: Gothic + Sightseeing Tour + Spanish Village + Montjuic Cable Car

Barcelona is a fascinating blend of the old and modern. You'll see how history and tradition go hand in hand with emerging fashion and new trends in fashion, cuisine, architecture and art. This fully guided morning tour will take you from the maze of mediaeval streets in the Barri Gotic up to the modern Olympic Port and the lush Montjuic Mountain with its impressive sports complex built for the 92 Olympics.

The tour starts near the city's impressive Gothic Cathedral with its famous cloister. We'll explore the maze of narrow streets around the Plaça Sant Jaume with its many quirky boutiques and trendy bars close by traditional shops such as drapers and bakeries.

Then it's time to explore Modern Barcelona. Your guide will explain how the 92 Olympics invigorated the city both socially and economically. We'll visit the new port area, with its classy shops, cinemas and other leisure facilities. Next we'll climb to the mountain of Montjuic, the site of the Olympic Ring, an impressive complex of sports facilities comprising the Lluis Companys Stadium, the Palau Sant Jordi and the Calatrava Tower.

We'll head down to the Poble Espanyol with its charming collection of replica buildings and plazas from all over Spain. Here you will also find a wide selection of arts and crafts shops selling all sorts of both modern and traditional wares. You will even be able to see the crafts people at work. Then after sampling local bubbly cava, we'll climb back to Montjuic by cable car, enjoying stunning views over the city and port as we go.

Meeting / Pick up point:Carrer Balmes 5.
Duration: 4.5 hours.
Start or opening time: 9am.
Languages: English, Spanish, German (from May to October on Thursdays), Italian (Tuesdays and Saturdays), French (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and from November to April on Thursdays). Others: In 2014 days of operation and languages may change.

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Optional meal

In Spanish at 9.00 am

Appropriate age for child ticket from 8 to 15 years