Barcelona Food Tour

4 hours

Group

English

What you’ll do

A food tour that takes in the history of Barcelona at the same time. Enjoy learning about Barcelona’s close connection with food and explore some of the best tapas bars in the city—according to the locals. Try typical local food and taste wine that pairs beautifully with it, and learn about the way these foods are prepared and about tapas culture in general.

Highlights

Taste local delicacies and learn about the way they are cooked
Find hidden gem bars you wouldn’t stumble across on your own
Explore Barcelona like a local
This is a private tour for a personal experience

Itinerary

In this walking food tour, you’ll pass by some of the most emblematic and ancient spots of the whole city and retrace the footsteps of celebrated artists, while tasting Spanish and Catalan culinary staples/must-haves.

Accompanied by our local food expert, you will be able to experience the true essence of “vermuteo”, savour traditional, delicious tapas with typical wines and indulge in one of the first desserts ever documented.

You'll meet your local expert in Plaça de l'Àngel, near the Hotel suizo

In of the oldest still running tapas bars in Barcelona, you'll taste a local wine with "boquerones fritos" (fried anchovies), Tomato salad and "Pincho de Botifarra", a piece of the typical “pan con tomate” (bread spreaded with tomato juice) topped by a piece of botifarra (the word for sausage in Catalan).

Here we’ll enjoy a mix of delicious charcutierie (jamon iberico de bellota,Fuet, machengo cheese), tomato bread, tortilla de patata accompanied by Cava, the “Spanish champagne”.

In of the oldest bakery shops in Barcelona; you'll taste one of the most famous desserts in the world, the official dessert of Catalonia as declared by the Catalan Institute of Cooking.

There is a cultural concept in Barcelona called ‘la hora de vermut’, or vermouth time. It is the moment before lunch or early in the evening for dinner, when locals meet friends at a local bodega to have a vermouth before a meal.

You'll drink one of the best vermouth in town accompanied by Patatas bravas and Croquetas.