Barcelona Street Food Tour with Local Market & City Center Visit

3 hours

Group

English

What you’ll do

This 2.5-hour Street Food Tour is a paradise for foodies: enjoy the chance to stroll through the charming center of Barcelona while you taste the authentic flavors of the city. Meet your food-expert guide at the iconic local market La Boqueria and sample some typical Catalan recipes like a local! Thanks to the variety of this multicultural cuisine, you can choose between sweet and savory treats such as jàmon, cheese, fried fish, pichos, patatas bravas and pastries. The tour ends in the Gothic Quarter, where you will admire the enchanting little alleyways of one of the most authentic parts of the city.

Itinerary

Take a leisurely walk on the most famous thoroughfare of Barcelona, always bustling with tourists, locals and street performers. This road connects Plaça de Catalunya with the Port Vell and is lined up with restaurants, terraces and shops of all kinds: a feast for the eyes!

This is where your tour will start: enjoy its authentic vibe while you stop at the food stalls of the market and sample the typical delicacies of Catalan cuisine, such as jamòn, cheese and fried fish. The flavors of Barcelona will dazzle you while you eat side by side with the locals.

Visit the charming old town of the city and admire its picturesque architecture. Lose yourself in the maze of narrow alleys and Gothic buildings while listening to your local guide. You will learn all about the traditional dishes of Catalan cuisine, such as Pinchos (small tapas) and patatas bravas, the iconic combination of potatoes, tomato sauce and spices!

Stop outside the medieval Royal Palace (Palau Reial Major), whose history can be traced back to the 11th century, and the Roman remains of the city, symbolized by the Temple d’August and the Palatine Chapel of Santa Agata: learn all about them thanks to the insights of your knowledgeable guide. Do not miss the chance to take this tour around lunch or dinner time, in order to enjoy the traditional desserts of Catalan cuisine in a nearby family-run delicatessen.