BE LOCAL TOURS
BE LOCAL TOURS
BARCELONA WALKING TOURS & EXPERIENCES
Be Local Tours is a collaborative project led by a group of guides that since 2017 have been offering some of the best rated walking tours and experiences in Barcelona, with a socially responsible vision.
Through our Small Group Philosophy, passionate storytelling and collaborations with local businesses and associations we offer you a friendly and unforgettable experience of Barcelona.
Looking for a tour to begin with? Check our Gaudi Free Walking Tour. Or scroll down to see the other tours we offer.
OUR PRIVATE TOURS
BE CLASSIC
GOTHIC BARCELONA
2000 years of Barcelona history, art, architecture, culture, music, food. Get to the heart of the city through the Old Town of Barcelona. From the Roman right through to the Olympics. And the Best Chocolate and Churros in town!
BE A NEIGHBOUR
GRACIA VILLAGE
Enjoy a gentle stroll in Gracia neighbourhood, a lovely area of tree-lined streets unknown to many visitors. Stop for a drink at the many pretty plazas. Discover the local food, traditions and one of Gaudí’s lesser known houses.
BE THE PROTAGONIST
GAUDI & MODERNISM
A trip to the 19th century: a city’s expansion, Modernism art and the life of the maestro – Gaudí.
See the Casa Battló, Casa Milá, etc. Then his unfinished, masterpiece, the beguiling Sagrada Familia.
OUR PRIVATE TOURS
BE CLASSIC
GOTHIC BARCELONA
2000 years of Barcelona history, art, architecture, culture, music, food. From Roman through to Olympics and modern day. In the Roman and medieval area of town. We´ll also meet a hairy Catalan man!
BE A LOCAL
GRACIA VILLAGE
Enjoy a relaxed stroll in Gracia neighbourhood, a lovely area of small plazas and tree-lined streets still untouched by mass tourism. Discover our local food, traditions and one of Gaudí’s lesser known houses.
BE THE PROTAGONIST
GAUDI & MODERNISM
A trip to the 19th century: a city’s expansion, Modernism art and the life of the maestro – Gaudí.
See the Casa Battló, Casa Milá, etc. Then his unfinished, masterpiece, the beguiling Sagrada Familia.
FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY
WE PLANT TREES
For every 100 customers on our Barcelona Walking Tours, in collaboration with Environomica, we adopt a tree to fight deforestation and compensate our emissions. We also adopt a tree for every Private Tour booked. Check our progress in our Eco-Project page.
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
We are also committed to inspire and invite people who take tours with us to be environmentally aware and respect the urban environment and other people around them. For that reason, we created a practical Guide To Responsible Tourism accessible to everyone.
SMALL GROUP PHILOSOPHY
Our groups are always reduced in order to protect the daily rhythm and the privacy of the locals. This also allows us to offer better quality and a more personal and friendly approach during our tours.
SOCIAL COMMITMENT
As Be Local Tours, in 2018 we cooperated in a unique and special Social Project to support the local community by teaching a group of young girls and boys how to become tourist guides, in collaboration with Casals de Infants.
FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
We are also committed to inspire and invite people who take tours with us to be environmentally aware and respect the urban environment and other people around them. For that reason, we created a practical Guide To Responsible Tourism accessible to everyone.
SMALL GROUP PHILOSOPHY
Our groups are always reduced in order to protect the daily rhythm and the privacy of the locals. This also allows us to offer better quality and a more personal and friendly approach during our tours.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Our Clients are our best sponsors.
Amazing Gaudí tour in Barcelona!
The best walking tour to date! Patrick was extremely knowledgeable and passionate. The way he talks is super engaging and you wouldn’t even realize when the 2 hours would end. He would make you visualise the whole history behind the place with his wonderful imagery and voice modulations and keep you super interested. Highly recommend!
Excellent walking tour!
We joined the free Gaudi Walking Tour with Patrick and it was amazing! He explained the history behind many buildings in Barcelona, and even though we aren’t exactly fans of art, he explained the ideas behind the architecture in an incredible way that made us think, wonder and notice details and themes we wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. Patrick was fascinating, funny, charismatic and we’ll spoken. By far the best guide we’ve had yet. If you get a chance to join a tour, go with Patrick, he’s well worth your while 🙂
Thanks Patrick!!
The Walking Tour is a Must!
I’m usually a bit of a critic with free tours… normally Id say I expected a bit more of history / commentaries from my guide, but this was so not the case. Patrick was an AMAZING GUIDE! Soooooo full of knowledge about history, and although he’s not an artist or an architect, he explained everything with so much passion it almost seemed like he was. Hightly reccomend this tour, otherwise you might go through Barcelona without understanding what’s just in front of your nose.
Bonus points for Patrick’s british accent and sense of humor!
Thank You Patrick!
We had a great tour with Patrick. This tour begins at 11:00 am, unlike most of the other free Gaudi tours. It lasted 2 and a half hours which flew by as was compact with in-depth reviews of many buildings. Patrick was very engaging and knowledgeable about the area and was able to keep all different ages in our group entertained 🙂 would 100% recommend to others
Truly impressive!
Patrick was an absolutely fantastic guide, his passion for and deep understanding of Barcelonas history and architecture made for a wonderful tour. Extremely informative, by far the best tour I can remember going on. Would greatly recommend!
An excellent way to spend a morning!
We had an excellent tour of the Barcelona Architecture with Patrick. The tour was intimate (only 6 people) and by the end I felt I had come to personally know him. Patrick knew the history down to the last detail, and while this may seem like a daunting task to comprehend, the storytelling methods employed made me feel like I had been there to experience it myself. I highly recommend this tour if you want a great understanding of not only the architectures of Barcelona, but the personal stories behind them as well!