Barcelona Tipping Walking Tour: Pay What You Want

Discover Barcelona with our tour guide Alvaro
a group of tourists together on a barcelona walking tour called secrets of the old city with guide alvaro garza

Who’s Alvaro?

  • Texan living in Barcelona since 2016
  • Passionate about history and art
  • Storyteller
  • A bit of an art fart
  • Curious
  • Go Cowboys, go Mavs, and visca Barça!​

What’s included in our free Barcelona tipping tour?

Let an expert guide take you through the landmarks of Barcelona’s legendary Gothic Quarter.

This is primarily about secrets of the Old City.

You’ll be schooled on raw history and amused with anecdotes passing by Plaça Catalunya, La Rambla, Boqueria Market, the Barcelona Cathedral, Plaça Reial, the Santa Maria del Mar, Augustus Temple, and much more.

There’s also plenty of secrets hidden in plain sight, street art, snack spots, tragic tales, chronicles of Catalonia, and insider info that’ll make you a Barcelona expert in 3 hours.

Whether it’s your first time visiting the city or you’re a tried and true veteran looking for a deeper understanding this is your tour!

Don’t believe us? Check out the video:

Prices

Adults: FREE * (with a single €5.00 deposit per booking)

Youth (7 -15): FREE

Kids (0 – 6): FREE

*Tours are free but run on gratuities. A €5.00 deposit is required to book to ensure we don’t have no-shows – unfortunately this is super important to being able to properly run a ’boutique’ tour like this, we hope you’ll understand.

Timetable

We’re running tours all the time.

Typical tours run daily at 10:30 am and last about 3 hours.

Booking in advance is mandatory and can be locked in with just a €5.00 deposit (refundable if cancelled within 24 hours of tour time).

To see if your dates are available please consult our Barcelona free walking tour calendar.

Looking forward to seeing you 🙂

Useful Information

Update (12/03/2024): We’re back! Please check the new Barcelona Free Walking Tour calendar to see if your dates are available. If you’re booking way ahead feel free to contact us (email below) about dates too.

All you have to do is click in the calendar, select your date, put in your email, and submit the form!

Tours can be booked with just €5.00 per group (completely refundable if cancelled with 24 hours notice).

Are you a small group (5+) but the time doesn’t suit you? Write me an email at [email protected] and I’ll see if I can organize a special Barcelona walking tour just for you.

MEETING POINT: Plaça Catalunya 1-4 (in front of the 5 Guys).

Entrance to Barcelona attractions are not included in the price, attractions and monuments will only be visited from outside.