Barcelona Gourmet Food and La Boqueria Market Walking Tour

Barcelona, Spain

Walk through the Old Town as you discover Barcelona's most emblematic gastronomic establishments. Learn about Catalan gastronomic culture, an essential ingredient of its cultural heritage.

Visit La Boqueria Market, the best known market in Spain, opened in 1836. La Boqueria Market sells a wide variety of local produce, such as vegetables, fish, meat, fruit, as well as foods from all over the world.

Also on the itinerary is "Mercat de Sta. Caterina" recently renovated by Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue studio, its most outstanding feature is the ceramic roof with 67 different colours.

During your walking tour you will also visit shops specializing in wine, chocolate and pastries. You will have the chance to try samples of traditional Catalan products, such as fruits in La Boqueria Market, and a catalan tapa plus drink at the end of the tour.

USD $25.45

Traveler Reviews

Review by: AmandaS.	January 2012
Tour guide was awesome and has a great sense of humor!

Review by: Ginny S	November 2011
The local guide was informative about giving us information about the city of Barcelona and the foods Catalonians eat.

Review by: Linda H	October 2011
Oliver was fantastic. He was fun, informative, high energy and adorable. We had a wonderful culinary tour of Barcelona. I can highly recommend this tour and Oliver to everyone and I will!

Review by: Troy M	October 2011
We took a tour of the city and markets. Our guide was very funny and informative. Very happy we did this.

Review by: Cathy W	August 2011
The tour was well conducted and the guide was very knowledgable. The arrangements with the headphones etc worked very well. The areas visited were interesting. The only down side was the tapas proved at the end of the tour was very poor. Not a good recommendation at all for what the tour was about

Review by: ncbeth	August 2011
Fantastic! Would have loved a few more tasty treats, but really enjoyed this walking tour!! Thanks so much!

Review by: ANGELINE	August 2011
OK,

Review by: stella	August 2011
This tour was very good! the guide was informative, humurous and we sampled some excellent food at the market. the only problem was no sampling of chocolates!

Review by: Dr Dian H H	June 2011
Our guide Antonia did a good job of explaining what makes Barcelona such a foodie haven. I enjoyed the trip to La Boqueria as I managed to stop by Cafe Pinotxo for "Cafe con Leche" and pastries. It was too bad at the end of the tour there wasn't a vegetarian option.

Review by: Rosa L	May 2011
The tour is not what the web page says and the tour conductor was in a bad mood, he was angry at people taking pictures

Review by: michael m	January 2011
Overall good trip with interesting guide. If you are looking for a broad introduction to Catalan food culture and a chance to view lots of different food and hear some of the history this is for you. However, if you're hoping for a more in depth culinary look at Catalan food, with tasting discussion of ingredients and how food is prepared, than you might be disappointed on this trip.

Review by: BRUCE A C	November 2010
Wonderful tour! We did a walking tour in the morning and did the red line hop on hop off tour in the afternoon

Review by: Phillip I	November 2010
walked to 3 different markets; good details on local produce.

Review by: Malcolm B	October 2010
We got off to a shaky start when the operator claimed they had 15 more people on the tour than they were supposed to have. As it was all computer booked and confirmed I'd say it was their mistake in not reading the booking info. Regardless we still got our 2hr tour and visited some great places. I agree with other reviews I have read that the tour could include a couple more tastings like the sweets or chocolate. I found a friend on the tour and we spent the rest of the day together going back over some of the places we saw. All in all I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

Review by: Ilze S	September 2010
A great tour, well worth the money. You need comfortable shoes, as quite a distance was covered. The cost included fruit salad and tapas: great, but would have loved some more small samples.

Review by: Leodella R O	August 2010
This was my most favorite tour of all! The headsets provided for the walking tour was genius - we could hear everything that Oliver discussed regarding the city of Barcelona and the gourmet foods that are available. It was also an excellent way to familiarize myself with the various sections of Barcelona allowing me to come back later for purchases.

Review by: Jay T, United States of America	October 2009
We had a great guide. Interesting sites. It was informative with good overview of Barcelona.

Review by: Ben H	October 2009
Good overview of area, however wanted more history and actual workings of the market instead of just a walk through with free time to walk around ourselves while the tour guide went to get us refreshments.

Review by: Anonymous	October 2009
It was nothing spectacular especially when it rains.

Review by: Irwn T	October 2009
We had a great guide. Interesting sites. It was informative with good overview of Barcelona.

Review by: John J, Australia	September 2009
Extremely interesting. We visited places we would never have found on our own and learned so much from our guide. It was a trip we would highly recommend.

Review by: Anonymous	September 2009
Extremely interesting. We visited places we would never have found on our own and learned so much from our guide. It was a trip we would highly recommend.

Review by: David S, United States of America	August 2009
Excellent tour - we really enjoyed. We had an outstanding tour leader.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	August 2009
A very enjoyable tour. The guide took us to several shops that sold authentic local produce. The tapas and wine at the end of the tour was excellent. The only down side was that the group was very large so we had to take turns going into some of the shops.

Review by: An N	August 2009
The tour guide walked way too fast without any regard for slower walkers. Save yourself the money and just go to the markets yourself. You won't learn anymore more from the tour guide.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	July 2009
The markets were amazing to see and we had a good guide.

Review by: Christine M, United States of America	July 2009
Nice, very interesting.

Review by: Jill G, United States of America	July 2009
The guide was very knowledgeable and a pleasure to walk around with. I enjoyed this walk and found it to be both entertaining and informative. I went back and visited some of the places the guide showed us afterward, and it was nice to have an introduction into Spanish cuisine.

Review by: CHRISTINE M	July 2009
Nice, very interesting.

Review by: Terrence K	July 2009
Not enough tasting in my opinion. Guide was good, but wanted to stop and sample. Too much looking into shop windows.

Review by: Ronald M, United States of America	May 2009
This tour was really great in that it took us by shops that specialized in Spanish goodies! Cookies, nuts, truffles, coffee and two markets! The guide was great, and the tour also went into the Gothic Quarter, which was really interesting. Highly recommend this tour for any foodie!

Review by: Ronald C M	May 2009
This tour was really great in that it took us by shops that specialized in Spanish goodies! Cookies, nuts, truffles, coffee and two markets! The guide was great, and the tour also went into the Gothic Quarter, which was really interesting. Highly recommend this tour for any foodie!

Review by: David H	March 2009
Wonderful!

Review by: odelle e, Canada	November 2008
Enjoyed the history connected to the food traditions. Just long enough to start the day. I was hoping for a few recommendations of where to dine, but I think looking for a line up outside the restaurants is a good indicator.

Review by: Odelle E	November 2008
Enjoyed the history connected to the food traditions. Just long enough to start the day. I was hoping for a few recommendations of where to dine, but I think looking for a line up outside the restaurants is a good indicator.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	October 2008
Very interesting tour, recommend to everyone.

Review by: Cathy W, Canada	July 2008
We had a terrific local guide. The Boqueria market is unlike anything I had ever seen. It was beautiful and appealed to all of the senses. We didn't actually go into most of the stops. It would be great to be given a map of the stops so you could return with more time. I would have liked to go back to some of them, but I couldn't find them.

Review by: Dawn G, United Kingdom	February 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, the guide was knowledgeable, spoke good English and was able to give great tips on local cuisine.

Review by: Gerard M	February 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, the guide was knowledgeable, spoke good English and was able to give great tips on local cuisine.

Review by: David T, United States of America	April 2007
We retraced our steps the next day and enjoyed very much.

Review by: Stephen D, United States of America	March 2007
Great stops with a knowledgeable guide.

Review by: Rachel M	March 2007
This was an excellent tour overall. We were taken to a number of different locations throughout the old town, and the various shops and traditions were explained along the way. The guide was easy to understand and she gave just enough history and explanation at each location, without getting off the track. Many of us were disappointed that we did not get more than 2 tastes on the tour, as other tours in the past. It would not have to be much, a sample of cheese or sausage, but the foods we did have were very good. The only other suggestion is that since this is such a popular tour they divide it into 2 groups. I would definitely recommend this tour.