Barcelona Segway Short Panoramic Tour

Barcelona, Spain

During your 1-hour tour you will enjoy short segway experience in the most beautiful place in Barcelona - Old Port. You will see the all harbor, Palm tree boulevard, and the heart of the old Port – Drassanes. During a way you will enjoy Barcelona’s unique monuments, such as Monument of Columbus, Head of Barcelona and Gambrinus Lobster Statue.

Before starting your tour to see the sights of Barcelona, your guide will show you how to manage the personal transporter safely. Once you feel confident, the tour will begin.

During your 1-hour tour you will enjoy Short Segway experience in the most beautiful place in Barcelona - Old Port. History of this place begins in 4th century BC when Barcelona was occupied by the Laietani. Barkeno, on Montjuïc, was their main settlement. But Port Vell start it’s port activity just it 1th century AD the Romans founded a colony Barcino. The port what you can see now was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Before this, it was a run-down area of empty warehouses, railroad yards, and factories.

You will see the all harbor, Palm tree boulevard, and the heart of the old Port – Drassanes. Here you can see Barcelona Royal Shipyard and nowadays it houses the Barcelona Maritime Museum. Construction started during the 13th century under the rule of Peter III of Aragon. The shipyard's restoration was finished in early 2013. The Museum was reopened in 2014.

During a way you will enjoy Barcelona’s unique monuments.For example Monument of Columbus is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, main street of the old town. It was constructed for the World's Fair Barcelona in 1888 in honor to Columbus first voyage to the Americas.

You can be impressed also Head of Barcelona, a 20 m sculpture done by American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It include styles of the three main artists of this city: Antoni Gaudi, Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. There is a Gambrinus Lobster Statue next to this monument. It was originally part of the decor at the Gambrinus seafood restaurant. The 10m long fibreglass sculpture was designed and built by Spanish artist Javier Mariscal. When the Gambrinus restaurant closed the statue was bought by Barcelona city council.