Food Tour as a Local in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Be a local, not a tourist and taste authentic food in this guided tour through the morning market with a stop for vermouth and a full meal with wine. Enjoy this Small group Food tour off the beaten path in Barcelona. During this morning walking tour you will go beyond typical tourist places, a market tour including the farmers market. You will stop at one of the few bars that have kept its Catalan identity for over half a century to enjoy homemade tapas. You will visit a neighborhood full of local artists and finish with a full meal at a restaurant where they “sometimes” cook better than our grandmothers.

Which better way to experience Barcelona than a dedicated Food tour to taste the authentic and go where locals go. You will start the tour in a unique venue in Spain, Tours Tapas & Friends, a Gastronomic Center, created under the slow food philosophy and open to offer Food and wine tours to Foodies and travelers who visit Barcelona; where, you will be welcome with a sparkling glass of cava.

You will continue your tour visiting a local market and its busy farmers market, where the farmers of orchards nearby sell their daily produce.

After the market visit your guide will take you to experience an authentic and stimulating Barcelona neighborhood. Raval is historic, authentic, vibrant and full of personality, with a great variety of tempting restaurants, cafes, bars and taverns. You will never guess you are only 2 blocks from the most touristic place in Barcelona, Las Ramblas.

Your local guide will give you insider’s tips and insights, whether to stroll, eat, drink or take pictures!

You will stop to enjoy typical Spanish vermouth with tapas in a truly authentic Tavern run by the 5th generation. A friendly, family-run tavern, that won our hearts for its good food, happy staff and unique décor. A place frozen 60 years ago.

At the end of the tour your well-prepared and tasty full meal will be waiting for you. the cook, has a rigid dedication to fresh produce, and dishes are prepared and rotated every day, so as to get the best out of the season’s produce. The only dishes she does not change are the staple traditional dishes hardly found in restaurants.

With the small and intimate group, you will come as a visitor, but leave as a friend.