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This tour with guide and private transport stops at the most emblematic and important places of the city of Barcelona. In a short time you will be able to enjoy the panoramic views of the city and get closer to the history of the city. A good option is to include the pick up or the end at the terminal of the port or airport of Barcelona.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 4 hours availability.
High-end private vehicle: 4 hours availability.
Tickets of direct entrance to the Park Güell
Start and end at the client’s choice (within Barcelona. includes Airport and Port of Barcelona)
Does not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplement
To keep in mind
This excursion involves walking a little.
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Description
Barcelona
Barcelona is a modern and cosmopolitan city open to the sea and with very different neighborhoods. This tour will give you the opportunity to get to know in 8 hours what the city is like in the 21st century. Through a well thought out itinerary you will get to know and visit from the Roman beginnings of the city to the most modern areas such as the renovation of Poble Nou and the Plaza de las Glorias without forgetting the great works and monuments made during different periods:
Roman Barcelona and Gothic Quarter
The narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter hide much of the city’s history. We will see the remains of Roman aqueducts, the Jewish Call, some of the houses of the guilds of the Middle Ages and the large Gothic basilicas such as Santa María del Mar, Santa María del Pi and Sant Just y Pastor.
During the walk we will not be able to forget the famous market of the Boquería, the Ramblas and the Liceo or squares with charm like the Plaza del Rey, the real square or Sant Felip Neri.
Coastline
Barcelona, look towards the sea and this is the first thing you will see when you walk along the coastline. Pay special attention to the area of Port Vell, Barceloneta and some incredible historic buildings located in this area such as the Astilleros (Drassanes).
Port Vell
Monument to Columbus
Montjuïc
Enjoy the spectacular views of the entire city at your feet. You will see how Barcelona is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea. You will also pass in front of the great facilities of the Olympic Barcelona: The Olympic Stadium, the pebetero of the famous architect Calatrava or the Palau Sant Jordi.
Paseo de Gracia
A must-see on the city’s noblest street where luxury shops accompany the majestic view of the facades of the most emblematic modernist civil buildings designed by famous architects: Casa Gaudí and Casa Batlló by Antonio Gaudí; Casa Amatller by Puig y Cadafalch and Lleó Morera by Domenech i Montaner, among others.
Sagrada Family
Any tour in Barcelona can not forget the Basilica of the Holy Family. The emblem of the city and the great opera by the brilliant architect from Barcelona. We will make an exterior visit
Park Güell
We will enter the monumental area of the Municipal Park, which should have become an exclusive residential area for the city’s bourgeoisie. The project, too modern for the time, had to be abandoned by the architect and his patron. Thanks to that today we can enjoy a unique park with constructions that play to integrate with nature and that at the same time were solutions and innovative improvements.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide and the vehicle will be at the disposal of the clients.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient guide.
Driver
Enjoy the peace of mind of being driven by a professional driver, who will take care of your safety and adapt to the pace of the excursion so you have time to look outside and take pictures.
Vehicles
Discover the city in a high-end vehicle with air conditioning and all the comforts.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
This tour with guide and private transport is designed for those who want to approach the work of the famous architect Antonio Gaudí in a comprehensive way and in a short time. Hand in hand with an accredited official guide we will approach two of the architect’s most important works: La Sagrada Familia and Parque Guell.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 4 hours availability.
Top-of-the-range private vehicle: One-way transfer
Direct entrance tickets to the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell
Start and end at the hotel (or location within Barcelona at the customer’s choice).Does not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This excursion involves walking through the interior visits to the Park Güell and the Sagrada Familia. We recommend comfortable footwear.
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.Description
The Sagrada Familia is a reflection of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude: he worked on it during most of his professional career, but especially in the last years of his career, where he reached the culmination of his naturalistic style, making a synthesis of all the solutions and styles tested until then. Gaudí achieved a perfect harmony in the interrelationship between structural and ornamental elements, between plastic and aesthetic, between function and form, between content and continent, achieving the integration of all the arts in a structured and logical whole.
Park Güell is a reflection of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude: it belongs to his naturalistic stage, a period in which the architect perfected his personal style, through inspiration in the organic forms of nature, for which he put into practice a whole series of new structural solutions originated in his deep analysis of the ruled geometry. To this he adds a great creative freedom and an imaginative ornamental creation. Gaudí deployed all his architectural genius in the Güell Park and put into practice many of his innovative structural solutions that would be emblematic of his organicist style and would culminate in the Sagrada Familia.
The park was conceived by Güell and Gaudí as a structured complex where, within an incomparable frame of natural beauty, would be placed some houses of high standing, with all the technological advances of the epoch to try to obtain the maximum comfort and with finishes of great artistic quality.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide will be at the disposal of the clients and can adapt the tour according to the client’s needs.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Driver
Enjoy the peace of mind of being driven by a professional driver, who will take care of your safety and adapt to the pace of the excursion so you have time to look outside and take pictures.
Vehicles
Discover the city in a high-end vehicle with air conditioning and all the comforts.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
This tour in Barcelona is the extended and detailed version of the 4 hour tour. In addition to the previous stops, it includes direct entrance to the Sagrada Familia and entrance without queues to the Park Guell, the viewpoints of Montjuic and a detailed walk through the Born, the Gothic and the Ramblas.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 6 hours availability.
High-end private vehicle: 6 hours availability.
Tickets of direct entrance to the Park Güell and Sagrada Familia
Start and end at the client’s choice (within Barcelona. includes Airport and Port of Barcelona)
Does not includeAccess to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This excursion involves walking a little.
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.Description
Barcelona
Barcelona is a modern and cosmopolitan city open to the sea and with very different neighborhoods. This tour will give you the opportunity to get to know in 8 hours what the city is like in the 21st century. Through a well thought out itinerary you will get to know and visit from the Roman beginnings of the city to the most modern areas such as the renovation of Poble Nou and the Plaza de las Glorias without forgetting the great works and monuments made during different periods:
Roman Barcelona and Gothic Quarter
The narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter hide much of the city’s history. We will see the remains of Roman aqueducts, the Jewish Call, some of the houses of the guilds of the Middle Ages and the large Gothic basilicas such as Santa María del Mar, Santa María del Pi and Sant Just y Pastor.
During the walk we will not be able to forget the famous market of the Boquería, the Ramblas and the Liceo or squares with charm like the Plaza del Rey, the real square or Sant Felip Neri.
Coastline
Barcelona, look towards the sea and this is the first thing you will see when you walk along the coastline. Pay special attention to the area of Port Vell, Barceloneta and some incredible historic buildings located in this area such as the Astilleros (Drassanes).
Port Vell
Monument to Columbus
MontjuïcEnjoy the spectacular views of the entire city at your feet. You will see how Barcelona is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea. You will also pass in front of the great facilities of the Olympic Barcelona: The Olympic Stadium, the pebetero of the famous architect Calatrava or the Palau Sant Jordi.
Paseo de Gracia
A must-see on the city’s noblest street where luxury shops accompany the majestic view of the facades of the most emblematic modernist civil buildings designed by famous architects: Casa Gaudí and Casa Batlló by Antonio Gaudí; Casa Amatller by Puig y Cadafalch and Lleó Morera by Domenech i Montaner, among others.
Sagrada Family
Any tour in Barcelona can not forget the Basilica of the Holy Family. The emblem of the city and the great opera by the brilliant architect from Barcelona. We will make an exterior and interior visit without forgetting any corner of the most important work of Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí.
Park Guell
We will enter the monumental area of the Municipal Park, which should have become an exclusive residential area for the city’s bourgeoisie. The project, too modern for the time, had to be abandoned by the architect and his patron. Thanks to that today we can enjoy a unique park with constructions that play to integrate with nature and that at the same time were solutions and innovative improvements.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide and the vehicle will be at the disposal of the clients.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient guide.
Driver
Enjoy the peace of mind of being driven by a professional driver, who will take care of your safety and adapt to the pace of the excursion so you have time to look outside and take pictures.
Vehicles
Discover the city in a high-end vehicle with air conditioning and all the comforts.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
If you are a fan of modern art, the Picasso and Barcelona tour is an interesting option for you. This special visit combines art, history and anecdotes about society and cosmopolitan life in Barcelona in 1900, the city that welcomed Picasso when he moved with his family from his native Malaga.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 4 hours availability.
Taxi from the hotel to the beginning of the tour.
Tickets of direct entrance to the Park Güell
Start and end at the client’s choice (within Barcelona. includes Airport and Port of Barcelona)Does not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This excursion involves walking a little.
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.Description
Barcelona
Barcelona is a modern and cosmopolitan city open to the sea and with very different neighborhoods. This tour will give you the opportunity to get to know in 4 hours what the city is like in the 21st century. Through a well thought out itinerary you will get to know and visit from the Roman beginnings of the city to the most modern areas such as the renovation of Poble Nou and the Plaza de las Glorias without forgetting the great works and monuments made during different periods:
Roman Barcelona and Gothic Quarter
The narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter hide much of the city’s history. We will see the remains of Roman aqueducts, the Jewish Call, some of the houses of the guilds of the Middle Ages and the large Gothic basilicas such as Santa María del Mar, Santa María del Pi and Sant Just y Pastor.
During the walk we will not be able to forget the famous market of the Boquería, the Ramblas and the Liceo or squares with charm like the Plaza del Rey, the real square or Sant Felip Neri.
Coastline
Barcelona, look towards the sea and this is the first thing you will see when you walk along the coastline. Pay special attention to the area of Port Vell, Barceloneta and some incredible historic buildings located in this area such as the Astilleros (Drassanes).
Port Vell
Monument to Columbus
MontjuïcEnjoy the spectacular views of the entire city at your feet. You will see how Barcelona is surrounded by mountains and faces the sea. You will also pass in front of the great facilities of the Olympic Barcelona: The Olympic Stadium, the pebetero of the famous architect Calatrava or the Palau Sant Jordi.
Paseo de Gracia
A must-see on the city’s noblest street where luxury shops accompany the majestic view of the facades of the most emblematic modernist civil buildings designed by famous architects: Casa Gaudí and Casa Batlló by Antonio Gaudí; Casa Amatller by Puig y Cadafalch and Lleó Morera by Domenech i Montaner, among others.
Sagrada Familia
Any tour in Barcelona can not forget the Basilica of the Holy Family. The emblem of the city and the great opera by the brilliant architect from Barcelona. We will make an exterior visit
Park Güell
We will enter the monumental area of the Municipal Park, which should have become an exclusive residential area for the city’s bourgeoisie. The project, too modern for the time, had to be abandoned by the architect and his patron. Thanks to that today we can enjoy a unique park with constructions that play to integrate with nature and that at the same time were solutions and innovative improvements.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide and the vehicle will be at the disposal of the clients.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient guide.
Driver
Enjoy the peace of mind of being driven by a professional driver, who will take care of your safety and adapt to the pace of the excursion so you have time to look outside and take pictures.
Vehicles
Discover the city in a high-end vehicle with air conditioning and all the comforts.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
This midday tour will allow you to discover the history of the Jewish community of Barcelona. Most of the visit will be done on foot and runs through the Jewish Quarter (El Call) located in the heart of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. The area is considered to be the most important cultural centre of the Middle Ages in Barcelona.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 4 hours availability.
One-way taxi transfer from the hotel to the centre of Barcelona.
Direct entrance tickets to the Synagogue and the MHB El Call
Start at the client’s choice (within Barcelona) Final in the Old Town of the city.It does not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear
Description
Walking tour of the Gothic Quarter and visit of the medieval Jewish Quarter including the city’s Main Synagogue. It is not only the oldest in Spain but also in all of Europe. Today, only its underground level is open to visitors. The most interesting thing is that, despite the importance of the temple, it was discovered almost by accident.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide and the vehicle will be at the disposal of the clients.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
Montserrat is more than a mountain for Catalonia. Here you will discover a fabulous landscape where the rocks seem to touch the sky. When you arrive you will be able to enjoy a millenary monastery that houses the famous carving of the Black Virgin, the Moreneta. You will also be able to enjoy traditional food stalls and a walk that will take you to spectacular panoramic viewpoints.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 5 hours availability.
High-end private vehicle for transfers Barcelona – Monsterrat – Barcelona
Small excursion around Montserrat
Start and end at the client’s choice (within Barcelona)Does not include
Access to monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.Description
Montserrat is a rocky massif traditionally considered the most important and significant mountain in Catalonia. It is located 30 km from the centre of Barcelona. In this mountain is the Sanctuary and monastery of Montserrat dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.
The word mont means mountain and serrat means sawed in Catalan. This name is given because of its peculiar morphology, in which it seems as if they had tried to saw it with a giant saw. Since according to legend was found the image of the virgin in the Santa Cova, Montserrat has been linked to spirituality. In addition to the monastery, the mountain has an outstanding number of small churches and emitas, some of them abandoned, such as Santa Cecilia, Sant Benet, Sant Joan or Sant Jeroni.
The Virgin, popularly known as “la Moreneta” because of its dark colour, is a Romanesque wood carving dating from the end of the 12th century. Its colour is the result of the transformation of the varnish over time. The festival of the Virgin of Montserrat is celebrated on 27 April. The Virgin is the patron saint of Catalonia.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide and the vehicle will be at the disposal of the clients.
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Driver
Enjoy the peace of mind of being driven by a professional driver, who will take care of your safety and adapt to the pace of the excursion so you have time to look outside and take pictures.
Vehicles
Discover the city in a high-end vehicle with air conditioning and all the comforts.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
Discover the route that crosses on foot the Barrio del Born of Barcelona and relive the scenes of the novel by Ildefonso Falcones. A unique opportunity to relive the stories of the characters and of one of Barcelona’s most emblematic monuments, Santa María del Mar.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 3 hours availability.
Walking route through the centre of Barcelona (Barrio del Born)Does not include
Access to monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplement
TransportTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear
Description
Would you like to know how people lived in Medieval Barcelona? Travel back in time and you will discover their stories, their characters, the way they lived and how they thought.
Walking through the narrow medieval streets and travelling back in time to discover the fascinating history of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is one of the best adventures we have to offer. The remains of medieval times hidden in these streets will help us to bring to life the most unknown corners of the city that do not appear in tourist guides!
This tour starts in Plaça Nova, passing the door of the old city of Barcino, and continues to the Jewish quarter (Call) and its many squares: Plaza de Sant Jaume (where the town hall is located) ; Plaça del Rei , Plaça de l’ Àngel , etc.. Argenteria Street and Santa María del Mar. It ends in front of the Santa Caterina Market.How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
A unique opportunity to visit the magical Barcelona described in this novel that has captivated thousands of readers around the world. From letter to word, from imagination to reality.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 3 hours availability
Walking route through the centre of Barcelona (Barrio Gótico and Ciutat Vella)Does not include
Access to monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplement
TransportTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear
Description
Rarely do we have the possibility of turning the pages of a book into reality and this is one of them. ICONO offers you this walking tour through the locations mentioned in the book, a unique opportunity to visit the magical Barcelona described in this novel that has captivated thousands of readers around the world. From letter to word, from imagination to reality.
Like Daniel Sempere, Julian Carax, Fermín Romero de Torres, or the rest of the characters in the novel, we will walk through a labyrinth of intrigues and surprises, captured in a tour full of flavor and charm, which has as its setting a magical Barcelona.Becoming the protagonists of the novel that has captivated us, we will move through places that still today breathe the spell and darkness of Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century, many of them easily recognizable as: Santa Ana Street, the Arch of the Theatre, the Royal Square, Las Ramblas, Sant Felip Neri Square or Montcada Street.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
¿Qué esconden las calles de la ciudad de Barcelona cuando cae la noche? ¿Qué historias han marcado para siempre la vida de nuestros antepasados? Sumérgete por los misterios paranormales de Barcelona de la mano de un guía experimentado.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 3 hours availability
Walking route through the centre of Barcelona (Barrio Gótico and Ciutat Vella y Born)Does not include
Access to monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplement
haulageTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear.
Description
Fantasmas de Barcelona is a nocturnal route through the neighbourhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and La Ribera, based on the book by Sylvia Lagarda-Mata Fantasmes de Barcelona. The route tells mysterious and spooky stories that have passed since ancient times. An experienced guide leads this tour. Exorcisms, witchcraft, enchanted convents and records of ghostly apparitions invade the streets along the route and that participants can discover in a mysterious, fun and enjoyable.
Come and dare to walk through a hidden city: meet the ghosts of Barcelona. A night that you will never forget and that will forever mark your memory of Barcelona. Do you dare?
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 3 hours availability.
One-way taxi transfer from the hotel to the centre of Barcelona.
1 tasting stop at the restaurant Els 4 gats (1 pincho and 1 drink per person)
Walking route through the centre of Barcelona (Barrio Gótico and Ciutat Vella)Does not include
Access to monuments with entrance
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This tour is designed to be done mostly on foot. We recommend the use of comfortable footwear
It is necessary to consult in advance if any participant of the tour is going to need a child seat or if the vehicle has to be adapted for people with reduced mobility.Description
Would you like to know how people lived in Medieval Barcelona? Travel back in time and you will discover their stories, their characters, the way they lived and how they thought.
Walking through the narrow medieval streets and travelling back in time to discover the fascinating history of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is one of the best adventures we have to offer. The remains of medieval times hidden in these streets will help us to bring to life the most unknown corners of the city that do not appear in tourist guides!
This tour starts in Plaça Nova, passing the door of the old city of Barcino, and continues to the Jewish quarter (Call) and its many squares: Plaza de Sant Jaume (where the town hall is located) ; Plaça del Rei , Plaça de l’ Àngel , etc.. Argenteria Street and Santa María del Mar. It ends in front of the Santa Caterina Market.At the end of the visit, you can enjoy a pintxos tasting in a traditional tapas bar in El Born, an area famous for its wineries and designer shops.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide and his vehicle will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Guide
Discover Barcelona hand in hand with a friendly and efficient accredited official guide.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
Figueres is 55 minutes by train from Barcelona. This city houses the Dalí Museum, one of the most important modern art museums in Europe. Discover the works of the famous surrealist painter and the capital of the Alt Empordà.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 6 hours availability.
Transfer from hotel to Sants station by taxi.
Direct entrance tickets to the Dalí Museum
Birds tickets (55 minutes) Bcn – Figueres – BcnDoes not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This excursion involves walking a little.
The tour schedule must be adjusted to the train schedules.Description
The Dalí Theatre-Museum is a museum entirely dedicated to the painter Salvador Dalí. It is the third most visited museum in Spain.
In his will, the artist bequeathed an enormous quantity of works of art to the Spanish State, which were distributed between this museum and the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. The repertoire exhibited in Figueres has subsequently been enriched with acquisitions made by the Foundation.
The artist personally took care of the museum project, so much so that inside the complex is his last room and his tomb. As the name suggests, the building that houses the museum was a theatre, the Principal, built in 1849 by Josep Roca i Bros. In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, it was destroyed by the bombardments of the rebellious side, which left only the structure of what had been a beautiful neoclassical construction standing.
The transformation into a museum was carried out by Ramón Guardiola Rovira, an art-loving lawyer who arrived in Figueres in 1960. The mayor found it strange that Figueres had done nothing for his most illustrious son, and invited the artist to give a painting as a gift to the local museum. Dalí replied that he was willing to donate an entire museum and suggested that the city’s theatre, then destroyed and abandoned, should be the venue. This theatre had a particular significance for Dalí, as he had exhibited his first two works there in 1918 on the occasion of a painting exhibition.
Figueres
The current name derives from Ficaris, from the Visigoth period. In 1267 King James I of Aragon granted it privileges and years later Hugo IV, Count of Ampurias, set it on fire.
From the old wall stands the Gorgot tower, integrated into the Dalí Theatre-Museum. In the 19th century Figueras was the driving force behind a renovated sardana by the hand of José Ventura.
During the 19th century it acquired notoriety and strength, was granted the title of city and became a centre of republican and federalist ideas.
During the Spanish Civil War it was loyal to the government of the Second Republic. It was heavily bombarded by the coup army, especially at the end of the campaign in Catalonia, when thousands of refugees crossed the city in the direction of France to go into exile. Among these refugees was the government of the Republic itself, including Azaña or Negrín, the Catalan government and the Basque government. It is worth remembering that it was also the last place where the Republican Courts met.
In the 1950s the recovery of the city began to manifest itself, consolidating itself with the beginning of tourism and development in the 1960s.
Also from Figueras Narciso Monturiol, inventor of the submarine ship ‘Ictineo’, Salvador Dalí, a well-known surrealist painter and singer Mónica Naranjo.
How to find us?
At the scheduled time the official guide will be waiting at the agreed place.
Itinerary
During the tour the indicated points will be visited. Depending on the timing of the tickets or the meeting point will be designed a personalized tour to optimize the tour
Will I have time off?
The guide will be available to customers
Guide
Discover Catalonia hand in hand with a friendly and efficient guide.
Train
The journeys will be made in fast and comfortable trains of the Renfe company. The company Icono is not responsible for delays or cancellations that these may suffer due to unforeseen events or breakdowns.
Additional Information
Safe and easy booking
Get on the AVE to discover the north of Catalonia. Girona, a charming medieval city with an astonishing historical heritage that has been the scene of the last seasons of the Throne Game. And Figueras, birthplace of the most famous surrealist artist, Salvador Dalí, where you can visit the essential Dalí Museum with the artist’s most important works.
Details
Includes
Official guide: Up to 10 hours availability.
Transfer from hotel to Sants station by taxi.
Direct entrance tickets to the Dalí Museum
Direct entrance tickets to Girona Cathedral
Tickets in bird and avant Bcn – Figueres – Girona – BcnDoes not include
Access to other monuments with entrance
Food and beverages.
Languages not specified above have a supplementTo keep in mind
This excursion involves walking a little.
The tour schedule must be adjusted to the train schedules.Description
The Dalí Theatre-Museum is a museum entirely dedicated to the painter Salvador Dalí. It is the third most visited museum in Spain.
In his will, the artist bequeathed an enormous quantity of works of art to the Spanish State, which were distributed between this museum and the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. The repertoire exhibited in Figueras has subsequently been enriched with acquisitions made by the Foundation.
The artist personally took care of the museum project, so much so that inside the complex is his last room and his tomb. As the name suggests, the building that houses the museum was a theatre, the Principal, built in 1849 by Josep Roca i Bros. In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, it was destroyed by the bombardments of the rebellious side, which left only the structure of what had been a beautiful neoclassical construction standing.
The transformation into a museum was carried out by Ramón Guardiola Rovira, an art-loving lawyer who arrived in Figueras in 1960. The mayor found it strange that Figueras had done nothing for his most illustrious son, and invited the artist to give a painting as a gift to the local museum. Dalí replied that he was willing to donate an entire museum and suggested that the city’s theatre, then destroyed and abandoned, should be the venue. This theatre had a particular significance for Dalí, as he had exhibited his first two works there in 1918 on the occasion of a painting exhibition.
Figueres
The current name derives from Ficaris, from the Visigoth period. In 1267 King James I of Aragon granted it privileges and years later Hugo IV, Count of Ampurias, set it on fire.
From the old wall stands the Gorgot tower, integrated into the Dalí Theatre-Museum. In the 19th century Figueras was the driving force behind a renovated sardana by the hand of José Ventura.
During the 19th century it acquired notoriety and strength, was granted the title of city and became a centre of republican and federalist ideas.
During the Spanish Civil War it was loyal to the government of the Second Republic. It was heavily bombarded by the coup army, especially at the end of the campaign in Catalonia, when thousands of refugees crossed the city in the direction of France to go into exile. Among these refugees was the government of the Republic itself, including Azaña or Negrín, the Catalan government and the Basque government. It is worth remembering that it was also the last place where the Republican Courts met.
In the 1950s the recovery of the city began to manifest itself, consolidating itself with the beginning of tourism and development in the 1960s.
Also from Figueras Narciso Monturiol, inventor of the submarine ship ‘Ictineo’, Salvador Dalí, a well-known surrealist painter and singer Mónica Naranjo.
Girona
Gerona is known as the pearl of northern Catalonia for its wealth of heritage and art. Its historic quarter or Barri Vell is delimited in the east by the so-called Paseo de la Muralla, the ring road of the ancient Carolingian walls (ix century) and the lower Middle Ages (xiv and xv centuries). Its monuments include the Call, an old Jewish quarter, one of the best preserved in Spain, as well as the colourful Casas del Oñar, built on the banks of the river and very close to the cathedral, with the widest nave in the world in Gothic style.
In 2016, the city was awarded the European Prize, a distinction awarded annually by the Council of Europe, since 1955, to those municipalities that have made remarkable efforts to promote the ideal of European unity.
The cathedral of Santa María de Girona is located at the highest point of the city; it has the widest Gothic nave in the world, with a total width of 22.98 meters. Its construction began in the xi century in Romanesque style, following in the xiii|XIII century] with Gothic, preserving only the Romanesque cloister of the xii|XII century]] and the tower of the same period dating from 1040; it was finished in the xviii century. It is of cultural interest.
Next to it is the old Episcopal palace, now the seat of the Girona Art Museum.
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