Barcelona Guide Bureau’s guide opinions: Abel Roca

Why Barcelona Guide Bureau (what is the difference between you and other guides).

We try to connect with visitors so they enjoy a unique experience, and sometimes we turn them into friends.Why Barcelona is a “must”.

Because it is combination and balance. People from everywhere, food from everywhere. Old and new. Mountain and sea, history and modernity, culture and sport…

Your favourite place in Barcelona and why.
The courtyard in the former hospital of the Holy Cross is an island of calm in the middle of the old town…the Greenhouse in  Ciutadella Park….there are many

A curiosity about Montserrat.
Until year 2003 an hermit lived in one of the many chapels up on the mountain, alone

A curiosity about Park Güell.
Some people link the market with the legend of Hercules

A curiosity about Sagrada Familia.
Gaudi moved to Sagrada Familia to be close to the workers

A curiosity about Montjuïc.
Many of the stones used to build the city came from the quarries there

A curiosity about Gaudí.
The tiles he designed for a building are still  in production today

A curiosity about Catalan people.
The national Day we celebrate on September 11th is the anniversary of a defeat.

Three tips to enjoy Barcelona.
Go for tapas, walk the narrow streets and ……”come and I’ll tell you”