Barcelona Guide Bureau’s guide opinions: Mercè Mill

Why Barcelona Guide Bureau (what is the difference between you and other guides) ?
Because BGB is all in one: booking, advising, regular tours, private tours etc…Why Barcelona is a “ must “ ?
Because it is a great combination: location, history, important buildings, the sea.

Your favourite place in Barcelona and why ?
The small streets in the old town, narrow and unknown, away from most of the famous avenues and buildings.

A curiosity about Montserrat
Above the Monastery we can still see the remainders of a former watch tower, which was built with the same stone of the mountains, and you can’t see it if you don’t look carefully.

A Curiosity about the Park Güell
If you don’t know the history of this place and you are in front of the main gate, you may think that “Park” in Catalan has exactly the same spelling as in English.

A curiosity about the Sagrada Familia.

The model that Gaudí used to carve the soldier, in this façade, was a young man that only had 4 toes on one of his feet, so the sculpture only has 4 toes as well: “if the nature made him so, I will represent him exactly”, said Gaudí.

A curiosity about Montjuic.
The sand  stone from Montjuic was used to construct the whole city from the Romans until the last century. We can say that all of us have a piece of this mountain under our feet.

A curiosity about Gaudí.
The word gaudy and Gaudí´s name: are they related?

A curiosity about Catalan people.
We have a North European way of behaviing with a South European way of enjoying life.

Three tips to enjoy Barcelona.
Good weather especially in winter.
Variety of attractions, able to please very different visitors (different things to do or visit).
In summer you can enjoy the beach in the middle of a big capital city.