Map guide Easy
Preview — Barcelona Highlights
Three free stops from the map guide — the basilica, the dragon house and the market.
See the tourFree
Spain
Barcelona
Roman walls, Gothic spires and Gaudí's stone waves, with the sea waiting at the bottom of every downhill street. Barcelona is best read on foot — one century, and one narrow lane, at a time.
Tours in Barcelona
Buy the map guide, a treasure hunt, or both. Each is a single payment. The free samples open with no payment and no account — start there if you would rather read us before you pay.
Map guides
Map guide Moderate
Barcelona Essentials
Twenty-four places across the whole city — six Gaudí buildings, the Gothic Quarter, the market, the beach, Montjuïc and the mountain — on one map.
See the tour€9.90
Treasure hunts
Treasure hunt Easy
Preview — Mini Treasure Hunt
Two riddles, two squares, two hundred metres. The labyrinth runs to seven.
See the tourFree
Treasure hunt Moderate
The Gothic Labyrinth
Seven riddles through the Barri Gòtic and El Born — two hours, two and a half flat kilometres.
See the tour€6.90
What the Barcelona guide covers
- Written in
- English and French
- Narrated in
- Not recorded yet — the guide is text
- Free to enter
- 11 of 24 stops
- What is on the map
- landmarks, churches & monasteries, food & drink, viewpoints, museums and parks & gardens
The map
- Landmarks
- Churches & monasteries
- Food & drink
- Viewpoints
- Museums
- Parks & gardens
Every stop on the Barcelona map
24 places, each with its own page giving the address, the opening hours and what a ticket gets you. Free to read even if you never buy anything.
- Arc de TriomfFree
A triumphal arch that celebrates a fair, not a war.
- Barcelona CathedralTicketed
A Gothic cathedral guarded by thirteen white geese.
- Casa BatllóTicketed
The house of bones — Gaudí's dragon on Barcelona's smartest street.
- Casa Milà (La Pedrera)Ticketed
Gaudí's stone wave, mocked as "the quarry" — now a UNESCO icon.
- Casa VicensTicketed
Gaudí's first house — built around the flowers he found growing on the plot.
- La BarcelonetaFree
The fishermen's grid of 1753, and the beach the Olympics gave back.
- La Boqueria MarketFree
The city's great food market, trading on this spot since 1217.
- La RamblaFree
The tree-lined promenade laid over a dried riverbed, running down to the sea.
- MNAC & the Montjuïc ViewpointFree
The palace steps with the city at their feet — and Romanesque treasure inside.
- Montjuïc CastleTicketed
The fortress that spent three centuries pointing its guns at Barcelona.
- Museu PicassoTicketed
Picasso's youth, hung through five medieval palaces on one street.
- Palau GüellTicketed
Gaudí's town palace, with a dome of stone pierced to look like stars.
- Palau de la Música CatalanaTicketed
A concert hall lit by a stained-glass sun, paid for by a choir.
- Parc de la CiutadellaFree
A park grown over the most hated fortress in the city's history.
- Park GüellTicketed
A failed luxury estate that became the city's dream garden.
- Plaça ReialFree
The one square in the old town with four matching sides — and two Gaudí lamps.
- Plaça de Sant JaumeFree
Catalonia's government and Barcelona's city hall, face to face.
- Plaça del ReiFree
The medieval royal courtyard, with a Roman city buried beneath it.
- Sagrada FamíliaTicketed
Gaudí's basilica — now the tallest church on earth.
- Sant Pau Recinte ModernistaTicketed
A hospital built as a garden village, on the theory that beauty helps you heal.
- Santa Maria del MarTicketed
The people's basilica, built with stones carried from Montjuïc on porters' backs.
- Spotify Camp NouTicketed
The stadium being rebuilt around a club that calls itself more than a club.
- The Magic Fountain of MontjuïcFree
Water, light and music on the steps below the palace — free, and running again since 2025.
- TibidaboFree
The mountain the Devil offered Christ, with a church and a funfair on top.
Questions about Barcelona
- How much does the Barcelona guide cost?
- The Barcelona city pass is €9.90 and lasts a year. Each treasure hunt is bought separately at €6.90 and lasts 180 days. There is no subscription and nothing renews.
- Do I need to book a time or meet a guide?
- No. Nobody is meeting you, and nothing starts at a fixed time. You buy it, it opens on your phone, and you walk it whenever you happen to be in Barcelona: before breakfast, after dinner, or spread over three separate days.
- What is the difference between the map guide and a treasure hunt?
- The map guide shows you every stop from the start and tells you about each one as you arrive. It is a guidebook you walk. A treasure hunt hides the stops behind riddles: you are told what to look for, not where it is, and each find is checked before the next riddle appears.
- Is admission to the museums and monuments included?
- No. What you buy is the guide, not the tickets. The pages tell you what each place charges and where booking ahead is the difference between walking in and going home. The treasure hunts are a separate case: they are built entirely around places that cost nothing to reach.
- What language is the Barcelona guide in?
- Barcelona is written in English and French. Every stop, every tip and every riddle is translated in full, not machine-translated from English. The narration for this city has not been recorded yet, so the guide is text for now.
- What is actually on the Barcelona map?
- 24 places: landmarks, churches & monasteries, food & drink, viewpoints, museums and parks & gardens. Each has its own page on this site with the address, the opening hours and what a ticket gets you, and the guide adds the story behind it and the tip only somebody who has stood there would write down.