OUR GUIDES
The Barcelona CicloTour team of trained guides knows the historical details but also the fascinating experiences of the day to day life, offering a view of the streets and symbolic places of Barcelona from the perspective of those living a Barcelonan life. The languages available for the CicloTour are: English, French, Dutch, Italian, German and Spanish. Ask for other languages.
Wim Haghenbeek
Barcelona is a city with many faces: the labyrinth of the old town, the wide avenues of the 19th century Eixample and a provincial atmosphere disguised in cosmopolitan big city clothes. Because the city has grown little by little every district looks like a town on its own with a distinctive atmosphere and architecture. You could call it a giant puzzle.
A puzzle that is bordered by two natural frontiers: the Mediterranean and the Collserola hills with the best panoramic views of Barcelona. The hills are home to a beautiful natural park of more than 6500 hectares full of hike and bike paths. A lot of locals are not aware of the wide range of fauna and flora right at their backdoor.
Sonja P�hlmann
I am living in Barcelona because of its laid-back lifestyle.
Although the city is moving and buzzing a lot day and night, it remains relaxed at the same time.
Barcelona can�t be called a typical Spanish city because quite a vast quantity of its inhabitants especially those living in the city centre- comes from all over the world.
In the morning you buy the city�s best bread in a trendy Icelandic bakery, for lunch you order a delicious menu at a beautiful Norwegian caf�, and later at night you have dinner in a Pakistani, Brazilian,Senegalese, Argentinean, Philippine, Moroccan or German restaurant.
The city also offers many inspiring cultural events any day of the week all year long; and if you prefer to take it easy and relax, you can hang out at the beach or have a walk in the nearby mountains. You can even go skiing in the Pyrenees during the winter months. Barcelona offers a lot to everybody, no matter what cultural background or age, and as the sky is blue most of the year, it gives a great opportunity to explore the city by bike.
Elisabeth Fernandez Dabringer
I love the multicultural vibration of my neighborhood, the Raval, and the cosy and characteristic ambiance of the Gracia district wit
its narrow and silent streets during the siesta hours.
I love the presence of the sea without which I cannot imagine living here, not forgetting the nearby mountains for hiking and biking.
A big luxury just a few blocks from my house is the Boqueria market where my culinary inspirations are born. As my husband is a professional musician I am also immersed often in Barcelona´s cultural scene.
Tullis Rennie
Photos by Paola de Grenet
Barcelona CicloTour · c. Tallers. 45 (only 50 mts from Pza-Catalunya) · 08001· Barcelona · Tel. (0034) 93 317 19 70
