Private Guided Tours of Barcelona and Girona with Dolça!
Born and raised in a small town in the Catalunya countryside, Dolça is a licensed local guide who lived in Barcelona for many years and is now based out of Girona, a lovely city at the start of the Costa Brava.
With a Bachelors’ degree in Art History and a Master’s in Theater Studies, Dolça is our go-to for anything and everything having to do with art, architecture, history, and culture in Barcelona and throughout the wider region.
As a guide, she’s done a bit of everything, but nowadays she mostly leads walking tours of Barcelona and Girona, focused on showing off the highlights of her cities balanced out with a nice mix of local, lesser-known areas and attractions.
A note from Dolça
“Hola and welcome to Catalunya, dear travelers! It would be my pleasure to show you around my region and my cities, and to help you understand what makes this part of Spain so special.
But first, let me tell you a bit about myself! It’s always hard to describe oneself, but for me the first word that comes to my mind is the Mediterranean. The color, the cultures, the food. Everything around the Mediterranean feels like home to me!
I grew up in a small town in the Empordà area, well known for its seaside area: Costa Brava, near the town of Figueres, the hometown of Salvador Dalí. I have lived between Barcelona and Costa Brava for the last fifteen years and I’m proud to feel like a true ambassador of Catalonia. The region boasts some of life’s best pleasures: good weather, excellent food, theaters, compelling museums, memorable festivals, and, of course, the sparkling expanse of the Mediterranean Sea.
Since 2012 I have been a certified tour guide in English, Italian, Spanish and Catalan, with a bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of Barcelona and lately, I have finished a Master’s degree in Theater studies. I am fascinated by art, theatre, history and architecture.
I am open-minded, responsible and creative by nature. I love being a tour guide because I am passionate about sharing experiences with new people, and always do my very best to make sure that every traveler’s experience is totally unique. I invite curious, like-minded visitors to join me on immersive, locally-minded and truly memorable adventures!”
Barcelona City Center Walking Tour
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: $280 USD
Price includes: Your guide
Max participants: 8
Note: All tours are private (only you and your group)
Barcelona’s historic center is still today the heart of the city, and it’s a place where thousands of years of history mix with modern, everyday life.
The Gothic Quarter, El Born, Las Ramblas, La Barceloneta… these are some of the city’s most storied neighborhoods, and they’re the perfect place to get an introduction to this fabulous place! And there’s no better way to discover them than on foot, weaving from one neighborhood to the next.
We’ll typically start in Plaça Catalunya, one of Barcelona’s central squares, and will then make our way to the famous Las Ramblas street, passing by La Boqueria market, and continuing until we reach the Gothic Quarter.
Here, we’ll see the Roman walls, the Cathedral, City Hall, the little Jewish Quarter, and the maze of narrow medieval streets that connect them all.
Continuing on to the El Born neighborhood, we’ll stop by the UNESCO Palau de la Musica Catalana music hall, the Mercat de Santa Caterina, and the Mercat del Born which is actually not a market, but rather a set of medieval ruins. We’ll also see many churches here (too many to name!), including Santa Maria del Mar.
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Finally, we’ll reach the old fisherman’s quarter of La Barceloneta, which sits beside the Mediterranean sea - the perfect place to finish our walk.
During the tour, we’ll make a few stops to refuel whenever you get hungry or thirsty, visiting an ice cream shop, a little hole in the wall serving churros, and a bar for a cold beer.
We’re going to cover a lot of ground together and will see a good portion of the historic center, so make sure you wear some comfortable walking shoes. Ready to see the city? Let’s explore!
Girona’s Medieval Streets Walking Tour
Duration: 2.5-3 hours
Cost: $210 USD + $15 per person for entrance tickets (tickets free for children under 7)
Price includes: Your guide, entrance tickets to the Arab Baths and Cathedral
Max participants: 8
Note: All tours are private (only you and your group)
Girona, the main/capital city in the Costa Brava area, is a quaint medieval town founded by the Romans. A city built along hills, it’s filled with atmospheric winding streets that lead from the lovely riverside district up to the imposing hilltop cathedral.
On our tour, we’ll see the La Rambla street (rather small compared to Barcelona’s), The Eiffel bridge, designed by the same Gustav Eiffel who made the famous tower in Paris, and we’ll weave our way through the narrow alleys of the charming, medieval Jewish Quarter.
We’ll make a special stop at the Arab Baths (which are not actually Arab at all) and will head inside to see the magnificent entrance hall.
From here, it’s time to head uphill until we reach the Cathedral, which looks out over the city and surrounding area. Built in a mix of Romanesque and Gothic styles, the cathedral has the widest Gothic nave in the world, so we’ll step inside to tour this masterpiece.
Next up on our walk is the remaining portion of the city’s medieval walls, right behind the cathedral, which we’ll climb up and stroll along to enjoy the view.
Girona is also known for a few special sweets that are unique to the city, so while we explore you’ll have the option to stop in at various little shops to try some of the local delicacies.
Discover Salvador Dalí in Figueres
Duration: 3-4 hours
Cost: $280 USD + $42 per person for entrance tickets’s (tickets free for children under 7)
Price includes: Your guide, entrance tickets to Teatro-Museo Dalí and Dalí’s childhood home
Max participants: 8
Note: All tours are private (only you and your group)
Salvador Dalí is Catalunya’s most famous artist, and his surrealist works are among the strangest and most delightful that you’ll find anywhere in Europe.
Although he lived in Barcelona, Madrid, France, and the United States, he was born and raised in the little town of Figueres, just inland from the Costa Brava.
The town itself doesn’t have the charm of many Spanish towns, as it was largely destroyed during intensive bombings by the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), but it has two fantastic sights: the Theater-Museum Dalí, designed by Dalí himself, and his childhood home, which is now a museum.
So, for anyone interested in Dalí, a trip to Figueres, his hometown, is an absolute must. We’ll start our visit with the artists’ largest surrealistic artwork, the Theater-Museum, which Dalí designed in his later years after he’d returned to Spain. Here, be ready for one very unusual art museum, with surprises like a rainy taxi, a portrait of Mae West that is a living room, and his very strange jewelry.
Expect to spend about 2 hours in the museum.
Afterwards, we’ll continue on to the Salvador Dalí House, the artist’s childhood home, which has recently been turned into a very nice museum.
To end the tour, we’ll go for a short stroll around the town.
Build Your Own Walking Tour
Duration: 4 hour minimum
Cost: $70 USD per hour
Price includes: Your guide
Max participants: 8
Note: All tours are private (only you and your group
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Want to design a completely tailor-made tour of Barcelona? Let’s do it!
I guide all types of tours around Barcelona so am happy to work with you to design a unique, personalized tour of anywhere in the city and focused on whatever you’re interested in (street art, history, museums, architecture, neighborhoods, food, or anything else).
My walking tours are always a minimum of 4 hours, but where we go and what we do can be totally adapted to you!
When you book a “build your own” tour with me, I'll ask you to provide some initial details about what you’d like to see and do in the city, and then I'll reach out via email to discuss options and come up with a plan.