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August in Barcelona: Architecture, Summer, and Gaudí’s Legacy

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August is just around the corner, and it brings a truly special milestone: this year Barcelona is celebrating the Antoni Gaudí Centenary. There is no better time to discover the genius of Modernism, Gaudí and the architecture of Barcelona! Summer in Barcelona is the perfect moment to walk the city and learn from the enduring lessons of the master architects who designed it.

During the month of August, we adjust our schedule to help you get the most out of your holiday:

  • We will keep our signature BARCELONA & GAUDI walking tour running in its regular, public schedule.
  • All our other main routes—The Future City, Urbanism, The Sea, and Gothic to Modern—will be available in private format.

Our 2026 Summer Tours Lineup

  • BARCELONA & GAUDI (Available in Regular & Private formats) Spend a great morning discovering the creative genius of Antoni Gaudí and the wider history of Barcelona’s unique architecture.

  • BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY (Available via Private Booking) Walk through our smart-city looking towards the future and discover the innovative Superblock (Superilla) at Poblenou.

  • BARCELONA & URBANISM (Available via Private Booking) Travel with us to the origins of modern Barcelona! Take a journey back to the nineteenth-century guidelines and layout planned by Ildefons Cerdà on the plain of Barcelona.

  • BARCELONA & THE SEA (Available via Private Booking) Discover the history of Barcelona through its maritime architecture.

  • BARCELONA & GOTHIC TO MODERN (Available via Private Booking) See Barcelona through the eyes of Enric Miralles.

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The Private Tour Advantage

The private option is the best format to fit your summer schedule. It gives your family or group an exclusive, total immersion experience with an expert guide dedicated solely to you—offering total flexibility, comfort, and the best way to escape the summer crowds.

  • Looking ahead: From September 1st, we fully return to our standard program with our Regular Tours at €47.50/pax and our full catalog of Private Tours!

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Why walk with us?

All our leading guides are practicing architects, most of whom are professors of architecture or critics. This top professionalism provides a wide spectrum of knowledge that only Barcelona Architecture Walks can provide. We walk with our own critical perspective and a wry smile because… we love architecture!

Come and walk with us and live a fantastic experience!!!

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Five tours to enjoy this summer in Barcelona

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The summer has arrived!  If you are planning your holiday time and are going to spend a few days in Barcelona, or you live in the city and feel like, now that you have more free time, discovering the city from a different point of view: Barcelona Architecture Walks led by architects that invite you to experience our city through its buildings and the lessons of its master architects, with five tours to enjoy this summer in Barcelona!

 

BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY walk through the smart-city looking for our Future and discover with us the new Superblock at Poblenou. Every Monday.

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This is an urban walking reflection on the main aims of urbanism and how they have been applied in the 22@ district in Poblenou. This was once a neighborhood full of small factories that is now being revitalized in an attempt to recapture the spirit of it’s industrial heyday.

 

BARCELONA & GAUDI a great start to discover the genius of Gaudí. Every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday as Regular Walking tour. And Monday and Wednesday as a Private Tour.

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Along the Modernism Route, we will trace the sinuous dream path that took Antoni Gaudí from his social concerns to a total absorption with the divine, until he finally became “the last great cathedral builder. A great morning discovering the genius of Gaudí and Barcelona architecture.

 

BARCELONA & THE MARKET see Barcelona through the eyes of Enric Miralles. Every Friday.

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With the aim of truly enjoying Enric Miralles’s work, we propose a journey of initiation that will attempt to be loyal to the architect’s words: “The architecture that interests me is capable of avoiding demagoguery and cannot hide the complex reality it comes from.”

 

BARCELONA & THE SEA  discover Barcelona through its architecture. Every Saturday.

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The intense conversation between Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea has been always about how the quest for order; this concept of order is confronted by the obstinate reality of urban chaos, which is precisely what makes it all so interesting! A calm trip from the origins of Barcelona to today’s skyline at the beach!

 

BARCELONA & THE URBANISM travel with us to the origins of the modern Barcelona. Every Wednesday.

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This is a trip to the origins of the guidelines laid out by Ildefons Cerdà on the plain of Barcelona. He was responsible for designing a 133m x 133m grid without borders, hierarchies or suburbs that has given Barcelona the status of an advanced city. Come and meet Ildefons Cerdà, the inventor of the science of urbanism.

Each route is driven by a set of themes and concepts that decode the city whilst stimulating new ways of thinking about and seeing Barcelona. Come and walk with us and live a fantastic experience to enjoy this summer in Barcelona!!!

All images by @theslowkind

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