Food Tours In Barcelona

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Tourist dining on a seafood platter in Barcelona with a local

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When in Osaka
make sure to try
“kushikatsu”!

See the city like
you would with a friend who lives there

The best private food tours and experiences in Barcelona

Barcelona has a food scene fueled by tradition, modern influences, and unbridled creativity. Catalan cuisine is a colorful patchwork quilt of textures and tastes, with small plates at tiny tapas bars ranging from simple, tasty dishes to bold, complex flavors. Barcelona food tours are a discovery of the city’s heritage through its world-renowned cuisine. Between authentic bodega, futuristic fusion restaurants, and hole-in-the-wall pintxo bars, foodies are bound to be overwhelmed with choice. Luckily, our food tours give you a bonus that a guidebook never could: a food-obsessed local guide to lead you to the best food in Barcelona to suit your palate.

Meet some our foodie local hosts in Barcelona

Like the people who travel with us, they have different backgrounds and interests – but they’re all so passionate about the place they call home, they choose to spend their free time sharing it with the like-minded travelers matched to them.

We’ve handpicked them and we’ll match you to your perfect one!

Tourists enjoying Mercat de la Boqueria on a food tour in Barcelona

The Catalan culinary heritage

Traditional cuisine in this region is a true celebration of the Mediterranean. Fresh seafood, small game, excellent olive oil, and a (very) generous amount of garlic almost always feature in the best food in Barcelona. Each local dish reveals something unique about the city. Classic dishes showcase its culinary creativity, with several featuring unusual or surprising combinations – like fideuà, Barcelona’s take on paella that uses vermicelli noodles as the base. Our Barcelona food tours will help you tick off new tastes and learn about the Catalan culture in the process.

A plate of fresh food from a food tour in Barcelona

Barcelonian tapas at its most traditional

If there’s one Catalan food trend that’s truly taken over the world, it’s tapas. These small plates of bite-sized deliciousness originated in Spain, so it goes without saying that Barcelona does it best. In fact, Barcelona food tours might very easily turn into tapas tours. Cozy tapas bars are scattered throughout the city, welcoming locals for pre-dinner snacks and drinks. Most of these casual hang-outs don’t even have a menu, so your local insider will come in handy for deciphering each dish! (Be sure to try favorites like fried squid and bread rubbed with olive oil, tomato, and garlic.)

View of a restaurant on a food tour in Barcelona

From humble markets to Michelin meals

Food tours in Barcelona reveal a simple truth: nothing about this city’s culinary culture is pretentious. Although the new school of local chefs has given Barcelona a reputation for molecular gastronomy, high-end dining is never stuffy – the atmosphere in a 5-star restaurant is as warm and inviting as the 15-seat tapas bar next door. Our food tours through the city’s gastronomic gems uncover spectacular cuisine everywhere from buzzing market stalls and no-frills bars to trendy cafés and upmarket eateries, all of which make the experience of eating in Barcelona such a delight.

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Latest reviews from our guests

Our tour guide Alan gave us a wonderful intro to the city. He clearly loves his city and appreciates its history--as well as its present. A thoughtful and sweet man, he accommodated our need for breaks (after our 24 hours of traveling the previous day!) and took us to interesting and fun areas, including his favorite plaza in the world!

March 2023

Kathleen S
We enjoyed our time with our guide Allan, who so clearly loves his city and appreciates its history--as well as its present. We filled out a questionnaire prior to the tour so he had an idea of our interests. He was thoughtful and creative in our tour, sharing some off-the-beaten-path as well as traditional areas with us. He respected our stamina (or lack thereof, having flown in the day before) and accommodated our needs for brief breaks, charting courses to allow for that! By the end of the tour, we had a feeling for the city and its magnificence.

March 2023

Kathleen S
We absolutely loved hanging out with Alan! He is a lot of fun to be around, and he is so knowledgeable about everything Barcelona — I feel like I know everything about Gaudi now after spending time with him. Alan was also really awesome about communicating with us before and even after our tour and was happy to offer us opinions and suggestions on places to go. I can’t recommend a tour with Alan enough — thank you so much!!

March 2023

Kathleen S
Alan was amazing! He was energetic, knowledgeable and friendly. We saw all of the hidden gems in Barcelona, and he gave us tips and recommendations for the remainder of our stay. He was fabulous! Highly recommend!

March 2023

Andrea R