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I am José Gómez and the founder of Looking Barcelona. I provide tours to discover this amazing city. To contact me : hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Today we're talking about the Banksy Museum, the world's leading street artist. Even if you're not particularly interested in urban art, the museum will show you a new way of using art.
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My name is José, I am licensed guide in Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover this wonderful city I would like to be your guide in Barcelona. Write me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com TEENS IN BARCELONA: BEST THING TO DO Do you want to visit Barcelona with teenagers? Do you want them to have a good time? Don't know where to start? In the next 5 minutes I am going to propose 5 activities that both teenagers and children love and enjoy very much. In addition to learning many interesting things. Some tapas that teens love: Patatas bravas. They are fried potatoes cut into cubes with a spicy sauce. ham croquettes, padron peppers... which are small fried green peppers, Calamares a la romanad… They are squid cut into rings and fried, as well as the Spanish tortilla. MACBA.es is the Museum of Contemporary Art located in the skaters' square. The MOCO, a surprising museum that brings modern art to teenagers https://mocomuseum.com/es/locations/barcelona to contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Would you like to discover a modern museum full of original works? Do you like pop and street art artists like Banksy, Basquiat or Warhol, all in one place in Barcelona? In the next 5 minutes I am going to talk you about one of my favorite Museums, located in the charming neighborhood known as Born. My name is José Gómez, licensed guide of Barcelona. I have a small company called Looking Barcelona, where I provido private guided tours to discover this wonderful city. If you visit Barcelona…. I would love… to be… your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Would you want to take a walk down a street where you find gardens, art galleries and charming corners? Do you want to discover a street in Barcelona that is consider one of the 10 best streets in the world! In the next 5 minutes I'm going to tell you about a place that has become one of the favorite places for Barcelona people: A new green area in the city: Carrer (carrer means street) Consell de Cent in Barcelona I'm José Gómez, licensed Barcelona guide. I have a small company called Looking Barcelona, where I provide private guided tours to discover this wonderful city. If you visit Barcelona... I would love to be your guide. write me! Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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Have you ever wondered what is the best time to visit Barcelona? Did you know that Barcelona has a perfect season for each type of traveler? My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com In the next 5 minutes I am going to EXPLAIN to you what is the best mont to visit Barcelona. I am José Gómez, licensed guide. I have a small company called Looking Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover this wonderful city. I leave you my email in the podcat notes. And if you visit Barcelona…remember… I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com I'm José, Licensed guide in Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover the city. Do you like pools? Do you want to enjoy a huge pool located in an emblematic place? Do you dream of a pool where you could have a drink enjoying spectacular views of Barcelona? In the next 5 minutes I am going to talk you one of the most spectacular outdoor pools in the city where you can play, enjoy and swimming during summer months. Olympic pool in Montjuïc: https://guia.barcelona.cat/en/detall/piscines-municipals-montjuic_92086000228.html Bar Salts: https://www.saltsmontjuic.com/en/horaris/ If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com What is the cheapest way to get around Barcelona? How much is a metro ticket? Where do you buy metro tickets? Did you know that the Barcelona SUBWAY is considered one of the best in Europe? In the next 5 minutes I am going to EXPLAIN YOU HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR SUBWAY PASS IN BARCELONA, and I am also going to give you some tips that will help you travel by SUBWAY. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona with kidsy: a day in the snow. Barcelona with children Today we will talk about where to enjoy snow with children near Barcelona. Today we do a funny activity. assure you that you and your little ones will enjoy it very much. It's a snowshoe hike. In this podcast I explay you everything: how to organize it? How to arrive and some usuful tips. Where? In Guils ski resort: https://www.guils.com/ To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com I provide guided tours to discover Barcelona.
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My name is José, a licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona If you want to visit Barcelona, I would love to be your guide. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Do you like wandering around the medieval part of the cities? Do you want to discover a charming area of Barcelona? In the next 5 minutes I'm going to recommend one of my favorite areas of the city, located in the charming Born neighborhood. This is a neighborhood with a medieval origin and that today has become one of the most fashionable areas in Barcelona. I'm José Gómez, licensed guide of Barcelona. I have a small company called Looking Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover this wonderful city. We are talking about Plaza de Jaume Sabartés. One of the streets leading off the square leads to Calle Montcada. If we continue straight ahead we reach Calle Barra de Ferro where the European Museum of Modern Art is located. In Montcada street you will find: Picasso Museum, Mocco Museum, Palau Dalmases where you can enjoy flamenco shows and Xampanyet bar with sparkling white wine. It is a very lively area, full of shops, medieval palaces and charming corners. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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My name is Jose. I am a licensed guide in Barcelona. I provide private guide tours to discover Barcelone. I would like to be your guide in Barcelona . Write me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Do you like shopping? What is the famous shopping street in Barcelona? Don't know where to start? In the next 5 minutes I am going to explain to you which are the 3 best areas to go shopping in Barcelona and they are also 3 very different areas from each other, where you will find very original objects, also enjoying the city since they are located in very emblematic places. Zone 1 Paseo de Gracia, Rambla de Cataluña and El Corte Inglés in Plaza Cataluña. Zone 2 El Born and its streets: Calle (street) de la Barra de Ferro, Calle Montcada, Banys Vells, Grunyí, d'en Rosic, Mirallers. Zone 3 The La Boquería Market and its Escribà pastry shop
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My name is José. I provide private guided tours in Barcelona Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Would you like to visit Barcelona with teenagers and don't know where to start? Do you want them to have a great time? What to do in Barcelona with children and teenagers? In the next 5 minutes I am going to propose 5 activities that both teenagers and children love and enjoy very much. In addition to learning many interesting things. I am José Gómez, licensed guide of Barcelona. I have a small company Looking Barcelona, where I provide private guided tours to discover this wonderful city. The skaters' square in Barcelona is the "Plaça dels Angels". In this square you will find Macba. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona. The tapas that young people like are usually: patatas bravas, croquettes, especially these ones made of ham, padrón peppers and Roman-style squid. On the Port Aventura website you can find out all the details if you want to visit the park: https://www.portaventuraworld.com/ My contact is hello@lookingbarcelona.com Greetings
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My name is José and I organise private tours to discover Barcelona. I would like to be your guide in Barcelona. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Do you like wine? Did you know that .Spain is one of the most important wine producers in the world? Do you want to learn about one of the best white wines in Spain? Today we talk about one of my favourite white wines in Spain: Chadornay Enate 234. Denomination of Origin: Somontano Another Denominations of Origin in Spain for white wine are: -Albariño -Rueda. The variety that they produce is Verdejo. It is another escellent white wine. It is very fresh and dry. -Somontano -Cava. They produce our spanish champagne called Cava. It is delicious. Do not hesitate to write me if you want to visit Barcelona.
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My name is José, licensed guide from Barcelona. I provide private guided tours to discover Barcelona Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com How do I get from Barcelona cruise port to city Centre? Would you like to make the most of your stop?? Can you walk into Barcelona from a cruise ship? Is it easy to get a taxi from Barcelona cruise port? In the next 5 minutes I will explain to you what are the 3 best ways to get from the port of Barcelona, where the cruise ships stop, to the city center so you can start discovering this wonderful city. Option 1. with private transfer Option 2 with a taxi Option 3 with the port bus. Here you will find useful information: timetables, prices, etc. To learn more about port bus: https://cruisebus.barcelona/en/ Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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Do you want to discover Park Güell by Gaudi? My name is Jose. I am licensed guide of Barcelona and I do private tours. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Would you like to visit Park Gëll also known as Gaudi Parc? You do not know where to start ? Don't worry...I will help you. If you have just 4 minutes, I will explain you some very interesting things about The Park...... and some tips to make the most of your visit to this work by Antonio Gaudi. Park Güell today is a parc a garden, but the original idea was to make it a residential area. How much time do you need at Park Guell? The Park is very big in extent: 40 eicres. but do not worry. the monumental area where there are all pretty things that Gaudi did... is smaller. You can visit it around 1 hour.. Why is Park Guell so famous? On one side you can admire the work of the famous architect Gaudi. The Park is like a fairy tale, withfantastic houses. Gaudi was inspired by the tale of Hansel and Gretel, they are like gingerbread houses. also ..The Park is located on a hill, so you can enjoy a beautiful view of the city of Barcelona: the hills surrounding the city and the the mediterranean sea. Do you have to pay for Gaudi park? You have to buy a ticket to enter. The Park was free until 2013. The Park is classified by UNESCO and can be damaged by the millions of visitors there each year. It is important to purchase tickets as early as possible as access is limited. Which metro station for Parc Güell? The best metro statin is Lesseps. Afterwards it takes around 10 minutes to get there. Don't worry because it is very well signposted. What is the best time of day to visit Park Güell? The Park is always beautiful. There is a special charm. I love the light, the colors of the vegetation combined with the blue of the sea. Can you do Sagrada Familia and Park Güell in one day? Yes of course, I offer a guided tour of the Park Güell combined with another work by Gaudi: La Sagrada Familia. The combined tour lasts 3 hours. It is a private tour. Just for you, your family or your group of friends. I have a small company "Looking Barcelona" from where I offer guided tours to discover Barcelona. Do not hesitate to contact me. you have my email in the notes...I would love to be your guide in Barcelona! Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona for kids. Enjoy and learn in Science Museum Today I will talk about an ideal museum to go with children. a museum designed for them. This is the Barcelona Science Museum, known as Cosmo Caixa Barcelona. The museum is very interesting. It is full of activities, exhibitions and guided tours so that children can learn while having fun. It is also very interesting for adults. Of course, you will be surprised by many exhibits. The building is beautiful too. Its architecture is very modern. It incorporates a 19th century building with the most modern architecture. This is the website of Cosmo Caixa de Barcelona. You can check how to get there, timetables, prices and the activities it offers: https://cosmocaixa.org/es/ I provide private guided tours in Barcelona. Tours to discover Gaudí, La Sagrada Familia, La Casa Batlló, the Gothic Quarter, food tours and more.. You can contact me here: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Visit Barcelona as a family with José
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona with children The Labyrinth Park Today I'm talking to you about a very fun park: the Labyrinth Park. A large public garden in which there is a maze made of cipresse cypresses. It is an ideal place for your little ones. They can run around, The metro station is called Mundet. Official site of the park. (prices, schedules, etc.) https://www.barcelona.cat/es/what-to-do-in-bcn/parks-and-gardens/parque-del-laberint-dhorta_92086011952.html I provide guided tours to discover the city: To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com www.lookingbarcelona.com/en
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com hello@lookingbarcelona.com How to buy your tickets for la Sagrada Familia Would you like to visit La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona? You don´t know the best way to purchase tickets for La Sagrada Familia ? In the next 5 minutes, I will explain you the best way to buy your tickets for La Sagrada Familia. Where to buy your ticket.. and the answer is simple on the official website. https://sagradafamilia.org/es/tickets There are many SITES that offer Sagrada Familia tickets. Be careful where you buy your tickets. Some sites add excessive commissions. The Sagrada Familia is the most visited site in Spain. • There are 4,500,000 visitors per year. • That's about 15,000 people a day. So… It is very important to buy your tickets in advance. Let me give you… some tips for buying La Sagrada Familia tickets • It is mandatory to buy your tickets online. • Because There are no ticket offices. •Buy yourtickets a few days before the visit because the access to the interior it is limited. • you will receive your tickets on your e mail.You do not need to print them, so jsut to show them on your mobile. • You must select the day and time of your visit. • You can stay inside as long as you want.
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona with kids: Where to change Pokémon cards in Barcelona Do you have a lot of duplicate Pokémon cards? Today we're talking about a place where your little ones can have fun changing their Pokemon cards with other kids. This place is "el Mercat de Sant Antoni". Saint Antoni food Market The inside of the market is closed on Sundays but outside there are plenty of stalls selling second-hand books and also small groups of childre gather around the market changing cards. Children with their parents who, full of enthusiasm, show their collections to change the repeated cards. They are usually located at the corner of Compte Urgell and Carrer Tamarit streets. The metro station is "Sant Antoni". The area around Sant Antoni Market is one of my favorite places in the city. It is full of small restaurants of all kinds of cuisines and charming little corners to discover A typical place of Barcelona and cosmopolite at a time If you want to write to me, here is my email: I provide private tours to discover the city. hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com A Premium tapas tour in Barcelona Do you want to TASTE THE BEST TAPAS IN BARCELONA? You don't know where to start? The solution is... A private tapas tour.. I provide a 2 hour private tapas tour. You will visit 2 of the best tapas restaurants in Barcelona. In addition to tasting delicious tapas, I will tell you many interesting things about Spanish gastronomy. The most classic tapas in Spain are: Las patatas bravas, los pimientos del Padrón, las croquetas, el jamón and the tortilla de patatas. Price of the guided tour: €145 per group up to 6 people. This is a private tour. Ask me for a quote for a larger group. The price does not include tapas. The price of each tapa is around €7. The average price for tapas and drinks is around €35-40 per person. I'm José Gómez, licensed Barcelona guide and a foody. After studying cooking for 3 years, I traveled to several countries to discover world gastronomy. I have worked in Michelin restaurants and I am in love with Spanish cuisine. Since 2009, I provide private tours to discover Barcelona. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com
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I Provide charming GUIDED TOURS in BARCELONA. Contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Would you like to know the places where the famous novel the Shadow of the Wind runs in Barcelona? I provide a tour about this Best Seller by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. My name is José Gómez. I am a full time license guide of Barcelona and I organize tours in Barcelona. if you love this book, you will enjoy discovering the places that you have imagined reading the book. I remember the first time I read this novel, it blew me away. The story takes place in the Barcelona of 1945, a city marked by a recent Civil War. It is about a teenager Daniel Sampere who finds a novel called the Shadow of the Wind. A novel that will arouse in him a great curiosity about its author. During the investigation, Daniel will meet characters, he will go on adventures and even he will find the love. The novel takes place in the most beautiful places in Barcelona.