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Four bars. One long table.

3 hours Four bars · food & drinks included Small group Book online · from €95
★ 4.9 Free cancellation up to 24h Accredited official guides Quoted per group — ask us

Not a food tour.
A night out with locals.

Four bars in the order a local would do them, with the dishes each one actually does well. You stand at the counter, you order in Spanish, and by the third stop you stop reading the menu.

Your guide is a local who eats in these places off the clock. Between stops you get the history of the neighbourhood, why vermut happens before lunch and never after, and how to tell a tourist trap from a hundred-year-old bar — a skill that pays for itself the rest of your trip.

It finishes at a long table, with everyone sharing what is left. Come hungry: this replaces dinner.

The route

We start the way the neighbourhood does: vermut, olives and something tinned that will surprise you.

Patatas bravas done properly, and the two schools of sauce that divide this city.

Whatever came in that morning — the stop that changes most often, and the one people remember.

We sit down. Cheese, embutidos, a glass of something local and the last stories of the night.

Four stops with food at each one. This replaces dinner — do not book a table afterwards.

Be at the meeting point 10 minutes early. We start at the stated time and cannot hold the group back — the route and the timings depend on it.

Duration
3 hours
Languages
Spanish · other languages as a private
Group size
Max 14 travellers
Meeting point
El Born

What makes it ours

  • 01 Four bars, not four restaurants. Counters, tiles and paper napkins on the floor.
  • 02 Food and drinks are included at every stop — no upselling halfway through.
  • 03 Small groups, so the bar still works normally while we are in it.
  • 04 Vegetarian and allergy versions arranged in advance — tell us when you book.

The route

00:00
Vermut & olives

We start the way the neighbourhood does: vermut, olives and something tinned that will surprise you.

00:45
The bravas argument

Patatas bravas done properly, and the two schools of sauce that divide this city.

01:30
Off the market

Whatever came in that morning — the stop that changes most often, and the one people remember.

02:15
The long table

We sit down. Cheese, embutidos, a glass of something local and the last stories of the night.

Student groups Request a programme

Programmes for schools and language academies: tapas hunts, city challenges and workshops instead of guided walks. Quoted per group, content adapted by age.

Teacher briefing and risk assessment on request. Trusted by EF Education First.

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What's included

  • Official local guide for the whole route
  • Food at all four stops
  • One drink per person at each bar
  • Vegetarian and allergy options, arranged in advance

Not included

  • Extra rounds beyond the included drink
  • Entry to any monument — this is a food route
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Tips
Two things to tell us when you book. Dietary requirements — vegetarian, coeliac, allergies — so the tastings are adjusted at every stop before you arrive. And wear comfortable shoes: three hours of this is on foot.
Meeting point

El Born,
by Santa Maria del Mar

Metro L4 Jaume I, five minutes away. Your guide waits in front of the basilica with the Walking Planets sign.

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Meeting point · El Born
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Before you book

Yes — for private and individual bookings, straight from this page, with instant confirmation. Cruise groups and schools are quoted per group instead: the timings, the number of stops and the drinks change, so a fixed online price would be wrong.

Yes. Four stops with two to three dishes each — people regularly tell us they could not finish the last one. Do not book a restaurant afterwards.

Tell us when you book and every stop gets a version that works for you — it is arranged with the bars in advance, not improvised at the counter. Coeliac and severe allergies: write to us first so we can be honest about which bars we can guarantee.

One more bar, half an hour more and a proper sit-down at the end. The three-stop version (€65) is the one to pick if you have dinner plans or you are short on time.

From €95 per person
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