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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

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

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.

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

A Premium tapas tour in Barcelona Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com 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

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. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com 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.

A Amazing Barcelona History tour Guided tours of Barcelona😄 Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com "Barcelona at a Glance" (2 hours) you will discover the city in a funny way. A guided tour for new comers to Barcelona Do you want to know a bit of history of Barcelona? Would you like to know who founded the city and a lot of interesting things that you can't even imagine? You will visit the Roman remains such as the wall and the aqueduct. You will explore medieval palaces, we walk through streets full of charm and small squares. You will pass through the Ramblas, the Raval neighborhood and old monasteries. You also discover the New Barcelona with the wonderful houses that Gaudí designed. To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

SOME IMPORTANT tips to travel to BARCELONA What are the best Barcelona travel tips ?😄 Guided tours in Barcelona Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona is a fantastic city: with good weather, good food, full of charming places, with a beautiful beach, charming people... but if you want to visit this wonderful city and want to make the most of it, there are 7 very important tips that you should not forget.😃 These tips are: 1. Plan what you are going to do during your stay in the city. I know that sometimes we like to improvise and feel free. Get up in the morning and decide over a cup of coffee your plan for the day. It is a romantic idea, but if you plan your trip you will take advantage of it much more: 2. Buy all the tickets for the monuments in advance. The Picasso Museum, Gaudí's houses, La Sagrada Familia... if you try to buy the tickets on the same day, they will surely be sold out or you will have to stand in long queues, which will make you lose a lot of time. Seriously... buy your tickets before... it's very easy. 3. Beware of the heat if you visit Barcelona in summer. Start your visits early in the morning, believe me. It's worth it and dedicate the afternoon to something more relaxed: enjoy the hotel pool or the beach. The months of June, July and August are very hot. If you visit Barcelona in summer: wear light colored clothes, they are cooler, a hat and a backpack with water. 4. Avoid eating on the Ramblas. Las Ramblas is a promenade where there are always hundreds of people walking and it is full of restaurants that offer paella and tapas. Tapas are small portions of food typical of Spain. Don't eat on the Ramblas. The food is of very poor quality and the price is expensive. 5. Hire a private guided tour with an official guide A guided tour will allow you to make the most of your time. You will visit the best of the monuments and you will not have to worry about anything. Just let yourself be led by the guide. Visiting a monument with an official guide is very enriching, it is as if they were telling you a story I have been organizing guided tours in Barcelona since 2009 and I love to see the expression of happiness of the participants in my guided tours when they discover surprising things. Write me and I will inform you more about my guided tours. I leave my address in the description of the episode. 6. Beware of pickpockets Barcelona has a problem with pickpockets, there are many: in the metro, on the street, in shops... It's a safe city, I mean there is no violence in the streets and you can go anywhere...but please avoid wearing jewelry, expensive watches. Do not leave your cell phone on the restaurant table and if you are carrying a backpack, carry it in front of you to avoid being opened from behind. 7. Visit original places There are neighborhoods that are not very visited by tourists but are charming: Some of my favorite neighborhoods are: The Sant Antoni Market. the metro stop is called Sant Antoni. It is a food market held in the 19th century. in 2018 it was completely renovated and today it is one of the most charming places in the city to walk. Do not miss the surroundings of the market, with its squares, its charming shops and its people. Another of my favorite neighborhoods is the neighborhood of Gracia. It is an old town that joined Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century. Even today you can breathe the atmosphere of a town. There are about 20 small squares and there are artists' workshops, small restaurants and a certain bohemian atmosphere. Look for the Verdi cinema which is considered the center of the neighborhood and from there just discover the neighborhood. and that's it. You can write me here: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

The 10 BEST things to sse in Barcelona Private tours of Barcelona with a local🙂 Contact : hello@lookingbarcelona.com Barcelona is a city full of charming places, museums and beautiful walks. I have selected for your my BEST TEN things to SEE in Barcelona, ​​ So in the next 5 minutes I will explain to you theses amazing places that you can not miss in Barcelona. And these places are: 1.Sagrada Familia 2.Park Güell 3.Camp Nou Stadium 4.Casa Batlló 5.La Pedrera 6.Gotic area 7.Picasso Museum 8.La Citadel Park 9.The beach 10. Gracia area I wait for you in Barcelona! José

Discover Barcelona in english with a private tour. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com😄 My name is José Gómez. I am a full time licensed guide in Barcelone In the next 5 minutes I will recommand to you the 3 top tours to discover the city. I have desight these three tour for those who are newcomers because I will explain to you, plenty of interesting thigs about the city: history, legens, customs,....... I am a foody, so I will show you some of our most delicius specialities, and these 3 tours are: 1.La Sagrada Familia and Park Güell Both sites were desight by Gaudi, the famous architect. And both are clasified by Unesco as Word heritache sites. La Sagrada Familia is the most visited monument in Spain. It is a very original church. It is fulll of colours, fantasy and symbols. Park Güel, today this is a garden,, but the original idea is to do a residential area for rich people, and Gaudi desigh everything. The second tour "Barcelone at a galnce". A 3 hours tour where I will show you the new and the old city: We will explore the most luxury street in Barcelona: Passeig de Gracia, we will see the outside of some amazing houses as: La Pedrera, La Casa Batlló by Gaudi. We will enter in the oldest part of Barcelona: Las Ramblas, Gothic area, the outside of the Cathedral, the roman walls and we will walk throuht charming streets and squares. This tour is ideal for those who are new comers to Barcelona. and the third tour is Picasso Museum with the Born area. Picasso was living in Barcelona and there is a Museum dedicated to him. A very interesting museum where you will learn a lot of things about this spanish artist and after we will explore the Born area. This is a Medieval area in Barcelona, today a fasionable area. Barcelona tours in english. Contact : hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Picasso Museum tour in Barcelona in english. A private tour 😃 Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com Are you intrige by Picasso? Do you know that in Barcelona there is a muesum dedicated to this brillian artist? Do you want to learn about his life and his work? - If the answer of this questions is yes, this is your podcast. In 5 minutes I will explain to you some interesting things about Picasso Museun In Barcelona and how to enjoy it to the fullest. Tours in Barcelona in english by Jose. hello@lookingbarcelona.com

The best Gaudi tour of Barcelona. Jose is a local full time license guide of Barcelona.😃 Discover all Gaudi´s secrets with a local guide. Contact hello@lookingbarcelona.com If you visit Barcelona, of course you have to visit Gaudi houses. Antonio Gaudí was a brilliant architect that work in Barcelona at the end of XIX century until 1926. He was inspired by nature, fantasy and colors. And his desigs are as a dream. If you listen this podcast, you will learn more about the best Gaudi houses in Barcelona I am José Gómez, a full time licensed guide of Barcelona. I have a small company, Looking Barcelona, ​​where I provide tours to discover this wonderful city. If you want to cvisit Barcelona with me just write me. The style of Gaudi´s designs is known as Modernism and it is characterized by the use of ceramics, wrought iron, pottery, wood and stain glass windows.... Gaudí was a fasionable architech. He received commisions from rich people, in Barcelona Gaudi design 9 houses in aditon the other works as: lampost, furniture, he desigh a coffe shop and other works. His most important project was: La Sagrada Familia. This is a church and it is where he invested all his money and his efforts, still today is under construction. Gaudí was born in 1852 and died, run over by a tram in 1926. he was hit by a tram way around 5 pm on June 10th , it was 1926 when he was going to hear mass at his favorite church: The Church of San Felipe Neri. He was a strong catholic person He never married, he haven´t children. He dedicated his life to God and architecture. Today we will do a Gaudi tour to discover 4 of his most important works: La Sagrada Familia, La Casa Milà, La Casa Batlló and Parque Güell. These 4 works are classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. I provide a tour: Gaudí and modernism in which we visit these houses and also we talk about Gaudí´s personality If you are interested to do this tour with me. you can write me and I will inform you in more detail. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

😀 Today I suggest to you a chocolate tour. Barcelona has a great chocolate tradition because Spain had colonies in America and cacao beans arrived to the city. We start at Plaça Catalunya. Walking down Las Ramblas we arrive to Carme Street where our first stop is : Chock. We follow to Puertaferrisa street and there a street called Petritxol Street. We pass by Pares Art gallery and our second stop is in La Granja Dulcinea. You can taste hot chocolate, churros, ensaimada y melindros. All is delicious. We finish at"La Plaça del Pi". I hope you will enjoy it. to contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.co www.lookingbarcelona.com

😀 In this chapter We´ll do a food tour with your little ones. I know that it is an option that sometimes we see complicated with children. In today's program I will recommend you two restaurants and a small tour so that both you and your little ones have a fun time. The tour starts at Argenteria street and we stop at the Sagardi Born restaurant at number 62. Then we´ll go through the main door of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar to Paseo del Born. We take "Carrer Montcada", carrer is street in catalan, the local language.But before entering, we find "El carrer de les mosques" on the right the narrowest street in Barcelona and on the left to "Carrer dels Sobrerers" with the Gispert store. On Calle Montcada we stopped at La Bodega La Puntual at number 22. Ideal tapas for children are: croquetas, patatas bravas and octupus with parmatier souce. and for dessert: "pa amb chocolate, sal i oli" I hope you enjoy it. To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today I suggest you a walking tour of about 40 minutes through one of the most luxurious streets of Barcelona: Paseo de Gracia. This tour is designed so that both, you and your little ones have a great time We will start in the garden of a 19th century palace, we will pass by two Gaudí houses: La Pedrera and Casa Batlló, we will stop to taste a delicious hot chocolate and we will finish in the Plaza de Cataluña. The key points of this tour is: .  Robert Palace No. 107 La Pedrera No. 92 Versache Store # 87 Manuel Comas House No. 66 Casa Batlló nº 43 Amatller House No. 41 I hope you enjoy it! To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com😉

Casa Batlló is a work of the brilliant architect Antonio Gaudí, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Children love Gaudí's work as many of his designs take nature as inspiration and they are full of colors, animals and original shapes. In this chapter I am going to give you some tips to visit this monument with children, so that both you and they enjoy the visit to the fullest. My email: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today José will explain you one of the parcs that he usually go with his family: el parc del Castell de l´Oreneta ( The Castle of the swallow´s Park, in english). It worth a visit because you can walk a forest without leaving the city and there a spectacular view of Barcelona. You will discover some surprises for your little ones, as well. 😃 web of Pedralbes monastery, located in Plaça del Monastir: https://monestirpedralbes.barcelona/ Parc Adress: Carrer Montevideo nº 43 (Montevideo street nº43). web of the little train in the parc: https://www.trenoreneta.com/ my email: hello@lookingbarcelona.com www.lookingbarcelona.com

😃Today I am going to give you some tips if you want to visit the most visited monument in Spain and you are with kids. This is a place where both adults and children can enjoy a lot. Gaudi the architect love to represent colours and nature: animals, plants... and children use to love this things. I explain to you things as how to organize the tickets, transport, an more.... ( the metro station is named "Sagrada Familia". (line 2 and 5).😀 to contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today José stars a serie of podcast that are dedicated to those who wants to visit Barcelona with children. José will tell you places and ideas to enjoy the city with your little ones. In this chapter José talks about Diagonal Mar a very funny park. The closest metro station is Selva de Mar ( 8 minutes walk from de park). Email: hello@lookingbarcelona.com😃

Today I will talk about one house by Gaudi that is little bit unknown and this is Casa Vicens. Mr Vicens was rich exchange stock broker that commissioned the house to Gaudi. The construction started in 1882 and it takes 2 years. It was the first house that Gaudí made as an architect.. He wanted to strive , to do his best. Gaudí used a style that was fashionable in Europe in XIX century,, and the name of this style was exoticism. It was an exotic style, with a romantic inspiration. A style inspired in the decorations that we can find in the palaces of Japan, in India or in China. At that time in Europe rich people loved that kind of decoration. Actually in Barcelona there are many houses in that style. All these houses were built in the XIX century. I hope you will enjoy this podcast about that gem by Gaudi. My email: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today I am going to talk about the stained glass windows in La Sagrada Familia, one of the most beautiful elements of this amazing church. I love all these stained glass windows that are made up of pieces of glass in many different colors and that transform natural light into a symphony of intense and harmonious colors. All These lively colors are reflected in a white marble floor, a white so pure that sometimes it seems to me like a mirror. You can listed that podcast where you can learnt lot of interesting things. My mail: hello@lookingbarcelona.com my web site: www.lookingbarcelona.com my instagram @lookingbarcelona.com The ARTIST WHO MADE of the stained glass windows is the painter mr Joan Vila Grau who took (TÚK) as inspiration the magnificent Gothic stained glass window

Today I talk to you about my favourite starters in Spanish cuisine, so if you are foodie, you will find it very interesting. All of these dishes that I will talk you about are typical from Spain, and of course you can find all of them in Barcelona restaurants as well. Here you have the names of the dishes that I talk about: Salmorejo, gazpacho, ajo blanco, tortilla de patatas, pa amb tomaquet, guisantes con jamón, escalibada, esqueixada, ensada catalana, ensalada verde, ensalada mixta. to contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Tapas are a very important part of Spanish gastronomy. We Spanish people love to eat tapas, You might have noticed. It is a good way to spend a pleasant time with friends or family. It is a very popular sport here in Spain and it is very easy. No need to train! The name is “ir de tapas”. Let me explain to you my favourite tapas. All these tapas you can find them in almost all bars in barcelona, They are very popular. E-mail: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today José talk about Montserrat. This mountain is a holy mountain in Cataluña. There is a monastery of Montserrat where there is the Virgin Mary of Montserrat a black madonna. She is the patron saint of Cataluña. This mountain is a spiritual and mistic place. To contact me: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

In this chapter I am going to talk about La Sagrada Familia. This is the most visited site in Spain. It was Gaudi´s dream. This is a very special churh full of symbols I have been organizing guided tours in La Sagrada Famili for years and always I discover something new. It is worth a visit! my email: hello@lookingbarcelona.com

Today José talks about the "Calçots" a delicious dish. Now is the season. The season starts from January to April In this video you can see the way to eat them. It is good fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEynPIR7bg4

In this chapter José explain to you Who was Antoni Gaudi? Why is still today admired in the whole Word? Why everyday arrive thousends of people to admire Gaudi´s houses?

In this chapter, José presents the podcast " Barcelona Guide" and his company "lookingbarcelona" where he provides tours of the city. Contact: hello@lookingbarcelona.com