Barcelona On Your Own

Excursions & day trips

Costa Dorada, Spain

from 97 reviews
4.7/5
Free Cancellation
Language: English , Italian
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Duration:2 hours
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Explore Barcelona at your own pace
Shopping, sightseeing or exploring
You choose the itinerary
Suitable for the whole family

What to expect

Want to explore Barcelona under your own steam? This trip is for the independent visitor who knows where they want to go and what they want to do. A great way to get into the centre of Barcelona without the hassle of crowded trains and long tedious journeys on public transport. The Catalonian capital has a little something for everyone, whether you want to tick off the top landmarks, or spend the day browsing boutique shops.The best spot for a bit of retail therapy is La Rambla, a tree-lined avenue packed with fashion stores and chic coffee bars. In the Old Town you'll find Gothic churches, an ornate concert hall, and the mighty cathedral or head towards the port, and you can see the hippos and monkeys at Barcelona ZooGrab a taxi right to the heart of the city to Gaudi's most famous creation, the Sagrada Familia or travel to the west of the city for a tour of Barcelona's famous football stadium, Camp Nou.

What's included

Transport
Guide

What to remember

Food and drinks are not included

Provider

TUI España Turismo, S.L.U, with Tax Number B08089187 and Travel License Number GCMD-4

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Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

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Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins
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4.7/5
Based on 98 reviews from verified customers
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Ben

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 29 years old

Great

Tour guide Michael was brilliant as was the coach service. Loved the city hopefully will revisit someday
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Dino

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as Alone - 47 years old

Average

An expensive way to get to Barcelona from Salou for one day, particularly as we had to be back at the coach for departure at 3:45pm!!!
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Lee

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 13 years old

Excellent

Barcelona was a good trip out, super busy but lots to see and do. Coach & guide was lovely, very informative! My only downside was the trip was advertised as 8hour to explore the city & it was actually 8hour with travel which was a little disappointing & felt a little rushed.
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Vijay

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 40 years old

Great

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Sue

October 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With friends - 51 years old

Excellent

We enjoyed the information that was given by Teresa on the coach, she had a lovely sense of humour and was very friendly. the fact we could go off and explore by ourselves and found some very old and beautiful buildings, the market with its fruit stalls , cold drinks of evert flavour, fish and meat. And as as small group of friends had a wonderful time . Our driver was very good and a got us to our destination and back safely.
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Jill

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 43 years old

Excellent

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Tomtom

October 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

Excellent

The guide was good and very knowledgeable
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Louise

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 23 years old

Great

The guide, Theresa, was brilliant and a real credit to TUI. She was very knowledgeable and happy to answer any questions and offer recommendations on where to go while in Barcelona. We have also done the guided Barcelona trip and if this is your first time in Barcelona I would recommend doing that one instead. We had 5 hours in total to explore the city
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Bobi

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

Excellent

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Declan Thompson

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 9 years old

Excellent

The tui rep on the bus was absolutely incredible. Such a nice guy and made us feel very welcome. Thank you so much
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Kevin Turner

September 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With friends - 38 years old

Great

Tui representative very knowledgeable on Barcelona
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Joanne

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

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Emma & Neil

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

Great

TUI guide Teresa was fantastic, full of information and humour too. Carlos the coach driver was friendly too. 5 hours just wasn’t enough. We literally walked the entire time we were there, Barcelona is very expensive and price for trip was expensive for just travel. However I would recommend as it is well organised and comfortable coach journey direct and ideas of where to go during your time x x
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Martin

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Great

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Emma

September 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

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Alison Blakemore

September 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Excellent

Enjoyed it The TUI guide was great very knowledgeable and gave us many tips on on what to do how to get there and so on, very friendly driver too
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Osbs

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Excellent

Teresa our guide was brilliant. She kept everything upbeat and light hearted, giving us all a laugh but while giving us information and historical facts. It was easy to negotiate the day and no stress
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Helen

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 30 years old

Excellent

Easy to book , Michael was fantastic very informative.
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Gemma

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Excellent

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Norman and Julie

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

At least 6 hours free time in Barcelona instead of 5 would be better
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Amanda

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With friends - 34 years old

Excellent

A great way to experience Barcelona at a great price. Plenty of time to wander around and take in the sights and also to relax and have a bite to eat. We felt safe all the time but were mindful of Barcelona’s pickpocket reputation too. We were savvy and safe and enjoyed over 5hrs of free time.
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Callum

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 10 years old

Excellent

Good guide, kept us well informed and plenty of time in Barcelona
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Cherie

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 31 years old

Excellent

Our guide, Isabel, and driver, Antonio, were both friendly and made it an enjoyable experience. Isabel’s knowledge and useful tips of Barcelona helped us to plan the day and make the most of the 5 hours there. It was an easy way to get to Barcelona from Cap Salou and so much easier to than going on public transport.
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Lois

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 6 years old

Excellent

I’d like to start by complementing our trip rep teresa she made the journey to and from Barcelona on the bus so easy and so informative.she was great at her job! We enjoyed how easy it was to navigate Barcelona and the freedom we had it is such a beautiful city. I have nothing to complain about this can be shown through the fact that I did this trip with tui twice during my 2 week holiday it was amazing!
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Jess

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 3 years old

Great

This trip is such an easy way to get to Barcelona, only took an hour and a half, easy pick up points too. However 5 hours isn’t long. Also, we were told on the coach, a taxi to the cathedral would have been €12, but when we got out, he charged us €30 so please avoid if possible. We walked there (50 minutes). Micheal the tour guide was lovely and very kind.
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Netty1

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Excellent

The bus that took us to Barcleona was great, very comfortable it was on time clean and great air conditioning. We had an offer so was good value and it worked out the same price. as local bus offers. We had 5 hours in Barcelona which was enough to see the sights, have food and do some shopping and as a family we really enjoyed. The bus driver was great and we were able to buy cold drinks at a very reasonable price. The guide on the bus was very friendly however and was available for questions.
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Tracey

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Excellent

Great way to see Barcelona. Guide Sonia was a wealth of knowledge about the areas we were driving through and the driver was very safe
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Audra

July 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Excellent

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Richard

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple

Excellent

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Ronnie

July 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 45 years old

Excellent

Loved the guide on the bus, Sonia, who provided information along the way. We loved wandering around Barcelona on our own. On the whole, an expensive way to get to Barcelona and back; in future, will take the Plana bus or the train.
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Simon

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

TUI rep Sonia was very good.
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Mrs J Bond

July 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Excellent

The coach has narrow seating. The driver was excellent. Isabel, the Guide was great ??
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Tracey

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 31 years old

Excellent

When I booked for our family of 5, I thought that £31 per head was a little steep but I was wrong. The coach picked us up from our hotel and dropped us right back. The Tui lady, Theresa couldn’t have been any better, she gave us so much information on the drive to Barcelona that it actually made our itinerary for us. Drop off is at the Port, (helpful to know) we didn’t know in advance where we would be left. We had 5 hours which flew by. We didn’t touch the surface of the sights so would return
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Kate

June 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Excellent

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Vincent groat

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

Had a brilliant time with the tour. Pickup was on time and the travel to barcelona was smooth. We had 5 hours in the city and this was just enough to get a taste of the city and we will return to see more
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Sandra

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Excellent

We could have done with a bit longer in Barcelona
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Mel

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 25 years old

Excellent

Micheal was a great guide, very informative.
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DerekS

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 53 years old

Excellent

Very knowledgeable Tui rep, Mike, a mine of information. Dependable service but it is available in a similar form, cheaper and with a guide, from Bus Plana.
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Matt

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 18 years old

Excellent

Excellent guide, Teresa.
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The Browns

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple

Great

Teresa our guide was great, very informative with lots of useful tips. Once we got going the bus trip was quick but it took at least an hour to do all the pick ups which made it a 3 hour journey each way. It would be better if some of the pickups in Salou and Pineda could be reduced to speed things up. This would make it more comfortable for any guests who perhaps might have appreciated a loo stop.
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Gemma

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 25 years old

Excellent

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Dan

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Excellent

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Anon

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Great

Felt that 5 hours wasn't quite enough to do what we wanted. Unfortunately, there was lots of roadworks and other works going on. We took the sightseeing bus to get in as much as possible but only got 1 route and then after lunch looked around an area. Getting back on time to leave was a bit stressful in taxi. However did give us a feel of Barcelona
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SB

May 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 18 years old

Excellent

Fantastic day, highly recommend. The tour guide on the coach Michael was fantastic. So knowledgable and patient. An asset to your team. We had lots of info to have a great day and the coach driver was friendly
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Raj

October 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Excellent

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Sian

October 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple

Excellent

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LyndsayA

September 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 26 years old

Excellent

Great value for money. We booked as a couple and really enjoyed our day trip to Barcelona. Coach pick up was fairly straightforward and likewise on the return journey. Both the driver and guide Michael were fab too, really friendly and gave us some helpful tips for our visit. It's a beautiful city and in the 5 hours we visited we got round quite a bit of it on foot. We had a lovely tapas lunch (quite expensive by comparison to UK prices) but a really positive experience overall. Recommend.
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Gary

September 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Excellent

Great tour guide with lots of info & tips on the way up to Barcelona. Possibly another hour in the city would be ideal. Overall a very enjoyable taster trip of Barcelona
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Malcolm Harper

September 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 50 years old

Excellent

The guide, but can’t remember his name
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J James

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Excellent

Excellent advice from the rep who was knowledgeable and helpful. Decent drop off location in centre at the harbour. Lovely coach with air con.
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Tracy

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 39 years old

Great

It was great But I would have liked to stay till 6pm rather than 4pm
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Charlotte L

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 10 years old

Great

The guide Teresa was excellent, very knowledgeable and informative. She was friendly and made you laugh, told you best places to visit and how to get there.
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The S family

August 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 22 years old

Great

Travelling was good. Driver was very experienced. The Tui rep Teresa was great. She guided us where to go and what to see in Barcelona withing the free time. The dropping point was far away from centre to walk into all attractions. We have done 18000 steps that day. Nice trip to get some point about Barcelona but not enough to explore. Will definetly come back on holiday there. The walk through shopping centre was nice.
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Kerri

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 15 years old

Excellent

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E

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 19 years old

Excellent

Coach journey, guide and day was lovely. Could have done with more time in Barcelona.
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Mr P

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family

Excellent

Rep was fantastic
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Rachael

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With friends - 8 years old

Excellent

The overall trip to Barcelona was great. The guide Theresa was great telling us a bit about the history of Barcelona on our way there. This made the journey feel quicker than the 90 minutes or so. We got picked up at half 8 in the morning and taken to Barcelona & picked back up in Barcelona at 4pm which was the ideal amount of time to see the sights. Would definitely recommend.
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Emma G

August 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Excellent

We had a really good day exploring Barcelona at our own pace having been given a map and some advice from our guide Teresa, who was fantastic by the way! Our 5 hours went quite quickly and due to the drop off point we had to get a taxi to and from the Sagrada Familia as it was too far for our children to walk. It was a great taster having not been to the city before and we’d definitely go back.
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Craig

August 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 22 years old

Excellent

Our guide Teresa was amazing. Incredibly knowledgable, engaging with a great sense of humour
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Ellie

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Excellent

Micheal was a very good host for the trip and gave excellent advice about things to do in Barcelona.
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Kerri

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 15 years old

Excellent

Our rep Theresa was amazing! Full of knowledge of the area and recommended a great walk back from La Sagrada Familia to be able to see many of the sights.
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Kim

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 22 years old

Great

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Kerry

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 14 years old

Excellent

Great day out. The tour guide, Teresa, was great. Very knowledgeable and told just enough without overloading with information. Coach was on time and clean/comfortable. Only minor criticism was that we could have spent more time in Barcelona as there was so much to see and do!
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Dan

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 26 years old

Excellent

Enjoyed the talk by the guide. Very informative and a good way to pass the time. Good length of time to explore and make the day your own
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Colin Thomson

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family

Excellent

Central drop off point was good.
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Sam O

July 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 40 years old

Excellent

Enjoyed the freedom to explore at our leisure and the Boqueria food market was amazing. Taxis were really convenient and just so easy to use.
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None

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 23 years old

Great

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Nicola

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Excellent

This trip can be whatever you make it. Barcelona is a beautiful city and you definitely need more than one day to explore. We had approx 5 hours on our own and took advantage of Micheal (the tui guide) extensive knowledge of the city. I would highly recommend booking this trip if you want to explore on your own and know we'll be booking again the next time we're in Spain.
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Jason.

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Excellent

You get approximately 5 hours to explore this wonderful city. The time is all yours to do what you like in this short period, so make the most of it.
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Liz Partridge

June 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple

Excellent

Teresa the guide was outstanding, gave lots of helpful information was extremely pleasant, the time went so quickly but the day was perfect
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ShazzaG

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Great

Would have liked more time in Barcelona with bus leaving later than 4:20pm
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Eleanor

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 19 years old

Excellent

The guide was very professional and informative. The time was just right so could relax and cool off in the pool on our return.
G

Great day out, highly recommend.

June 2023
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 26 years old

Excellent

It was clearly explained by the lady where everything was, also where to meet back up. Great day out.
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Lauren

June 2023
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 15 years old

Excellent

The rep who did our tour was brilliant (forgive me for not remembering his name), he gave us top tips of Barcelona, some history of Spain and made sure we all felt secure in meeting back at a certain time and from a certain spot.
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Matthew

October 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 3 years old

Excellent

Everything perfect except not getting dropped off at the door of our hotel. “Door to door” should mean we don’t have to walk up a hill back into our hotels carpark then to our hotel.
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Emma

October 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 11 years old

Excellent

Mike our tour guide was really informative and knowledgeable about Barcelona, which was extremely useful as first time visitors. The journey to Barcelona was with ease and we would recommend this trip to other holiday makers.
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Alison’s family

October 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 42 years old

Average

We thought it unfair that being the first pickup on the coach and the last drop off, we spent nearly 2 hrs longer on the coach than the last pick up who got dropped off first. It would only have taken 10 minutes to go further down the motorway and reversed the drop offs going back to make it fair.
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S&C Exploring Adventures on YouTube

September 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Excellent

Guide was amazing, humorous and knowledgeable and very enthusiastic. Coach was clean and comfortable with air conditioning, the journey passed in no time although napped on the way back.
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Rick B

September 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Excellent

Mike the tui rep was excellent. Friendly with a great knowledge. We had 5 1/2 hours approx In Barcelona. We walked down la rambla, walked to la sagrada familia. Then from there walked to Barcelona beach. With 1hr to spare at the end when we sat down for lunch before getting back in the coach. Great day out.
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Gill L

August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 34 years old

Excellent

The coach arrived on time, and the TUI rep was very organised and showed you to your seats (this was so you could sit with your party, no matter where you were picked up). The journey was great with lovely views along the way. The TUI rep was very knowledgeable and gave us all some great advice and tips on places to go, transport and just general safety. Great day out, great sights to see and loved by the full family.
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Leigh - Aberdeen

August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 31 years old

Great

Tui Rep was well educated on the areas we drove through and gave lots of info during the journey about all different sights and things to do in Barcelona
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Graham

August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 41 years old

Excellent

Got to learn about places along the route to Barcelona and Barcelona itself from Tracey (our TUI Rep.) Loads of time to ourselves to explore Barcelona
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Hawkwind

August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 32 years old

Great

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Kim

August 2022
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 42 years old

Excellent

The guide was extremely informative on the drive to Barcelona giving options to see once we arrived. Just a tip, make sure you wear comfortable footwear, we managed to walk 13km! Do not miss the Sagrada Familia, absolutely fabulous
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Nicola

August 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 30 years old

Average

Enjoyed the time we spent in Barcelona and the ease of booking the trip with TUI was really good. However the amount of time we spent on the coach picking other hotel guests up meant that we were an hour in to our journey before we left our hotel area. We arrived at 10:45 and left at 16:10, barely 5:30hrs in Barcelona. This has to include getting to and from the dock area. Hiring a car and having the freedom would have cost the same.
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Alison

July 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Great

Needed a little bit more time We have been to Barcelona a few times and 5 hours isn’t long enough
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Jason

July 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 34 years old

Excellent

Coach picked us up on time, Michael our guide was very friendly and informative and we had almost 6 hours to enjoy Barcelona, which seems a long yime but went so quickly.
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Pete and ang

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 40 years old

Great

Did not see a single tour guide(rep) Jet 2 rep did help but luckily we have been twice before If it was your first time in salou you would be screwed.
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Lucy

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 29 years old

Excellent

Our guide Teresa was amazing, told us so much about the area's that we were driving through before we got to Barcelona and gave us some great information about Barcelona too :)
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Lorraine

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

The tour guide Michael was excellent. He went above and beyond to help and was very pleasant. The driver was excellent as well.
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Jack

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 6 years old

Excellent

Theresa the rep/guide we had for the trip was extremely knowledgeable about the areas we drove through and was very approachable if you had any questions. For anyone who is thinking about doing the door to door I would say do it because you can see pretty much everything if you aren’t afraid of using the metro. Other hint I would say is put some bug spray on because you will be eaten alive especially if you go up Montjuïc
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Raine

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as Alone - 60 years old

Excellent

The whole day was well organised. The driver and particularly the guide were exceptional. I have done this trip before but this time I learned so much about the area and Barcelona in particular
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Sue

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 49 years old

Excellent

Prompt arrival at pick up point greeted by a very welcoming representative who throughout the trip was informative and helpful. He told us exactly what would happen throughout the day answered all our questions as well as giving help and advice. Everything went as planned and returned to resort exactly at the time we had been given. Undoubtedly the day was enhanced by the professionalism and care of the rep who had time for everyone. I think everyone on the bus had a fabulous day.
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Dunxone

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Excellent

Great guide for the day. Mike was informative.
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Carlie

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 9 years old

Excellent

The tour guide was fabulous, so friendly and informative along the journey to Barcelona. The coach arrived at our pick up and drop off points on time and drinks on the transfer we're very reasonably priced. (1 euro for bottled water and 2 euros for canned soft drinks). My only issue was the comfort of the coach. The seats had very little leg room and so it started to get a little uncomfortable after a while
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Chaeanros

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 59 years old

Excellent

Everything about the trip was excellent, the bus was on time at all times and Mike the tour guide was brilliant, relaying loads of interesting information and giving us excellent advice re visiting the Sagrada Famili, all in all an excellent but tiring trip.
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Paul

June 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as Alone - 17 years old

Excellent

Mike the tour guide was great, lots of useful information helped bring an otherwise dull 'taxi' journey to life with some facts and great enthusiasm. All of the instructions were easy to follow.
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Anonymous

September 2021
From United Kingdom

Excellent


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