08 Mar 2025
To be clear about which tour I am reviewing: This is a Viator tour executed by In Out Barcelona Tours for a private Sagrada Familia and Park Güell tour. Our tour guide was Fernando and it was scheduled for 4 hours.
I am sure there are better opportunities for a traveler than this specific tour. My husband and I booked this tour. The best part was that we had skip line priority, the area was very busy on a dreary Saturday morning. (Be sure to get your tickets ahead of time!) I really think I could have gotten all the information easily from an audio tour. I've taken loads of tours in cities all over the world but I didn't think Fernando and I ever got the tour/touree conversation going. I tried to ask a few questions and he didn't answer but redirected me to what he wanted to tell me, almost like either he didn't understand my question (language barrier) or he didn't know the answer (I'm paying for a guide who knows answers to, what should be, obvious questions about the subject; in this case Sagrada Familia.) Once we got to the park, Fernando provided some information, probably, not available in audio tour but by then I abandoned my effort to ask questions. I did, however, listen attentively to what he was saying and the tour was interesting, if not personalized for my interests.
In regard to the locations themselves, please spend the time, one way or another, to see both. Gaudí had a brilliant mind and his known Palau(s) and Casa(s) were not opportunistic but rather a lovely passion he had for the natural world.