{"id":76158,"date":"2017-02-22T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T09:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=76158"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:56:55","slug":"barcelona-guide-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-guide-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Guide Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is one of the <strong>world&#8217;s top tourist destinations<\/strong>, with <strong>over 7 million visitors<\/strong>\u00a0each year. There are<strong> so many<\/strong> <strong>attractions<\/strong> here, sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to know where to start. Organizing your days in Barcelona can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you don&#8217;t speak Spanish. Fortunately,\u00a0<strong>Barcelona Guide Bureau<\/strong> is here to lend you a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/design-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona design tours<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-guide-bureau\/#Who_are_they\" title=\"Who are they?\">Who are they?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-guide-bureau\/#Services\" title=\"Services\">Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-guide-bureau\/#Most_popular_tours\" title=\"Most popular tours\">Most popular tours<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-guide-bureau\/#Prices_and_times\" title=\"Prices and times\">Prices and times<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_are_they\"><\/span>Who are they?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_76298\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76298\" class=\" wp-image-76298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sagrada-familia-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by thecrypt via Visual Hunt\" width=\"208\" height=\"278\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by thecrypt via Visual Hunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelonaguidebureau.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Barcelona Guide Bureau<\/a><\/strong> is a <strong>team of expert guides<\/strong> offering tours all over the city. It all began in 1990 when a group of 8 friends finished traveling the world and came home to <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>. They decided to start a <strong>tour company<\/strong>, with the intention of <strong>giving others a similar experience<\/strong> to what they&#8217;d had on their trips. The company has grown steadily since then and now offers <strong>a variety of services<\/strong>, run by a team of over 70 members. It is the world\u2019s first tour operator to meet <span class=\"blue_text\"><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.biospheretourism.com\/en\/certification-standards\/28\">Biosphere Responsible Tourism Standards<\/span>\u00a0and also partakes in initiatives to support the\u00a0growth of local businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Services\"><\/span>Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company offers a vast amount of both <strong>walking and bus tours,<\/strong> taking groups to visit<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the city&#8217;s main attractions and more.\u00a0There are regular <strong>tours<\/strong> to popular destinations, which run daily and there are also private tours, to specific destinations, which can be booked in advance. They also offer an<strong> airport transfer service<\/strong>, which can itself include a tour, to help new arrivals get acclimatized to the city. If you need tickets for any sort of events, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sofar-sounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music concerts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/going-fcb-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">football matches<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>BGB<\/strong> can also help you with that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-alternative-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona&#8217;s alternative tours<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_popular_tours\"><\/span>Most popular tours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_76297\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76297\" class=\"wp-image-76297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/gaudi-architecture-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by p_v a l d i v i e s o via Visual hunt\" width=\"249\" height=\"166\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by p_v a l d i v i e s o via Visual hunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company runs<strong> over 30 different tours<\/strong>. Some of the most popular ones are: <strong>The Gaudi tour<\/strong>, which takes groups on a route of his different architectural creations, ending up at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sagrada-familia-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>La Sagrada Familia<\/strong><\/a>; <strong>The Picasso Museum &amp; Gothic Quarter Walking Tour<\/strong>, which also gives information on different kind of architecture in the city&#8217;s old town, ending up at the museum; and <strong>The Montserrat tour<\/strong>, which involves a <strong>scenic mountain drive<\/strong> up to the 1000 year old monastery.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prices_and_times\"><\/span>Prices and times<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All of the <strong>tours<\/strong> run from different locations, and the starting points can be identified by their <strong>signature orange umbrella<\/strong>, held up high by the guides. Most of the walking tours take between 2-3 hours. The bus tours to locations outside the city vary greatly in length, depending on distance. Prices also vary from tour to tour, starting at 20<span class=\"_Tgc\">\u20ac. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Go to <strong>Barcelona Guide Bureau&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0website for\u00a0more information about the tours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Looking for a place to stay during your visit to Barcelona?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ShBarcelona<\/b><\/a> is the way to go.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"76158\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona is one of the world&#8217;s top tourist destinations, with over 7 million visitors\u00a0each year. There are so many attractions here, sometimes it&#8217;s difficult to know where to start. Organizing your days in Barcelona can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you don&#8217;t speak Spanish. Fortunately,\u00a0Barcelona Guide Bureau is here to lend you a helping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":76296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[5738,5734,5742,5737,5739,5735,5740,5736,5741,5689],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76158"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110199,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76158\/revisions\/110199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}