Marc was a fantastic guide, full of knowledge & very friendly, the only thing I would add, the meeting point was not very clear to us, if you mentioned to meet out the front of Julia shop, with the address, it would have been a lot clearer, we were looking for a corner .
It was a nice experience. The guide was nice, she gave us the basic informations, for me it was enough. It's good to go early to first entry, there wasn't lot of people. sadly it was rainy and stormy this day, so we wasn't able to go to the tower, but after the refund ask I recived money of tower entry back quickly so no problem.
Tour was decent and tour guide, Dolores, was pleasant and knew all little details about Sagrada Familia. Highly recommend. Went to the towers and that was ok. Not much to see and you need to walk down 400 steps. It was ok for me but some may not be able to.
I would highly recommend booking through this company. I used them twice for my trip to Barcelona and on both occasions the guides were excellent. Our guide was George, he gave an extremely informative guide around the cathedral. Some very useful information which if you had gone alone would have surely missed.
It was a great, very informative & beautiful tour of the Sagrada Familia & Towers. We met at Julia’s Travel, broke down into small groups of about 20 people & took off to a quiet spot where we were given the historical background of the Sagrada. We were then taken to the East side, received our handsets with ear pieces & given great detail about the significance of the east & west sides with all the carvings & statues. Inside, our guide again stopped in great locations detailing how the light comes in through the stained glass. We were never hurried, lots of time for pictures & at the very end we were on our own to go up the tower. Make sure you have some one euro coins for the lockers as they don’t allow backpacks or large purses to go up the tower. The elevator that takes you up is small & the area at the top & coming down the winding steps is quite narrow, so backpacks & purses will hinder yours & others movements. Well worth it as you don’t stand in line for hours
The tour of Sagrada Familia was very informative. The guide was interesting and knowledgeable about Antonio Gaudi. We purchase the pass for the tower and felt it was a complete waste of time. Very underwhelmed. The meeting point was also a little obscure as several other people were also lost looking for address. Could be more specific about the actual tour company that provides tour.
We were asked to be at the meeting point by 13:45 for a 14:00 tour. The guide arrived after us and proceeded to do admin. This meant that we stood in the sun for 45 minutes before entering the Sagrada Familia. However, from there on the guide was excellent, and interesting. And of course, the attraction was breathtakingly beautiful.
Had two different addresses on same street supplied, waited at wrong one..finally got email .. name of agency should have been provided with address as it was right across the street from where we were. We walked to next block searching for wrong address. Fortunately it all worked out as the guide had not gone in with the group as yet... 15-20 minutes past the 9 am start time
This guided to her by Victor was the highlight of our Barcelona trip. He was extremely informative and had so much detailed information and knowledge about La Sagrada Familia. He spoke clearly, loudly, great English, pleasant personality, all around a great tour guide that definitely enhanced our experience. I actually can’t imagine doing the tour by ourselves because we would’ve missed so much history and information. Even though it’s kind of a pricey tour when you’re buying tickets for a family, totally worth it!
The fast-track option was really very convenient and worth it, I highly recommend it. I would not recommend visiting such a landmark without a tour guide. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and competent, we wouldn't know where to start and what to look at without his help. Besides that the whole tour went very smoothly and easily thanks to him having everything organized, otherwise it would have taken much more time with all entrances, long queues and security measures. I do recommend visiting the Sagrada Familia and then the towers at sunset, tour starting 4 or 5 pm, it is really beautiful and the view from the tower is breathtaking!
Being in front of La Sagrada Familia was a completely overwhelming sensation. I spent my childhood seeing monuments and historical places in the history books and being able to see and touch it was a fantastic feeling. Barcelona has a lot of history to tell, it is a passionate city.
Because of the guide’s explanations I learned to appreciate the Sagrada Familia in ways I never could have just seeing it on my own. Our guide was especially engaging, drawing responses from the group and guiding us toward an understanding of the church and it’s creative architect Gaudi.