La Sagrada Familia church is a must to see in Barcelona. A guided tour will give you a much more detailed and a more interesting experience than an audio-guide. I enjoyed every minute of our tour, outside and inside the church. I do appreciate our guide, Jane's knowledge that she shared us during the tour. I can recommend this programme to everyone.
If you’re fortunate enough to get Georgie as your guide, you’ll be in good hands. The tour was very well organized. It’s important to purchase the “skip the line” option, long wait otherwise. You start from the museum then move on to the church and a few stops to see the facade. It’s quite an experience. Our tour guide was outstanding and made the tour interesting and fun at the same time. The communication before the tour was very good as well. I would recommend this tour for anyone considering visiting Sagrada Familia. Please note; if it rains the day before or the day of the tour, the Towers will be cancelled.
If you can't see but one thing on your visit to Barcelona, this is it. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the cathedral. It is spectacular. The view from the towers was breathtaking, but do heed the warning - it is 450 steps down a narrow spiral staircase. And totally worth it!
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 .
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!
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
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.
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
Our guide was great. We would never have got so many interesting facts by doing it ourselves. No waiting to go in and we were kept fully informed all the time of what time we would have our tower visit. 9 am is a good time to go as it was very busy when we left. Hope to return in a few years time to see developments!
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.
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!
The tour was very good once we got underway. We started later than scheduled and then due to queuing requirements of the basilica we did not enter the facility until 50 minutes after the hour. The guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.