Barcelona Private Culinary Kickstart Tour: Savour a Melange of Catalan Cuisine with a Local Guide

Experience the vibrant flavors of Catalan cuisine on a private culinary kickstart tour in Barcelona. Avoid tourist traps and discover local favorites with a knowledgeable guide.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mercat Santa Caterina - Buzzy market featuring a unique, wavy roof & colorful mosaics, with a variety of vendors & eateries.
What's Included
  • Private guide for a personalized experience
  • Taste a variety of local flavors with 6 food and drink tastings
  • Eco-friendly tour with a carbon-neutral commitment
Additional Information

Is this your maiden visit to Barcelona and you wish to sidestep tourist-centric food pitfalls? Allow a local guide to acquaint you with the rich flavors of Catalan cuisine through our culinary kickstart tour.

Experience the locals’ preferred foods and beverages from classics like vermut to patatas bravas. Our local guide, a culinary connoisseur, has handpicked a unique ‘menu’ just for you!

Aside from food, the tour also includes Barcelona’s key attractions. Embark on a journey through Placa de Sant Jaume and Santa Catarina market, gaining a complete perspective of Barcelona that will influence the rest of your visit.

The Withlocals Culinary Kickstart Tourâ„¢ is a standout tour offered in major cities around the globe by Withlocals. We collaborate with enthusiastic local guides who earn a reasonable income. We contribute to local economies by exclusively utilizing local goods and tackle over-tourism through the organization of small, non-disruptive groups. Our tours champion carbon neutrality and deviate from typical tourist pathways.

  • You can not book this private tour for more than 8 people
  • Post Covid-19 regulations are applied to this product with regards to the number of participants, delivery methods of the tour and content of the tour.
Location
Carrer d'En Giralt el Pellicer, 8
Carrer d'En Giralt el Pellicer
In front of the cafe Catalina
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Slymoxie
Feb 29, 2024
Fantastic Food tour with Liliia WithLocals - My teen girls and I had a great time on this tour. Liliia was the best guide of several we had in Barcelona. She is very personable, friendly, and has many interesting stories to share about the area. We signed up for a food tour and received so much more - with info about art and the neighborhood along the way. She was good at pacing us and gave us recommendations for the rest of our stay. I'd sign up with her again because she also does street art and shopping tours.
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Dafna
Jun 28, 2023
Wonderful tour with a wonderful guide - We had a wonderful time exploring Barcelona with Elvira. We tasted some of Barcelona’s specialties and got a real feel for the city. Highly recommend this tour!!!
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Calidbusch
Apr 26, 2023
Fantastic tour with Alan in Barcelona - My husband and I had a wonderful tour led by Alan. He gave us a good introduction to eating in Barcelona and was incredibly knowledgeable about the area’s history. This was a great way to kick start our trip. I would definitely take another tour with Alan.
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Toodie2
Mar 28, 2023
Kick off your visit in Barcelona deliciously! - What a great way to see Barcelona for the first time! Hannah was a wonderful guide, selecting the places to see and things to eat and drink based on our needs (vegetarian, no seafood). We toured the Barri Gotic, asked lots of questions and laughed and enjoyed ourselves immensely. I would recommend the culinary kickstart and Hannah for sure to anyone!
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Radha067
Feb 28, 2023
Amazing discovery - Elvira is a really talented guide, very easy going and open minded. She adapted the tour completely to our needs and wishes, and took into consideration allergies and food preferences. We dived into the hidden streets and she made us discover and taste the most unknown and hidden gems of Barcelona's food culture. She is a vibrant, happy person. It was a really great experience! Thank you Elvira! And good luck with your yoga as well. The food budget was very limited though, not easy for her...
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Trip824830
Aug 29, 2021
Great Foodie Adventure - Elvira was right on time and did a wonderful tour of different foods of Barcelona. Beginning with the Mercat Santa Catarina. My husband loves to eat and was not disappointed with anything he tried. Even the vermouth, which is not at all like vermouth in the US, was delicious. She was very engaging and informative. She was also flexible with her schedule and selection of foods. We would definitely recommend Elvira as your guide.
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Kate
Jan 7, 2024
Ok but not amazing - It was more small tastings than any substantial sit down food. Our guide Moises was excellent but we were expecting more food
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Bigmantravelsx
Sep 22, 2023
Complete rip off - An utter rip off. Ridiculously overpriced and the worst food tour EVER. Advertised as 6 stops, when, in reality, it was three crappy bites at two tiny places. The food was uninteresting and mediocre (and that's being generous). The guide was more focused on his arm and his own ailments, and was withdrawn through the tour, more silent than talking. We basically meandered through the Gothic Quarter seemingly aimlessly, had boring food and were done in barely more than an hour. Never, ever will I do anything with WithLocals again.
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Gennaram
May 25, 2023
Not as Advertised - This is advertised as 6 tastings with two historic stops; we spent about 1 minute at one stop and never made it to another. As for the tastings we had a cone of ham, a juice, one microwaved empanada, two churro sticks and an in-store sample of fudge. Ham, juice, fudge, all of which are readily available in the US. No vermut or patatas bravas (as advertised). We stopped for coffee and WE paid for it (including his). For this we paid $80 EACH. Don't expect help from the company, we tried.
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Kfr1
Apr 1, 2023
Terrible guide and terrible platform - We booked a food tour for 5 because we’ve had such great luck with tours in Europe in the past. With Locals gives you a choice of guides, and we picked one that had great reviews, Karim. Karim cancelled and we got assigned to Adi, who looked good so we didn’t mind and said nothing. Then Adi cancelled a couple of days we were to arrive, and we were assigned another guide, again without asking us. We asked if we could get another guide who was listed as available on the website for an hour earlier because he had great reviews. In response, without explanation, they cancelled that third guide and assigned us to a FOURTH guide, again without asking us. There is no way to contact With Locals - there is no real customer support, just chat bots. At this point, it was 2 days before our arrival, and we could not cancel so we went ahead thinking it would be fine. That guide Liliia was very nice and knew about art, but she knew nothing about food, and we were supposed to be on a food tour. We paid over $200 for someone to take us to a couple of places we could easily find ourselves and just sat there giving no description of food, culture - nothing. I’ve never had a guide give such little information on a tour. Worst yet, she had us spend more than half the tour in a nondescript, non-historical area of the city, so we learned hardly anything. I really really hate to leave bad reviews but in this case I think it was warranted - especially when there are great free tours all over Barcelona.
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