Meet our Barcelona Tour Guides:

Patrick is the founder, owner, Webmaster and copywriter of this web site, besides being a licensed tour guide himself.
He has a very diverse and rich background: of French origin, he settled in Barcelona in 1982 after traveling extensively, mostly in Asia.

Before becoming a Local Tour Guide of Barcelona, Patrick was a tour escort specialized in Asia, honing his skills at group dynamics.

His main areas of expertise are architecture-related fields (urban planning, engineering etc.) though he is also comfortable with art and history and has an intimate knowledge of Barcelona's special trees.

His languages are: English, French, Spanish and Hindi.

As a native of Barcelona, she is able to offer an insider look into the city, its architecture and history, its customs and legends without forgetting current social issues and hidden spots worthy to visit.
As Monica has lived in London for several years and traveled to many countries, she has had the opportunity of meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds, which she enjoyed a lot.

Now, after being in the tourist industry for already 7 years, she has gained the ability to naturally work and interact with people of diverse origins.

Of enthusiastic and easygoing nature, she feels an authentic passion for her hometown, inherited from her father, a real estate developer who loved Barcelona and its architecture.

Her main areas of expertise are: VIP, gastronomy, shopping and family tours.

Her languages are: English, Spanish and Catalonian.

Marie grew up in Western France, studied in Paris and Angers for 3 years and became a National Guide for France's cultural and historical heritage.
Her relation to Spain started as a teenager when she traveled to Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics: "I still feel my very first impression that Barcelona managed to combine its strong culture and folklore inherited from a rich History with a dynamic claim for belonging to the Europe of Future. Catalonia seduced me with its tradition keeping though progressive spirit."

In 2003 Mary settled in Barcelona after licensing as a Tour Guide of Catalonia. And here she is ...passionate, working independently and so happy to meet with people from all around the world, as tourism is flourishing in Spain, and especially here in Barcelona.

Her Languages are: French, English and Spanish

Guillem grew up in Menorca, studied at the University of the Balearic Islands and moved to Barcelona in 1992.
He's been traveling as a tour leader mostly in Asia, Africa & America and living in San Francisco, Paris and Florence.

His degrees in Humanities and Tourism Management, combined with his background and passion for his job have turn him into a very experienced licensed guide of Barcelona & Catalonia, where he's been working permanently the last 10 years.
His main areas of expertise are: history, art, architecture & urban planning, bike and walking tours.

His languages are: English, French, Italian, Spanish and Catalonian.

William started working as a tour guide after finishing his masters degree in Fine Arts at Barcelona University, in the spring of 1992, the Olympic summer that Barcelona appeared on the map.
His first assignment ever was taking the "Dream Team" and their supporters to and from the games and around the city: "Very nice people, though sport isn't something I know much about.

He loved Barcelona because it has folklore and culture and fashion, but its particular history has left it somehow devoid of identity; the result is that the capital of Catalunya is ceaselessly reinventing itself, creativity is part of life...

Barcelona is a stage. The script of the play is uncertain but I continually rise to the challenge of at least introducing my guests to the main characters, see the bits fall into place, watch it all make as much sense as possible.

His languages are: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Catalonian.

Olga was born in Barcelona but her passion for other cultures and communication led her to travel around the world and increase her knowledge.

She obtained a Tourism degree in 1991 and since then has being working as a tour director to worldwide destinations as well as a tour guide in Barcelona & Catalonia She happened to give some of the very first guided tours of Gaudi's masterpiece, the Holly Family Church, and specialized in cultural visits for local associations and entities in order to bring the city closer to its people.

Her main areas of expertise are: VIPs, art and architecture, gastronomy, shopping and family tours

Her languages are: English, German, Italian, Spanish and Catalonian

Born in Barcelona from a Catalan family with long entrepreneurial tradition, Oriol has been around long enough to have experienced the tremendous changes in Barcelona & Catalonia over the past 30 years and especially the radical renovation of Barcelona city in the pre and post Olympic years.

Running a French-Catalan restaurant in Barcelona gave Oriol a great understanding of the delicacies of Catalan Cuisine. He follows the Catalan tradition of loving his country through nature. Hiking in the mountains of Catalonia he learned about heritage and history. Oriol has a degree in travel management.
He is an official guide for the Catalan region and his specialities are Modernism and Gaudi Architecture.

His languages are English, French, Spanish and Catalonian