Patrick

Patrick is the founder, owner, Webmaster and copywriter of this website, 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 travelling 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.

Mónica

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 travelled 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 alreadsy 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

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 travelled 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

Guillem grew up in Menorca, studied at the University of the Balearic Islands and moved to Barcelona in 1992.

He’s been travelling 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 backgroung 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, arquitecture & urban planning, bike and walking tours.

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

William

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.

Marga

Marga was born and raised in Barcelona although she has experienced living in other cosmopolitan cities around the world such as London, Berlin, San Francisco and Sydney.

Marga loves her city and that’s one of the reasons she decided to become a tour guide in 1999. She believes her city is a fascinating contrast of tradition and modernity, full of colour, movement and inspiration.

Marga attained her degree in Tourism in 1995. At that time she had a clear goal to become a tour guide in order to present her beautiful and interesting city to people from all over the world. She first worked as a guide at Gaudí’s famous masterpiece Casa Milà for almost two years where she gained a deep knowledge of Gaudí’s work and life and experience in guiding people of other cultures.

However Marga’s interests expand to other areas such as tours exploring the art, history and literature of Barcelona and Catalonia. Her areas of expertise are art, urban planning, history and literature.

Her languages are English, Italian, Spanish and Catalonian