Sweets and Candy Tour of Barcelona

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS BARCELONA CANDY TOUR

✓ Stay away from the tourist traps.
✓ Find the best sweats in La Boqueria market.
✓ Discover what locals order instead of plain hot chocolate with their churros.
✓ Visit award-winning gelato and cake stores.
✓ Try the best chocolate cake in the world 2005.
✓ Leave with a custom list of recommendations for other shops and best Barcelona restaurants to visit during your stay.
✓ And much more, in a private chocolate tour just for you and your party!

TOUR FAQ

• THIS BARCELONA CANDY TOUR RUNS: Monday through Saturday, in the morning.
  WEAKEST DAYS:
  Monday: the Boqueria Market is only partially open.
  August: many stores are closed for holidays. The tour can still be run, but the food options won’t be as exciting…
  NOT AVAILABLE: Sunday and local bank holidays. Afternoons.

• TOUR LENGHT: .
  – Express Tour: 1.5 hours (3 stops).
  – Standard tour: 4 hours.
  – Premium tour: 6 hours (standard itinerary + chocolate tasting at a local gourmet chocolate store).
• RECOMMENDED STARTING TIME: Anytime between 9AM and 11AM. 
• WHERE DO WE MEET? Your accommodation in Barcelona.
• WHERE DO WE END? Born district or near Passeig de Gracia, depending on where we started.
• HOW DO WE MOVE AROUND? This tour is 100% a walking tour. 
• ARE ANY TASTINGS INCLUDED? No: This is not a cookie cutter tour. We want to provide the most unique tour for you – not a template that anyone can copy. Some people want to taste everything, while some other are more selective. Some like strawberry and some like vanilla. This tour should be a treat for you, so it doesn’t make sense to pre-select the treats before meeting you. It’s way more fun if you can chose every time what you taste. It’s also OK to not eat anything at all and later on go back to your favorite stops to buy or eat at your own pace (or not).
• IS THIS TOUR ONLY ABOUT CANDY? No: this tour covers all kind of sweets and treats. From hard candy to gelato, from bakeries and cakes to chocolates… and more!
• WILL YOU PUSH US TO MAKE PURCHASES AT THE STORES? Never. The stores we chose don’t give commissions to tour guides. We choose them because they are great local shops. The shop owners and assistants are usually very proud of their business and are happy to welcome people into their shops even if you aren’t going to buy anything. You choose where you want to spend your money (or not to). 
• SHOULD I SKIP BREAKFAST? It’s up to you: some guests skip breakfast so they can have some chocolate and churros during the tour (make sure to let your tour guide know if that’s your choice!). If you choose to have breakfast at the hotel, we recommend to have a light breakfast (specially if you think you’ll want to eat and buy food during the tour).
• WILL I NEED LUNCH AFTER THE TOUR? Probably yes, but something light. This tour does not involve a lunch stop. If you’ll need to stop for lunch during the tour, please book one extra hour.
• HOW DOES THE EXPRESS TOUR WORK? This is a shortened version of our standard itinerary. You’ll be taken to an old fashioned hot chocolate and churros café in Barcelona, an awesome gelato parlor, and award-winning designer cake store.
• HOW DOES THE TASTING IN THE PREMIUM TOUR WORK? The chocolate tasting takes place in a specialty cacao shop, and during it you’ll learn about the chocolate making process, the differences between chocolate, truffle and praliné, and how to taste chocolate as if you were in a wine tasting… and of course, you’ll eat more chocolates!