Do you have a sweet tooth? When you travel, do you always try to figure out where to find the best cakes, gelato or chocolate? Is desert your favorite part of a meal?
I am like this, and that’s why I decided to create a Sweet Barcelona tour: for the fun of sharing with my guests my favorite desert spots. I know how much time it takes to google posts about top cakes or gelato in a city, then add them to a custom googlemaps and figure out if any of those places that sound delicious are maybe close to my hotel or one of the sites I plan to visit. Lots of trouble, that I want to spare you in your Barcelona trip.
If you have a half day to spare, come with me and I’ll show you the top sweet spots in Barcelona selling modern and traditional Spanish candy and desserts. It’ll be loads of fun! Oh, and come with an empty stomach: you’ll want to try them!
Final itinerary and timings might vary due to many factors (Park Guell and Sagrada Familia tickets availability, your location and pace, your main interests…)
Meet your guide and head to the most famous food market in Barcelona, that is also a heaven of sweets. Giant lolypops, piles of caramelized fruit and nuts, assorted chocolate with a myriad of toppings, turron (nougat) stalls… Yes, at the market they sell other stuff, too (fish, meats, veggies…), but in this tour we’ll focus on their sweetest products – unless you ask us to show you everything since we are there, of course!
Your tour will continue exploring some great Spanish cakes stores and dessert places in the Rambla area, most of them very traditional although there is also some space for innovation, too. Cakes, chocolate, dairy deserts, turron (Spanish Christmas nougat), gelato… but the highlight will definitely be enjoying some thick rich hot chocolate with churros in one of the most famous places of Barcelona for that.
After stopping at a candy factory, you’ll cross over to the Born District, a trendy neighborhood that hides some awesome sweet treasures: at least 3 top cake chefs have open there venues, either cake stores, bakeries or cafés. Best Chocolate Cake in the World 2005, anyone? Or maybe Best Butter Croissant in Spain 2014?
Your guide can put you on a taxi or give you directions to take the subway or walk back to your hotel, or give you recommendations for lunch… if you are still hungry!
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Be taken to a unique chocolate store to learn about the process of chocolate making and enjoy a private chocolate tasting where you’ll discover the difference between truffles and pralines, what to look for to know if a chocolate is good, as if you were in a wine tasting.
This activity takes place in the Eixample district, near Passeig de Gràcia and takes a bit more than 1 hour, that can be part of the 4-hour tour if we shorten the rest of the itinerary, or an extension if you book an extra hour.
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A unique experience: get a private tour of a famous cake atelier where they don’t just produce quality traditional patisserie, but they also create cakes for special events from high end weddings and birthdays, to corporation happenings, to performances and shows. You’ve never imagine what you can do with cakes!
This tour takes place in the Eixample district a few blocks from Plaça Universitat, and lasts about 2 hours, that can be part of the 4-hour tour if we shorten the rest of the itinerary, or an extension if you book an extra hour.
This tour is perfect for people that love deserts, sweets and chocolate and want to treat themselves for 4 hours.
If you are traveling with kids, this tour is totally kid-friendly! But if you are afraid it’ll be too much sugar for them, you might want to check our food tour, instead (it includes some sweets but also other non-sugary treats).
If you are on a wheelchair, the area covered is wheelchair accessible. Some stores might have a step at the entrance, but with good will everything should work out.
If you have walking issues, please take into account that this tour is 100% walk as it takes place mostly in pedestrian areas. The walk between stores is 2 to 10 minutes, but it’s not always possible to seat. You might want to add a driver so we can customize an itinerary for your with minimal walking.
If you love chocolate more than any other sweet, check out our chocolate tour and our wine & chocolate tour instead.
DURATION: 4 hours
WALKING TOUR:
Taxi rides, if any, not included.
OPTIONAL – Not included
OPTIONAL EXTRA HOUR:
OPTIONAL – Not included
OPTIONAL EXTRA HOUR:
No tastings are compulsory at the shops where this tour stops. You choose where you want to spend your money.
Tastings can go from just a couple of euro for a croissant to €4-5 for hot chocolate and churros.
We can only secure a guide for you after full payment has been received. Don’t wait until last-minute: we often book out in high season, and Park Guell & Sagrada Familia tickets sell out, too.
This Barcelona Sweet Tour is: |
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| AVAILABLE | Monday through Saturday |
| WEAK DAYS | Monday: the Boqueria Market is only partially open. August: many stores are closed for holidays. This tour can still be run, but the available variety won’t be as exciting, plus the tasting options are not available either. |
| NOT AVAILABLE | Sunday |
Recommended starting times: |
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| Morning Tours: | Anytime between 9AM and 11AM |
| Afternoon Tours: | Not available |
