Accessible Companion: Sagrada Familia and Gothic Quarter

OVERVIEW

This excursion is for guests that use a cane/walker, have limited mobility issues or for companions of those guest that have booked mobility equipment tour.

Those guests that are fully dependent on their mobility device please book: BCN_A2 ACCESSIBLE Mobility Equipment- Sagrada Familia and Gothic Quarter.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

Explore two attractions that in many ways define Barcelona: the inspirational Church of the Sagrada Familia and the atmospheric Gothic Quarter. Although construction on the church began in 1882, it is still ongoing as it funded solely through donations. Even so, UNESCO declared the church a World Heritage site in part for its extraordinary stained-glass windows, cross-inspired shape and eight distinctive towers of the 18 towers that architect Antoni Gaudí proposed. More Gaudí masterpieces line the elegant boulevard Passeig de Gracia, where you will pause to admire its leafy Placa Catalunya, one of Barcelona’s liveliest squares. You will see a plethora of medieval and Renaissance-style buildings in the Gothic Quarter, including La Seu cathedral. The white geese that you may spot in the cloister are descendants of ones that were brought there more than five centuries ago. From the summit of Montjuic hill, you will enjoy another, more sweeping view of Barcelona.

HIGHLIGHTS

• See Barcelona architect Antoni Guadí’s iconic yet still unfinished Church of the Sagrada Familia.
• Pause for photos at Placa Catalunya, a lively square at the end of Passeig de Gracia boulevard.
• View architectural treasures in the Gothic Quarter, including the 14th-century La Seu Cathedral.
• Gaze out over Barcelona from atop Montjuic, a hill that offers a sweeping view of the city.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.