Bike Tours in Barcelona

For the people who like to visit Barcelona in a very interactive way, then maybe a bike tour is a nice option.

ButgetBikes is a company that offers a couple of different bike tours around Barcelona. Barcelona is an excellent city to enjoy a bicycle tour. A tour guide will accompany you and explain about the culture and history of Barcelona along the route.

Gaudi tour - When you are interested in architectural buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi , you can choose for a cycling route that shows you all the highlights of Antoni Gaudi. Besides La Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló and Casa Mila by Gaudi, you will visit other less-well known but very interesting architecture in the city. Along the way, your guide will tell you the facts and history of Barcelona’s buildings. The main route leads through the centre of the city via the neighborhood Eixample. The trip will take 3 hours.

Flamenco tour - This cycling route takes you through a colorful part of Barcelona, La Barceloneta. During the bike tour, your guide will tell you everything about flamenco in Barcelona. This bike tour is included with a Flamenco Workshop. A professional flamenco dancer will learn you the basic of Flamenco dancing. This trip will take 4 hours.

Tapas Tour - This culinary cycling tour shows you Barcelona’s most characteristic Tapas-bars and restaurants. During a few stops at these tapas bars and restaurants, you can taste the Catalan Tapas. This trip takes you through El Raval, La Ribera, El Borne and La Barceloneta. Your guide will tell you everything about the delicious culinary culture of Spain. The tapas are not included in the price. This trip will take 3,5 hours.

Pink tours - BudgetBikes also offers a guided gay-tour by bicycle through Barcelona. Men and women are welcome to enjoy the route. This tour serves as a good preparation for approaching the nightlife, highlighting the hottest Bars and Discos in Barcelona. Also during this trip, you will see some cultural aspects, some spectacular 19th century Barcelonese Modernist-style architecture and visit some gay bookstores in Barrio Gotico. This trip will take 3 hours.

The Spanish and the Salsa in Barcelona

Would you like to have a holiday in Barcelona, but you have seen the sights of Barcelona already and is it time for something new?

Think of a Spanish language course in combination with salsa lessons. For almost everyone it is possible to learn the Spanish language and to learn salsa dancing. Especially with a sense of language and feeling for rhythm it cannot be a problem. There is made a program per week. The program for each week is as follows; you will receive 20 Spanish lessons and 5 Salsa lessons.

With this high frequency of lessons you will progress quickly. You have Spanish classes in the morning or in the evening from Monday to Friday. In this way you have enough time to explore the city or go to the beach. You get 1 Salsa lesson per day from Monday to Friday and you have at least two times per week the opportunity to practice your salsa dance in one of the many salsa clubs in Barcelona. During the salsa lessons, you will change regularly from dance partner so you learn to know your classmates better. If you do enjoy dance, you might perhaps also enjoy trying bellydance in Spain.

The duration of 1 Spanish lesson if you choose salsa is 50 minutes. The duration of 1 salsa lesson is 60 minutes. The accommodation where you stay is your choice, ranging from a guest family to a hotel room or apartment. Associated with these different types of accommodation, the catering is also varied from self-catering until 3 full meals per day. The price for a course in Spanish with salsa lessons, based on 1 week, is 380 euro.

Diving with sharks in Barcelona

The aquarium “L’Aquàrium Barcelona” is situated in the port of Barcelona. This attraction is suitable for young and old. Thousands of large and small fishes are swimming around in large basins. There are three water tanks. One is used for the ocean and can be seen in the Oceanarium. This basin includes 4 million liters of water. Two other tanks are devoted for the tropical waters and the Mediterranean Sea. There are special tunnels where you can walk through. You have the idea that you are really under water and that the fishes swim next to you.

Experienced divers can swim in the aquarium with sharks. But there are a couple of conditions. First of all, you must follow a course where you learn all about sharks and their behavior. After that you go into the basin and discover the 15 sharks who swimming around, a unique experience. Of course, you must be in good condition and take your diver license with you. The activity includes three parts.

Part one is a guided tour. You make a guided tour in L’Aquàrium Barcelona and see a lot of different sharks such as the black tip reef shark, the sandbar shark and the sand tiger shark. Part two is the theoretical class. The course has different parts in relation with the sharks and their behavior and habitats. Part three is the dive in the Oceanarium. After all the information about the sharks, their behavior and the rules for in the basin, you can make your dive and discover all the theory about the sharks in real. This is an unique experience.

This shark dive is only intended for qualified divers, the maximum number of people is 4 divers per dive. Only on Wednesdays and in the weekends you can make this dive. The price for this shark dive is Euro 300. This price includes the guided tour of L’Aquàrium de Barcelona, theoretical class on sharks, dive in the Oceanarium, diving equipment and material, souvenir of the activity, insurance and free entrance to L’Aquàrium for 2 people.

If you are travelling to Spain, ensure you have insurance for Barcelona.