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Runner Bean Tours

Placa Reial, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
+34 636 108 776
As featured in Barcelona for free
Ranked #15 of 149 tours in Barcelona
5.0 of 5 stars 200 Reviews
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Owner description: Runner Bean Tours is a small local company based in Barcelona specialising in quality guided walking tours for independent travellers and groups. Our...... more » Owner description: Runner Bean Tours is a small local company based in Barcelona specialising in quality guided walking tours for independent travellers and groups. Our policy is to only work with knowledgeable guides who really enjoy what they do and have a passion for it. We believe that quality doesn't necessarily have to be expensive and that exploring the city by foot with a guide is probably the best experience you could bring back home. GAUDÍ FREE WALKING TOUR, OLD CITY FREE WALKING TOUR, KIDS & FAMILY WALKING TOUR... Hope to see you soon in Barcelona! « less
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

We chose an Old City tour with Gorka first and enjoyed a fascinating three hours walking the narrow streets that the tourist buses don't reach. Learned a huge amount about but this wasn't just a history lesson - plenty of gossip as well. Gorka showed us plenty of places we just wouldn't have seen if we had been on our... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

I honestly had not done any research prior to joining this tour, so I came into this tour not really knowing what to expect, or even knowing who Gaudi was (other than being a famous Spanish architect). I was actually looking more forward to the Old City tour, which we also planned to join under Runner Bean (Having read excellent... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2012 NEW
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I had a great time on the free walking tour of Gaudi's houses and the Sagrada Familia. Anne-Marie is a very informative tour guide. She is down to earth, funny, and knows a lot about Barcelona and its history. I learned a lot about Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, the casa near Las Ramblas (sorry, I forgot the name of it),... More

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Sputrip, Owner at Runner Bean Tours, responded to this review
24 May 2012

Wow! I am impressed with myself ;-). Seriously, that was a lovely review. It is great to get such positive feedback after so much work. See you on the Old City Tour next time around. Ann-Marie PS: The "casa" near las Ramblas is Palau Güell :-) More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012 NEW

This tour company rocks. We did the old city tour with Gorka on our first day and the Gaudi tour with Anne Marie (?) the second day. Both were fantastic, knowledgable, and very friendly. These tours gave me the history of barcelona plus enough rumours and tidbits to keep it interesting. Well worth it! Make sure you give them a... More

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Sputrip, Owner at Runner Bean Tours, responded to this review
24 May 2012

Thanks a million for your review. It is good to know that we rock ;-). This positive feedback is great and really helps boost our energy levels for the next tours. Thanks again, Ann-Marie & Gorka More

Manila, Philippines
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012 NEW

I was with my mother and two sisters. We did the Old City Tour with Gorka on a Sunday afternoon. Gorka was very knowledgeable of the places in the Old City. We can understand his English as he speaks very clearly and is very fluent. I like the fact that he gave us enough time to take pictures in major... More

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Duisburg, Germany
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012 NEW

We did both tours on two consecutive days and got the best introduction to Barcelona we could wish for. Especially Catherine's enthusiasm was catching, she is responsible for our fascination in Gaudi and our profound wish to go back to Barcelona as soon as possible to see more of Gaudi's genius. Gorka took us around Bari Gotic and provided us... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2012

Before I came to Barcelona, I’ve book The Gaudi Free Walking tour, but I didn’t expect much, because I’ve never did free tours. But I was very, very pleasantly surprised. Our guide Debbie was excellent and very knowable. She showed us great thing and gave us valuable tips so we could continue exploring Gaudi and Barcelona on our own. I... More

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Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2012

We did the old city tour with Gorka and it was definitely one of the highlights of our Barcelona trip. He is very good at what he does and seems to be loving it. He has a very good knowledge about the city and its history. I highly recommend taking this tour and checking out other tours of Runner Bean.... More

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Toronto, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012
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Did both the Gaudi and Gothic Quarter tours - both incredibly worthwhile, informative, and ideal time duration of 2.5 hours each. Had a different guide for each and while both had perfect English and were very friendly and knowledgeable, Anne-Marie conducted the best tour. She was not only friendly and knowledgeable, but energetic and humourous as well! Would definitely recommend... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

we did the old city tour while in Barcelona and it was a great way to see the city and have bits of it explained to you and come to life. The only thing i would say was that it was our guides first day doing this particular tour and you could tell she was nervous and something was missing.... More

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Sputrip, Owner at Runner Bean Tours, responded to this review
24 May 2012

Thank you for your review. You must have taken the Old City Tour with Catherine who just did her first tour this month. She was training for a few months for this particular tour and she had me and my partner along to help her and make sure the tour was up to a certain standard. While this is great... More

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