Barcelona Tapas and Wine Tour in El Born and Barceloneta

Explore Barcelona’s side streets on a small-group tapas and tasting tour featuring classic Catalan dishes and drinks.

Getting started

Arrive at the designated meeting point a little early so the Barcelona Side Streets Tapas & Wine Tour can begin on time. Have your confirmation email ready on your phone, as there is no need to print it. Once the group is assembled, you set off on foot into the nearby neighborhoods to start your evening of tastings.

What to expect

El Born

El Born is a historic district of narrow medieval alleys, where you begin tasting traditional Catalan tapas in long-running local restaurants.

Features

• Start with classic eggplant tapas, such as eggplant tortilla or fried eggplant in balsamic honey, paired with Catalan tomato bread or jamón-stuffed mushrooms. These first bites introduce staples of the local tapas bar and set the tone for the rest of the tasting.
• Continue with pinxtos, the Basque-style tapas, chosen to showcase variety in textures and toppings in a casual bar setting. This is where you start to see how different regions within Spain influence Barcelona’s food scene.
• Learn to drink white tastings from a porrón, practicing the distinctive pour that locals use. Alongside, you sample a vermut cocktail and a glass of cava, with water always available between tastings.

Barceloneta

Barceloneta is the former fishermen’s quarter by the sea, where the route focuses on hearty neighborhood dishes and a sweet finish.

Features

• Taste the legendary Bomba de Barceloneta, a fried potato and pork ball served with bravas sauce, chosen here for its roots in this very neighborhood. It is followed by fideua, a Catalan-style noodle paella that highlights how seafood and coastal traditions shape local cooking.
• Visit restaurants that go back three generations, using these stops to see how family-run spots keep recipes like bomba and fideua consistent over time. The focus is on sitting down, eating, and observing how locals enjoy an evening out.
• End with a special Catalan pastry, selected as the final tasting to close the tour on a sweet note. By the time you walk back through Barceloneta, you have sampled tapas, eggplant, tomato bread or mushrooms, pinxtos, bomba, fideua, and pastry, along with white tastings from a porrón, vermut, cava, and water during your walk through El Born and Barceloneta.