Hi Emily,
The Barcelona trip is totaly customizable. We can can spend as much or as little time at any of these places or add our own. I found out about Jose and his tour company off the Cruise Critic board. He was highly recommended and his replies have been very prompt and friendly. Here is the description. If we only have 6 people the cost is 795 Euros and at 8-10 it's 895 Euros.
Cathy
BARCELONA HIGHLIGHTS & MONTSERRAT
The Barcelona Highlights chauffeured tour covers all of Barcelona’s main
attractions, as well as many tucked away gems that don’t appear in most
guides. The tour combines driving and walking beautifully and you will get
an excellent overview of the entire city, including the sights that are
further away from the center, on the hills that surround the city of
Barcelona. The other half of the day would be spent in Montserrat.
You'd be conveniently picked up at your ship the Carnival Splendor and you'd
tour very comfortably in a very modern and roomy minibus (separate
driver, included in tour price.)
We’ll tour Barcelona for a couple of hours first and we’ll cover Gaudi's
irresistible architecture, then we’ll head towards Montserrat, to arrive in time to listen to the choir of singing boys and have some time to have lunch and admire the beauty of the place. When we return to Barcelona, we’ll explore the Gothic Quarter (old town) before heading back to your ship.
I have included a list of the sites we'll cover on the tour at the end of
this email. The tour will be in perfect English, very informative, and a lot of fun. The price for your full day
Barcelona Highlights and Montserrat is 895 euros for your party of 8/10 people.
I am still personally available on Oct. 2nd, 2008.
I hope you find my proposal enticing and we can meet!
I look forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Jose
Jose Soler
Licensed Tour Guide
Private Tours of Barcelona
www.pepitotours.com
info@pepitotours.com
+34 615 059 326
P.S.: This is the itinerary of the Barcelona Highlights tour:
• Old Town:
o Cathedral
o Gothic Quarter
o Jewish Quarter and Europe´s oldest synagogue
o Roman walls
o Roman Temple of Augustus
o Plaça de Sant Jaume and City Hall
o Plaça del Rei
• Eixample district, with all its beautiful "modernista"
buildings (Gaudi´s houses):
o Casa Mila (by Gaudi)
o Casa Batllo (by Gaudi)
o Casa Amatller by Puig I Cadafalch
o Casa Lleo Morera by Domenech I Montaner
o Sagrada Familia church (by Gaudi)
• Montjuic (hill by Barcelona’s harbour)
o Montjuic castle
o Amazing view of the city
o Olympic ring
o Plaça Espanya
• Seafront:
o Medieval shipyard
o Medieval walls
o Old Port (marina)
o Columbus Monument at bottom of Ramblas