Olympic Barcelona
This itinerary invites you to explore the evolution of Barcelona over more than two thousand years, discovering how each era left its mark on the city.
A journey that begins in Roman Barcino and progresses to contemporary Barcelona, showing how architecture, urban planning and daily life changed over time.
Olympic Barcelona
The 1992 Games, read in the style of Aal To
This 4-hour tour allows you to understand how Barcelona learned to see itself—and to show itself to the world—in a new way, exploring the profound urban transformation that Barcelona underwent for the 1992 Olympic Games. Through Montjuïc, the seafront and Barceloneta, you will discover how sport, architecture and urban planning combined to reinvent the city and project it to the world.
The tour transforms Olympic history into a living experience: stadiums, towers, and squares explain how Barcelona prepared for an event that changed its recent past. The cable car descent from Montjuïc to the sea offers a unique perspective of the cityscape, connecting the Olympic mountain with the Mediterranean. A premium alternative experience from Aalto Tours, designed for those who want to understand contemporary Barcelona through the lens of the momentous event that forever changed it.
Meeting point:
Magic Fountain, Montjuïc
Start time:
14:00 hs
Duration:
4 hs
Walking level:
Moderate
Minimum participants:
4
Tickets:
They are not required
Price:
€99/person
WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE?
Solo con Aal To
Exclusive cable car descent from Montjuïc:
Experience Barcelona from the air with a panoramic flight to Barceloneta, enjoying privileged views of the port and the coast.
Tour 100% focused on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics:
It's not a general tour: it's a complete immersion into how the Games transformed the city.
A unique urban reading:
We connect sport, architecture and urban evolution, showing how Barcelona reinvented itself from a historic event.
A gastronomic finale by the sea:
The experience concludes with a tapa and a drink by the Mediterranean, to end the tour with local flavor and an unbeatable setting.
STAGES OF THE ITINERARY
An itinerary conceived as a progressive experience
1. Magic Fountain – The grand staging
Introduction to Montjuïc as a key venue for the Games and the urban transformation initiated in 1992, with open views over Plaça d'Espanya.
2. Olympic Ring – Architecture and planning
A walk through the heart of the Games: Palau Sant Jordi, Olympic Stadium and Calatrava's Telecommunications Tower, analyzing the dialogue between architecture, engineering and the city.
3. Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium – The Olympic ritual
Exterior tour of the stadium of the opening and closing ceremonies, symbol of the rebirth of Montjuïc.
4. Olympic Museum (exterior) and Monument to Antonio Rebollo – Memory and symbols
The Olympic flame, the archer's gesture, and the construction of the Olympic narrative.
5. Montjuïc Municipal Swimming Pool – Sport and landscape
Explanation of the aquatic competitions and the iconic impact of this space with one of the most photographed views of Barcelona.
6. Montjuïc Cable Car – The city from the air
Panoramic descent towards the sea, reading the transformation of the port and the coastline from a privileged perspective.
7. Barceloneta – The sea as an Olympic legacy
Arrival at Barceloneta, a tribute to the city's swimming tradition and closing the tour with a tapa and a drink facing the Mediterranean.
8. Full stop
Barcelona
The tour includes
✔ Official local guide in Spanish, English, Italian
✔ Tapas and drinks included
✔ Cable car transfer included
The tour does not include
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