Barcelona Pub Crawl
Discover Barcelona on your hands and knees
Downtown Barcelona is full of amazing bars and clubs, and there’s no better way to discover them than with a local guide and bunch of other young friendly party animals.
Here we preview 5 of the most popular pub crawls in Barcelona, as well as share some tips on how to behave and respecting the locals, along with a few more party options.
The 5 Best Barcelona Pub Crawls
1. The Barcelona Bar Crawl – The city’s most popular pub crawl!
2. The Original Pub Crawl – Friendly tour with option of 1.5 hrs open bar!
3. VIP Nightlife Tour – VIP extravaganza ending in Opium nightclub (weekends only!).
4. Guided City Pub Crawl – A walking drink tour with 4 drinks
5. Tipsy Tapas Tour – A fun’n’friendly food tour with plenty of liquid refreshment
1. The Barcelona Bar Crawl
The I Survived Barcelona crew are behind this epic booze up, which is your most reliable bet for a big night out in the Catalan capital – they frequently get more than 100 party animals on board! You’ll hit up several bars (free shot in each venue), get wild with body shots and vodka supersoakers, before getting free entry to one of the best late night venues in town. Best of all you can come back the following night for free! That’s right, you pay only once and you get to join as many times as you like.
Key Details
When: Every night during summer at 10:30 pm (Thurs to Sat during winter)
Where: Cheers Bar, C/Boqueria 15 (Just off Las Ramblas, map here. Note: No entry without online reservation however!)
Price: €20
Online Reservations
In order to reserve your place, head to their Secret Booking page. When you book using this exact link you get an additional FREE shot in every bar!
In all cases, you MUST reserve in advance and pay a €12.50 deposit. The rest (€7.50) you can pay on the night.
2. The Original Pub Crawl
Be Original Tours is a young, fun-loving travel company that runs nightlife and sightseeing/cultural tours in Europe’s hippest cities, like Berlin, Amsterdam, Budapest and Vienna. Their authentic Barcelona pub crawl costs just €15 (keep reading for a discount!) and begins in the superb Milans Cocktail Bar. You can sip a beer at usual prices, but party animals are invited to upgrade their ticket to tuck into 1.5 hours of free drinks for just €20 extra, which includes as many beers, wines, mixers and cocktails as you can handle (be sensible folks!). Starting at around 10pm, you’ll leave Milans and start your tour of the Gothic Quarter’s best hidden bars, before enjoying free VIP entry into one of the city’s most happening nightclubs, to dance the rest of the night away…
Key Details
When: Monday to Sunday, at 8:30pm
Where: Milans Cocktail Bar, C/Milans 7.
Price: €15 (or just €13.50 thanks to a Barcelona Life discount!), with optional €20 free bar.
Online Reservations
You can book the Original Pub Crawl directly on the organiser’s website.
We’ve also sorted out our readers with a 10% DISCOUNT for this epic night out! After you’ve selected your dates, just enter the code “barcelonalife” where it says ‘Apply Coupon’ on the left of the shopping cart page, when you’re checking out (see screenshot below). In fact, if you use the links supplied the coupon should be automatically added for you.
3. The VIP Nightlife Tour
If you fancy something a touch more glamorous than your classic crawl around the streets of Barcelona, this dazzling night out starts at a fun international bar, before calling in on a stylish cocktail lounge, and hip bar/club in the Zona Alta district of the city. After warming up at these three venues, your private bus delivers you to the city’s hottest nightspot – Opium. Put on your high heels and best cocktail dress for this one. More info here.
Key Details
When: Every Friday and Saturday, from end of March to October, at 10pm.
Where: Belushi’s Bar, C/Bergara 3.
Price: €54.95 (includes free drink at each venue and free VIP entry to Opium)
Reservations
Email us on info@barcelona-life.com with your group size and preferred dates and we’ll get right back to you with availability. Last minute reservations: if you want to book online ASAP, head to Get Your Guide.
4. Guided City Pub Crawl
A walking tour and a bar crawl in one, this highly rated activity is a great one for culturally inquisitive tourists who also enjoy sampling the local nightlife. I particularly like the fact that the four drinks on offer are classics of Spain and Catalonia, such as cava, sangria, homemade vermouth and local cocktails.
Key Details
When: Daily at 8pm
Where: Plaça de Santa Mar 1
Price: €39 to €59 (depending on the date)
Reservations
They accept online bookings via Get Your Guide.
5. Tipsy Tapas Food Crawl
Pub crawls are so passé… today’s cool kids are all about food crawls! On this tour through through the happening El Born neighbourhood, you’ll visit four of the hippest tapas bars and restaurants and taste all manner of classic Spanish tapas – from pintxos and pimentos del padron to mini-paellas – alongside a friendly bunch of fellow winers and diners. Naturally each tapa is paired perfectly with a local wine, beer or liqueur, and true to the name you’ll end the experience nice and tipsy.
Key Details
When: Daily at 1pm and 5pm
Where: Outside the Post Office, Pl. d’Antonio López 1
Price: €69
Reservations
They accept online bookings via Get Your Guide.
Guide To Pub Crawl Etiquette
Dress Code
Barcelona is fairly liberal on dress codes in general, but as all of these nights finish in a club, better dress to impress. To be sure of getting in everywhere, do not wear sports clothes, flip flops / sandals, or carry backpacks.
These activities are for over 18s only, and you should bring ID if you’re between 18-21, or are blessed with youthful looks, just to be on the safe side.
Drink Sensibly…
Yes, we’re old and boring at Barcelona Life, but while a few beers make for a fun night, overdoing it certainly doesn’t…. aside from the fact that binge drinking is totally passé (thank god!), drinking in moderation will help prevent you from being targeted by pickpockets, increase your chance of hooking up, and prevent you from wasting the following day hungover.
Say No to Noise!
Most importantly, please don’t disturb the ordinary citizens of Catalonia when you’re travelling between bars, or traipsing back to your hostel, by shouting like a maniac. You might be here for one night only, but they live here, and don’t appreciate it when the city streets are treated as a 24-hour nightclub. A little consideration for others goes a long way!
More Parties
No self-respecting night owl comes to Barcelona without signing up for one of the aforementioned events, but if you’ve still got a few euros in your pocket and you’re looking for some day time drinking in the sunshine with a fun-loving young crowd then check out all your Boat Party options too!
There are even some more sophisticated things to do by night, if you’re fan of food, culture or creativity.
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Amazing time... so much fun... so many great (and sexy!) people. The club at the end was packed and we danced the night away with all the cool peeps we had met during the night. Would do it again in an instant.9 months ago
