Time Out Market Barcelona: Tapas tour & market visit

This tour is a collaboration between Time Out and Devour Tours. Time Out’s local editors have spent years deciding which Barcelona bars, restaurants, and chefs are worth recommending; WalksDevour turns those picks into a guided experience with the stories, context, and people behind the food. Rather than spending the entire tour inside the market, you’ll start at three historic Gothic Quarter establishments before crossing the waterfront to Time Out Market Barcelona. The evening is deliberately designed to take you from old-school Barcelona to the city’s contemporary food scene.

Both explore Barcelona through local food, but they tell different stories. The Ultimate Barcelona Food Tour is a daytime journey through El Born and Barceloneta, with a working market, vermouth, and a traditional paella lunch. This tour is an evening route through the Gothic Quarter’s old-school bodegas and tapas bars before crossing to Time Out Market for a modern waterfront finale. Choose Ultimate Barcelona for the rhythm of a Catalan morning; choose this tour for historic bars, Time Out-curated picks, and the contrast between old and new Barcelona.

The Tapas, Taverns & History tour uses food as a way into Barcelona’s deeper medieval and political history. This tour focuses more closely on the city’s food institutions and the Time Out partnership: three characterful old-school stops in the Gothic Quarter followed by a substantial tasting at Time Out Market. If you want the history of Barcelona with tapas woven through it, choose Tapas, Taverns & History. If you want Time Out-approved food stops and a market finale overlooking the port, choose this one.

The planned menu includes *secallona del pastor* and smoked-sardine brioche with cava; patatas bravas and Manchego with vermouth; *botifarra* sausage and fried fish with house wine; followed by seafood paella, an XL croqueta of your choice, and cheesecake at Time Out Market. The market tasting also includes a beer or wine. Individual dishes may change if operational needs require it.

Yes. The first three stops feature smaller tapas-style tastings that build toward a substantial seated meal at Time Out Market with seafood paella, an XL croqueta, and cheesecake. Come hungry.

Time Out Market brings together restaurants and chefs selected by Time Out’s local editorial team. The first market opened in Lisbon in 2014, and Barcelona’s opened in July 2024 as the first in Spain. On this tour, your guide will give you an introduction to the market and some of its standout vendors before you sit down for your final tasting.

No. The first part of the tour takes place in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, where you’ll visit three historic bars and food businesses. Time Out Market is the finale: you’ll walk there together, explore the food hall with your guide, and sit down for the final meal.

Yes. The tour officially ends at Time Out Market, and you’re welcome to stay afterward for another drink, revisit a vendor, or continue exploring at your own pace.

The route covers approximately 1.5 km (1 mile) through the Gothic Quarter at a relaxed pace, with plenty of time to rest and eat between stops.

Barcelona’s independent bars and market vendors are working businesses, and occasionally operational needs can shift. If a stop or dish changes, we’ll still preserve the same quality, quantity, and overall arc of the experience.