Gaudi and Modernism: a journey through Barcelona's breath-taking architecture
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'We absolutely loved this tour with Agustina. She was very knowledgeable and friendly and she encouraged our questions. She took us on a tour that succeeded in making us feel like we were there and gave us the urge to go visit in real life as soon as we can all safely travel again. I would definitely recommend this fun tour for adults and teens.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The tour guide provided great historical information and details. The sights at the basilica were amazing. Great tour!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Technical difficulties happen - but the issue here is that you can\'t directly reschedule with your host and neither can Amazon in this "beta" version - hello, doesn\'t anyone have a cell phone they can call the guide on? Despite tech checks and and strong connections on our end, the host told us it was fine on their end. There was no way to enjoy a tour with out of sync video and audio, so they ended it. I\'d give it no stars if I could. Ruined a birthday gift because the Amazon team couldn\'t contact host directly. Don\'t recommend to anyone unless all you want is frustration!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Since becoming familiar with Antoni Gaudí as the eponymous subject of Hiroshi Teshigahara’s lovingly made 1984 documentary, I have been eager to see his creations for myself. This tour, artfully presented by Brian, was a worthy substitute for physically being there. While Gaudí was the nominal focus of the experience, it was a welcome surprise to be immersed in finer details of the Catalan architect’s immediate milieu. After sketching a brief yet informative history of Gaudí’s mentor Lluís Domènech i Montaner by visiting the latter’s Hospital de Sant Pau (a quietly florid monument to modern medicine from the early 20th century), Brian led us through a line of terraced cafés and shops to the as-yet-unfinished marvel that is the Sagrada Familia. The more I learned about the church and its symbolic richness, the more I appreciated the spiritual dedication required to design it, let alone participate in its construction. I like to imagine that I will one day stand in its shadow, staring up at the completed form in prayerful thanksgiving for the God who inspired its rise from the ground.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I took a few tours with Agustina during the height of COVID and it was nice to see she is still guiding tours now that in person tourism is 'back'. Her knowledge of Barcelona is well rounded. She was able to help me see Gaudi's art/architecture in a more positive light. I am not a fan of his overly complicated designs, but something she said on the tour (you have to go to hear it) made me open my eyes and view his art in another way.\n\nThanks Agustina - hope I see you when I visit in October."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Overall, we LOVE doing these tours. The tour guide was great - very informative and interactive. The technical difficulties were not as a result of something that the tour guide did, but they did impair the quality of the tour. It made it that all of the video was choppy and poor quality, so we could not enjoy the visual side of this tour, which was the main driver for choosing it. We ended up having to take +130 pictures to look at later so we could see what he was pointing at. Would recommend these tours, but hopefully the internet quality for the tour guide is better in the future.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The host/guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and open to questions. Overall a really great experience and I'd highly recommend this to anyone considering visiting Barcelona one day. I'd never planned on going but after this tour, it's on my list of things to consider. I'll probably book this tour again and bring a friend along. Great experience. Perfectly executed tour. Awesome guide. 👍 Five stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This was our first experience, and we really enjoyed it. Raul was very knowledgable, interesting, and easy to understand. It was a good balance of history of the city and information about the architecture. He was a very enjoyable host who answered all of our questions about the city. I felt like Raul gave us a great overview of the buildings. I'd be happy to take another tour in the future."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Augustina was a fantastic guide. This tour follows one of my favorite boulevards in Barcelona, made even more delightful with her relevant commentary.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Really enjoyed the tour. Informative and the church as magnificent. Guide was super knowledgeable.'}]