Icons of Barcelona: visit historic Placa d'Espanya and see some of the city's greatest buildings
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The tour was a great experience - surprisingly good. Amazon Explore is a great experience and Alberto provided a great tour.\n\nThe tour of Barcelona's Placa d'Espanya was great. My tour guide was Alberto - a native of Barcelona. He's totally fluent in English, well traveled, and very friendly. We started off on an observation platform of that overlooks the Placa. He took me on an hourlong walk around the round-a-bout, through the World's Faire area, and up to the overlook above the Font Màgica de Montjuïc. Alberto told me stories along the way about the history of the area and the present uses. It was all quite cool. Highly recommended.\n\nThis was my first Amazon Explore tour. I think it's a cool idea and would be a good experience, but I was still pleasantly surprised how good an experience it is. I mean, how well can it compare to visiting in person? I figured it was not so much an alternative to travel as an alternative to Netflix. But it really does give you a sense of being there. And this is without thousands of dollars of plane fare. Not to mention, it's much easier to schedule. So with regard to Amazon Explore, thumbs up."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Booked this tour for a Sunday morning with our young kids to learn about Barcelona, hooking my laptop up to the TV so everyone could sit comfortably. We had no technical difficulties at all with our session.\n\nAlberto was an excellent host who is well travelled and very cordial, happily explaining anything that looked interesting, answering our questions, and offering travel tips in case we ever came for a physical visit. We got a nice mix of historical background with maps and pictures and information about modern day events like light shows and festivals. We all enjoyed having him as our host for our session!\n\nWe'd love to visit Barcelona one day when travel is feasible again. Thank you Amazon & Alberto for the chance to know more about this wonderful city!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was my first virtual tour experience, and it was amazing ! Alberto was a fountain of information and really dove into the historical past of Plaza España. He was very friendly and also gave suggestions of restaurants where to dine when we go visit sometime in the near future. I would recommend Alberto’s tour around Plaza España to everyone!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Alberto was so professional and personable. We loved learning about the history of Barcelona from him. In addition to the history, he was able to provide us with great tips on local culture and where and what to eat should we visit in the future. The views were amazing and the ability to see it all from our couch makes the experience priceless. Our short hour with him left us wanting to visit soon!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Alberto did a great job showing us around Barcelona. He was knowledgeable. personable, and managed to dodge traffic with ease ( which is always a good thing cause who wants to have a tour end that way) ;)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'We learned a lot and had a great time!!'}, {'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': 'First time trying explore and first time seeing Barcelona. The tour was perfect; we learned the history of the area, had high-quality video/sound, were able to ask questions and engage. Tour guide was providing relevant info throughout the video tour and asked us if we could see things and if we wanted to see the Olympic Stadium with just a few minutes remaining. The time of day was perfect so we recommend 11:15 am EST or so to see sundown.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Alberto was very knowledgeable and friendly. He shared a lot of historic and architectural highlights, packing a lot of information and beautiful sightseeing in 1 hour. He contrasted locations with historic pictures, which showed planning and development over time.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Sergi prepared very well, is knowledgeable, and gave us an interesting tour of a beautiful part of Barcelona. The technology worked well. It's wonderful to see other cultures and other people. We really appreciate this opportunity to travel virtually and experience Barcelona. Sergi is friendly, clear, and answered our questions. Bravo!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Our tour guide Sergi was great, and the tour was fascinating! He had great advice for our upcoming trip, and really took care to answer our questions about what we were seeing.\n\nThe whole tour overall was breathtaking and very enjoyable! Time well spent! We took our tour of Barcelona at 10:30AMEST and that was perfect timing as the magic fountain was running - definitely worth timing the tour to make sure the fountains are on!'}]