Guided visit
Cervantes
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In our Cervantes guided tour, we’ll take your students to discover Barcelona, a city that Miguel de Cervantes, Spain’s most universal writer, visited in the early 17th century and which inspired him to choose the place where the adventures of the ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha end.
Our guide’s great flexibility will enable your students to make the most of this educational tour, organised according to their level.
With your students, discover Miguel de Cervantes, the writer of Don Quixote in Barcelona…
The Cervantes guided tour will show you the Barcelona that Cervantes knew in the early 17th century, a city that is still fortified, full of endless narrow streets and mysterious corners.
Retrace the history of this novel with the help of our guide. Discover the importance of the sea to Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, who are amazed by it when they arrive in Barcelona. The sight of it moves the two protagonists of the novel, as it is the first time they have seen it.
Come and find out how, from among all the gates in the wall, he chose the one overlooking the beach as the setting for his characters. On its maritime side, the wall had an entrance at the level of where the Faculty of Navigation is today at the Pla de Palau, next to the Palau de Mar. We can therefore assume that it was through this gate that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza entered.
What’s more, if you’re fascinated by this maritime subject, we also offer a Barcelona and the Sea itinerary for those who want to discover this essential facet of Barcelona, namely the relationship the city has had with the marine world since Roman times.
Our route also takes you to the third floor of a building at number 2 on the Paseo de Colón, where Cervantes is said to have stayed when he was in Barcelona. From his window, he could enjoy a magnificent view of the city walls and contemplate the beautiful blue of the Mediterranean.
Follow the guide in pursuit of the most remarkable work of Spanish literature
Our guide will take you to the Gothic Quarter, where you will see in Calle Call, numbers 14 to 16, the site of the printing works of Sebastián de Comelles, considered to be the printing works visited by Don Quixote and where the second part of the novel, Don Quixote d’Avellaneda (1615), was printed.
The best way to finish the Don Quixote route in Barcelona is to board one of the famous Golondrinas, an optional section of our Cervantes route, the boats that sail along the city’s coast, so that you can contemplate it from Cervantes’s much-admired Mediterranean.
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