--- title: A Day in Sants Feasting Off the Grid lang: en alternate_de: https://guidekin.com/de/spain/barcelona/tours/a-day-in-sants-feasting-off-the-grid/ type: tour city: Barcelona country: Spain price: 144 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 5 reviews: 47 duration_minutes: 300 languages: [en] free_cancellation: "true" schedule_checked: 2026-10-02 data_updated: 2026-10-03 canonical: https://guidekin.com/spain/barcelona/tours/a-day-in-sants-feasting-off-the-grid/ --- # A Day in Sants Feasting Off the Grid **Guidekin's take:** Start at Mercat de Sants before visiting neighborhood food shops, seasonal restaurants and bodegas on a food walk through Sants. Lunch, snacks and alcoholic drinks are included; private transportation is excluded. 5 from 47 reviews at €144 per person for 5h. ## Overview Sants offers a glimpse of Barcelona before the city became a global tourism hotspot. With its working-class roots, traditional bodegas and family-run restaurants, the neighborhood has preserved a strong local identity while welcoming a new generation of chefs and creative projects. We’ll begin at the historic Mercat de Sants with a hearty breakfast and tastes from its vendors. From there, we’ll visit neighborhood food shops, seasonal restaurants and old-school bodegas, sipping vermut with tapas among wooden wine casks. Along the way, we’ll also stop for handmade sweets at local bakeries and chocolate shops. Beyond the food, we’ll explore Sants’ industrial past and community spirit, finishing at a former 19th-century textile factory transformed into a lively cultural center with its own bar and microbrewery — a fitting introduction to one of Barcelona’s most authentic neighborhoods. ## Before you book - Meeting point: Our meeting point is at the benches… - Starts 09:00: one departure a day - Food included: Lunch, Snacks - Strollers OK: infants accepted - Children from €72: ages 7 to 12 **Pickup:** No hotel pickup: everyone meets at the start point ## Key facts - Price: from €144 per person - Duration: 5h - Rating: 5.0/5 from 47 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Operator: Culinary Backstreets Walks - Group: Shared tour - Guide languages: English - Start times: 09:00 - Booking: Instant confirmation, mobile ticket - Price checked on Viator: 2026-10-02 ## Reviews 5.0 from 47 ratings on Guidekin, Viator & Tripadvisor. 100% of ratings with a star breakdown are 4 or 5 stars: 47 of 47. - 5 stars: 47 (100%) - 4 stars: 0 (0%) - 3 stars: 0 (0%) - 2 stars: 0 (0%) - 1 star: 0 (0%) ### What reviewers say Reviewers praise the local food and guides' knowledge of Sants; some feel too full to eat much at the later stops. **Praised:** - Guides who connect Catalan food with Sants history and everyday life - Local markets, shops and eateries away from the usual tourist areas - A varied spread of local dishes, sweet bites and drinks - Careful accommodation of allergies and dietary preferences **Complaints:** - Some are too full to eat much at later stops, while others find the tastings well paced Written by Guidekin from the 47 most recent English reviews on Viator & Tripadvisor (2023-11-23 to 2026-09-26); last checked 2026-10-03. ## What's included - Alcoholic Beverages - Lunch - Snacks ## Not included - Private transportation ## Itinerary 1. **Sants** (2h) - Join our Sants food tour to spend the day eating your way through a lesser-explored neighborhood with a booming local food scene and a fascinating history. We’ll dig into markets and old vermuterias, pastry shops and down home restaurants, but we’ll also find the pulse of... 2. **La Bordeta** (2h) - On our Sants food tour, we will visit many of these neighborhood institutions, both old and new, getting a taste of what life in Barcelona was like before the city became the global hotspot that it is today. We will start with a hearty breakfast in the newly restored Mercat... 3. **Mercat De Sant Antoni** (1h) - We won’t leave Sants, though, without a visit to one of the neighborhood’s most unique social and cultural projects, a massive 19th century textile factory that after decades of disuse has been transformed by locals into a bustling cultural center – one that even has its own... ## Schedule - Runs: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat - Departures: 09:00 - Schedule last checked: 2026-10-02 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. ## Meeting point Our meeting point is at the benches facing the round fountain at Placeta de Ramon Torres i Casanovas at Carrer de Sants 109, at the beginning of Rambla de Sants. Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJu5ZkXo-YpBIRchiP-dMxD0o Ends: back at the meeting point ## Good to know - Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller - Public transportation options are available nearby - Suitable for all physical fitness levels Booking asks for: dates of birth ## More in Barcelona - All Barcelona tours: https://guidekin.com/spain/barcelona/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/spain/barcelona/tours/a-day-in-sants-feasting-off-the-grid/ Filters, the full catalogue and the URL contract for this city: https://guidekin.com/spain/barcelona/?format=md