Brightside sidecar tour in Barcelona

Carrying on with our unusual trips around the main cities of Spain on wheels, we carried on our trip to Barcelona where I had booked a trip on a sidecar motorcycle with a company called Brightside. Very conveniently Joao our guide for the day was happy to pick us up right outside our hostal! We were then shown a map of where we would be going and also given the opportunity to choose or indicate in particular where we wanted to go. We decided to go with the must-do itinerary, which led us first up to the Montejuic mountain with it's castle and spectacular views. On the way we also passed the Olympic village where Joao described interesting nuggets of history along our tour. Of particular interest were his descriptions of some of the neighbourhoods which we passed through, where they had been revitalized after a rather seedy past. The motorcycle really gave us an opportunity to really see a great deal more of Barcelona than we would have managed by any other means of transport - we managed to take in the sagrada familia, the palau de musica catalana, casa battlo, the beach and many other sights all within the tour. He also had some very helpful tips and hints, one of the best being a recommendation to check out the bar at the top of the hotel majestic on the passeig de gracia, which we did afterwards - the views at the top made us feel on top of the world!