It is increasingly common to see groups of tourists on bicycles, scooters and other means of transport on wheels. Avoiding them is not as easy as it seems, and sometimes, walking around the city can become a real odyssey.
Now, a new type of motorized tours for tourists has arrived in Barcelona , “Quad City Tours”, which offer extravagant tours of the city on a quad bike.
Although it may seem strange to us, since when we think of Barcelona a quad bike does not come to mind, Mario, owner and guide of the company, assures that “normally, we think of the Moroccan desert, but never of a city. For me, it is another way of seeing Barcelona that I want you to discover”.
The tours cost 89€ for two hours of sightseeing in Barcelona.
What are the tours like? From 16 years old and without a driver’s license.
These routes visit the most emblematic sites of the city. They start at the statue of Columbus, at the end of La Rambla, and offer a visit through Barceloneta, from where they go up to the Sagrada Familia, pass by Arc de Triomf and turn around until they reach Plaça Catalunya. Once there, they go to Plaça Espanya and visit the mountain of Montjuïc, and finally end up at La Rambla.
To participate in these tours, you only need to be 16 years old and have a moped license, not even a driver’s license, since these are electric vehicles with no more than 50cc of power, which are considered light quadricycles. The company assures that with this experience they ensure the rest of the neighbors, since they are not noisy and, in addition, they are environmentally friendly.
These vehicles, unlike other wheeled vehicles such as Cititaxy or Segways, are not considered personal mobility vehicles. For this reason, the routes offered are always guided, with a maximum of four quads and always circulating in single file.
The company operates, for the moment, in Barcelona and Paris, although it will soon also offer its services in Rome, Milan, Lisbon and Madrid.