Aguitur, the Tourist Guide Association (tel: 6523 84989), employs official guides offering a wide variety of tours in more than five languages, including walking tours around the main city attractions, galleries and museums, panoramic bus tours, boat tours and customised tours.

A newly inaugurated tourist bus, called TuriBus, offers audio guides in three languages, and tours the city hourly. A ticket is valid all day so you can hop on and off as many times as you like. There are stops at all the popular tourist sites: Plaza del Mar, Archaeological Museum, Santa Barbara Castle, Central Market, Luceros, Renfe Station, Maisonnave (the shopping area), the Theatre and the Rambla.