Barcelona Treasure Hunts

Give your sightseeing an adrenaline boost on a fast-paced Barcelona Treasure Hunt around the city streets. During these challenging activities, participants race against the clock – and each other – to complete a number of mental and physical tasks and claim the final prize!

Below you’ll find our 7 favourite scavenger hunts, each with a different theme and many featuring professional actors, who introduce your challenge and hand you a map, as well as your first clues. Then it’s off to explore and solve a series of riddles via logic and skill, as you navigate the hidden corners of Barcelona.

Teamwork and a diverse range of personalities are crucial to solving each scavenger hunt, as is quick and savvy decision making. Aside from being a great competition for a group of friends (prices are based on a min. of 8 or 10 participants), this activity also provides a fun and original way to explore the labyrinthine streets of the Old Town and beyond.

A spot of treasure hunting also makes for the perfect team building exercise or corporate activity, functioning as a fun and competitive ice breaker. While the more ribald “X Marks The Spot” pirate-themed scavenger chase is perfect for stag or hen parties.

The 7 Best Barcelona Treasure Hunts

1. “Legends of Barcelona” Treasure Hunt

Uncover the stories behind the city during this 2-hour dash around the dazzling Old Town streets of Barcelona. Live actors will offer you clues to the Catalan capital’s mythical roots, that you’ll need to solve in order to advance, while other riddles will lead participants to solve mysteries old and new in the peaceful Plaça Felip Neri and the bustling “Shakira Fountain”, amongst other iconic locations. Perfect for newcomers to the city, and the activity includes prizes for the winning team and sparkling Cava for all participants.

Cost: €35 per person
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

2. Photo Treasure Hunt

During this well-constructed game, designed especially with corporate groups in mind, in addition to solving clues and puzzles, each team will be tasked with capturing images of Barcelona using a vintage Polaroid camera – and they will need to collaborate to get the most fun shots possible! At the end of the game each team will present a photo album to the organisers, who will score the winners based on how cool their pictures are, in addition to gaining points for completing the other tasks. Included in the activity price is an awards ceremony and compère, making this a great bet for professional teams.

Cost: €49 per person
Duration: 3 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

3. Gaudi vs. The Anarchists

After Gaudi died, he left a trail of clues for his friends to solve in order to locate the safe place where he hid his final plans for La Sagrada Familia. Unfortunately his last will and testament has also fallen into the hands of his enemies and detractors, who would gladly burn those same plans. The race to find the architectural blueprints is on, with your teams representing either friends of Gaudi or else iconoclastic anarchists, both of whom will need to visit key locations around the city to decipher Gaudi’s last enigmatic puzzle in a race against time. This fun and immersive story is perfect for anyone interested in the works of Barcelona’s most famous son. Email for more info and bookings.

Cost: €35 per person
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

4. Gastronomic Treasure Hunt

Part food tour, part scavenger hunt, this mouthwatering trail will see participants race around the city to confront a number of tastebud-related challenges and quizzes. On the menu is blindfolded tastings, oyster sampling at Boqueria market and Basque pintxo making, among other tasty trials. The activity is fantastic value if you consider that the final price includes all food and drink consumed as part of the event.

Cost: €44 per person
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

5. Street Art Polaroid Challenge

A treasure hunt and graffiti challenge in one, participants must first scour the diverse streets of Raval, using photographic clues to locate the district’s most famous street art and complete a corresponding quiz. Astute observation is a must! Next, led by a local Barcelona street artist, they must harness their creativity to fashion their own art. Finally, teams must chronicle their freshly made art using a Polaroid camera. The perfect activity for any young and creative team!

Cost: €79 per person
Duration: 3 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

6. “Artists of Barcelona” Treasure Hunt

In this fun exploration of Barcelona’s artistic legacy, teams will have to work fast to hunt down some of the city’s most famous monuments, like Roy Lichtenstein’s 1991 sculpture Barcelona Head, and Joan Miro’s famous tri-coloured mosaic, as well as the legendary art school where a young Pablo Picasso once studied, if they are to advance and claim their cultural gold medal! The activity includes prizes and complimentary Cava.

Cost: €35 per person
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com

7. X Marks The Spot (for Stags & Hens!)

It’s “beers and booty” for the boys and “Champagne and shanties” for the girls, during this raucous, pirate-themed romp around the Old Town that has been specially designed for stag and hen groups. You’ll need to solve a puzzling selection of riddles, and navigate some naughty games and surprises if you want to get your hands on Captain Muerte’s treasure, interacting with live actors as you race around the cobbled streets of Barcelona. Several complementary bevvies should give you the Dutch courage to succeed in your quest, and the event includes fancy dress and celebratory Cava and prizes.

Cost: €29 per person
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: Min. 10 people
Reservations: info@barcelona-life.com