Aperture Tours

Private photography tour company with professional photographers in 26 cities; in Barcelona, a street tour, a night tour and a combined six-hour tour.

Aperture Tours runs private photography tours in cities around the world, each led by a professional photographer who lives there. The company has its office in Paris and works in 26 cities, from Amsterdam to Tokyo; in Spain, only in Barcelona. The tours are about improving your own photography, not about having your picture taken: the photographer corrects you on the spot and adapts the route to what interests you.

The Barcelona tours

There are three, all private. The street tour lasts three hours and starts from the Palau de la Música Catalana: it takes in the Gothic Quarter, works by Gaudí and neighbourhoods where the city goes about its normal life. The night tour, also three hours, starts from Plaça d'Espanya and works on long exposure with the Magic Fountain and the Sagrada Família lit up. Each costs from €200. The combined tour joins the two in six hours, from €370, and adds Sants-Montjuïc, Gràcia and Barceloneta.

Who guides

The website introduces Ian Neiman, who studied Fine Arts in La Plata, in Argentina, has worked in photography since 2013 and has lived in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Barcelona. The company says it selects each photographer through its own process.

What they run

The Geocalia activities run by Aperture Tours, with the prices and terms they publish.

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

Frequently asked questions

Are the tours in a group?

No: all are private, for you or your group.

What does the website not say?

The languages, the maximum group size and the cancellation policy: ask when you book.

Independent company: you book with them, on their terms.

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

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