Private Tour Spanish Civil War & Franco's Dictatorship

Walk the streets and neighbourhoods where fascists, anarchists and defenders of the Spanish Republic fought, organised and died for their ideals. This private tour examines the political, social and military causes of the Spanish Civil War and traces how those upheavals produced a thirty-six-year fascist dictatorship under General Franco.

You will explore neighbourhoods shaped by conflict and learn how Barcelona became a distinctive centre of anarchist organisation, workers' collectives and radical social experiment. Through evocative stories, period context and visible landmarks the tour explains who the main factions were, why international powers intervened, and how everyday life was transformed by wartime pressures.

Guides bring the city’s past to life with clear, accessible narratives about bombardments, street fighting and the cultural losses endured under authoritarian rule. The route highlights memorials, former battlegrounds and architectural scars that still mark Barcelona’s urban fabric, helping visitors understand how memory and history are woven into modern daily life. By the end you will gain a rounded appreciation of the conflict’s causes, the nature of anarchist resistance, and the long shadow of Franco’s regime on contemporary Spain. Read more