Excellent experience, no issues. I decided to drive the car myself, and had a co driver driving in front of us. I was a bit sceptic to this concept, but I was really nice to have someone to lead the way. Don’t expect this to be a race drive, it’s a scenic drive, hence I would recommend a convertible. You do get the opportunity to hear the engine revs, but not at high speed. I think we went max 80 kmt. Thank you to JC for arranging this.
In November 2023, I booked a surprise ride for my husband in a Ferrari Portofino for his 50th birthday. The messages were answered immediately and I got good information about the different driving routes. We booked the Tibidabo route and we were really satisfied! Juan took a lot of pictures and videos of us with our own phone, thank you for this experience! The sun was shining and we were able to open the roof. Juan and his team are gold! When we come to Barcelona again, we will definitely book a driving experience with them again. Thank you!!
I would love to leave a good review for this excursion because my husband looked forward to it more than anything else. However, once we got there, they were late which isnt really a big deal 10-15 min but then we didnt leave for an hour. Tour was to start at 10:30, we left the office at 11:30 and were dropped off by 12:30 for a 90 min tour, because we were going to be late for our next excursion, and also the instructor forgot he had another appointment so he was happy to drop us off. Worse yet he charged us an additional 99 euros in cash only, we had to go to an ATM, for the passenger to ride with, even though the La Vacanza Travel ad said for two people and I called La Vacanza Travel prior to booking and had them verify how to get an international license, the cost of insurance and that it was for two people. Which the La Vacanza Travel operator spoke to the company and they verified at time of booking. To top it off the instructor made my husband very uncomfortable, my husband is a professional driver and this young man several times told him to go when it was not safe, which I do have on video. His was continuously telling him how to drive, grabbing the steering wheel, and made the tour very uncomfortable. I asked La Vacanza Travel to see about a refund of the 99 Euros we had to pay extra because I was supposed to be included in the tour as it was for two, they reached out to the operator and my understanding is there has been no response and La Vacanza Travels stand is since we paid it in cash to the operator there was nothing they could do. Which I do understand, but puts a bad taste in my mouth for trusting them to stand behind what’s advertised since I contacted them at the time of the tour. So anyway, I assume this kid probably just got over on us for 99 Euros. It put a real sour note on the entire experience for us. I would definitely avoid this company for booking, the cars are beautiful and there is nothing negative to say about them, its 100% who is running the shop. I would definitely go with another driving experience operator for a better tour.
I booked the Ferrari 40 minute driving experience as a surprise for my husband. He absolutely loved it. I went in the back so also got to experience the ride of the awesome car. Alex the instructor was a really friendly, great guy. Definitely worth doing if you want to do something a bit special whist visiting Barcelona. Would highly recommend.
WOW! What a great experience this was. After a number of visits to Barcelona we were looking for something a little different to do and Drive Me Barcelona came through in a very big way. After a few e-mails with the very helpful folks at their office we settled on the mountain drive. Their driver, Alex, showed up exactly on time at our hotel and after giving us a quick rundown on our chosen car - a 2022 Ferrari Portofino M - we were off for an hour and a half drive in the hills around Barcelona. Alex had an excellent route for us, and got us out of the city as quickly as possible. I have driven older Ferraris before, and other supercars, but this one exceeded all of my expectations. If you like high end sports cars, or just want to try something fun and a little bit different, give Drive Me Barcelona a call. They are great to work with and I know you will enjoy yourself.