Make authentic Espadrilles in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain
4.9/5 reviews
En, Fr, Es
Curated by: Luis

Difficulty Level
Medium
Duration Time
≈ 1 Hours 30 Minutes
Number of Person
≈ 1 - 10 Person

Reviewed as one-in-a-lifetime experience by more than 1,000 guests, this is already a must-do in Barcelona according to BuzzFeed, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others. during this onsite Espadrilles experience you will stitch your own traditional Catalan espadrilles, which you will keep afterwards as the most amazing souvenir.

What you’re going to do

We will meet at one of our workshops, where you can see the finished products and the materials. The artisans will be with you at all time leading and providing the materials and tools.

First, we will introduce you to the story of espadrilles and the materials needed for their construction. You will learn about this beautiful tradition, and how this shoe design passed from being built for humble people, to be one of the most trendy in fashion nowadays.

Then every guest will choose the size of the base, the color of the laces and the preferred style. Once ready, we will stitch our own traditional espadrilles, and then learn the different ways to lace them up. There will be more than 100K different combinations!

It will be fun, not difficult and you will have constructed your own pair of traditional "espardenyes" by the end of it.

Finally, each guest will leave with its own creation and with a really cool story to tell to friends, something that it is hardly available to the visitors, not even locals. a wearable memory of Barcelona.

Included:

Materials for Espadrilles
Soft drink

Exclude:

Any other services not mentioned

Meeting Point

Transportation: Need Help? Contact us.

Cancellation Policy:

Any experience can be canceled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase, or at least 7 days before the experience starts.

Reviews (1)

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Apr 27, 22

Amazing experience

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Luis

Luis and his wife Kathe are the founders and artisans of HANDMADE BARCELONA® an ethical brand of handmade traditional shoes from Cataluña. They have been many years making shoes in their family-owned factories in Spain. Together with Airbnb and for many years now they have been hosting this very successful workshop where they teach how to stitch traditional Catalan espadrilles. This unique experience has brought them many nominations in 2019 and 2020 as a must-do in Barcelona, highly recommended in Tripadvisor, New York Times, BuzzFeed, among others. Be aware of copies of this experience, make sure you are in a HANDMADE location! Success has brought them imitators! Ask about Luis and Kathe. These artisans are not only experts when it comes to espadrilles, but also fun and entertaining with their anecdotes and stories.

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