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You have\nprobably noticed them already. The many rickshaws in the city centre of\nBarcelona. They drive tourists from one place to another, giving tours and\nproviding the tourists with information of the city. However, the rickshaw\nbusiness is hard. Nowadays over 80% of the rickshaws you see on the streets in\nBarcelona is illegal and the legal cyclers are struggling. Six years ago you\ncould find around 50 rickshaw tours in the city. Now, in 2019, there are over\n1200 rickshaws ready to drive tourists around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aron Marcel\nTeixeira founder of Rickshaw Riders Barcelona is one of the most experienced\nrickshaw tour guides in Barcelona. He started his business six years ago. His\nrickshaw is more than just a bike. Wi-Fi, access to Spotify, music on the way,\nand power banks to recharge your devices. This \u201cbike\u201d has more luxury and class\nto it than the average flight agency that flies you from Amsterdam to\nBarcelona. It even has a blanket to keep you warm during the tour on cold\nwinter days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our\ntour Aron tells me everything about tourism in Barcelona and how it is changing\nevery year. Aron is struggling, he is one of the few riders who is providing\ntours legally and the government does nothings about the fact that 80% is\nillegal, which is very frustrating for Aron and his colleagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aron has\nbeen living in Barcelona since 2011 but he visited Barcelona for the first time\nin 2009. \u201cI was a professional\nskateboarder. I came to Barcelona because this place it the Mecca of street\nskateboarding.\u201d<\/em> Skateboarding was Aron\u2019s top priority, he made a living of\nhis hobby traveling the world to skateboard. Because of different injuries Aron\nstopped skateboarding. Even though skateboarding was his top priority, he\nstudied graphic design and worked as a video editor for a few companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March\n2016 Rickshaw Riders Barcelona was born. \u201cOther\ntimes back then, only 50 rickshaws in the city, having fun with the tourists.\u201d<\/em>\nBarcelona is an amazing city with a lot of different activities for tourists. This\ncity will always be a nice place for a city-trip or a longer vacation however\nwe do feel that the independency situation, even though its calm right now, is\nan influence on the tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I ask\nAron what he likes about his job he tells me that he loves to talk and he loves\nto talk to the tourists. \u201cThey come from\nall over the world, Australia, Canada, The States, China but most of them are\nfrom Europe.\u201d<\/em> Aron likes to show them the city and to tell them about the\nbuildings, history, architecture, food and other interesting things. Rickshaw\nRiders offers tourists different tours with different highlights but tourists\ncan also decide where they want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minicards\nBarcelona and Rickshaw Riders have recently joined their forces. Tourists can\nfind Minicards in the Rickshaw and use them right away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to explore Barcelona in a different and original way and see and feel the vibe of Barcelona definitely book a tour at Rickshaw Riders Barcelona. WhatsApp: 664896690 \/ www.rickshawriders.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n