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Barcelona Places
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Barceloneta
Barceloneta has always been a beloved and maverick escape from the formality of cosmopolitan Barcelona life, an urban fishing village barcelonins sought for Sunday paella on the beach and a stroll through... (more) -
Barri Gòtic
No other city in Spain can claim an ancient quarter that rivals Barcelona's Barri Gòtic in either historic atmosphere or sheer wealth of monumental buildings. The Gothic Quarter -- a jumble of medieval... (more) -
Eixample
Barcelona's most famous neighborhood, this gracious late-19th-century urban development is known for its dizzying unnumbered grid and dazzling Art Nouveau architecture. The district encompasses an elegant... (more) -
Gràcia
Gràcia has periodically risen in armed rebellion against city, state, and country, Gràcia is a jumble of streets with names (Llibertat, Fraternitat, Progrès, Venus) that suggest the... (more) -
Montjuïc
This hill overlooking the south side of the port is popularly said to have been named Mont Juif for the Jewish cemetery once on its slopes, though a 3rd-century Roman document referring to the construction... (more) -
Rambla
The central pedestrian artery and people-watching event in the city, La Rambla is Barcelona's best-known and most historic promenade. Lined with a succession of newspaper and magazine kiosks, bird merchants... (more) -
Raval
El Raval (from arrabal, meaning "suburb" or "slum") is the area to the west of the Rambla, on the right as you walk toward the port. Although still rough and ready, El Raval has been gentrified and much... (more) -
Sant Pere and La Ribera
Barcelona has rarely lain fallow architecturally, as these two districts prove. A medley of artistic styles going back centuries, this area is studded with some of the city's most iconic buildings, ranging... (more) -
Sarrià and Pedralbes
Sarrià is a 1,000-year-old village that once overlooked Barcelona from the foothills of the Collserola. Gradually swallowed up over the centuries by the westward-encroaching city, Sarrià... (more) -
Tibidabo, Vallvidrera and the Collserola Hills
Tibidabo is Barcelona's traditional promontory, a romantic evening and late-night promenade overlooking the city and a nonpareil point from which to watch the Mediterranean produce Technicolor dawns and... (more)
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