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2 Museu Frederic Marès
This medieval doorway is from
an extensive display of Spanish
sculpture – the mainstay of this
museum’s extraordinarily eclectic
and high-quality collections.


Roman city wall
Locator Map
See Barcelona Street Finder map 5
Saló del Tinell

3. Palau Reial
The 14th-century
Capella Reial de Santa
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Àgata, with a 1466
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altarpiece, is one of
C A R R E R D E L S C O M T E S D E B A R C E L O N A Capella Reial
the best surviving
sections of the palace.
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PIE T A T Plaça del Rei
Palau del Lloctinent
Cereria Subirà candle shop



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C ARRER DE Jaume I The MUHBA (Museu d’Història de Barcelona)
JA UME I Metro features the world’s most extensive subterranean
Roman ruins. Accessed through this 14th-century
mansion, visitors can view the streets and squares
of Roman Barcelona. The ruins extend under-
GUERIA A R R ground, through to the exit at the Palau Reial.

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Key of Augustus, whose site is
marked by a millstone in
Suggested route the street outside.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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3 MUHBA Plaça
del Rei
Plaça del Rei. Map 5 B2. Tel 93 256
21 22.  Jaume I. Open 10am–7pm
Tue–Sat, 10am–8pm Sun. Closed 1
Jan, 1 May, 24 Jun, 25 Dec. & (free
first Sun of each month & every Sun
from 3pm.) 8 by appointment.
∑ museuhistoria.bcn.cat
MUHBA Plaça del Rei refers to
the ensemble of buildings on
the square, including the Palau
Reial (Royal Palace), which was
Decorated marble letterbox, Casa de l’Ardiaca the residence of the count-
kings of Barcelona from its
1 Casa de l’Ardiaca of the Royal Palace complex and foundation in the 13th century,
was occupied by 13th-century and the royal chapel. It can be
Carrer de Santa Llúcia 1. Map 5 B2.
Tel 93 256 22 55.  Jaume I. Open bishops, 14th-century counts visited as part of the Museu
9am–8:45pm Mon–Fri (to 7:30pm of Barcelona, 15th-century d’Història de Barcelona. The
Jul–Sep), 9am–1pm Sat. Closed Sat judges and 18th-century complex also includes the
Jul–Sep, public hols. nuns, who lived here until 14th-century Gothic Saló del
∑ barcelona.cat/ they were expelled in Tinell, a vast room with arches
arxiuhistoric 1936. Marès, who had a spanning 17 m (56 ft). This is
small apart ment in the where Isabel and Fernando
Standing beside what was build ing, opened this (see p74) received Columbus
originally the Bishop’s museum in 1948. It has on his return from America.
Gate, the Archdeacon’s a notable collection It is also where the Holy
House was built in the of Romanesque and Inqui sition sat.
12th century. Its present Gothic religious art. On On the right, built into the
appearance dates from the ground and first Roman city wall, is the royal
around 1500 when it floors there are stone chapel, the Capella Reial de
was remodelled and sculp tures and two Santa Àgata, with an altarpiece
a colon nade added. complete Romanesque (1466) by Jaume Huguet. Its
In 1870 this was Virgin, Museu portals. Exhibits on the bell tower is formed by part
extended to form the Frederic Marès three floors above of a watch tower on the Roman
Flamboyant Gothic (see range from clocks, wall. Stairs on the right lead
p28) patio around a fountain. The crucifixes, costumes, antique to the 16th-century tower of
Modernista architect Domènech cameras, pipes, tobacco jars Martí the Humanist (who
i Montaner (1850–1923) added and postcards to an amuse- reigned 1396–1410), the last
the marble letterbox, carved with ment room full of toys. of Barcelona’s count-kings.
three swallows and a tortoise,
beside the Renaissance portal. Barcelona’s Early
Upstairs is the Arxiu Històric de la
Ciutat (City Archives). Visitors are Jewish Community
only allowed into the court yard From the 11th to the 13th centuries, Jews
and the entrance hall, which dominated Barcelona’s commerce and culture,
occasionally hosts art exhibitions. providing doctors and founding the first seat
of learning. But in 1243, 354 years after they
2 Museu Frederic were first documented in the city, violent anti-
Semitism led to the Jews being consigned to a
Marès Hebrew tablet ghetto, El Call. Ostensibly to provide protection,
the ghetto had only one entrance, which led into
Plaça de Sant Iu 5. Map 5 B2. Tel 93 256 the Plaça de Sant Jaume. Jews were heavily taxed by the monarch,
35 00.  Jaume I. Open 10am–7pm who viewed them as “royal serfs”; but in return they also received
Tue–Sat, 11am–8pm Sun. & (free first privileges, as they handled most of Catalonia’s lucrative trade with
Sun of each month & every Sun from North Africa. However, official and popular persecution finally led
3pm). 7 9 ∑ w110.bcn.cat/ to the disappearance of the ghetto in 1401, 91 years before Judaism
museufredericmares was fully outlawed in Spain (see p61).
Originally there were three synagogues. The main one, Sinagoga
The sculptor Frederic Marès i Mayor at No. 5 Carrer de Marlet, is said to be the oldest in Europe
Deulovol (1893–1991) was also and can be visited. A 14th-century Hebrew tablet that reads “Holy
a traveller and collector, and this Foundation of Rabbi Samuel Hassardi, His soul will rest in Heaven”
museum is a monu ment to his is embedded in the wall.
eclectic taste. The building is part
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The main draw of the Museu 5 Ajuntament
d’Història is under ground. Entire Plaça de Sant Jaume 1. Map 5 A2. Tel
streets of old Barcino are 934 02 70 00.  Jaume I, Liceu. Open
accessible via a lift and walk ways 10am–1:30pm Sun & public hols;
suspended over the ruins of 10am–8pm 2nd Sat in Feb, 23 Apr
Roman Barcelona. The site was & 30 May, or by appt (934 02 70 00).
found when the Casa Clariana- 8 10am in English. 7 ∑ bcn.cat
Padellàs, the Gothic building
from which you enter, was The magnificent 14th-century
moved here stone by stone in city hall faces the Palau de la
1931. The water and drainage Generalitat. Flanking the entrance
systems, baths, homes with are statues of Jaime (Jaume) I,
mosaic floors and the old forum who granted the city rights to
are among some of the world’s elect councillors in 1249, and The Italianate façade of the Palau
most extensive and complete Joan Fiveller, who levied taxes de la Generalitat
subterranean Roman ruins. on court members in the 1500s.
Inside is the huge council Governor. Above the entrance,
chamber, the 14th-century in its Renaissance façade, is a
4 MUHBA El Call Saló de Cent, built for the city’s statue of Sant Jordi (St George)
100 councillors. The Saló de the patron saint of Catalonia –
Placeta de Manuel Ribé s/n. Map 5 A2.
Tel 93 256 21 22.  Jaume I, Liceu. les Cròniques, on the first floor, and the Dragon. The late
Open 11am–2pm Wed & Fri, 11am– was commissioned for the 1929 Catalan-Gothic courtyard
7pm Sat & Sun. 7 & (free to under- International Exhibition and is by Marc Safont (1416).
16s, from 3pm Sun & all day on the decorated by Josep-Marià Sert Among the fine interiors are
1st Sun of month). 8 ∑ museu with murals of momentous the Gothic chapel of Sant Jordi,
historia.bcn.cat/es/muhba-el-call events in Catalan history. also by Safont, and Pere Blai’s
Italianate Saló de Sant Jordi. At
Part of the Barcelona History 6 Palau de la the back, one floor above street
Museum, this information level, lies the Pati dels Tarongers,
centre occupies a modern Generalitat the Orange Tree Patio, by Pau
building constructed over Plaça de Sant Jaume 4. Map 5 A2. Mateu, which has a bell tower
what was once the medieval Tel 93 402 46 00.  Jaume I. built by Pere Ferrer in 1568.
home of Yusef Bonhiac, a Open 10am–1:30pm 2nd & 4th Sun The Catalan president has
Jewish weaver. The touch- of the month; 10am–8pm 23 Apr, 11 & offices here as well as in the Casa
screen information panels 24 Sep (carry your passport). 7 8 dels Canonges. The two buildings
and exhibitions give an Sep–Jul: by appt. ∑ president.cat are connected by a bridge across
excellent overview of the Call Carrer del Bisbe, built in 1928 and
(the former Jewish quarter) Since 1403, the Generalitat has modelled on the famous Bridge
and the lives of its inhabitants. been the seat of the Catalonian of Sighs in Venice.

























The magnificent council chamber, the Saló de Cent, in the Ajuntament




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7 Barcelona Cathedral

This compact Gothic cathedral, with a Romanesque
chapel (Capella de Santa Llúcia) and beautiful cloister,
was begun in 1298 under Jaime (Jaume) II, on the
foundations of a site dating back to Visigothic times.
It was not finished until the late 19th century, when
the main façade was completed. The cathedral is
dedicated to St Eulàlia, the city’s patron saint, whose
white marble sarcophagus is located in the crypt.
Next to the font, a plaque records the baptism of
six Caribbean Indians, whom Columbus brought
back from the Americas in 1493.

















Nave Interior
The Catalan-style Gothic interior
has a single wide nave with 28 side
chapels. These are set between the
columns supporting the vaulted
ceiling, which rises to 26 m (85 ft).




KEY
1 The Capella del Santíssim
Sagrament houses the 16th-century
Christ of Lepanto crucifix.
2 The main façade was not
completed until 1889, and the
central spire until 1913. It was
faithfully based on the original
1408 plans of the French architect
Charles Galters.
3 The twin octagonal bell towers
date from 1386–93. The bells were
installed in this tower in 1545.
4 The Sacristy Museum has a . Choir Stalls
small treasury. Pieces include an The top tier of the
11th-century font, tapestries and beautifully carved
liturgical artifacts. 15th-century stalls
contains the coats
5 Porta de Santa Eulàlia, of arms (1518) of
entrance to Cloisters the 12 knights
6 Capella de Santa Llúcia of the Order of
Toisón del Oro.
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Capella de Sant Benet
This chapel, dedicated to the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
founder of the Benedictine
Order and patron saint of Europe, Practical Information
Plaça de la Seu. Map 5 A2. Open
houses a magnificent 8am–7:30pm daily. & choir stalls
altarpiece showing and roof terrace (cathedral free
The Transfiguration 8am–12:45pm, 5:15–7:30pm). 8
by Bernat
Martorell (1452). 1–5pm (2–5pm Sun). 7 Sacristy
Museum: Open 9am–7pm daily.
& 5 several services daily.
∑ catedralbcn.org
Transport
 Jaume I. @ 17, 19, 45.



. Crypt
In the crypt, beneath
the main altar, is the
alabaster sarcophagus
(1339) of St Eulàlia,
martyred for
her beliefs by the
Romans during
the 4th century AD.



















. Cloisters
The fountain, set in a corner of
the Gothic cloisters and decorated
with a statue of St George,
provided fresh water.


1339 St Eulàlia’s relics transferred
559 Basilica dedicated to 1913 Central spire
St Eulàlia and Holy Cross to alabaster sarcophagus completed
877 St Eulàlia’s remains 1046–58 Romanesque 1889 Main façade completed,
brought here from Santa cathedral built under based on plans dating from 1408 by
Maria del Mar Ramon Berenguer I architect Charles Galters
400 700 1000 1300 1600 1900
4th century 985 Building 1257–68 1493 Indians
Original Roman destroyed by Romanesque brought
(paleo-Christian) the Moors Capella de Santa back from
basilica built Llúcia built the Americas
1298 Gothic cathedral are baptized
begun under Jaime II Plaque of the Indians’ baptism




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8 El Raval
0 La Rambla
Map 2 F3.  Catalunya, Liceu.
The district of El Raval lies to the The historic avenue of La Rambla (Les Rambles in Catalan)
west of La Rambla and includes is busy around the clock, especially in the evenings and at
the old red-light area near the weekends. Newsstands, caged bird and flower stalls, tarot
port, which was once known as
the Barri Xinès (Chinese Quarter). readers, musicians and mime artists throng the wide, tree-
From the 14th century, the shaded central walkway. Among its famous buildings are
city hospital was in Carrer de the Liceu Opera House, the huge Boqueria food market
l’Hospital, which still has some and some grand mansions.
herbal and medicinal shops.
Gaudí was brought here after Exploring La Rambla remembered in the names of
being fatally hit by a tram in The name of this long avenue, the five consec utive Rambles
1926. The buildings now house known as Les Rambles in that make up the great avenue
the Biblioteca de Catalunya Catalan, comes from the Arabic between the Port Vell and
(Catalonian Library), but the ramla, meaning “the dried-up Plaça de Catalunya.
elegant former dissecting bed of a seasonal river”. The
room has been fully restored. 13th-century city wall followed Palau Güell: C/ Nou de la Rambla 3–5.
Towards the port in Carrer the left bank of such a river Map 2 F3. Tel 93 472 57 75.  Liceu.
Nou de la Rambla is Gaudí’s that flowed from the Collserola Open 10am–8pm Tue–Sun (free Apr–
Palau Güell (see p145). At the hills to the sea. Convents, Oct: 5–8pm Sun & Nov–Mar: 2:30–
end of Sant Pau is the city’s monasteries and the university 5:30pm Sun). Closed 1 & 6–13 Jan, 25
most complete Romanesque were built on the other bank & 26 Dec. & 7 ∑ palauguell.cat
Museu de Cera: Pg de la Banca 7. Map
church, the 12th-century in the 16th century. As time 2 F4. Tel 93 317 26 49.  Drassanes.
Sant Pau del Camp, with a passed, the riverbed was Open 10am–1:30pm, 4–7:30pm
charming cloister featuring filled in and those buildings Mon–Fri, 11am–2pm, 4:30–8:30pm
exquisitely carved capitals. demolished, but they are Sat, Sun & public hols. & 7
9 Museu d’Art
Contemporani
Plaça dels Àngels 1. Map 2 F2.
Tel 93 412 08 10.  Universitat,
Catalunya. Open 11am–7:30pm
Mon–Fri (to 8pm Jun–Sep),
10am–9pm Sat, 10am–3pm Sun.
Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & 7 8
guided tour times change according
to the exhibits; check calendar on
website. ∑ macba.cat Centre de
Cultura Contemporània: Montalegre 5.
Tel 93 306 41 00. ∑ cccb.org

This dramatic, glass-fronted
building was designed by the
American architect Richard
Meier. Its light, airy galleries act
as the city’s contemporary art
mecca. The permanent collec-
tion of predominantly Spanish
painting, sculpture and install-
ation from the 1950s onwards
is complemented by temporary
exhibitions by foreign artists
like US painter Susana Solano
and South African photo-
journalist David Goldblatt.
Next to the MACBA, a
remodelled 18th-century
hospice houses the Centre de
Cultura Contemporània, a lively
arts centre that hosts major arts The monument to Columbus at the bottom of the tree-lined Rambla
festivals and regular shows.
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PLAÇA DE
CATALUNYA
1 Font de Canaletes
Saying that someone “drinks the Catalunya
waters of Canaletes” – from this C A RRER DEL S TAL LERS
19th-century fountain – indicates VICENÇ
PLAÇA
he or she is from Barcelona. MARTORELL R A M B L A D E
PLAÇA DEL C A N A L E T E S
2 Reial Acadèmia BONSUCCES
de Ciències i Arts CARRER DE S. ANNA
Converted to a theatre
in 1910, this building
has Barcelona’s first C. DE LA CANU DA
official public clock. C. DE PINTOR FORTUNY R A M B L A D E
VILA DE
4 Palau de la Virreina E S T U D I S PLAÇA DE LA
MADRID
The first occupant of this great
C A R R E R D ’ E N X U C L A
palace, in 1777, was the virreina
(viceroy’s wife) of Spain in Peru. CARRER DEL CARME
5 Mercat de Sant Josep C. DE PORTAFERRISSA
Popularly known as 3 Palau Moja
“La Boquería”, this is Barcelona’s This 1790
most colourful food market. building hosts the
R A M B L A D E S A N T J O S E P C A R R E R D ’ E N R O C A C AR RER DE PET RI T XO L House, with high-
Catalan Heritage
tech exhibits on
local culture.

C. DE L’HOSPITAL
Liceu
CARRER DE C. DE LA BOQUERIA
SANT PAU
C . AR O L A S C. QUINTANA

7 Gran Teatre del Liceu
The opera house has CARRER DE FERRAN
had to be restored CARRER DE LA UNIO
twice after fires – 6 Plaça de la Boquería This
in 1861 and 1994. pavement by Miró (1976) and
square features a mosaic
9 Palau Güell C. NOU DE LA RAMBLA R A M B L A D E L S C A P U T X I N S PLAÇA an Art Deco dragon designed
for a former umbrella shop.
REIAL
This Neo-Gothic
palace is con-
sidered to be one
of Gaudí’s most CARRER LANCASTER ZURBANO C NOU DE
important works
(see p145). CARRER DELS ESCUDELLERS
C. DE L’ARC
DEL TEATRE
PASSATGE ESCUDELLERS
0 Museu de Cera
This waxwork
museum, in an 8 Plaça Reial
atmospheric, Barcelona’s most lively square was
19th-century Drassanes built in the 1850s. The Neo-Classical
building, R A M B L A D E lampposts were designed by Gaudí.
contains about S A N T A M O N I C A
300 exhibits. Monument a Colom 0 metres 100
100
0 yards
Plaça del Portal de la Pau
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Although the Orfeó is now
based at the more state-of-the-
art L’Auditori on Carrer de
Lepant (see p195), there is a
concert at the Palau nearly
every night; it is the main
venue for the city’s jazz and
guitar festivals, and world
music, flamenco and symphony
orchestras regularly grace its
flamboyant stage.
The Palau’s new era began
with the completion of the
work carried out by the top
local architect Oscar Tusquets.
An underground concert hall
and an outdoor square for
summer concerts were
added, consolidating the
Palau’s reputation as Barce lona’s
most loved music venue.

w La Llotja
Carrer del Consolat de Mar 2. Map 5
B3. Tel 93 547 88 49.  Barceloneta,
Jaume I. Closed to the public (except
twice a year, days vary).
La Llotja (meaning “commodity
exchange”) was built in the
1380s as the headquarters of
the Consolat de Mar. It was
Glorious stained-glass dome, Palau de la Música Catalana remodelled in Neo-Classical style
in 1771 and housed the city’s
q Palau de la and other figures at the corner stock exchange until 1994, the
Música Catalana of the building portrays an original Gothic hall acting as
allegory from Catalan folk song the main trading room. It can still
Carrer Palau de la Música 4–6. by Miquel Blay. be seen through the windows.
Map 5 B1. Tel 932 95 72 00.  But it is the interior of the The upper floors housed the
Urquinaona. Open 10am–3:30pm building that is truly inspiring. Barcelona School of Fine Arts
daily (to 6pm Easter & Jul, 9am–6pm The auditorium is lit by a huge from 1849 to 1970, attended
Aug); and for concerts. & 7 limited.
8 in English on the hour, 10am–3pm. inverted dome of stained glass by Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró.
∑ palaumusica.cat depicting angelic choristers. The It is now occupied by the local
sculptures of composers Wagner chamber of commerce.
This is a real palace of music, and Clavé on the proscenium
a Modernista celebration of arch that frames the stage area
tilework, sculpture and glorious were designed by Domènech
stained glass. It is the only but finished by Pau Gargallo.
concert hall in Europe lit by The stunning “Muses of the
natural light. Designed by Lluís Palau”, the group of 18 highly
Domènech i Montaner, it was stylized, instrument-playing
completed in 1908. Although maidens, are the stage’s back-
a few extensions have been drop. Made of terracotta and
added, the building still retains trencadís (pieces of ceramic),
its original appear ance. The the muses have become the
elaborate red-brick façade is building’s most admired feature.
hard to appreciate fully in the The work of Josep Anselm
confines of the narrow street. Clavé (1824–74) in promoting
It is lined with mosaic-covered Catalan song led to the creation
pillars topped by busts of the of the Orfeó Català choral
great composers Palestrina, society in 1891, a focus of
Beethoven and Bach. The large Catalan nationalism and the Statue of Poseidon in the courtyard of
stone sculpture of St George inspira tion behind the Palau. La Llotja
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e El Born is housed in five adjoining t Basílica de Santa
medieval palaces on Carrer Maria del Mar
Map 5 B3.  Jaume I.
Montcada: Berenguer d’Aguilar,
Named after the jousting Baró de Castellet, Meca, Mauri Plaça Sta Maria 1. Map 5 B3. Tel 93
sessions that once took place and Finestres. 310 23 90.  Jaume I. Open
in its central boulevard, El Born It opened in 1963 showing 9am–1pm, 5–8:30pm Mon–Sat,
10am–2pm, 5–8pm Sun. & includes
is a tiny pocket of the La Ribera works donated by Jaime guided visit and access to rooftop. 8
district. The village-like atmos- Sabartes, a friend of Picasso. in English: 1:15pm (also Spanish), 2pm,
phere of the neigh bourhood Following Sabartes’ death in 3pm & 5:15pm (also Spanish) daily.
makes it popular with local 1968, Picasso himself donated
residents and young urbanites. paintings, including early This is the city’s only example of
Trendy bars, fashion and design examples. These were a church entirely in the Catalan
shops are juxtaposed with complemented by graphic Gothic style. It took just 55 years
medieval archi tecture. The works, left in his will, and to build, with money donated
14th-century mansions of Carrer 141 ceramic pieces given by merchants and ship builders.
Montcada have remained intact by his widow, Jacqueline. The speed gave it a unity of
and now house high-calibre The strength of the 4,200- style both inside and out. The
galleries and museums, while piece collection is Picasso’s early west front has a 15th-century
the tiny, pedestrianized streets works. These show how, even rose win dow of the Coronation
and squares fanning out from at the ages of 15 and 16, he of the Virgin. More stained glass,
the Mercat del Born are the was painting major works, such from the 15th–18th centuries,
centre of the city’s café culture. as The First Communion (1896) lights the nave and aisles.
The numerous bars and restau- and Science and Charity (1897). The choir and furnishings
rants are a magnet for revellers, The most famous work is were burned in the Civil War
much to the annoyance of the his series of 44 paintings, Las (see p71), adding to the sense of
full-time residents who voice Meninas, which was inspired space and simplicity. The church
their complaints visually by Velázquez’s masterpiece. has great acoustics for concerts.
through the banners hanging
from El Born’s balconies.
r Museu Picasso
Carrer Montcada 15–23. Map 5 B2. Tel
932 56 30 00.  Jaume I. Open 9am–
7pm Tue–Sun (to 9:30pm Thu). &
(free under age 18, over 65, 1st Sun
of month & every Sun after 3pm).
8 11am Sun in English (except Aug),
book in advance at 93 256 30 22. 7
∑ museupicasso.bcn.cat
One of Barcelona’s most popular
attractions, the Picasso Museum A wedding service in the Gothic interior of Santa Maria del Mar

Pablo Picasso in Barcelona
Picasso (1881–1973) was born in Málaga and was almost
14 when he came to Barcelona, where his father had found
a job in the city’s art academy. Picasso enrolled, and was a
precocious talent among his contemporaries. He was a
regular visitor to Els Quatre Gats, an artists’ café still in
existence in Carrer Montsió, where he held his first exhibi tion.
He also exhibited in Sala Parks, a gallery still func tioning in
Carrer Petritxol. The family lived in Carrer Mercé and Picasso
had a studio in Carrer Nou de la Rambla. It was among the
prostitutes of Carrer d’Avinyò that he found inspiration for
the work that many art historians see as the wellspring of
modern art, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1906–7). Picasso
left Barcelona for Paris in his early twenties and initially
returned several times. After the Civil War his opposition
to Franco kept him in France, but he designed a frieze for
Barcelona’s College of Architects in 1962 and was persuaded
Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait in charcoal to allow the city to open a museum of his work, which it did
(1899–1900) the following year.





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u El Born Centre de The real thing is displayed in
Cultura i Memòria a homage to the art of the
mona. This was a traditional
Plaça Comercial 12. Map 5 C3. Tel 93 Easter cake that over the
256 68 50.  Jaume I, Barceloneta. centuries evolved into an edible
Open 10am–8pm Tue–Sun (Nov–Feb: sculp ture. Every year, pâtissiers
to 7pm Tue–Sat). & 7 - = ∑ el compete to create the most
bornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat
imagin ative piece, decor ating
This covered market, with its their chocolate versions of well-
ornate ironwork and crystal roof, known buildings or folk figures
was Barcelona’s main wholesale with jewels, feathers and other
market until the early 1970s, materials. The museum shop
when it outgrew its location. sells – you guessed it – all
While the market was being manner of chocolate goods.
remodelled, extensive ruins of
Renaissance-style 17th-century façades the 18th-century city were
lining Carrer Montcada discovered beneath its founda-
tions. These ruins are now the
y Carrer Montcada focal point of the El Born cultural
centre, comple mented by
Map 5 B3.  Jaume I. Museu dels
Cultures del Món: at No. 12. Tel 93 256 exhibitions, talks and screenings.
23 00. Open 10am–7pm Tue–Sat, The street names in the
10am–8pm Sun. & vicinity reflect what went on
in Barcelona’s former mercantile
The most authentic medieval hub: L’Argenteria was lined
street in the city is a narrow lane, with silversmiths, Flassaders
overshadowed by gar goyles and was where you would go for
roofs that almost touch over- a woven blanket and Vidrieria The pink brick façade of the late
head. The Gothic palaces that was once lit up with glass- 19th-century Arc del Triomf
line it date back to Catalonia’s blowers’ torches. A few of these
expansion in the 13th century. establishments remain, but they o Arc del Triomf
Almost all of the buildings were are now outnumbered by chic Passeig Lluís Companys. Map 5 C1.
modified over the years, particu- fashion and interiors boutiques.  Arc de Triomf.
larly during the 17th century. Much of this area was razed
Only Casa Cervelló-Guidice at after Barcelona fell to the French- The main gateway to the 1888
No. 25 retains its original façade. Spanish forces during the War of Universal Exhibition, which filled
The Museu dels Cultures Succession (see p66). This key the Parc de la Ciutadella, was
del Món (Museum of World event is remembered each year designed by Josep Vilaseca i
Cultures), in the Nadal and on 11 September, with activities Casanovas. It is built of brick
Marqués de Llió 16th-century focused on a monument in Mudéjar (see p59) style, with
palaces at No. 12, imaginatively dedicated to those who died in sculpted allegories of crafts,
displays more than 700 exhibits 1714, located near the market. industry and business. The
from around the world. frieze by Josep Reynés on
At No. 22 is one of the i Museu de la the main façade represents the
city’s best-known champagne city welcoming foreign visitors.
and cava bars, the cheerful Xocolata Visitors can climb to the viewing
El Xampanyet. terrace at the top of the arch
Comerç 36. Map 5 C2.  Jaume I,
Arc de Triomf. Tel 93 268 78 78. Open during the 48h Open House
10am–7pm Mon–Sat (to 8pm 15 Jun– Barcelona festival, usually
15 Sep), 10am–3pm Sun & pub hols. held at the end of October.
Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 1 May, 25 & 26 Dec.
7 - & ∑ museuxocolata.cat
p Parc de la
Founded by Barcelona’s Ciutadella
chocolate- and pastry-makers’ Passeig de Picasso, 21. Map 5 D2.
union, this museum celebrates  Barceloneta, Ciutadella-Vila
the history of one of the most Olímpica, Arc de Triomf. Open 8am–
universally loved foodstuffs: dusk daily. 7
from the discovery of cocoa in
South America to the invention This popular park has a boat ing
of the first chocolate machine lake, orange groves and parrots
in Barcelona. This confectionery living in the palm trees. It was
The interior of El Xampanyet, decorated tale is told through old posters, once the site of a mas sive star-
with colourful tiles and large barrels photo graphs and footage. shaped citadel, built for Felipe V
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between 1715 and 1720 after a s Museu Martorell
13-month siege of the city. The Parc de la Ciutadella. Map 5 C3.
fortress was intended to house Tel 93 319 69 12.  Arc de Triomf,
soldiers to keep law and order, Jaume I. Closed for renovations.
but was never used for this
purpose. Converted into a prison, Part of the Museu de Ciències
the citadel became notorious Naturals, the Museu Martorell
dur ing the Napoleonic occu- is Barcelona’s oldest museum.
pation (see p67) and, during the It opened in 1882 and was the
19th-century liberal repres sions, first building in the city to be
it was hated as a symbol of constructed expressly for the
centralized power. In 1878, under purpose of housing a museum.
General Prim, whose statue stands Beside it is the Hivernacle,
in the middle of the park, it was a glasshouse by Josep
pulled down and the park given Amargós, and the Umbracle,
to the city, to become, in 1888, Modernist exterior of the Castell dels a conservatory by the park’s
the venue of the Universal Tres Dragons architect, Josep Fontseré.
Exhibition (see pp68–9). Three Both date from 1884 and
buildings survived: the a Castell dels Tres were designed for the 1888
Governor’s Palace, now a school; Dragons Universal Exhibition.
the chapel; and the arsenal, occu-
pied by the Catalan parliament. Passeig de Picasso. Map 5 C2. d Zoo de Barcelona
 Arc de Triomf, Jaume I.
The park offers more cultural Closed to the public. Parc de la Ciutadella. Map 6 D3.
and leisure activities than any Tel 902 457 545.  Ciutadella-Vila
other in the city and is particularly At the entrance to the Parc de la Olímpica. Open 10am–5pm daily
popular on Sunday afternoons, Ciutadella is the Castell dels Tres (Mar–mid-May & mid-Sep–Oct to
when people gather to play Dragons (Castle of the Three 6pm; mid-May–mid-Sep: to 7pm).
instruments, dance and relax, Dragons), named after a play by & 7 - = ∑ zoobarcelona.cat
or visit the museum and zoo. Frederic Soler. A fine example of
A variety of works by Catalan Modernista architecture (see The animals in this zoo, laid
sculptors such as Marès, Arnau, pp144–5), the combination out in the 1940s, are separated
Carbonell, Clarà, Llimona, Fuxà, of visible iron supports and by moats instead of bars. All
Gargallo and Dunyach can be exposed red brickwork were the aquatic creatures here
seen, alongside work by modern radical innovations at the time. will eventually move to a
artists such as Tàpies and Botero. It was built by Lluís designated marine zoo;
The gardens in the Plaça de Domènech i Montaner for the however, plans are currently
Armes were laid out by French 1888 Univer sal Exhibition and on hold due to budget cuts.
landscape gardener Jean Forestier was later used as a work shop The zoo has pony rides,
and centre on a cas cade based for Modernista design. Once electric cars and a train. Roig
around a triumphal arch. It was part of the Museu de Ciències i Soler’s 1885 sculpture by the
designed by architect Josep Naturals, the Castell now houses entrance, The Lady with the
Fontseré, with the help of Antoni a laboratory for the museum Umbrella, has become a
Gaudí, then still a young student. and is open only to researchers. symbol of the city.





















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full of short-let holiday flats. jetty. The Moll d’Espanya (moll
Laid out on a grid system with meaning “quay, wharf or pier”)
nar row houses of two or three has a shopping and restaurant
floors, the area has a friendly air. complex, the Maremagnum,
In the small Plaça de la plus an aquarium with an
Barceloneta, is the Baroque underwater tunnel through an
church of Sant Miquel del Port, enormous shark-filled tank.
also by Cermeño. The large The Moll de la Fusta (Timber
central square is dominated by a Wharf), with terrace cafés, has
contemporary covered market. red structures inspired by van
Today, the remnants of Gogh’s painting of the bridge
Barceloneta’s fishing fleet are at Arles. At the end of the
based in the nearby industrial wharf stands El Cap de Barcelona
docks by a small clock tower. (Barcelona Head), a 20-m
On the opposite side of this (66-ft) sculpture by Pop artist
harbour is the Torre de Sant Roy Lichtenstein.
Smart boats and the twin skyscrapers at Sebastià, terminus of the cable
the Port Olímpic car that runs across the port, j Monument a
via the World Trade Centre,
f Port Olímpic to Montjuïc. Ricardo Bofill’s Colom
sail-shaped Hotel W is a land-
Map 6 F4.  Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica. Plaça del Portal de la Pau. Map 2 F4.
mark on Barceloneta beach. Tel 93 302 52 24.  Drassanes. Open
The most dramatic rebuilding 9am–8:30pm daily (to 7:30pm Oct–
for the 1992 Olympics was the Feb). Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. &
demolition of the old industrial h Port Vell
waterfront and the laying out of Map 5 B4.  Barceloneta, Drassanes The Columbus Monument in
4 km (2 miles) of promenade and Aquàrium: Tel 93 221 74 74. the Portal de la Pau (the “Gate
pristine sandy beaches. Suddenly Open Jun & Sep: 9:30am–9:30pm of Peace”) was designed by
Barcelona seemed like a seaside daily; Jul–Aug: 9:30am–11pm daily; Gaietà Buigas for the 1888
resort. At the heart of the project Oct–May: 9:30am–9pm Mon–Fri, Universal Exhibition.
was a 0.6 sq km (¼ sq mile) new 9:30am–9:30pm Sat, Sun & public hols. The 60-m (200-ft) cast-iron
estate of 2,000 apartments and & 7 0 ∑ aquariumbcn.com monument marks the spot
parks called Nova Icària. The where Columbus stepped
area is still popularly known The city’s leisure port is at the foot ashore in 1493 after discover ing
as the Vila Olímpica because of La Rambla, just beyond the old America, bringing with him
the buildings originally customs house. This was built in six Caribbean Indians. He was
housed the Olympic athletes. 1902 at the Portal de la Pau, the accorded a state welcome by
On the seafront there are for mer maritime entrance to the the Catholic Monarchs in the
twin 44-floor blocks, two of city, where steps lead into the Saló del Tinell (see p150).
Barcelona’s tallest skyscrapers, water. To the south, the Moll de The Indians’ conversion to
one occu pied by offices and the Barcelona, with a World Trade Christianity is commemorated
other by the Hotel Arts (see p565). Centre, serves as the passenger in the cathedral (see pp152–3).
They stand beside a bustling pier for visiting cruise ships. In There is a very small viewing
marina, which was also built for front of the customs house, La platform at the top of the
1992. The marina is the setting Rambla is linked to the yacht monument, where a 7-m
for several restaurants and bars. clubs on the Moll d’Espanya by (24-ft) bronze statue of
a swing bridge and pedestrian Columbus points out to sea.
g Barceloneta
Map 5 B5.  Barceloneta.
Barcelona’s fishing “village”, which
lies on a triangular tongue of land
jutting into the sea just below the
city centre, is known for its fish
res taurants and port-side cafés.
Barceloneta was built by the
architect and military engineer
Juan Martín de Cermeño in 1753
to rehouse people made home-
less by the construction of the
Ciutadella fortress (see pp158–9).
Since then it has housed largely
workers and fishermen. It is now Fishing boat moored at the quayside of Barceloneta
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Barcelona’s Fiestas
La Mercè (24 Sep). The
patroness of Barcelona, Nostra
Senyora de la Mercè (Our Lady
of Mercy), whose church is
near the port, is honoured for
a week around 24 September
with Masses, concerts and
dances. The biggest events
are the correfoc – a wild
pro cession of people dressed
as devils and mon sters,
dancing with fire works –
and the piro musical – an
impressive firework display
with music held at the Font
A golondrina departing from the Plaça del Portal de la Pau Màgica in Montjuïc.
k Golondrinas better maritime communications
between the two became a
Plaça del Portal de la Pau. Map 2 F5. priority. Three of the yards’ four
Tel 93 442 31 06.  Drassanes. original corner towers survive.
Open times vary – phone ahead. Among the vessels to slip
& ∑ lasgolondrinas.com
from the Drassanes’ vaulted
Sightseeing trips around the halls was the Real, flagship of
harbour can be made on Don Juan of Austria, Charles V’s
small double-decker boats illegitimate son, who led the
called golondrinas (“swallows”). Christian fleet to victory against
They moor beside the steps the Turks at Lepanto in 1571 (see
of the Plaça del Portal de la p63). The museum’s showpiece
Pau in front of the Columbus is a full-scale replica decorated
Monument. Tours last around in red and gold.
half an hour. The boats go out The renovated halls now host
be neath the steep, castle- temporary exhibitions with a
topped hill of Montjuïc towards maritime theme, as well as
the industrial port. displaying some historic boats.
An alternative one-and- Three times a month, you can
a-half-hour trip in modern also visit the charming Jardins Firework display during the fiesta
catamarans takes in Barcelona de Baluard, a walled garden just of La Mercè
Harbour, the com mercial port behind the museum, where Els Tres Tombs (17 Jan).
and beaches. you can admire Barcelona’s Horsemen, dressed in top
only surviving medieval city hats and tails, ride three
l Museu Marítim gate. The admission ticket also times through the streets in
includes a visit to the Santa
and Drassanes Eulàlia, a restored century-old honour of St Anthony, the
patron saint of animals.
schooner, which is moored a Dia de Sant Ponç (11 May).
Avinguda de les Drassanes. Map 2 F4.
Tel 93 342 99 20.  Drassanes. short walk away in the Port Vell. Stalls along Carrer Hospital
Open 10am–8pm daily. Closed 1 & 6 sell herbs, honey and
Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. & free Sun after candied fruit on the day
3pm. 7 ∑ mmb.cat of the patron saint of
beekeepers and herbalists.
The great galleys that made La Diada (11 Sep). Catalonia’s
Barcelona a major seafaring “national” day is an occasion
power were built in the sheds for singing the Catalan
anthem and separatist
of the Drassanes (shipyards), demonstrations.
which now house the maritime Festa Major (varies). Each
museum. These royal dry docks district hosts its own festa in
are the largest and most com- which streets compete to
plete surviving medieval outdo each other in the
complex of their kind in the inventiveness and beauty of
world. They were founded in the their decorations. The most
mid-13th century, when dynastic spectacular take place in the
marriages uniting the kingdoms Stained-glass window in the neighbourhood of Gràcia.
of Sicily and Aragón meant that Museu Marítim


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Barcelona claims to have the greatest avenue running from the area of Pedralbes
collection of Art Nouveau buildings of any down to the sea, and the Avinguda de Gaudí,
city in Europe. The style, known in Catalonia which links the Sagrada Família to the Hospital
as Modernisme, flour ished after 1854, when de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau by Modernista
it was decided to pull down the medieval architect Domènech i Montaner (1850–1923).
walls to allow the city to develop into what The wealth of Barcelona’s commercial elite,
had previously been a military zone. and their passion for all things new, allowed
The designs of the civil engineer Ildefons them to give free rein to the age’s most
Cerdà i Sunyer (1815–76) were chosen for the innovative architects in designing their
new expansion (eixample) inland. These plans residences as well as public buildings.
called for a rigid grid system of streets, but at Still Barcelona’s most lavish neighbourhood,
each intersection the corners were chamfered Eixample’s broad, tree-lined avenues are
to allow the buildings there to overlook the replete with designer shops and upmarket
junctions or squares. The few exceptions to restaurants, particularly along the area’s
this grid system include the Diagonal, a main main axis, the Passeig de Gràcia.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries 4 Casa Terrades “Casa de
2 Fundació Antoni Tàpies les Punxes”
5 Hospital de la Santa Creu
Churches i de Sant Pau
6 Sagrada Família pp170–71
Modernista Buildings
1 lla de la Discòrdia
3 La Pedrera
See also Barcelona Street
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Street-by-Street: Quadrat d’Or

The hundred or so city blocks centring on the Passeig de Gràcia are
known as the Quadrat d’Or, “Golden Square”, because they contain Diagonal Metro
so many of Barcelona’s best Modernista buildings (see pp144–5).
This was the area within the Eixample favoured by the wealthy
bourgeoisie, who embraced the new artistic and architectural
style with enthusiasm, not only for their residences, but also for
commercial buildings. Most remarkable is the Illa de la Discòrdia,
a single block contain ing houses by Modernisme’s most illustrious
exponents. Many interiors can be visited by the public, revealing
a feast of stained glass, ceramics and ornamental ironwork.




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la Discòrdia
In this city block, three
of Barcelona’s most
famous Modernista houses
vie for attention. All were To Plaça de
created between 1900 and Catalunya Casa
1910. This ornate tower Batlló
graces the Casa Lleó Morera Casa Lleó Morera Passeig de
by Domènech i Montaner. Gràcia Metro
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The Palau Baró de
Quadras was designed
by Puig i Cadafalch in
1904. The façade, in
Neo-Gothic style, is
highly ornate and
covered with distinctive
sculptures. This carving
adorns the doorway.
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staircase beneath a stained-glass
roof. The Amatller family apart-
ments have been restored to
their former glory and are now
open to the public. The rest of
the building is occupied by the
Institut Amatller d’Art Hispanic.
The third house is Gaudí’s Casa
Batlló (1904–6). Its façade has
heavily tiled walls and curving
iron balconies pierced with holes
to look like masks or skulls. The
humpbacked, scaly-looking roof
is thought to represent a dragon,
with St George (the patron saint
of Catalonia) as a chimney.
2 Fundació Antoni
Tàpies
Carrer d’Aragó 255. Map 3 A4. Tel 93
487 03 15.  Passeig de Gràcia.
Open 10am–7pm Tue–Sun & public
hols. Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Dec. &
7 = ∑ fundaciotapies.org
Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012)
was one of Spain’s foremost
Sumptuous interior of the Casa Lleó Morera, Illa de la Discòrdia contem porary artists. Inspired
by Surre alism, his abstract work
1 Illa de la Discòrdia Montaner. The ground floor was ex ecuted in a variety of
was gutted to create a shop materials, including concrete
Passeig de Gràcia, between Carrer
d’Aragó and Carrer del Consell de in 1943, but it is still possible to and metal (see p164). Only a
Cent. Map 3 A4.  Passeig de Gràcia. admire the Modernista façade. small part of the collection
Casa Lleó Morera: Closed to the At No. 41 is Casa Amatller, can be shown at one time,
public. ∑ casalleomorera.com designed by Puig i Cadafalch in and exhibits rotate regularly.
Casa Amatller: Tel 93 216 01 75. 1898. Its façade is a harmonious There are also excellent
Open 10am–6pm daily. Closed 2 blend of styles, featuring Moorish temporary exhibitions. All are
weeks in Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. 8 guided and Gothic windows. The housed in the first domestic
tours only (no high heels), book stepped gable roof is dotted building in Barcelona to be built
online. ∑ amatller.org Casa Batlló: with tiles. Inside the wrought- with iron (1880), designed by
Tel 93 216 03 06. Open 9am–9pm iron main doors is a fine stone Domènech i Montaner.
daily (last adm: 8pm). & 7
∑ casabatllo.es
Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926)
The most famous group of Born in Reus (Tarragona) into a family
Modernista (see pp144–5) of artisans, Gaudí was the leading
build ings in Barcelona amply exponent of Catalan Modernisme.
illus trates the range of styles Following a stint as a blacksmith’s
involved in the movement. apprentice, he studied at Barcelona’s
The block in which they stand School of Architecture. Inspired by
has been dubbed the Illa de a nationalistic search for a romantic
la Discòrdia, “Block of Discord”, medieval past, his work was
owing to the startling visual supremely original. His first major
achievement was the Casa Vicens
argument between them. (1888) at No. 24 Carrer de les Carolines.
The three most famous But his most celebrated buil ding is the
houses, on Passeig de extravagant church of the Sagrada
Gràcia, were remod elled from Família (see pp170–71), to which he
existing houses early in the devoted his life from 1914. He gave
20th century, but named after all his money to the project and often
their original owners. went from house to house begging
No. 35 is Casa Lleó Morera for more, until his death a few days Decorated chimneypot,
(1902–6), the first residential after being run over by a tram. Casa Vicens
work of Lluís Domènech i
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eclectic mixture of medieval
and Renaissance styles. The
towers and gables are
influenced by north European
Gothic architecture. However,
the deeply carved, floral stone
ornament of the exterior is
typically Modernista.

5 Hospital de la
Santa Creu i de
Sant Pau
Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167.
Map 4 F2. Tel 93 291 90 00.  Hos pital
de Sant Pau. Grounds: Open 10am–
6:30pm Mon–Sat (to 4:30pm Nov–
Mar), 10am–2:30pm Sun. Closed 1 & 6
Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. 7 & (free first Sun
of month). 8 in English at 11am.
∑ santpaubarcelona.org
The rippled façade of Gaudí’s apartment building, La Pedrera
3 La Pedrera 4 Casa Terrades Lluis Domènech i Montaner
Passeig de Gràcia 92. Map 3 B3. Avinguda Diagonal 416. Map 3 B3. Tel began designing a new city
Tel 90 220 21 38.  Diagonal. Open 930 185 242.  Diagonal. Open hospital in 1902. Totally inno-
9am–8pm daily (Nov–Feb: to 6:30pm). 9am–9pm daily (last adm: 8pm). vative in concept, his scheme
Pedrera Origins: from 9pm daily Closed 25 Dec. & 7 8 consisted of 26 Mudéjar-style
(6 Nov–2 Mar: 7–9pm daily, except ∑ casadelespunxes.com pavilions set in large gardens,
26 Dec–3 Jan: 9–11pm). Closed as he disliked huge wards and
7–13 Jan, 25 Dec. & (temporary This six-sided believed that patients would
exhibitions free.) ∑ lapedrera.com apartment block by recover better amid fresh air
Puig i Cadafalch gets and trees. All the connecting
Sometimes called Casa Milà, its nickname, “Casa corridors and service areas
La Pedrera is Gaudí’s greatest de les Punxes” (House were hidden underground.
contri bution to Barcelona’s of the Points), from Also believing art and colour
civic architecture, and his the spires on its to be therapeutic, he deco-
last work before he devoted six corner turrets, rated the pavilions
himself entirely to the Sagrada which are profusely. The
Família (see pp170–71). shaped like turreted roofs were
Built 1906–12, La Pedrera witches’ hats. tiled with ceramics,
completely departed from Built between and the reception
the construction principles 1903 and 1905 by pavilion embellished
of the time and, as a result, converting three with sculptures by
it was strongly attacked by existing houses Spire on the main tower, Pau Gargallo and
Barcelona’s intellectuals. on the site, it is an Casa Terrades mosaic murals.
Gaudí designed this corner
apartment block, eight storeys
high, around two circular
courtyards. The intricate iron-
work balconies, by Josep Maria
Jujol, are like seaweed against
the wave-like walls of white
undressed stone. There are no
straight walls in the building.
The top floor now houses
the Gaudí Museum. Guided
tours take in the roof, where
the many sculpted air ducts
and chimneys are so sinister
they have been dubbed the
espanta-bruixes, the witch-
scarers. Pedrera Origins is a spec-
tacular sound-and-light show. Statue of the Virgin, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau
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6 Sagrada Família

Europe’s most unconventional church, the Temple Expiatori de
la Sagrada Família, is an emblem of a city that likes to think of
itself as individualistic. Crammed with symbolism inspired by
nature and striving for originality, it is Gaudí’s (see pp144–5)
greatest work. In 1883, a year after work had begun on a Neo-
Gothic church on the site, the task of completing it was given
to Gaudí, who changed everything, extemporizing as he went
along. It became his life’s work and he lived like a recluse on
the site for 14 years. He is buried in the crypt. At his death,
only one tower on the Nativity façade had been completed,
but work resumed after the Civil War and several more have
since been finished to his original plans. Work continues Bell Towers
today, financed by public subscription. Eight of the 12 spires, one
for each apostle, have been
built. Each is topped by
Venetian mosaics.
The Finished Church
Gaudí’s initial ambitions have been
kept over the years, using various
new technologies to achieve his
vision. Still to come is the
central tower, which is to
be encircled by four large
towers representing the
Evangelists. Four towers
on the Glory (south)
façade will match the
existing four on the
Passion (west) and
Nativity (east) façades.
An ambulatory – like
an inside-out cloister –
will run round the out-
side of the building.




















. Passion Façade
This bleak façade was completed
from 1986 to 2000 by artist Josep
Maria Subirachs. A controversial
work, its sculpted figures are Main entrance
angular and often sinister.

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Spiral Staircases VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The steep stone
staircases – 370 steps Practical Information
in each – are closed C/ Sardenya. Map 4 E3. Tel 93 513
to the public. The 20 60. ∑ sagradafamilia.org
views from the upper Open daily. Apr–Sep: 9am–8pm;
galleries are reachable Oct–Mar: 9am–7pm; Nov–Feb:
via lift only. 9am–6pm (to 2pm 1 & 6 Jan, 25 &
26 Dec). & timed tickets only,
advance booking advisable.
8 in English 11am, 1pm & 3pm
daily (also noon daily May–Oct).
5 numerous services daily. 7
Transport
 Sagrada Família. @ 19, 43, 51.






. Nativity Façade
The most complete part of
Gaudí’s church, finished in
1930, has doorways which
represent Faith, Hope and
Charity. Scenes of the Nativity
and Christ’s childhood are
embellished with symbolism,
such as doves representing
the congregation.
. Crypt
The crypt, where Gaudí is buried,
was begun by the original
architect, Francesc de Paula Villar
i Lozano, in 1882. This is where
services are held. On the lower
floor a museum traces the
careers of both architects and
the church’s history.








KEY
1 The altar canopy was designed
by Gaudí.
2 The apse was the first part of the
church Gaudí completed. Stairs lead
down from here to the crypt below.
3 Towers with lift
4 The nave contains a forest of
fluted pillars that support four
galleries above the side aisles; a
large number of skylights let in
both natural and artificial light.





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MONTJUÏC

The hill of Montjuïc, rising to 213 m (699 ft) The hill finally came into its own as the site of
above the com mercial port on the south side the 1929 International Fair. With great energy
of the city, is Barcelona’s biggest recreation and flair, buildings were erected all over the
area. Its museums, art galleries, gardens and north side, with the grand Avinguda de la
nightclubs make it a popular place in the Reina Maria Cristina, lined with huge
evenings as well as during the day. exhibition halls, leading into it from the Plaça
There was probably a Celtiberian settle­ d’Espanya. In the middle of the avenue is the
ment here before the Romans built a temple Font Màgica (Magic Fountain), which is
to Jupiter on their Mons Jovis, which may regularly illuminated in colour. Above it is
have given Montjuïc its name – though the Palau Nacional, home of the city’s historic
another theory suggests that a Jewish art collec tions. The Poble Espanyol is a crafts
cemetery on the hill inspired the name centre housed in copies of buildings from all
Mount of the Jews. over Spain. The last great surge of building
The absence of a water supply meant that on Montjuïc was for the 1992 Olympic Games,
there were few buildings on Montjuïc until which left Barcelona with inter national­class
the castle was erected on the top in 1640. sports facilities.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings Squares
8 Castell de Montjuïc 7 Plaça d’Espanya
Modern Architecture Theme Parks
4 Pavelló Mies van der Rohe 5 Poble Espanyol
9 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Museums and Galleries
1 Fundació Joan Miró
2 Museu Arqueològic Espanya See also Barcelona Street
3 Museu Nacional d’Art
de Catalunya Finder maps 1, 2
6 CaixaForum
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AVINGUDA DE MIRAMAR
Parc de CARRER NOU DE LA RAMBLA Paral.lel
Montjuïc
JARDINS MOSSEN
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BOTÀNIC Mirador Torre de
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JARDINS DE CARNER
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MIRADOR PASSEIG DE JOSEP
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Spectators admiring the light show at the Font Màgica (Magic Fountain) For keys to symbols see back flap
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Street-by-Street: Montjuïc

Montjuïc is a spectacular vantage point from 4 Pavelló Mies
which to view the city. It has a wealth of art van der Rohe
galleries and museums, an amusement park This statue by Georg
Kolbe (see p177)
and an open-air theatre. The most interesting stands serenely in
buildings lie around the Palau nacional, where the steel, glass, stone
europe’s greatest romanesque art collection and onyx pavilion
is housed. Montjuïc is approached from the built in the Bauhaus
style as the German
Plaça d’espanya between brick pillars based contribution to the
on the campanile of St Mark’s in Venice, which 1929 International
give a foretaste of the eclecticism of building Exhibition.
styles. The Poble espanyol
illustrates the traditional
architecture of Spain’s AVINGUDA DE fRANCESC fERRER I GUàRDIA
regions, while the To Plaça d’Espanya
Fundació Joan Miró
is boldly modern. A V I N G U D A D E L S M O N TA N YA N S R I U S I T A U L E T



















5 . Poble PASSEIG DE LES CASCADES
Espanyol
Containing replicas of
build ings from many
regions, this “village”
provides a fascinating
glimpse of vernacular styles. A V I N G U D A D E L ’ E S T A D I






To Montjuïc castle and
3 . Museu Nacional Olympic stadium
d’Art de Catalunya
Displayed in the
National Palace, the
main building of the
1929 International
Exhibition is Europe’s
finest collection of early
medieval frescoes.
These were a great 0 metres 100
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Joan Miró (see p176).




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Fountains and cascades
descend in terraces from the
Palau Nacional. Below them is
the Font Màgica (Magic Fountain).
In the evening, from Thursday
to Sunday (October to April:
Friday and Saturday), its jets are
programmed to a multicoloured
music and light show. This
marvel of water-and-electrical
engineering was originally built Locator Map
by Carles Buigas (1898–1979) for See Barcelona Street Finder map 1
the 1929 International Exhibition.



2 Museu Arqueològic
The museum displays
To Plaça d’Espanya
important finds from
prehistoric cultures
in Catalonia and
Museu Etnològic the Balearic Islands.
R I U S I T A U L E T
displays artifacts The Dama de Ibiza, a
from Oceania, 4th-century sculpture,
CARRER DE LA GUARDIA URBANA D E L L E I D A (see p515).
Africa, Asia and
was found in Ibiza’s
Latin America.
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3 Museu Nacional
d’Art de Catalunya
Parc de Montjuïc, Palau Nacional.
Map 1 B2. Tel 93 622 03 60.
 Espanya. @ 55, 150. Open
10am–8pm Tue–Sat (to 6pm Oct–
Apr), 10am–3pm Sun & pub hols.
Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec. & (free
from 3pm Sat, 1st Sun of month, 12
Feb, 18 May, 11 & 24 Sep). Separate
fee for roof. ^ 7 8 by appt (93
622 03 75). ∑ museunacional.cat
The austere Palau Nacional was
built for the 1929 Inter national
Exhibition, but in 1934 it was
used to house an art col lection
that has since become the most
important in the city.
The museum has a great
display of Romanesque (see p28)
items, centred around a series
of magnificent 12th-century
frescoes taken from Catalan
Pyrenean churches. The most
remarkable are the wall
paintings from Sant Climent
de Taüll (see p28) and from
Santa Maria de Taüll (see p215).
The expanding Gothic
Flame in Space and Naked Woman (1932) by Joan Miró collection covers the whole of
Spain but particularly Cata lonia,
1 Fundació Joan permanent collection of and a col lection of notable
Miró paintings, sculptures and Baroque and Renaissance works
tap estries lit by natural light. hails from all over Europe.
Parc de Montjuïc. Map 1 B3. Tel 93 Miró himself donated the works A fine collection of modern
443 94 70.  Espanya, then bus 150, and some of the best pieces on art includes Modernista furni-
55 or Paral.lel, then Montjuïc funicular. display include his Barcelona ture by Gaudí (see pp144–5),
Open 10am–6pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat Series (1939–44), a set of 50 and paintings by Picasso,
(Jul–Sep: to 8pm), 10am–9:30pm Thu,
10am–2:30pm Sun & public hols. black-and-white lithographs. Ramon Casas and Salvador
Closed 1 Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. & 7 Periodic exhibitions of other Dalí. The museum offers a rare
∑ fmirobcn.org artists’ work are also held. opportunity to view more than
a millennium of Catalan artistic
Joan Miró (1893–1983) 2 Museu activity in a single location.
studied at the fine art school Arqueològic
at La Llotja (see p156). From
1919, he spent much of his Passeig Santa Madrona 39–41. Map 1
time in Paris. Though opposed B3. Tel 93 423 21 49.  Espanya,
to Franco, he returned to Poble Sec. Open 9:30am–7pm Tue–
Spain in 1940 and lived mainly Sat, 10am–2:30pm Sun & public hols.
in Mallorca, where he died. Closed 1 Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. & (free
An admirer of primitive 12 Feb, 23 Apr, 18 May, 11 & 24 Sep
Catalan art and Gaudí’s and for under 8s). 7 ∑ mac.cat
Modernisme (see pp144–5),
Miró always remained a Catalan Housed in the Renaissance-
painter but developed a Sur- inspired 1929 Palace of
realistic style, with vivid colours Graphic Arts, the museum
and fantastical forms sugges- shows artifacts from prehistory
ting dream-like situations. to the Visigothic period (AD
In 1975, after the return of 415–711). Highlights are
democracy to Spain (see p72), finds from the Greco-Roman
his friend, the architect Josep town of Empúries (see p220),
Lluís Sert, designed the stark, Iberian silver treasure and 12th-century Christ in Majesty, Museu
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sandals. There are also bars, 8 Castell de
restaurants, nightclubs and Montjuïc
a flamenco tablao (see pp196–7).
Parc de Montjuïc. Map 1 B5. Tel 93 329
86 53.  Paral·lel, then funicular & cable
6 CaixaForum car. @ 150 from Plaça Espanya. Open
10am–8pm daily (to 6pm Oct–Mar).
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia & (free Sun from 3pm & for under 16s).
6–8. Map 1 B2. Tel 93 476 86 00.
 Espanya. @ 13, 50. Open 10am– The summit of Montjuïc is
8pm daily (Jul & Aug: to 11pm Wed). occupied by an 18th-century
Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Dec. & 7 castle built for the Bourbon
∑ obrasocial.lacaixa.es family. During the War of
Independence the castle was
The Antiga Fàbrica Casaramona, captured by the French, and
a restored Modernista textile mill after the Civil War it became a
(1911), houses a glossy cultural prison, where the Catalan leader
centre hosting talks, screenings, Lluís Companys was executed in
Morning by Georg Kolbe (1877–1945), performances, workshops and 1940. It is now a peace museum.
Pavelló Mies van der Rohe high-profile temporary art
exhibitions. There is also a
4 Pavelló Mies van permanent art collection. 9 Estadi Olímpic
der Rohe de Montjuïc
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 7. 7 Plaça d’Espanya Passeig Olímpic 17–19. Map 1 A4.
Map 1 A2. Tel 93 423 40 16.  Tel 93 426 20 89.  Espanya, Poble
Es panya. @ 13, 150. Open 10am– Avinguda de la Gran Via de les Corts Sec. @ 50, 61, 125. Open for events.
8pm daily (to 6pm in winter). Catalanes. Map 1 B1.  Espanya. Open Camp: Open times vary; see
Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & under 16s Fountain Show: Apr, May & Oct: website for details. & - =
free. 8 noon Sat. ∑ miesbcn.com from 9pm Fri & Sat; Jun–Sep: from ∑ open camp.com Museum:
9:30pm Thu–Sat; Nov–Mar: from Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat, 10am–
The modern, simple lines of the 7pm Fri & Sat. No show 6 Jan–16 Feb. 2:30pm Sun (Apr–Sep: to 8pm Tue–
glass and polished stone German Sat). & 8 7
Pavilion must have shocked The fountain in the middle of
visitors to the International this road junction is by Josep The Neo-Classical façade has
Exhibition in 1929. Designed Maria Jujol, one of Gaudí’s been preserved from the stadium,
by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe followers. The 1899 bullring is built by Pere Domènech i Roura
(1886–1969), director of the by Font i Carreras. Catalans have for the 1936 Olympics, cancelled
avant-garde Bauhaus school, never taken to bullfighting, and at the onset of the Civil War. It was
it includes his Barcelona Chair, the arena was converted into refitted for the 1992 Olympics.
now an icon of Modernism. The Las Arenas shopping centre by The stadium houses Open
building was demolished after British architect Richard Rogers. Camp, a sports-themed park that
the exhi bition, but a replica was On the Montjuïc side of the offers football simulators, the
built on the centenary of his birth. roundabout is the Avinguda de chance to hurdle around the
la Reina Maria Cristina, flanked main track and other activities.
by two brick campaniles, Nearby are the Palau Sant
5 Poble Espanyol modelled on the bell towers of Jordi indoor stadium, by Arata
St Mark’s in Venice. The avenue Isozaki, swimming pools by
Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 13. leads up to Carles Buigas’s Font Ricardo Bofill and the Museu
Map 1 A2. Tel 93 508 63 00.  Espanya.
@ 50, 150. Open 9am–midnight Tue– Màgica (Magic Fountain) in Olímpic i de l’Esport, which
Thu & Sun (to 8pm Mon, 3am Fri, 4am front of the Palau Nacional. covers all aspects of sport.
Sat). & 7 ∑ poble-espanyol.com
The popular Poble Espanyol
(Spanish Village) was built
for the 1929 Interna tional
Exhibition to display Spanish
archi tectural styles and crafts.
Building styles from all over
Spain are illustrated by 116
houses arranged on streets
radiating from a main square.
Resident artisans produce crafts
including hand-blown glass,
ceramics, Toledo damascene
(see p394) and Catalan canvas View from Palau Nacional downhill towards the Plaça d’Espanya




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FURTHER AFIELD

The radical redevelopment of Barcelona’s to climb steeply, are the historic royal palace
outskirts in the late 1980s and early 1990s and monastery of Pedralbes, and Gaudí’s
gave it a wealth of new buildings, parks famous Park Güell, dating from 1910. Beyond
and squares. The city’s main station, Sants, is the Serra de Collserola, the city’s closest
was rebuilt and the neighbouring Parc de rural area. Two funiculars provide an exciting
l’Espanya Industrial and Parc de Joan Miró way of reaching its heights, which offer
were created, containing lakes, modern superb views of the city. Tibidabo, the highest
sculpture and futuristic architecture. point, with a funfair, the Neo-Gothic church
The Plaça de Glòries is being remodelled of the Sagrat Cor and a modern steel-and-
to contain the design museum and a park. glass communi cations tower, is a favourite
In the west of the city, where the streets start place among Barcelonans for a day out.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Parks and Gardens Key
3 Camp Nou (Experience Tour & 1 Parc de Joan Miró Barcelona city centre
Museum) 2 Parc de l’Espanya Industrial
6 Museu Blau 9 Park Güell Motorway
8 Cosmocaixa – Museu de la Ciència Theme Parks Major road
Historic Buildings 7 Tibidabo Minor road
4 Monestir de Santa Maria de
Pedralbes
Modern Buildings
5 Torre de Collserola

0 km 1
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Sights Outside Vallvidrera
the City Centre Tibidabo
Peu del
Funicular RONDA DE DALT
Placa del Els B20
B20 Funicular Penitents Horta
RONDA DE DALT Bonanova
Igualada
B23
Sarrià VIA AUG U STA AV. DE L’ESTATUT DE CATALUNY A
Pedralbes El Carmel
La Salut A17
Ciutat RONDA DEL GENERAL M ITRE
Universitaria AVINGUDA Galvany Guinardo Sant Andreu
GRAN VIA CARLES III Sants Sants DIAGONAL del Clot La Sagrera
C. DE COLLBLANC
Collblanc Gràcia AVDA M ERIDIANA
L’Arpa
Hostafrancs Estació Eixample CARRER D’ARAGO Clot
La Bordeta Clot C31
GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES St Martí di Mataró
Provençales
Aeroport AVINGUDA
Barri
El Gòtic DIAGONAL
Raval Poblenou
Montjuïc Estació
de Franca ROND A DEL LITORAL
AVDA DEL PARAL . LEL
Port Port
Vell
B10 Olímpic
Port de Mar
Barcelona
Mediterráneo
Tibidabo theme park with Barcelona in the background For keys to symbols see back flap
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2 Parc de l’Espanya
Industrial
Plaça de Joan Peiró.  Sants-Estació.
This modern park, designed by
the Basque architect Luis Peña
Ganchegui, owes its name to the
textile mill that used to stand on
the 5-hectare (12-acre) site.
Laid out in 1986 as part of
Barcelona’s policy to provide
more open spaces, the park has
canals and a rowing lake – with
a statue of Neptune at its centre.
Tiers of steps rise around the lake
like an amphitheatre and on one
side, a row of 10 futur istic watch- Line of watchtowers in the Parc de
towers serves as public viewing l’Espanya Industrial
platforms and lamp standards.
Six contemporary sculptors The stadium is a magnificent,
are represented in the park, sweeping structure, built in
Dona i Ocell (1983) by Joan Miró in the Parc among them Andrés Nagel, 1957 to a design by Francesc
de Joan Miró whose huge metal dragon Mitjans. An extension was
incor porates a children’s slide. added in 1982 and it can now
1 Parc de Joan Miró comfort ably seat 100,000 fans.
The club’s popular museum is
Carrer d’Aragó 1.  Tarragona. 3 Camp Nou a glossy interactive experi ence,
Barcelona’s 19th-century (Experience Tour & with touch-screen panels detail-
slaughterhouse (escorxador) Museum) ing the club’s history and their
was transformed in the many victories. There are also
1980s into this unusual park, Avda de Aristides Maillol. Tel 90 218 paintings and sculptures
hence its alternative name, 99 00.  Maria Cristina, Collblanc. of famous club footballers
Parc de l’Escorxador. Open late Mar–mid-Oct, Christmas & commissioned for an exhibi tion
It is constructed on two levels, Easter hols: 9:30am–7:30pm daily; held in celebration of the club
the lower of which is popular mid-Oct–late Mar: 10am–6:30pm in 1985 and 1987. Blau-grana
Mon–Sat, 10am–2:30pm Sun; reduced
with kids because of its open hours on public hols & match days. (blue-burgundy) are the colours
areas, fringed with shady paths Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Dec. & 8 of of Barça’s strip. The club’s flags
and palm trees. The upper level the stadium. 7 ∑ fcbarcelona.cat were used as an expression of
is paved and domi nated by a local nation alist feelings during
1983 sculpture by Joan Miró Camp Nou, Europe’s largest the Franco dictatorship, when
(see p176) entitled Dona i Ocell football stadium, is home to the Catalan flag was banned.
(Woman and Bird). Standing the city’s famous football club, As well as hosting its own
22 m (72 ft) high in the middle Barcelona FC (Barça, as it is high-profile matches (mainly
of a pool, its surface is coated known locally). Founded in at weekends), Camp Nou also
with col ourful pieces of glazed 1899, it is one of the world’s accommodates affiliated local
tile. There are also several play richest soccer clubs, and has soccer clubs and promotes
areas for kids. more than 100,000 members. a number of other sports.















Camp Nou stadium, the prestigious home of the Futbol Club Barcelona
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4 Monestir de near Tibidabo mountain (see
Santa Maria de p182). A glass-sided lift swiftly
Pedralbes reaches the top of this 288-m-
(944-ft-) tall structure standing
Baixada del Monestir 9. Tel 93 256 34 on the summit of a 445-m
34.  Reina Elisenda or bus 22, 63, (1,460-ft) hill.
64, 78. Open Apr–Sep: 10am–2pm The tower was designed
Tue–Fri, 10am–7pm Sat, 10am–8pm by English architect Norman
Sun; Oct–Mar: 10am–2pm Tue–Fri, Foster for the 1992 Olympic
10am–5pm Sat & Sun. 8 by appt. Games. Needle-like in form,
Closed 1 Jan, Good Friday, 1 May, it is a tubular steel mast on
24 Jun, 25 Dec. & (free first Sun of a concrete pillar. There are
month, every Sun from 3pm and for 13 levels. The top one has an
under 16s; combined ticket with the observatory with a powerful
Museu d’Història de Barcelona (see
p150) also available). 7 ground floor telescope, and a public view ing
only. ∑ monestirpedralbes.bcn.cat platform with a 360-degree
view encompassing Barcelona,
Approached through an arch the sea and the mountains.
in its walls, the monastery of
Pedralbes still has the air of a
living enclosed community. This 6 Museu Blau
is heightened by its furnished Plaça Leonardo da Vinci 4–5, Parc
cells, kitchens, infir mary and del Fòrum. Tel 93 256 22 00.  El
refectory. But the nuns of the Maresme Fòrum. @ 7, 36, 43, 99,
Order of St Clare moved to an Madonna of Humility, Monestir de Santa H16. Open 10am–7pm Tue–Sat,
adjoining build ing in 1983. The Maria de Pedralbes 10am–8pm Sun. & free first Sun of
monastery was founded in 1326 month, every Sun from 3pm, under-
by Elisenda de Montcada de Life of the Virgin, both painted 16s. 7 ∑ museublau.bcn.cat
Piños, fourth wife of Jaime II of by Ferrer Bassa in 1346, when
Catalonia and Aragón. Her tomb Elisenda’s niece, Francesca Museu Blau is the city’s science
lies between the church and Saportella, was abbess. museum with a collection that
the cloister. On the church side is more than 100 years old.
her effigy is dressed in royal Exhibited across two floors are
robes; on the other, as a nun. 5 Torre de Collserola 3 million specimens in the fields
The monastery is built around Carretera de Vallvidrera al Tibidabo. of mineralogy, palaeontology,
a cloister. The rooms encircling Tel 93 211 79 42.  Peu de Funic ular, zoology and botany. Previously
the cloister include a dormitory, then Funicular de Vallvidrera & bus located in the Parc de la
a refectory, a chapterhouse, an 111. Open times vary; check website Ciutadella (see pp158–9), the
abbey and day cells. Artworks for latest information. Closed 1 & 6 museum is now housed in the
and liturgical ornaments, pottery Jan, 25, 26 & 31 Dec. & 7 Parc del Fòrum in a modern,
and furniture are on display. ∑ torredecollserola.com innovative building designed
The most important room in by architects Herzog & de
the monastery is the Capella In a city that enjoys thrills, the Meuron. The same team also
(chapel) de Sant Miquel, with ultimate ride is offered by conceived the per ma nent
murals of the Passion and the the communications tower Planet Life exhibition, which is
a fascinating journey through
the history of life on earth. The
Barcelona v Real Madrid
Biography of the Earth section
Més que un club is the motto of Barcelona FC: illustrates the evolution of life
“More than a club”. More than anything else from the first microbes to the
it has been a symbol of the struggle of Catalan present day, while Earth Today
nationalism against the central government in comprehensively details the
Madrid. To fail to win the league is one thing. variety of life forms sharing the
To come in behind Real Madrid is a planet. Independent “Islands of
complete disaster. Each season the Science” are spaced throughout
big question is which of the two
FC Barcelona Planet Life, which focus on
teams will win the title. Under the specific topics, such as sexuality
Franco regime in a memorable
episode in 1941, Barça won 3–0 at home. At the and genetics. There are also
temporary exhibitions, a Media
return match in Madrid, the crowd was so hostile
that the police and referee “advised” Barça to prevent Library and a Science Nest
trouble. De moralized by the intimidation, they lost for children up to age 6 at
11–1. Loyalty is paramount: one Barça player who weekends, where images and
left to join Real Madrid received death threats. Real Madrid sound effects recreate different
natural surroundings.

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8 Cosmocaixa – (see pp144–5) most colourful
Museu de la Ciència cre ation. He was commissioned
in the 1890s by Count Eusebi
Carrer Isaac Newton 196. Tel 93 212 Güell to design a garden city
60 50.  Avinguda del Tibidabo, then on 20 hectares (50 acres) of the
Tramvia Blau. @ 17, 22, 58, 196. Open family estate. Little of the grand
10am–8pm Tue–Sun (daily Jul–Aug & design for decorative public
public hols). Closed 1 & 6 Jan, 25 Dec.
& (free 5–8pm Tue–Fri, 6–8pm Sat, buildings and 60 houses
Sun & public hols, first Sun of every among landscaped gardens
month). 7 became reality. What we see
today was completed between
This excellent science museum 1910 and 1914, and the park
is located in a striking Modernista opened in 1922. The so-called
building. Exhibits include the “Monumental Area”, home to
Flooded Forest, which allows most of Gaudí’s surviving
visitors to explore the Amazonian creations in the park, requires an
rainforest both above and below admission ticket, but the green
Merry-go-round, Tibidabo the waterline. A science lab is one expanses around the edge of
of several great areas for children. this area are free to explore.
7 Tibidabo The Room of a Hundred
Columns is a cavernous hall
Plaça del Tibidabo 3–4. Tel 93 211 79 9 Park Güell
42.  Avda Tibidabo, then Tramvia of 84 crooked pillars that is
Blau or Bus 196 & Funicular. @ 111, Carrer d’Olot. Tel 010 (from Barcelona). brightened by glass and ceramic
T2A from Plaça de Catalunya.  Lesseps, Vallcarca. @ 24, 32, 92, H6. mosaics; it was intended as
Amusement Park: Open variable – Tel 90 220 03 02. Open Nov–Feb: the marketplace for the estate.
check website for times. Closed 8:30am–6:30pm; Mar: 8:30am–7pm; Above it is the Gran Plaça
Oct–Jun: Mon–Fri. 7 Temple del Apr, Sep & Oct: 8am–8:30pm; May– Circular, an open space with
Sagrat Cor: Tel 93 417 56 86. Open Aug: 8am–9pm (last adm: 1 hr before a snaking balcony of coloured
10am– 8pm daily. 7 ∑ tibidabo.cat closing). & timed tickets only. 8 7 mosaics that offers stunning
Casa-Museu Gaudí: Tel 93 219 38 11. views of the city and is said to
The heights of Tibidabo are Open Apr–Sep: 10am–8pm daily (to have the world’s longest bench.
reached by the Tramvia Blau 6pm Oct–Mar). Closed 1 Jan. & can Two pavilions at the entry are
(Blue Tram) and a funicular be combined with the Ruta del by Gaudí, but the Casa-Museu
railway. The name, inspired Modernisme. ∑ parkguell.cat Gaudí, a gingerbread-style
by Tibidabo’s views of the city, house where Gaudí lived
comes from the Latin tibi dabo A UNESCO World Heritage Site, from 1906 to 1926, was
(I shall give you) – a reference the Park Güell is Antoni Gaudí’s built by Francesc Berenguer.
to the Temptation of Christ
when Satan took him up a
mountain and offered him
the world spread at his feet.
The hugely popular Parc
d’Atraccions first opened in 1908.
While the old rides retain their
charm, new ones have been
added over the years, including
the thrilling Dragon Khan
rollercoaster. The hilltop location
at 517 m (1,696 ft) adds to the
thrill. The Museu d’Automates is
a display of automated toys,
jukeboxes and gaming machines.
Tibidabo is crowned by the
Temple Expiatori del Sagrat
Cor (Church of the Sacred
Heart), built with religious zeal
but little taste by Enric Sagnier
between 1902 and 1911. A lift
takes you up to the feet of an
enormous figure of Christ.
Just a short bus ride away
is another viewpoint worth
visiting – the Torre de
Collserola (see p181). Mosaic-encrusted chimney by Gaudí at the entrance of the Park Güell
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp564–5 and pp586–8


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BARCELONA STREET FINDER

The map references given with the sights, restaurants (see pp586–8). The schematic
shops and entertainment venues described map below shows the area of Barcelona
in the Barcelona section of the guide refer covered by the Street Finder. The symbols
to the street maps on the following pages. used for sights and other features and
Map references are also given for Barcelona services are listed in the key at the foot
hotels (see pp564–5), and for bars and of the page.







RO NDA DEL
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Major sight Funicular railway station
Place of interest Tram station
Other building Tourist information
Main railway station Hospital with casualty unit
Local (FGC) railway station Police station
Metro station Church Scale of Map Pages
Coach station Railway line
0 metres 250
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Morera C E N T D E L C O N S E L L D E C E N T CARRER DEL CONSELL DE CENT

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C A R R E R D ' A R A G O Concepció C A R R E R E D ' A R A G O PLAÇA DE PABLO C A R R E R D ' A R A G O

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Teatre
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Reial MILLET AMADEU VIVES la Música NUÑEZ MENDEZ Sant Pere de Triomf A C A R R E R D E S A N C H O D E A V I L A
Acadèmia BERTRELLANS PASSATGE PATRIARCA N'AMARGOS CARRER Catalana SANT PERE les Puelles ST BENET AV. DE VILANOVA D I C A
DE
PTGE DE
PLAÇA DE
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FORTUNY L A Palau MADRID C. DE MONTSIO MAGDALENES PORTET PERE MONEC SANT PERE Arc del DEL NORD Marina R R
Triomf
DUC DE LA VICTORIA
Moja C. D’EN BOT DURAN I BAS JULIA L A I VERDAGUER I CALLIS CARRER DE SANT PERE MITJA CARRER DEL REC COMTAL PA S S E I G L C A R R E R D E A L M O G A V E R S M E C A R R E R D E
E
CARRE R DE CUCURULLA
R
C. D'EN XUCLA
Palau de la BARRI GÒTIC C A R D S A N T P E R E M E S B A IX CARRER CORTINES Palau Marina
Virreina CARRER DE PORTAFERRISSA ARCS CAPELLANS SAGRISTANS BEATES R E R FREIXURES E C. DE LLASTICS de CARRER D E NAPOL S A
RIPOLL
PETRITXOL PLAÇA
Mercat de BOTERS C. DE JOAQUIM POU E T A N A DE CASTRO GEN. ALVAREZ C. DE JAUME GIRALT METGES PETONS Justicia D
Sant Josep CARRER D'EN ROCA CARRER DEL PI PLAÇA AVDA DE D'ANTONI AVDA DE FRANCESC CAMBO PLAÇA DE CARRER DE BU ENAVE NTURA MUÑOZ U C A R R E R D E P A L L A R S
MAURA
LA CATEDRAL
PLAÇA L A PA L LA NOVA PLAÇA Mercat SANT AGUSTI C ARRER DEL PORTAL NOU L U I S C O M PA N Y S G C A R R E R D E J O A N D ' A U S T R I A
VELL
Casa de
DEL PI l’Ardiaca DE LA SEU Museu MERCADERS Santa N D
C A R R ER D E Frederic TRAGI Caterina CARRER DE GIRALT GOMBAU FONOLLAR C. DELS CARDERS I E C A R R E R D E P E R E I V
CARDENAL Santa BANYS NOUS SANT SEVER Catedral Marès MASSANET COLOMINES TARROS Castell dels A V C A R R E R
CASAÑAS
MANUEL
Major
PLAÇA Maria del Pi PLTA DE Palau Reial CARRER DEL CORDERS VERM ELL C. DE L’ALLAD-A C. TANTARANTANA CARRER DEL COMERÇ Tres Dragons P A S S E I G D E P U J A D E S C A R R E R D E P U J A D E S
RIBE
DE LA Generalitat SIDE BLANQUERIA
BOQUERIA MUHBA DEL CALL ST DOMENEC SANT HONORAT d’Història BOQUER ASSAONADORS Museu de la PASSEIG DE JOAQUIM RENART DE MATARO Z Bogatell
Museu
El Call
Xocolata
AROLAS C. DE LA BOQUERIA CALL PLAÇA DE C. LLIBRETERIA C. TAPINERIA PLAÇA DE CARRER DE LA PRINCES A M PTGE VINYASSA
BORIA
RAURIC
C. DEL BISBE
L'ANGEL
C A R R E R D E F E R R A N SANT JAUME C. DE JAUME I Jaume I Museu de CREMAT GRAN Hivernacle C A R R E R D E L L U L L O C A R R E R D E L L U L L
Casa
de la CARRER Cultures del CARRER DEL REC A R C A R R E R D E C A R R E R D ' A L A B A
Ciutat VIGATANS Món Museu C. DELS FLASSADERS A
LLEONA GEGANTS CARRER DELS SANT C. DE LA CIUTAT V Picasso Museu
PLAÇA BLANCS ESCUDELLERS MIQUEL I A LA RIBERA COMERCIAL CARRER FUSINA P A S S E I G D E P I C A S S O Martorell P A S S E I G D E L S T I L . L E R S
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BANYS VELLS
N'ARAI PALAU L BASEA PASSEIG DEL BORN Cultura i Memòria C A R R E R D E R A M O N T U R R O
ABAIXADORS SOMBRERERS
El Born Centre de
C A R R E R
CARRER DELS ESCUDELLERS CARRER DEL REGOMIR PLAÇA DELS A I E Basílica de C. ESPARTERIA C. ANTIC DE SANT JOAN CARRER DE CARRER DE WELLINGTO N Universitat P A M P L O N A
TRAGINERS
RIBERA
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PASSATGE DELS ESCUDELLERS C. NOU DE SANT FRANCESC D'EN RULL CARRER DE CODOLS ROSA C. DE CARABASSA D ' A V I N Y O MILANS D'ATAULF GIGNAS ANGEL BAIXERAS T A N A AGULLERS del Mar PLAÇA DE Complex Fabra CARRER D E FRANCESC
CANVIS NOUS Santa Maria
LES OLLES
OBRADORS
CARRER
CARRER
CONSOLAT DEL MAR
C A R R E R A M P L E
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MALCUINAT
Catalunya
Llotja
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La Mercé
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SIMO
CARRETERA ANTIGA D E L A M A R I N A
REINA
A V I N G U D A D E L B O G A T E L L
VILLENA
P A S S E I G D E C O L O M MURALLA Barceloneta BARCELONA Vila Olímpica CARLES I A V I N G U D A D ’ I C A R I A C A R R E R D E A R Q . S E RT CARRER DE FREDERIC MOMPOU
MARQUET
CARRER PLATA
CARRER D'OCATA
PLAÇA DEL DUC
ZOO DE
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Yelmo
Palau de PAU VILA PASSATGE DE LA CADENA D O C T O R Vila Olímpica
R O N D A D E L L I T O R A L
Dàrsena Mar C A R R E R D E L D O C T O R
Nacional Submarine Museu d'Història C A R R E R C A R R E R D E S A L V A D O R E S P R I U
de Catalunya
Ictíneo II PIZARRO A I G U A D E R A I G U A D E R
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MAGATZEMS D E G I N E B R A
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RAMBLA DE MAR
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POR T
BARCELONETA
SANT MIQUEL
PLAÇA DEL
MAR
CARRER DE SANT CARLES
CARRER DE SALAMANCA
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Port
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SANT ELM
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GUIT E RT R E R D ' A N D R E A D O R I A
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CARRER MEER
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PLAÇA DE
BRUGUERA
CARRER DE L'ESCAR
C. DE LA ALMIRALL CERVERA
MOLL DE GREGAL
Centre
CARRER DE L'ALMIRALL AIXADA
Municipal
Platja de Vela
CARRER DEL JUDICI
Barceloneta
DRASSANA
M a r M e d i t e r r á n e o
Torre Sant
Sebastiá
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Teatre
Catalunya C ARRER D E A USI A S MARC C A R R E R D E AUSIA S MAR C Nacional de CARRER DE BOLIVIA
C. DE BERGARA
JOVELLANOS Catalunya PLAÇA DE R O N D A D E S A N T P E R E PASS. DE SANT JOAN R I B E S de Barcelona Catalunya C A R R E R PTGE ALI BEI
El Corte
CATALUNYA
Auditori
Urquinaona
Ingles
C A R R E R D E F O N T A N E L L A
R A M B L A Catalunya CARRER D'ESTRUC CARRER DE MOLES V I A C. JONQUERES TRAFALGAR C A R R E R D E A L I - B E I D E Estació C A R R E R D E A L I - B E I Auditori C A R R E R D E TA N G E R
Teatre Nacional
SITGES CARRER DE ORTIGOSA CARRER DE del Nord A PTGE DE RATES
LLUIS
BONSUCCES CARRER DE SANTA ANNA AVINGUDA DEL PORTAL DE L'ANGEL CARRER DE COMTAL PLAÇA DE Palau de L'INDUSTRIA PTGE DE DESERT PTGE DE TRAFALGAR Arc de C A R R E R CARRER D E SARDEN YA N
Reial MILLET AMADEU VIVES la Música NUÑEZ MENDEZ Sant Pere de Triomf A C A R R E R D E S A N C H O D E A V I L A
Acadèmia BERTRELLANS PASSATGE PATRIARCA N'AMARGOS CARRER Catalana SANT PERE les Puelles ST BENET AV. DE VILANOVA D I C A
DE
PTGE DE
PLAÇA DE
D ' A L A B A
LA VILA DE
PINTOR C. DE LA CA NUDA BOU DE SANT L'ARGENTER M ES VICTORIA ALT PLAÇA DE CARRER DE ROGER D E FL O R PARC DE L'ESTACIO I R C A R R E R D E P A M P L O N A
FORTUNY L A Palau MADRID C. DE MONTSIO MAGDALENES PORTET PERE MONEC SANT PERE Arc del DEL NORD Marina R R
Triomf
DUC DE LA VICTORIA
Moja C. D’EN BOT DURAN I BAS JULIA L A I VERDAGUER I CALLIS CARRER DE SANT PERE MITJA CARRER DEL REC COMTAL PA S S E I G L C A R R E R D E A L M O G A V E R S M E C A R R E R D E A
E
CARRE R DE CUCURULLA
R
C. D'EN XUCLA
Palau de la BARRI GÒTIC C A R D S A N T P E R E M E S B A IX CARRER CORTINES Palau Marina
Virreina CARRER DE PORTAFERRISSA ARCS CAPELLANS SAGRISTANS BEATES R E R FREIXURES E C. DE LLASTICS de CARRER D E NAPOL S A
RIPOLL
PETRITXOL PLAÇA
Mercat de BOTERS C. DE JOAQUIM POU E T A N A DE CASTRO GEN. ALVAREZ C. DE JAUME GIRALT METGES PETONS Justicia D
Sant Josep CARRER D'EN ROCA CARRER DEL PI PLAÇA AVDA DE D'ANTONI AVDA DE FRANCESC CAMBO PLAÇA DE CARRE R DE B U ENAV E NTURA M UÑOZ U C A R R E R D E P A L L A R S
LA CATEDRAL
MAURA
PLAÇA L A PA L LA NOVA PLAÇA Mercat SANT AGUSTI C ARRER DEL PORTAL NOU L U I S C O M PA N Y S G C A R R E R D E J O A N D ' A U S T R I A
VELL
Casa de
DEL PI l’Ardiaca DE LA SEU Museu MERCADERS Santa N D
C A R R ER D E Frederic TRAGI Caterina CARRER DE GIRALT GOMBAU FONOLLAR C. DELS CARDERS I E C A R R E R D E P E R E I V
CARDENAL Santa BANYS NOUS SANT SEVER Catedral Marès MASSANET COLOMINES TARROS Castell dels A V C A R R E R
CASAÑAS
MANUEL
PLAÇA Maria del Pi PLTA DE Palau Reial CARRER DEL CORDERS VERM ELL C. DE L’ALLAD-A C. TANTARANTANA CARRER DEL COMERÇ Tres Dragons P A S S E I G D E P U J A D E S C A R R E R D E P U J A D E S
Major
RIBE
DE LA Generalitat SIDE BLANQUERIA
BOQUERIA MUHBA DEL CALL ST DOMENEC SANT HONORAT d’Història BOQUER ASSAONADORS Museu de la PASSEIG DE JOAQUIM RENART DE MATARO Z Bogatell
Museu
El Call
AROLAS C. DE LA BOQUERIA CALL PLAÇA DE C. LLIBRETERIA C. TAPINERIA PLAÇA DE CARRER DE LA PRINCES A M PTGE VINYASSA
Xocolata
BORIA
RAURIC
C. DEL BISBE
L'ANGEL
C A R R E R D E F E R R A N SANT JAUME C. DE JAUME I Jaume I Museu de CREMAT GRAN Hivernacle C A R R E R D E L L U L L O C A R R E R D E L L U L L
Casa
de la CARRER Cultures del CARRER DEL REC A R C A R R E R D E C A R R E R D ' A L A B A
Ciutat VIGATANS Món Museu C. DELS FLASSADERS A
LLEONA GEGANTS CARRER DELS SANT C. DE LA CIUTAT V Picasso Museu
PLAÇA BLANCS ESCUDELLERS MIQUEL I A LA RIBERA COMERCIAL CARRER FUSINA P A S S E I G D E P I C A S S O Martorell P A S S E I G D E L S T I L . L E R S
REIAL PALMA SANT JUST BAIXADA VILAD ECOLS C. DEL SOTS -TINE N T NAVARRO CARRER DE LA ARGENTERIA MONTCADA PLAÇA DE COMERCIAL CARRER DE P A RC DE LA
TEMP L ARIS MANRESA MIRALLERS MOSQUES Umbracle CIU T A DELL A Wellington
BANYS VELLS
ABAIXADORS SOMBRERERS
N'ARAI PALAU L BASEA PASSEIG DEL BORN Cultura i Memòria CARRETERA ANTIGA D E L A M A R I N A
El Born Centre de
C A R R E R D E R A M O N T U R R O
C A R R E R
CARRER DELS ESCUDELLERS CARRER DEL REGOMIR PLAÇA DELS A I E Basílica de C. ESPARTERIA C. ANTIC DE SANT JOAN CARRER DE CARRER DE WELLINGTO N Universitat P A M P L O N A
TRAGINERS
RIBERA
Pompeu
PASSATGE DELS ESCUDELLERS D'EN RULL CARRER DE CODOLS ROSA C. DE CARABASSA D ' A V I N Y O MILANS D'ATAULF GIGNAS ANGEL BAIXERAS T A N AGULLERS del Mar PLAÇA DE Complex Fabra CARRER D E FRANCESC D'AR A ND A C A R R E R
CANVIS NOUS Santa Maria
LES OLLES
CARRER
OBRADORS
CARRER
C A R R E R A M P L E A CONSOLAT DEL MAR PLAÇA DEL MALCUINAT Esportiv Parlament de C A R R E R D E J O A N
Municipal
PALAU
DE L'ARGENTERA
La
PASSATGE DE LA PAU SILS C A R R E R D E L A M E R C E FUSTERIA PLAÇA PASSEIG DE ISABEL II AVDA DEL MARQUES Estació de C A R R E R D E PTGE DE GRAL BASSOLS
Catalunya
Llotja
C. DE LA SERRA
La Mercé
D'ANTONI
GENERAL CASTAÑOS
LOPEZ
CARRER DE JOSEP ANSELM CLAVE LOUIS BRAILLE OLLER PAS DE SOTA CRISTINA MARQUESA França P A S S E I G CARRER DE PARC C A R R E R D E M O S C O U
SIMO
C. NOU DE SANT FRANCESC
REINA
A V I N G U D A D E L B O G A T E L L
VILLENA
P A S S E I G D E C O L O M MURALLA Barceloneta BARCELONA Vila Olímpica CARLES I A V I N G U D A D ’ I C A R I A C A R R E R D E A R Q . S E RT CARRER DE FREDERIC MOMPOU
MARQUET
CARRER PLATA
CARRER D'OCATA
PLAÇA DEL DUC
ZOO DE
DE MEDINACELI
Ciutadella-
PARC
Icària
M O L L D E L A F U S T A POR T VELL PLAÇA DE C A R R E R D E L D E C I R C U M V A L . L A C I O Ciutadella- M I R O R O S A S E N S AT Complex
Yelmo
Palau de PAU VILA PASSATGE DE LA CADENA D O C T O R Vila Olímpica
R O N D A D E L L I T O R A L
Dàrsena Mar C A R R E R D E L D O C T O R
Nacional Submarine Museu d'Història C A R R E R C A R R E R D E S A L V A D O R E S P R I U
de Catalunya
Ictíneo II PIZARRO A I G U A D E R A I G U A D E R
Catamaran PASEDES VOLUNTARIS PO RT OLÍMPI C MARITIM DE NOVA ICARIA
C A R R E R D E B A L B O A
PARC DEL
CARRER DEL SAL
MEDITERRANIA
PL. DELS
MONJO
MARINERS
MOLL D’ESPANYA Imax Port Vell C A R R E R D E L A M A Q U I N I S T A PINZON C. DE OLIMPICS PASSEIG
Marina
P A S S E I G J O A N D E B O R B O POETA BOSCA CARRER DE SALAMANCA SORIA L'HAVANA POMPEU GENER DE LA P A S S E I G M A R I T I M D E L A B A R C E L O N E T A OLÍMPIC MOLL DE LA MARINA Olímpic
MAGATZEMS D E G I N E B R A
PLAÇA DE LA
Mapfre
Aquàrium BARCELONETA B A L U A R D PLAÇA PARC Hospital DON CARLES TORREVELLA Hotel Torre
Nostra
DE LA
PASSEIG MARITIM DEL PORT OLÍMPIC
RAMBLA DE MAR
Maremàgnum CARRER D'ESCUDER FONT PLAÇA DE Sra del Mar Arts
POR T
C A R
BARCELONETA
SANT MIQUEL
PLAÇA DEL
MAR
CARRER DE SANT CARLES
BARCELONE TA
Port
VINAROS
SANT ELM
ALCANAR
GELI
PESCADORS
GU I T ERT R E R D ' A N D R E A D O R I A
SEVILLA
MESTRANÇA
CARRER MEER
ATLANTIDA
PLAÇA DE
BRUGUERA
C. DE LA ALMIRALL CERVERA
CARRER DE L'ESCAR
MOLL DE GREGAL
Centre
CARRER DE L'ALMIRALL AIXADA
Municipal
Platja de Vela
CARRER DEL JUDICI
Barceloneta
DRASSANA
M a r M e d i t e r r á n e o
Torre Sant
Sebastiá
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190  BARCEL ONA

SHOPPING IN BARCELONA

Barcelona is known for its style and and help define the city when time is
sophistication, and can be neatly divided limited. There are many food markets as
into distinctive shopping districts – Passeig well – 44 in all – and a scattering of flea
de Gràcia for designer stores plus old shops markets such as the modern Els Encants
with beautiful Modernista frontages, Barri and the charming Sant Cugat antiques
Gòtic for eclec tic antiques and boutiques, fair. There is something for everyone in
El Born for serious fashion divas, and El Barcelona – from high-street fashion and
Raval for markets, quirky design and unique boutiques to local shops selling
museum shops. These categories are not traditional crafts. All shops close on
fixed, but do provide a useful rule of thumb, Sundays, except Maremagnum.

Food and Drink sausages. These include
Barcelonans are proud of their inventive combinations such
culinary heritage, and rightly so. as pork and cuttlefish, beef and
The land produces superlative beetroot, and lamb and wild
vegetables and fruits, flavourful mushroom. Casa Gispert is
meats and a huge array of the stop for top-grade dried
cheeses. The bountiful sea offers fruit and nuts, as well as coffee
fresh fish and other seafood, toasted in-house. The fabulous
and the wine-growing regions Formatgeria La Seu is a
of the Penedès and the Priorat walk-in dairy where you
make some of the best vintages can choose from a great
in the world. As if all this wasn’t seasonal collection of cheeses
enough, chocolate shops, candy made by small producers.
makers and patisseries also do Xocoa is the trendiest of
their best to complete the feast. the many chocolate-makers in
La Boqueria food market is the city, with its retro pack aging
Some of the beautifully displayed the obvious place to start a and fun shapes, including
confectionery at Escribà gastronomical journey, but chocolate CDs and giant keys.
Barcelona’s numerous specialist Escribà Pastisseries is more
Markets
food shops are not to be extravagant, with magnificently
Barcelona has an impressive ignored either. sculpted cakes and life-size
range of markets selling OlisOliva, in the Mercat chocolate models of famous
a wide variety of things. Santa Caterina in El Born, stocks personalities. Cacao Sampaka
Everyone should explore a superb selection of olive is an innovative sweet shop that
La Boqueria on La Rambla, oils and a range of beauty stocks amazing off-the-wall
one of the most spectacu lar products such as soaps and fillings such as anchovy, black
food markets in Europe. The lotions. Around the corner, olive and blue cheese, as well
small and lively Plaça del Pi is La Botifarrería de Santa as more familiar herb, spice
also home to a food market María stocks wonderful artisan and floral flavours.
selling cheese, honey and charcuterie and a lip-smacking Casa Colomina is ideal for
sweets. It is held on the first selection of home-made those who want to sample
and third Friday, Saturday
and Sunday of each month.
On Sunday mornings, coin
and stamp stalls are set up in
the Plaça Reial, while antiques
are sold in Plaça Nova on
Thursdays. The city’s main flea
market, Encants Vells, takes
place on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday. It offers
a variety of goods including
jewellery and clothing.
In December, a Christmas
street market is held near the
cathedral, where Christmas
trees, figurines and other
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traditional Spanish sweets such
as turrón (nougat made with
almonds). Caelum, where all
the sweetmeats are made by
nuns, sells lovely yemas (a
sweet made with egg yolks)
and mazapans (marzipan
treats) and other tasty
confections. Papabubble,
a gorgeous wood-panelled
shop, adds modern touches
to old-fashioned sweets.
You can watch the sweet
chefs preparing these
handmade concoctions.
For some of the best bread in
town, visit Bopan near Rambla The Loewe store, in an elegant building designed by Domènech i Montaner
de Catalunya. This smart café
has its own versions of many has all the usual Spanish chains merchan dise related to the
different types of bread, from and is open daily, including team, including stripes, scarves,
Continental favourites to Sundays and holidays. boots, balls and keychains.
African specialities.
In El Born, Vila Viniteca sells
a formidable range of Spanish High Street and Spanish and
Sports Fashion
International
and Catalan wines. Among
more than 7,500 labels here Ubiquitous Spanish fashion Designer Labels
you can find cheap and houses Zara and Mango have For gorgeous and original
cheerful table wines, as well as stores all over the city, with women’s fashions, try
decadently expensive Priorats both flagships on the Passeig Coquette, which features chic,
and Riojas. Also remember that de Gràcia. They are great for slightly retro styles and includes
leaving Barcelona without a good-value basics, workwear a small but covetable range of
bottle of the nation’s beloved and fashionable party dresses. bags, shoes and jewellery.
Catalan champagne, cava, Both also offer a decent The Barri Gòtic has several
would be verging on the menswear range. stores that stock a range of
sacrilegious. The delightfully Those looking for more top designer labels, and this
old-fashioned grocery store upmarket buys can rely on is where you’ll find seasonal
Colmado Múrria sells a Massimo Dutti and Adolfo collections from Vivienne
wonderful range of conserves, Domínquez. Both labels offer Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana
wines, oils and other deli items. classically styled, elegant and and many others.
fairly affordable clothing for Host to big designer labels
men and women. such as Gucci, Chanel and
Department Stores For more individualized Carolina Herrera, Avenida
and Galerías fashion, try one of the smaller, Diagonal and the Passeig de
The Plaça Catalunya branch independent shops in El Born Gràcia are where fashionistas
of El Corte Inglés, the largest and the Barri Gòtic. Carrer like to go shopping. Passeig
department store chain in Flassaders and the lanes that de Gràcia is home to Loewe,
Spain, is a Barcelona land mark. lead off it in El Born are a which stocks sleek luxury
It is a handy place with every- particularly good hunting luggage, and is also a reputed
thing under one roof, including ground for cutting-edge name in fashion.
plug adaptors and services such fashion boutiques.
as photographic development. Custo Barcelona is one of
There are other branches the city’s most famous design
around the city. labels. The three branches of
The galerías (fashion malls), this store are in the Old Town,
built mostly during the 1980s, piled high with the trade mark
are hugely popular. Bulevard bright prints and daringly
Rosa on the Passeig de Gràcia mismatched coats and skirts.
has hundreds of stores selling For outlets, head to Calle
clothes and accessories. On the Girona, where several of
Avinguda Diagonal is L’Illa, them are clustered.
a large, lively shopping mall Finally, football fans can head
containing chain stores as for FC Barcelona’s official store,
well as specialist retailers. The the Botiga del Barça. It stocks Brightly coloured animal-print outfit at
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Second-Hand and espadrilles and straw hats. Arts and Antiques
Vintage Fashion
Cherry Heel, with several Antiques aficionados will be
The diminutive Carrer Riera branches around town, has delighted by what Barcelona
Baixa in El Raval is home to a fantastic selection of luxury has to offer. Equivalent to an
many interesting second-hand footwear, with brands like antiques shopping mall, the
stores. Once a theatre, the Le Silla and Rupert Sanderson. Bulevard dels Antiquaris, in
vintage shop Lailo sells For the best in designer Passeig de Gràcia, is home
whimsical collectibles such as sports shoes, head to Czar in to over 70 shops filled with
costumes from the Liceu opera the Born. Their hip selection vintage relics and every sort
house and 1950s bath ing suits. includes Puma, Paul Smith, of antique imaginable. These
Plenty of vintage items can Rizzo, Fluxa and Le Coq Sportif. range from ancient coins
also be found on nearby Carrer For trendily old-fashioned to tin drums and 19th-
Tallers: at Flamingos, which has hats, go to Sombrerería Obach century candelabra.
a fabulous interior, the clothing where you will find classics Carrer del Call in the Barri
is sold by weight, and bargains ranging from Basque berets Gòtic is another such hub
can always be found. to stetsons and hand-woven with plush shops, including
Montecristi Panamas. L’Arca, which sells vintage
bridal gowns and antique
Jewellery, Bags lace. Heritage is a purv eyor
and Accessories Books and Music
of semi-precious stone jewellery
Barcelona has plenty of tiny, Arguably the finest specialist and antique silks. Also check
Aladdin’s Cave-type shops to travel bookshop in Spain, Altaïr out the several Artur Ramón
help put together the perfect stocks a stupendous range of shops on Carrer de la Palla
outfit. Joi d’Art has top-quality maps, travel guides and coffee- for 18th- and 19th-century
silver pieces at good prices, table books for anyone who ceramics, and 14th-century
both imported and by local loves to live on the move. If paintings.
designers. Visit Minu Madhu for you are simply looking for Sala Parés, the city’s oldest
embroidered jackets, patchwork some holiday reading, try and most prestigious gallery,
scarves, appliqué handbags and Casa del Llibre, the city’s exhibits Catalan artists, both
hand-painted silk kerchiefs in biggest bookstore for books past and present. For pictures
sump tuous textures and colours. and magazines in English. that won’t break the bank,
Take a bit of the city’s street life Barcelona has also become try the Boutique Galería
home – literally – with a a hot spot for music collectors, Picasso for prints, lithographs
Demano handbag. Recycled largely due to Sonár, the and posters of works by
polyester PVC from banners city’s annual electronica festival. the great Spanish masters,
and placards is transformed Wah Wah Discos and Discos Picasso, Dalí and Miró.
into bags in this endeavour Revolver are good for stocking
by three designers and the up on the latest club tunes and Interiors
city hall. The innovative and old vinyl, while FNAC has a wide
eco-friendly range is available variety of books, CDs and DVDs. L’Appartement is an eclectic
from stockists all over town. gallery and shop that exhibits
La Variété has a wonderful Unusual Gifts and and sells furniture ranging
collection of linen bags, from funky lamps to stylish
perfect for the summer, while Knick-Knacks folding armchairs. Zara Home
Visionario stocks ultra- Barcelona is a wonderful city has four basic styles in its
fashionable and surprisingly for unearthing intriguing knick- collection: classic, ethnic,
affordable sunglasses. knacks and one-of-a-kind gifts. contemporary and white,
Sabater Hnos. Fábrica de all at very reason-able prices.
Jabones sells home-made Siesta, which used to be a
Hats and Shoes
soaps, which come in all shapes haberdashery, is today a
Patterned leather shoes and and smells, from traditional boutique and art gallery.
decorative soles from the lavender to delicious chocolate. It still maintains the original
cult Mallorcan shoemaker, Cereria Subirà is the city’s wood-and-glass cabinets,
Camper, can be purchased oldest shop, and sells a now filled with unique
at numerous branches around phenomenal array of decor ative ceramics and contemporary
the city. Vialis is a home-grown and votive candles in a variety jewellery by local artists.
Barcelona outfit selling of beautiful designs. The Jaime Beriestain
beautifully stylish leather Arlequí Màscares specializes concept store is full of
women’s shoes and cool unisex in superb hand-painted, desirable objects for the home,
trainers. La Manual Alpargatera papier-mâché folk masks including furniture, linen and
is another cult classic, beloved such as Italian Commedia tableware. It also has a small
by Sardana dancers (see p229) dell’Arte masks, glossy French but fabulous selection of
and celebrities alike for its party masks, Japanese Noh plants and cut flowers, plus
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DIRECTORY
Markets Department Second-Hand Discos Revolver
Stores and and Vintage Tallers 11. Map 5 A1.
La Boqueria Fashion Tel 934 12 62 48.
La Rambla 101. Galerías
Map 5 A2. Flamingos FNAC
Bulevard Rosa C/ Tallers 31, El Raval. Map Plaça de Catalunya 4.
Encants Vells Passeig de Gràcia 55. 2 F1. Tel 93 182 43 87. Map 3 A4.
Plaça de les Glóries Map 3 A4. Tel 933 44 18 00.
Catalanes. Map 4 F5. Lailo
Tel 932 15 83 31. Carrer Riera Baixa 20. Map Wah Wah Discos
Food and Drink El Corte Inglés 2 F2. Tel 934 41 37 49. Carrer Riera Baixa 14. Map
Bopan Plaça de Catalunya 14. Jewellery, Bags 2 F2. Tel 934 42 37 03.
Rambla de Catalunya 119. Map 5 B1. and Accessories Unusual Gifts and
Map 3 A3. Tel 933 06 38 00. Knick-Knacks
Tel 932 37 35 23. Joi d’Art
La Botifarrería L’Illa Plaça Sta. María 7. Map 5 Arlequí Màscares
Plaça St Josep Oriol 8. Map
de Santa María Avinguda Diagonal 557. B3. Tel 933 10 10 87. 5 A2. Tel 933 17 24 29.
Carrer Santa María 4. Tel 934 44 00 00. Minu Madhu
Map 5 B3. Carrer Sta. María 18. Map Cereria Subirà
Tel 933 19 97 84. Maremagnum 5 B3. Tel 933 10 27 85. Baixada Llibreteria 7. Map
Moll d’Espanya 5. 5 A2. Tel 933 15 26 06.
Cacao Sampaka Map 5 A4. La Variété
Carrer Consell de Cent Carrer Pintor Fortuny 30. Sabater Hnos.
292. Map 3 A4. Tel 932 25 81 00. Map 5 A1. Fábrica de Jabones
Tel 932 72 08 33. Tel 93 270 35 15. Pl Sant Felip Neri 1,
High Street and Barri Gòtic. Map 5 B2.
Caelum Sports Fashion Visionario Tel 933 01 98 32.
Carrer Palla 8. Map 5 A2. Rambla Catalunya 131.
Tel 933 02 69 93. Map 3 A3. Arts and Antiques
Adolfo
Casa Colomina Domínguez Tel 93 541 62 04.
Carrer de Portaferrissa, 8. Passeig de Gràcia 32. Hats and Shoes L’Arca
Map 5 A2. C/ Banys Nous 20. Map 5
Tel 934 12 25 11. Map 3 A4. Camper A2. Tel 933 02 15 98.
Tel 619 660 277. Artur Ramón
Casa Gispert Carrer Elizabets 9. Map 2
Carrer Sombrerers 23. Botiga del Barça F2. Tel 933 42 41 41. Carrer Palla 23. Map 5 A2.
Map 5 B3. Ronda Universitat 37. Cherry Heel Tel 933 02 59 70.
Tel 933 19 75 35. Boutique Galería
Map 5 A1. Passeig del Born 36.
Colmado Múrria Tel 933 18 64 77. Map 3 C5. Picasso
Carrer Roger de Llúria 85. Tel 932 95 62 64. Carrer Tapinería 10. Map 5
Map 3 B4. Custo Barcelona Czar B2. Tel 933 10 49 57.
Tel 932 15 57 89. Plaça de les Olles 7. Passeig del Born 20. Heritage
Escribà Pastisseries Map 5 B3. Map 5 C3. C/ Banys Nous 14. Map 5
La Rambla 83. Map 5 A1. Tel 932 68 78 93. Tel 933 10 72 22. A2. Tel 933 17 85 15.
Tel 933 01 60 27. La Manual Sala Parés
Massimo Dutti
Formatgeria Portal de L’Angel 16. Alpargatera Carrer Petritxol 5. Map 5
La Seu Map 5 A1. Carrer Avinyó 7. Map 5 A2. Tel 933 18 70 20.
Carrer Dagueria 16. Map A3. Tel 933 01 01 72. Interiors
5 B3. Tel 934 12 65 48. Tel 933 01 89 11. Sombrereria Obach
OlisOliva Spanish and Carrer del Call 2. Map 5 L’Appartement
Avenida Francesc Cambó International A2. Tel 933 18 40 94. C/ Enric Granados 44. Map
153–155. Map 5 B2. Vialis 3 A4. Tel 934 52 29 04.
Tel 932 68 11 47. Designer Labels Carrer Vidrieria 15. Map 5 Jaime Beriestain
Papabubble Coquette B3. Tel 933 19 94 91. Carrer Pau Claris 167. Map
Carrer Ample 28. Map 5 Carrer Rec 65. 3 B3. Tel 93 515 07 82.
A3. Tel 932 68 86 25. Books and Music
Map 5 C3. Siesta
Vila Viniteca Tel 933 19 29 76. Altaïr Ferlandina, 18. Map 2 F2.
Carrer Agullers 7. Map 5 Gran Via 616. Map 3 A4. Tel 933 17 80 41.
B3. Tel 902 32 77 77. Loewe Tel 933 42 71 71. Zara Home
Xocoa Passeig de Gràcia 35. Casa del Llibre Rambla de Catalunya 71.
Carrer Vidrería 4. Map 5 Map 3 A4. Passeig de Gràcia 62. Map Map 3 A4.
B2. Tel 933 19 79 05. Tel 932 16 04 00. 3 A4. Tel 932 72 34 80. Tel 934 87 49 72.



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ENTERTAINMENT IN
BARCELONA

Barcelona has one of the most colourful around the city. Street performances you may
and alternative live arts scenes in Europe, stumble upon range from the human statues
offering a variety of entertainment, from the on La Rambla to excellent classical, ragtime
spectacular Modernista masterpiece the Palau and jazz buskers in the squares. In addition,
de la Música and the gilded Liceu opera house, there are a series of weekend-long musical and
to small independent theatres hosting obscure arts fiestas that run throughout the year, many
Catalan comedies and dark Spanish dramas. of which now attract international performers
But there’s also much to see simply by walking from all over Europe and beyond.


a wide variety of concerts to Spanish shows are well worth
choose from during the Festa seeing, regardless of language
de la Mercè, held in September. constraints. There are some
The Festival del Sónar, which good independent theatre
takes place in June, has become groups, such as Els Comediants
Europe’s biggest electronic and La Cubana. They offer a
music festival, drawing thrilling mélange of theatre,
musicians from around the music, mime and elements
world. The Música als Parcs, from traditional Mediter ranean
held in June and July, fiestas. Also staged at the tiny
presents classical music Cafè-Teatre LLantiol in El Raval
in serene surroundings. is a weekly repertoire of
The simplest way to get alternative shows, comedy,
theatre and concert tickets is magic and other off-the-cuff
to buy them at the box office, perfor mances designed to
although tickets for many attract a mixed crowd, from
The magnificent interior of the Palau de la theatres can also be bought the city’s growing expatriate
Música Catalana from branches of Catalunya commu nity to local arts lovers.
Caixa and La Caixa savings banks, Similarly, the L’Antic Teatre in
Entertainment Guides
or online through Ticketmaster. La Ribera is a laid-back cultural
The most complete guide to Tickets for the Grec festival are centre and bar with a scruffy,
what’s going on each week sold at tourist offices and at but pleasant, summer roof-
in Barcelona is the Catalan- the Palau de la Virreina. terrace and a small restau rant.
language Time Out, out every It hosts a number of alternative
Thursday. This guide also production companies and also
includes cinema listings. The Theatre and Dance shows films outside on the
Friday La Vanguardia features Most theatre in Barcelona terrace throughout the summer.
the entertainment supplement is performed in Catalan and La Rambla and Paral.lel are
Què Fem? Barcel ona’s free English-language productions the main hubs of the city’s
English-language magazine, are still in short supply. bigger and more mainstream
Metropolitan, also offers However, many Catalan and theatres. The Teatre Tívoli is a
details of cultural events
going on in town.

Festivals and Tickets
Theatre and concert seasons
for the main venues run from
September to June, with limited
programmes at other times.
The city’s varied menu of
entertainment reflects its rich,
multicultural artistic heritage.
In summer, the city hosts the
Grec Festival de Barcelona,
a showcase of international
music, theatre and dance, held
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for an evening production
remains by far the best way
to experience the ambience.
Modern, but no less
important as a shrine to the
Catalan arts scene, L’Auditori de
Barcelona was built to accom-
modate growing demands for
better facilities and to attract
ever greater numbers of world-
class musicians. It began
primarily as a place for classical
The façade of the modern Teatre Nacional de Catalunya concerts and orchestral recitals,
but has since begun to embrace
gargantuan theatre where of the great artists of the giants of jazz, pop and rock.
high-quality productions, dance 20th century were locals, It is also worth keeping
and musical recitals by Catalan, including the celebrated abreast of regular choral music
Spanish and international stars cellist Pau Casals and that is performed at the city’s
are held. The Teatre Poliorama opera singers José Carreras churches and cathedrals. Most
on La Rambla, meanwhile, is and Montserrat Caballé. notable among these are the
known more for musicals, The city of Barcelona is also Església Santa Maria del Pi,
occasional operas and home to some of the most the main cathedral on Plaça
contemporary flamenco spectacular venues in the del Pi, and the Basílica Santa
performances. The Teatre Apolo world, including the glamorous, Maria del Mar, particularly
is good for big-bang musicals gilded Gran Teatre del Liceu, around Christmas and Easter.
such as Queen’s We Will Rock which first opened its doors
You and ABBA’s Mamma Mia! in 1847. The opera house has
For serious theatre-lovers, the been a continuing beacon of
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya Catalan arts for more than 150
(TNC) is an impo s ing, columned years, with a rich and dramatic
affair designed by the Catalan history of fire and bomb attacks.
architect Ricard Bofill, with It burned down for the third
state-of-the-art facilities and time in 1994, but careful
a weighty line-up of Spanish renovations have restored it
and Catalan directors. Good to its former glory. Despite its
for avant-garde performances, misfortunes, it has sustained
contemporary dance and a stellar line-up of the greatest
music is the Mercat de les composers in the world.
Flors, a converted flower market Among them are Puccini and
in the Montjuïc area that is Tchaikovsky, as well as Catalan
known as Barcelona’s “City of composers such as Felip Pedrell,
Theatre”. This is the same part of Vives and Enric Granados. Packed house at the gigantic Nou
town that contains Barcelona’s Sergei Diaghilev’s Russian Camp stadium
drama school and the Teatre ballets were also staged here. Sports
Lliure, home to the most The whimsical fancy of the
prestigious Catalan-language Palau de la Música Catalana The undoubted kings of
theatre company. is another of Barcelona’s sport in Catalonia are FC
Modern dance has always architectural triumphs (see Barcelona, known locally as
been popular in Barcelona and p156). A jewel-bright vision Barça. They have the largest
performances can often be by the Modernista master football stadium in Europe,
caught at the city’s main theatres. Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Camp Nou (see p180), and
The Teatre Victòria on Avinguda this sublime concert hall has a fanatical following.
del Paral.lel is good for ballet a dedicated audience, and Tickets for Barça home matches
and more classical dance performers who vie to play in the national league (La Liga),
productions, as is the Gran here. This is also the main the King’s Cup (Copa del Rey)
Teatre del Liceu opera house. venue for the city’s jazz and and Champions League can be
guitar festivals, as well as purchased at the FC Barcelona
national and international ticket offices (in person or by
Opera and symphony orchestras. telephone) or, perhaps most
Classical Music
Both venues, the Gran Teatre conveniently, they can be
Opera and classical music del Liceu and Palau de la Música bought online through the
are loved by Catalans who Catalana, can be visited on club website or Ticketmaster.
lap it up with near-religious interesting daytime guided Barcelona also has a high-
reverence. Indeed, many tours, but booking tickets ranking basketball team.




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Amusement Park the Phenomena cinema, you Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
In summer, Barcelona’s giant can catch cult classics, from and James Morrison. Club
amusement park on the Casablanca to The Big Lebowski. sessions go on until dawn in
summit of Tibidabo (see p182) It’s worth knowing that the some clubs, including Razz
is extremely busy and is usually prices for movie tickets are Club and The Loft, next door.
open till the early hours on lower for weekend matinées. This trendy venue also holds
weekends. Getting there by Some cinemas offer midnight rock and jazz concerts several
tram, funicular or cable car and early­hour screenings. nights a week.
is even more fun. Barcelona boasts an archi­
tectural masterpiece to host
Live Music: Rock, Jazz visiting bands: Arata Isozaki’s
Film and Blues
flying saucer, Palau Sant Jordi,
Directors such as Alejandro In terms of popular music, on Montjuïc, houses extrava­
Amenábar (The Sea Inside and Barcelona may not compare gan zas like Disney on Ice, the
Agora), Catalan writer and to London, whose endless Rolling Stones and Madonna.
director Isabel Coixet (My Life clubs, pubs, stadiums and One of the city’s most popular
Without You and Elegy) and, of music emporiums make it one smaller venues is Sala BeCool,
course, Spain’s bad boy of film, of the best places for live music. which puts on live bands
Pedro Almodóvar (All About My However, it doesn’t do too and club nights focused
Mother and The Skin I Live In) badly, given its size. The city on electronic music.
have revitalized Spanish cinema. attracts a star­studded cast that For a touch of glamour,
Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina ranges from pop stars such as Luz de Gas is a glitzy ballroom
Barcelona (2008) brought the Kylie Minogue and Madonna that oozes old­fashioned
city to an even wider audience. to contem porary jazz musicians atmosphere with its lamp­lit
Today, Barcelona has become such as the Brad Mehldau tables and chandeliers and
the venue for many indepen­ Quartet, hip­hoppers, rappers hosts concerts and club nights.
dent film festivals. The biggest and world groove mixers, For something completely
event of the year is the country singers and good different, visit El Cangrejo,
International Film Festival in old­fashioned rock­and­rollers. which has barely changed in
Sitges, which is held in October. Barcelona has a clutch of decades and remains papered
Most cinemas dub films in tiny, inti mate venues, inclu ding in posters and photos of the
Spanish or Catalan, but there the cellar­like Jamboree, inimitable Sara Montiel, a
are an increasing number of attracting a number of jazz Spanish sex symbol during the
VO (original version) venues heavyweights as well as 1950s and 60s, and is popular
that screen Hollywood block­ more experimental outfits. with a curious mixture of
busters as well as independent Later on it becomes a club. tourists, drag queens and
art­house movies. Another good bet is the characters from the Raval.
The Icària Yelmo Cineplex is Jazz Sí Club, a more obscure
the town’s biggest multi screen destination but much beloved
VO complex, built around a by aficionados of the genre. Flamenco
US­style mall, with a variety of It doubles up as a jam session Aside from the Ciutat
fast­food eateries and shops. space for students from the Flamenco Festival in May, one
The Renoir Floridablanca, on nearby music school. The of the best places to catch a
the edge of El Raval and the narrow, crowded and smoky flamenco show is El Tablao de
Eixample, screens a range of Harlem Jazz Club is one of Carmen, a stylish restaurant
European and international the city’s longest surviving serving both Catalan and
movies, usually with Spanish clubs for alternative and lesser­ Andalucían dishes. The venue is
or Catalan subtitles. In Gràcia, known jazz troupes. named after Carmen Amaya, a
Verdi and Verdi Park feature One of the two major venues famous dancer who performed
good independent movies, for pop and rock maestros is for King Alfonso XIII in 1929,
with an interesting selection Bikini Barcelona’s very own in the very spot where it now
of foreign films. Escape the Studio 54. It opened in 1953, stands. Various dinner and
summer heat at outdoor film preceding the New York icon by show packages are available.
screenings held in the gardens a year. This veteran of the scene, Another good place is Tablao
next to the Castell de Montjuïc which is open from midnight Cordobés, in La Rambla since
(see p177). A band plays before onwards, is still going strong 1970 and decorated by the
the film, and there are also beer with a robust line­up of big­ restorers of the Alhambra in
stands. You can rent deckchairs, name bands and a cocktail Granada. You can have dinner or
and many people bring a picnic. of different club nights. The a drink while watching a show.
The two­screen Méliès is other, Razzmatazz, arguably For a less formal ambience,
a gem showcasing art­house the city’s most important live Los Tarantos (above Jamboree)
movies, Hollywood classics, music venue, has played host is an atmos pheric nightspot
B&W horrors and anything by to big­name pop bands such with live flamenco and Latin
Fellini or Alfred Hitchcock. At as the Arctic Monkeys, Noel music every night of the week.




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DIRECTORY
Festivals Teatre Poliorama Film Jazz Sí Club
La Rambla 115. Map 5 A1. Carrer Requesens 2.
Festa de la Mercè Tel 933 17 75 99. Icària Yelmo Cineplex Tel 933 29 00 20.
See p161. Carrer Salvador Espriu 61. ∑ tallerdemusics.com
∑ teatrepoliorama.com
Festival del Sónar Map 6 E4. Luz de Gas
Palau de la Virreina. Teatre Tívoli Tel 902 22 09 22. Carrer Muntaner 246.
∑ sonar.es Carrer Casp 8–10. Map 3 ∑ yelmocines.es Map 2 F1.
B5. Tel 934 12 20 63. Tel 932 09 77 11.
Grec Festival ∑ grupbalana.com Méliès ∑ luzdegas.com
de Barcelona Carrer Villarroel 102.
Tel 010. Contact any Teatre Victòria Map 2 E1. Palau Sant Jordi
tourist office. Avinguda del Paral.lel Tel 934 51 00 51. Passeig Olímpic 5–7.
∑ grec.bcn.cat 67–9. Map 1 B1. ∑ cinesmelies.net Map 1 B4.
Música als Parcs Tel 933 29 91 89. Phenomena Tel 934 26 20 89.
Tel 010. ∑ bcn.es/ ∑ teatrevictoria.com Carrer de Sant Antoni Razzmatazz
parcsijardins Maria Claret 168. Carrer Pamplona 88.
Opera and Map 4 F1. Map 4 F5.
Tickets Classical Music Tel 932 52 77 43. Tel 933 20 82 00.
∑ salarazzmatazz.com
Palau de la Virreina L’Auditori de ∑ phenomena- Sala BeCool
La Rambla 99. Map 5 A1. Barcelona experience.com Plaça Joan Llongueras 5.
Tel 933 16 10 00. Carrer de Lepant 150. Renoir Tel 933 62 04 13.
Ticketmaster Map 4 E1. Floridablanca ∑ salabecool.com
∑ ticketmaster.es Tel 932 47 93 00. Carrer Floridablanca 135.
∑ auditori.cat Map 1 C1. Flamenco
Tourist Office
Plaça de Catalunya. Basílica Santa Maria Tel 934 26 33 37. Ciutat Flamenco
Map 5 A1. del Mar ∑ cinesrenoir.com Festival
Tel 932 85 38 34. Plaça de Santa Maria. Verdi ∑ ciutatflamenco.com
∑ barcelonaturisme. Map 5 B3. Carrer Verdi 32. Tablao Cordobés
com
Tel 933 10 23 90. Map 3 B1. La Rambla 35.
Theatre and Església Santa Maria Tel 932 38 78 00. Map 5 A2.
Tel 933 17 57 11.
∑ cines-verdi.com
Dance del Pi ∑ tablaocordobes.com
Plaça del Pi. Map 5 A2. Verdi Park
L’Antic Teatre Carrer Torrijos 49. El Tablao de
Carrer Verdaguer i Callís Tel 933 18 47 43. Map 3 C2. Carmen
12. Map 5 B1. Gran Teatre del Liceu Tel 932 38 78 00. Poble Espanyol,
Tel 933 15 23 54. La Rambla 51–9. Map 2 ∑ cines-verdi.com Avinguda da Francesc
Café-Teatre Llantiol F3. Tel 934 85 99 00. Ferrer i Guàrdia, 13.
Map 1 B1.
Carrer Riereta 7. ∑ liceubarcelona.cat Live Music: Rock, Tel 933 25 68 95.
Map 2 E2. Palau de la Música Jazz and Blues ∑ tablaode
Tel 933 29 90 09. carmen.com
Catalana Bikini
Mercat de les Flors Carrer Palau de la Música Deu i Mata 105. Los Tarantos
Carrer de Lleida 59. Map 4–6. Map 5 B1. Tel 933 22 08 00. Plaça Reial 17.
1 B2. Tel 934 26 18 75. Tel 902 44 28 82. ∑ bikinibcn.com Map 5 A3.
∑ mercatflors.cat Tel 932 04 12 10.
∑ palaumusica.org El Cangrejo
Teatre Apolo Carrer Montserrat 9. ∑ masimas.com/en/
tarantos
Avinguda del Paral.lel 59. Sports Map 2 F4.
Map 1 B1. Tel 933 01 29 78.
Tel 934 41 90 07. FC Barcelona
∑ teatreapolo.com Camp Nou, Avinguda Harlem Jazz Club
Aristides Maillol.
Teatre Lliure Tel 934 96 36 00. ∑ Carrer Comtessa de
Plaça Margarida Xirgu 1. fcbarcelona.com Sobradiel 8.
Tel 932 89 27 70. Tel 933 10 07 55.
∑ teatrelliure.com Amusement Park ∑ harlemjazzclub.es
Teatre Nacional Jamboree
de Catalunya (TNC) Tibidabo Plaça Reial 17.
Plaça de les Arts 1. Plaça del Tibidabo, 3. Map 5 A3.
Tel 933 06 57 00. Tel 932 11 79 42. Tel 933 19 17 89.
∑ tnc.cat ∑ tibidabo.cat ∑ masimas.com

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Nightlife

Barcelona has one of the most varied nightlife scenes, with (the best ones are by Carmen
something for everybody. Old-fashioned dance halls rub de Mairena) followed by pop
shoulders with underground drum and bass clubs and revival DJ sessions. Other
trashy techno discos, and club-goers are either glammed nights feature a 1970s
and 1980s music theme.
up or grunged out. Each barri (neighbourhood) offers a
different flavour, while clubs and bars with outdoor terraces
enliven the beachfront during the summer months. Port Vell and Port Olímpic
Beach parties aside, this area
continues to be a hub for
Nightlife Marula Café. This slinky club creatures of the night. The
In the summer the beaches focuses on danceable funk Port Olímpic itself is nothing
become party havens when and R&B, and it also has a but bars and boats. Catwalk
the xiringuitos (beach bars) small stage for live concerts. is one of the few clubs in
spring back into life. Wander The tiny but ultra-hip Barcelona playing hip-hop
from Platja de Sant Sebastià Macarena is one of the city’s and R&B. C.D.L.C., in front of
in Barceloneta, all the way to most prestigious clubs. It the Hotel Arts, still draws
Bogatell (a few kilometres majors in electronica and celebrities staying nearby,
beyond the Hotel Arts) and features the city’s best DJs, while neigh bouring Shôko,
you’ll find people dancing renowned international with an Oriental theme, gets
barefoot on the sand to the artists and new talent. Jazz the crowd overflow.
tune of Barcelona’s innu- lovers shouldn’t miss the
merable DJs. Way uptown daily concerts at Jamboree,
(above the Diagonal), the one of Spain’s mythical Eixample
city’s most glamorous terraces jazz clubs. Later, the venue One of the city’s best-loved
morph into social hubs while becomes one of the most discos, City Hall, is a multiple
the Barri Gòtic – lively at the pop ular funk and hip-hop space and terrace, where you
best of times – becomes one discos in town. The Café can pick and choose your
massive street party through- Royal and Ocaña are both groove according to your
out the summer. If you want fashionable nightspots. They mood. It has different themes
to hang with the locals, the offer cocktails and DJs, plus every night from Saturday
demolition of some of El tapas and food. night-fever discos to Sunday
Raval’s less salubrious streets chill-outs. Sutton Club has
has meant that the neighbour- El Raval long been one of the smartest
hood has become much safer uptown spots and is popular
and easier to move about. Designer clubs proliferate in with local celebrities. Salsa
The underground vibe, Barcelona these days. With fans should head to Antilla,
however, remains steadfastly slinky red, black and white where live music is combined
intact with tiny hole-in-the- decor and a specially designed with salsa classes and exotic
wall-style bars where folks underlit bar, Zentraus is one of cocktails. Dow Jones is
drink and boogie till the early the best-looking clubs in the Barcelona’s “drinks stock
hours. Similarly Gràcia has a neighbourhood. A restaurant exchange”, where the
bohemian, studenty ambience. until midnight or so, the tables prices of drinks rise and fall
If it’s an alternative scene you are cleared away once the DJ throughout the evening
seek Poble Sec has a handful sessions get under way. Moog according to demand.
of “ring-to-enter” joints. The is more extreme, with blaring,
city also has a thriving and heart-pumping techno for
friendly gay scene, most aficionados of the genre. The Montjuïc
notably within the Eixample stark industrial interior gives Barcelona’s mega-clubs are
Esquerra, also known as the it the character of a New York located away from the city
Gay Eixample, boasting nightclub in the mid-1990s. centre and from anyone trying
numerous late-night drinking Like wise, the state-of-the-art to sleep. Most of them are only
holes, discotheques, saunas sound system ensures a open on Friday and Saturday
and cabarets. thumping, ear-bleedingly nights. The big boys are based
good night out. Going back in Poble Espanyol, where folks
in time, check out the old- can party until the sunrise. La
Barri Gòtic school ambience of El Terrrazza is a summer club
The Plaça Reial is overrun Cangrejo, where in 1924 the that hosts rave-like parties
with tourists banging on tin famous copla singer Carmen under the stars. It takes its
drums and whooping it up, Amaya made her debut. On name from the giant terrace
but if you’re looking for more Friday and Saturday nights it occupies. The One features a
grown-up fun, check out you can see drag shows here state-of-the-art sound system




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