Tourist attractions Barcelona

The Roman and Visigothic town was discovered beneath the Clariana-Padellàs house and the Plaça del Rei. An extraordinary underground walk leads to the Palau Reial Major and the 14C Capella de Santa Águeda , housing the magnificent altarpiece of t..

The Raval is the “creative heart” of Barcelona. This formerly ill-reputed old Chinese quarter has changed enormously with a great deal of regeneration work carried out. Initiated in 1995 with the opening of Barcelona’s Contemporary Art Museum, the re..

More commonly known as "La Pedrera", this building, with its façade evoking the movement of the sea and its fantasy decor, is one of Gaudí's finest achievements. A tour of the roof provides wonderful views of the entire Eixample distric..

Gaudí dedicated 40 years of his life to his best-known work, which remains unfinished. He gave it great symbolic power by claiming that it was an atonement for the world's materialism and an expression of human solidarity and fraternity. When he died..

This museum contains ten centuries of Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the modern day. Housing the art museum, department of drawings and prints, museum of modern art, the numismatic cabinet of Catalonia and an art history library, it is now..

Housed in a fine building designed by Josep Lluís Sert (1902-83), the Joan Miró Foundation contains over 10 000 works by the artist, who is one of the great names of the 20C avant-garde movement in Europe. The remarkable Barcelona Series, comprising ..

Although it used to link the old town to the village of Gràcia, it is now, along with Eixample the residential area of the upper class. It links beautiful buildings epitomising early 20C architecture, such as those by Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and P..

This block of houses includes works by three of the most important modernist architects, Gaudí , Puig i Cadafalch and Domènech i Montaner who are respectively credited with the Casa Batlló , the Casa Amatller and the Casa Lleó i Morera . Besi..

This open-air avenue and theatre is Barcelona’s most famous street, lined by cafés, flower and bird stalls, a famous market, and street artists. Depending on the time of day, it is teeming with thousands of tourists, locals and football fans, and rem..

The Barri Gòtic extends from the southeast corner of Plaça de Catalunya to the sea. Hemmed in between the Ramblas and Via Laietana, this maze of narrow streets lined by old buildings remains one of Barcelona’s liveliest districts. It owes its name to..

Built by Domènech i Montaner between 1905 and 1908, it is undoubtedly the most striking symbol of the Catalan middle classes in the 1900s and one of the masterpieces of Modernism. Headquarters of the Orfeó Català (Catalan Choir), it is the largest ..

This masterful work by Gaudí is part of the famous "Apple of Discord" and was built between 1904 and 1906 in pure Modernist style, with ceramic coloured glass disks and a fishscale roof. At the time, the unique enlarged windows on the first..

This monumental building by the American architect Richard Meyer, is one of the cultural venues which have contributed to the rehabilitation of the Barri Chino. Its vast white exhibition rooms display a permanent collection of 1 500 works from th..

Created by Tàpies in 1984, this foundation is housed in a beautiful Modernist building by Domènech i Montaner, with a façade crowned by the famous Cloud and Chair sculpture. The museum contains the most complete collection of paintings by the artis..

During your visit to the cathedral don't miss the chance to go up on the roof. A lift located in one of the chapels of the ambulatory will take you up to the metallic bridges dominated by the imposing silhouettes of the cathedral's towers and cupola...

This square is the setting for numerous cultural activities (concerts, plays etc) and is the heart of the Gothic quarter. Here you can view some of the city’s most important medieval buildings: the façade of the Palau Reial Major , to the right the ..

This harmonious square (1840-50) at the heart of the Barri Gòtic is made up of uniform buildings with Corinthian pillars and arcades. Two of the street lamps here were designed by the young Gaudí. A popular place for a drink (though be mindful of t..

This huge Neo-Gothic style building built of iron and red brick was built by Domènech i Montaner in 1887; and was a restaurant at the World Fair of 1888, is located on Avenue des Tells, a long promenade bordered by trees and flower beds, and is home ..

The busiest street in the El Born district is a perfect illustration of the wealth of the merchant families who once lived here. In the 13C and 14C, Barcelona’s fleet dominated Mediterranean commercial traffic between the Balearics, Sicily and Ital..

Built in the 14C with unusual speed for a building of such large proportions, this marvellous church was the result of a popular initiative, and soon became the spiritual centre of the district. Its three façades are highly representative of Catalan ..