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Things to Do in The Rambla
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Café Zurich
This traditional café and rendezvous point at the top of... |
Restaurants | The Rambla |
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Carrer dels Escudellers
Named for the terrissaires (earthenware potters) who worked here... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | The Rambla |
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Carrer Petritxol
Just in from the Rambla and one of Barcelona's most popular streets... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | The Rambla |
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Casa Bruno Quadros
Like something out of an amusement park, this former umbrella... |
Architectural Sites | The Rambla |
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Casa de la Sang
To the right as you look up at the rose window of the church... |
Architectural Sites | The Rambla |
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Església de Betlem
The Church of Bethlehem is one of Barcelona's few baroque buildings... |
Religious Sites | The Rambla |
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Font de Canaletes
This fountain is a key spot in Barcelona, the place where all... |
Fountains | The Rambla |
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Gran Teatre del Liceu
Barcelona's opera house has long been considered one of the most... |
Arts / Performance Venues | The Rambla |
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Hotel España
Just off the Rambla behind the Liceu Opera House on Carrer Sant... |
Architectural Sites | The Rambla |
La Boqueria
Barcelona's most spectacular food market, also known as the Mercat... |
Markets / Bazaars | The Rambla |
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Monument a Colom
This Barcelona landmark to Christopher Columbus sits grandly... |
Memorials / Monuments | The Rambla |
Museu Marítim
The superb Maritime Museum is housed in the 13th-century Drassanes... |
Museums / Galleries, Nautical Sites | The Rambla |
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Palau de la Virreina
The neoclassical Virreina Palace, built by a viceroy to Peru... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | The Rambla |
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Palau Güell
Gaudí built this mansion in 1886-89 for textile baron... |
Houses / Mansions, Architectural Sites | The Rambla |
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Palau Moja
The first palace to occupy this corner on the Rambla was built... |
Castles / Palaces | The Rambla |
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Plaça de Catalunya
Barcelona's main transport hub, Plaça de Catalunya, is... |
Squares | The Rambla |
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Plaça Reial
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel García Márquez... |
Squares | The Rambla |
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Port
Beyond the Columbus monument—behind the ornate Duana (now... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | The Rambla |
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Portaferrissa fountain
Both the fountain and the ceramic representation of Barcelona's... |
Memorials / Monuments, Fountains | The Rambla |
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Sant Agustí
This unfinished church is one of Barcelona's most unusual structures... |
Religious Sites | The Rambla |
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Santa Maria del Pi
Sister church to Santa Maria del Mar and to Santa Maria de Pedralbes... |
Religious Sites | The Rambla |
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