7 Local Spots in Barcelona Tourists Don't Know About
7 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Barceloneta Beach
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
Thirty-five years ago, this beach didn't exist.
Eixample District
Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
In the mid-nineteenth century, Barcelona was suffocating.
La Boqueria
91 La Rambla, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08002, Spain
People have been selling meat at this spot since 1217 — that's over 800 years of commerce on the same patch of ground.
La Rambla
La Rambla, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, 08002, Spain
Before this was Barcelona's most famous promenade, it was an open sewer.
Mercat de Sant Antoni
1 Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, Eixample, Barcelona, 08011, Spain
This is the market where Barcelonans actually shop.
Parc de la Ciutadella
Passeig de Picasso 21, 08003 Barcelona
This park is built on the ruins of the thing Barcelona hated most.
Placa de Catalunya
Placa de Catalunya, 08002 Barcelona
Less than two centuries ago, this 50,000-square-metre plaza was empty scrubland outside Barcelona's ancient fortifications.
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