Budget · 3-hour walk · Barcelona
La Rambla and El Raval in three hours
The Canaletes fountain, the Boqueria market, Gaudí's first palace, the white museum of contemporary art and the oldest church in the city.
La Rambla is the tree-lined promenade from Plaça de Catalunya to the sea, and El Raval the old working-class district on its west side, once the city's red-light quarter and now its most mixed. This route goes down La Rambla to the market, then into the lanes of the Raval. Keep a hand on your bag: La Rambla is pickpocket territory.
The route, stop by stop
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Font de Canaletes
The iron fountain at the top of La Rambla: drink from it, the saying goes, and you will come back to Barcelona. Barça fans gather here to celebrate.
15 min here Walk here → -
La Boqueria
The city's most famous market, under an iron roof off La Rambla. The bar counters inside serve breakfast. Closed on Sundays.
35 min here Walk here → -
Palau Güell
Gaudí's first major commission, a townhouse of 1886 to 1890 for his patron Eusebi Güell, with a rooftop forest of tiled chimneys.
40 min here Walk here → -
MACBA
Richard Meier's white museum of 1995, whose square is the capital of Barcelona's skateboarders.
30 min here Walk here → -
Sant Pau del Camp
A small Romanesque monastery church, the oldest church in Barcelona, with a cloister of carved capitals.
20 min here Walk here →
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