Barcelona Photo Tour

This is the area within the antique walls and presently bordered by Les Rondes which circle the oldest part of Barcelona, including the Barri Gotic. To the North is Plaga Catalunya, which is the center of connection with this part and the L’Eixample. The Placa is one of the city’s important centers and one of…

It can be reached by car up the winding L’Arrbasada road or that of Vallvidrera, or by the funicular that connects with the old Tramvia Blau which starts from Avinguda del Tibidabo. Right on the summit of the mountain, we find the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor de Jesus, the work of the architect Enric…

Another point where we can find many artistic demonstrations in the park, La Cuitadella. The demolition of the old fortress, built in the old Ribera district after the War of Succession, made it possible to convert this space into a beautiful area of museums, gardens, and a zoological park for the Universal Exhibition in 1888….

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In front of the Palau Nacional and at the top of Maria Cristina avenue we find the illuminated fountain, la Font Magica. A masterpiece of engineering applied to every possible combination of water and light. The work of Carlos Buigas, the central basin is 1.8m deep, oval in shape, 65m long, and 50m wide. It…

Christopher Columbus, from his pedestal 50 meters above street level and one of the best-known monuments in Barcelona, points seawards forever with a gesture of stone. In a sense, Columbus personifies Barcelona’s own gesture of gratitude to the sea. For it was by sea that the founders of Barcino arrived, and by the sea that…