Here you go 40 ´minutes run , ideal for when you do not have much time or you just want to stretch the legs after long run . This is really nice route a combination of sport and leisure enjoying running across the narrow streets , little squares and churches it looks like to be back to pass time when Barcelona was walled city to fend from pirates and others , nowadays this is vibrant and crowded neighborhood with bars , little restaurants , shops an street life . The route , as I will show your later is crossing the whole distric 1 of Barcelona called "Ciutat Vella" which is made up at same time of different sub districs (Barri Gotic, la Ribera , Raval , Barceloneta, Sant Pere i Santa Caterine ) the most interesting part of my beautiful town ..... Enjoy this round trip walk !!!!!
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| the whole route |
Route part 1
When we start the route ? have a guess !!!
Arc del triomf ????? you´re right , this emblematic place it was built for the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona (1888) and today is one of the meeting points in town ,worldwide skaters , bikers , joggers , jugglers an many others met below the big arch .
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| "Arc Del Triomf " starting line |
Then we head southwest towards Carrer Trafalgar , exit the roundabout onto carrer de Trafalgar , head southwest on carrer de Trafalgar towards Passatge de Sant Benet , head southwest on carrer de Trafalgar towards Mendez Nuñez , turn left onto Carrer Mendez Nuñez.
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| Carrer Mendez Nuñez |
Turn left onto Carrer Sant Pere més alt and head northeast on
Sant Pere més alt towards
Plaça Sant Pere right here you will have the feeling to returning to the past , streets get narrow not much cars , trees , bikes and many people on the streets become normal .
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| Sant Pere més Alt |
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| Church Sant Pere Puellas |
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| Plaça Sant Pere |
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| First part of the route |
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Interesting things :
Parroquia de Sant Pere Puelles , dated of 945 , this Benedictine church , Romanic and Gotic style is located on the left side walk down Carrer de Sant Pere .
Route part 2
Continue straight onto plaça de Sant Pere then continue onto carrer Basses de Sant Pere and 100 metres turn left to stay on carrere bases de Sant Pere, look at the left , here you may see Antiques and curiosities shop really nice and just around the corner leaving the Sequia esquare you may replenish water in a mythical fountaine of Barcelona old town , see the trees those are really nice in this place .
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| Carrere Sant Pere Mitjà |
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| Antiques and curiosities shop |
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| Carrere de Basses de Sant Pere |
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| Plaça de la sequia (Sant Agustí Vell) |
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| Mythicals fountains of Barcelona |
Now we must continue straight onto Basses de Sant Pere / Sant Agustí Vell toward carrer del portal nou , turn right onto Plaça de Sant Agusti Vell ( very old buildings here and really good nice place to enjoy the time having a "tapa ". In places like this looks like time do not pass as much quick as in rest of the world , please enjoy it !! we will cross the square , two others drinking fountains in that place one in the middle and the other one just in the junction , we will continue onto carrer dels Carders heading south towards plaça de Sant Cugat .
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| Fountaine in the middle of Plaça de Sant Agistí Vell |
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| Plaça de Sant Agusti Vell |
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| Plaça de Sant Cugat |
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| Carrer Giralt de Pellisser on the right , close to Mercat de Santa Cateriana |
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| Me , resting during the feature in carrer dels Carders |
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| 2 on part of the route |
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Interesting things :
As can be seen on the map above we have already crossing three of the fourth squares of the first part of the route , next we are gonna go into the most crowded part of the route because the narrow streets and Museo Picasso ( the most visited museum in town ) , located in carrer Montcada .
Route part3
Head south on carrere de Carders towards to Plaça de Sant cugat then go stright on to the junction with Placeta d´en Marcús (left side) toward carrer dels assaonadors continue onto carrer Montcada , right here you will have ran the first km .
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| Placeta d´en Marcús |
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| Placeta d´en Marcús |
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| Placeta d´en Marcús |
Here in the middle of carrer Montcada is quite common the long queues of foreign people waiting to get into the famous Museum Picasso , as told you in former sentence in this part of the route you must feint people , be careful !!!
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| My oldest son !! thanks for helping me |
Head southeast on carrer de Montcada toward
L´Arc de Sant Vicens and continue onto
Placeta de Montcada , here on the right side in the heart of el barri del Born ( famous among others because the night parties ) you can see the rear side of the famous
Curch of Santa Maria del Mar, very recommendable to visit, check the timeline not open the whole day long .cross the estreet and heat southeast on carrer de la vidrieria towards esparteria , here there are so many nice shops and tapas bar both sides of this little street , once again being that a really narrow street be careful not so confortable for runners , uneven ground is join us for 300 mts .
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| Church of Santa Maria del Mar (rear entrance of the church) |
Here is the rear door of the Church of Santa Maria del Mar , always according to my personal standpoint , one of the most beautiful of Barcelona . In that point we are in the famous district of Born and close to la Barceloneta where we will leave the narrow and crowded streets , old essence , churches and little squares to come in to Marina , here is where you will up your pace and enjoy the sea breeze ........
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| Carrer Montcada |
Just 100 meters so far from Plaça de les Olletes where the old town will turn into completely different atmosphere , enjoy it !!! this is really exciting .
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| Plaça de les Olletes |
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| Plaça de Les Olletes |
Up to that point we ´ve been discovering the essence of Barcelona old
town ancient walled city , from now on we will enjoy the marina ,
harbor , fisherman docks ........
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| Third part of the route |
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Interesting things :
Museu Picasso de Barcelonac/ Montcada 15-23
Basílica de Santa María del Mar
Route part 4
Up to that point we ´ve been discovering the essence of Barcelona old town ancient walled city , from now on we will enjoy the marina , harbor , fisherman docks ........
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| Monumental Fountaine |
In the square Plaça de les Olletes look around is really nice amazing place , then towards to passatge del Palau and then Pla de Palau , look the monumental fountain in the middle of the roundabout , this is where the famous Colombian singer Sakira recorded part of the clip "Rabiosa", now head southeast on pla de Palau towards Avinguda Marqués de l´Argentera , continue onto Plaça de Pau Vila .
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| Passeig Isabel II |
From this are the avenues and streets are wider allowing runners increase the pace also the ground is better from now on .
Head southeast on pla de Palau to Avinguda Marqués de l´argentera then continuous Plaça Pau Vila and head to west of Plaça Pau Vila to Doctor Aiguader , turns slightly to left to continue to Plaça Pau Vila , Now go towards Moll d´Espanya by Plaça Pau Vila ,
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| Promenade Passeig Colom |
head south towards Rambla del Mar 500 meters till roundabout Columbus Memorial.
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| Columbus Memorial |
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| Port Authority´s building |
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| Me ,on the harbord beside the bridge |
Right here turn left towards to rambla del mar , be very careful this is very nice place but the bridge gets very crowded and sometime when a boat wants to enter to port it must wait for bridge open again , roughly speaking no more than 5 minutes .
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| Rambla del mar "bridge " view |
On the right side of the bridge we can see the "Royal Nautic Club". very exclusive place .
On the right side of the bridge we can see the "Royal Nautic Club". very exclusive place .
After crossing the bridge we will reach the "Mall" called "Maremagnum " we will come in and cross it to reach el Moll the Espanya and go back to the starting line .
Once in the other side of the mall we are going to initiate the way back to the starting line .
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| fouth part of the route |
Interesting things :
Columbus memorial :The Columbus Monument (Catalan: Monument a Colom, ) is a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) and is located at the site where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas.[1] The monument serves as a reminder that Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V in Barcelona after his first trip to the new continent.
Port Authority ´s Building The building now houses the Port Authority of Barcelona was designed in 1903 and completed in 1907.
From this point , we take the path that takes us back to the starting point of the route .
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| Passeig d´taca |
Once in the" Passeig d´Itaca " which runs parallel to Moll de Espanya , just back to The Royal Nautic Club and beside the old clock , we will leave the mall and leasure square towards to Barcelona Aquarium and 3D cinema (Imax) , then
we will head Passeig d´Itaca towards to Imax then we will turn left to join the Moll the Espanya once in Moll de Espanya straight on till the junction with the monument "the face of Barcelona " of the artist Roy Lichtenstein in tribute to Barcelona and Gaudí , was made in the occasion of the Olimpics games of Barcelona 92. Then you must turn on the right towards to Museu Nacional de Catalunya and head to Plaça de Pau Vila .
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| Imax |
Just beside the Imax you can side on the right side the famous Aquarium of Barcelona , very recomndable to go with kids. Here beow you are two pictures of the Moll d´Espanya promenade a little hilly but not too much.
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| Moll d´Espanya |
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| Moll d´Espanya promenade |
Right here when the Moll d´Espanya ends you will see the" Face of Barcelona" , you must turn right towards to Museu d´Historia de Catalunya .
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| Face Of Barcelona by Roy Lichtenstein |
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| Museu d´Historia Catalunya |
Now we head towards to Museu Nacional de Catalunya , then we will turn slightly on the left to continue to Placa Pau Vila untill Passeig Joan de Borbó where we´re going to turn left towards to Avinguda Marqués de l´Argentera .
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| Carrer Doctor Aiguader |
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| Avinguda Marqués de l´Argentera |
We are close to leave the marina area to enter again to the old town and acient walled city , Barri del Born is welcome you again on the way back to the starting line .
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Fifth part of the route
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Interesting things :
Face of Barcelona , really interesting statue by Roy Lichtenstein , was made in 1991, is located in the junction of Moll d´Espanya and Moll de la fusta .
Museu d´Historia de Catalunya , if you are a fan of History that´s the place I used to visit this museum twice per year , located in the old docks of Barcelona harbor this bricks red building is amazing on the lower part marina side you can see some of good restaurants where fish use to be the main dish . Located in Placa Pau Vila .
La Barceloneta , the most famous fishing village of Barcelona , worldwide known for its restaurants and beaches , in formers post I have suggested nice runs on this area .
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Welcome to el barri del Born !!!
from now we will follow the same path that brought us up here but in the opposite direction.
You are 1.36 km away of finish line, here you are the main streets to path for reference .
1,. go straight plaça de les Olletes
2.- continous carrer de la vidrieria
3.-head to Passeig del Born
4.-Keep going to Carrer de Montcada
5.- head northwest carrer montcada towards to carrere d´en Boquer
6.- Keep going to Placeta d´en Marcús
7.-turn right carrer Carders
8.-head nothwest to carders to carrer d´ene Giral el Pelliser
9.- keep going to carrer d´allada Vermell
10.- turn slightly right towards to Sant Agusti Vell
11.-continous carrer Bassas de Sant Pere
12.-head nothwest carrer de rec Comtal
13.-continous Plaça de Sant Pere
14.-continous carrer Sant Pere mes alt
15.-head west for carrer de Sant Pere mes alt towards Mendez Nuñez
16.- In the junction of Mendez Nuñez with Trafalgar turn right
17.-head nothwest trafalgar towards to Arc del Triumf.
I hope this information helps you to know a little bit more in depth my home town , enjoy the run!!!
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