Hi fellow , how are doing ?' , well I trust . Here I am again this time I want to go with your along the old ancient fenced city of Barcelona , today there is almost not any bestige of the rampart wich serve Barcelonins , this is how we call ourself , defend against the enemy but we can find out some , let´s go !!! . One of the best preserved is located on the Plaça Ramón Berenguer el Gran, where you can admire a piece of the wall dated of IV century D.C, anyway in future I will describe those litlle treasures of Barcelona.
Let´s start the nice walk , this won´t take your more than 30 minutes anyhow this will be decided by yourself , depending of the time you stay in or enjoy all of those marvellous places , enjoy the atmosphere or simply leaving mind go itself.
Here is where I will suggest start the walk , good pair of walking sneakers, little backpack and that´s it , do not keep your wallet and camera out of attendance I have never had problems there but just in case .
Map for easy follow;
In the junction of C/ dels Bruc with Trafalgar street 42 /44 is located the entrance of Passageway Sert (not always open )nice place to enjoy the little remaining passageways in Barcelona , well preserved at present full of co working places , rentals office , some bars and restaurants and the most , beautiful flats , well keep , let´s go cross the passageway till the other side where we arrive to Carrer de Sant Pere Més alt,
Turns right towards to Via Laietana (around 250 mt ) you will be in front of one of the jewels of Catalan Modernism, el Palau de la Musica Catalana it is really difficult take pictures because the narrow streets but if you go to C/Verdaguer I callís you will have a nice prespective of this beautifull building .
Remaks :
Palau de la Musica Catalana .
Very recomendeble visiting inside the building is marvellous .
http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_Catalana
Now we´re gonna turn left towards to Verdaguer I Callis just in front of Palau , very narrow street always full of people trying to get a good view of the Palau , this is an interesting place that is going to drive us to a very nice place named L´Antic Teatre , just few meters from Palau on the left side , go up the few stairs an enjoy the place , beautiful patio with excellent atmosphere good to drink something and rest alittle seating in the shadow ..jpg)
Just few meters away from the bar around the corner with Sant Pere Mitjà there´s a lovely place runned by lovely people , that´s
Le Cucine Mandarosso.
Charming, blend of Italian and Barcelona style , warm and welcome , very recommendable !!!!!
We are going to keep going with our walk along the narrow streets towards to
Santa Caterina , one of the most interesting and beautiful food market in Barcelona . We turn towards
Sant Pere Mitja and we will go to
Mare de Deu del Pilar where we will turn right straight to
Sant Pere mes baix , on the junction we turn left , straight on till
General Alvarez de Castro , turn into right continue untill end of the street turn right and you´ll be in
Francesc Cambo left side is the "
Santa Caterina" food market .
Outside
Inside
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| My youngest brother´s stall |
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| My brother Sergi , butcher and weightlifter |
Remaks :
Mercat de Santa Caterina.
Very recomendeble visiting inside .
http://es.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Mercado_Santa_Catarina
Map for easy follow 2:
After the market visiting we will move again to the narrow streets surrounding the market , we leave the market through the main entrance and we will go to right towards to Giralt el Pelliser , just few meters of the main entrance turn right Giralt el Pelliser untill carrer de Colomines, nice place in the back yard of the market good to enjoy to watch life pass by and also if you ´re interested on some archaeology you have some on the right , protected with glass.
We are now go to
C/ Semoleres we´ll turn left direct to
C/Corders once there we turn left again .
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| Placeta d´ En Marcus |
Now once in Corders we will direct to Placeta d´en Marcus , turn right towards to C/Assaonadors just few meters turn left you are in Assaonadords , just around the corner left side look on the top , nice image, isn´t it !! , ok let´s keep going the walk now we are going to go towards to Plaça de la Puntual middle of the route on the left side of the street there is a nice place which is going to return to your to the pass time , called "Pla de la Garsa" .
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| Pla de la Garsa |
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| C/ Assaonadors |
We are now close to el "Born ", recently one of the most fashionable quarter in downtown , you can find out here from expensive jewelry to take away food, that´s veru lively "barrio", both day and night.
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| Mercat del Born |
Remarks
- Mercat del Born
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercado_del_Born
- Basílica Santa María del Mar http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_del_Mar
- Fossar de les Moreres
- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossar_de_les_Moreres
Map for easy follow 3
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| Plaça de la Puntual |
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| Carrer del Rec |
Going back to the route which is driving to the Born , we will walk Assaonadors till the junction with Plaça de la Puntual , once there we will turn right towards to C/ del Rec , straight on for 2 minutes (200 mt) and you´ll reach the famous Passeig del Born , now look on the left and here you are the Born , ancient market turned to exposition center, well it will be once the refurbishment will be finish , seems , always according to Barcelona major sources that it will be ready during fall , hope so , this is a very emblematic place I used to to go quite often in my youth for exhibition and concerts attendance ..
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| Mercat del Born |
Once in Passeig del Born our target would be the Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar anyhow take the opportunity to get lost for a while and walk the little streets surrounding is a melt of fashionable , retro , cool with daily coexistence authentic life .
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| Passeig del Born |
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| Fossar de les Moreres |
At he end of the Passeig del Born you´ll find out the back side of the Basilica , go ahead for 150 meters and came across on the right a one of the entrance anyhow I will suggest get inside of the Basilica for the main entrance located just around the corner . On the way to the main entrance, look on the left , nice square called "El fossar de les Moreres" very special place for the Catalan people , have a look into the link before to learn about the history of that place , very special .
An here is the final destination , hope this walk across the little streets of the ancient quartier have been cover expectations , also I hope your have enjoyed the tour , see you guys next time .
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Me at the marina , photo taken by my wife Sara .
xavibarroso@gmail.com |
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