Nice walk to exploring narrow streets of the Barcelona old town .

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 .

 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

My youngest brother´s stall

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" .

Pla de la Garsa

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.

Mercat del Born 

Remarks

1. Mercat del Born
2.   http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercado_del_Born
3. Basílica Santa María del Mar  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_del_Mar
4. Fossar de les Moreres
5. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossar_de_les_Moreres

Map for easy follow 3

Plaça de la Puntual

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 ..

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 .

Passeig del Born 

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 .

Me at the marina , photo taken by my wife Sara .

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