{"id":11029,"date":"2014-10-05T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=11029"},"modified":"2016-10-03T16:22:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:22:24","slug":"a-luxury-stroll-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/a-luxury-stroll-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"A Luxury Stroll In Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona has so many things to do and see, the ideal to see most of them is to go on foot.\u00a0 Taking a long walk means that once you taste the exquisite meals in any of the restaurants throughout the city.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good way to burn off some calories and to explore the city in its full glory.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona Stroll routes<\/p><\/div>\n

The Gothic Quarter<\/a> is the original center of Barcelona.\u00a0 It dates back to Roman times.\u00a0 It starts from the waterfront, north of the city\u2019s most famous street, Las Ramblas.\u00a0 The Gothic Quarter is a maze of narrow streets with cobbled stones, it is a step back into the past and a great place to stroll once in Barcelona.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry if you get tired there are plenty of bars and cafes to explore along the way.<\/p>\n

The Olympic district was modernized and expanded in 1992, to host the Olympic games.\u00a0 It\u2019s based on the top of the Montjuic hill, south of the Gothic Quarter\u2019s and has some amazing views of the city and port.<\/p>\n

Walking to the two areas is approximately four to five miles.<\/p>\n

If you feel the need to take at least half a day walking, then this is a great route.\u00a0 Start from the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia<\/a> which dates back to 1298 and you can also visit the ever famous Sagrada Familia which is a few minutes walking distance from this ancient cathedral.<\/p>\n

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Las Ramblas<\/p><\/div>\n

Afterward, head in the direction of Las Ramblas<\/a> and stop on the way to visit one of the most historic squares in Barcelona.\u00a0 It is one of the most peaceful spots with an eighteenth-century Baroque church.\u00a0 During the Spanish Civil war, it was used as a place of execution.\u00a0 The bullet holes can be seen n in the walls.\u00a0 When you visit Las Ramblas you will see a vast number of shops, tourist, and restaurants.\u00a0 It is the most famous street in Barcelona and a number of buskers and artists can draw your picture or paint it on the spot.\u00a0 It is a precious memorabilia of your visit to Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Streets of Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

Las Ramblas is so long that by taking a right you could end up at a number of places such as Palau Guell which was designed by Antoni Gaudi.\u00a0 It was built between 1886 to 1890.\u00a0 It hallmarks the famous Catalan architect with an intricate spire and decorated chimneys.\u00a0 The other option is to walk through El Raval which has a number of bars, shops, apartments and restaurants.\u00a0 The list is endless, there are a number of tour guides that could take you through the city or you can form your own map on the places that you would like to visit.\u00a0 Just remember to bring comfortable shoes, you are going to need them.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona has so many things to do and see, the ideal to see most of them is to go on foot.\u00a0 Taking a long walk means that once you taste the exquisite meals in any of the restaurants throughout the city.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good way to burn off some calories and to explore the city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":69077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[176,995,993,994,990,992,991],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11029"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80246,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11029\/revisions\/80246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}