{"id":60962,"date":"2016-01-13T07:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T06:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=60962"},"modified":"2020-02-19T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:45:00","slug":"port-vell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Vell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona\u2019s waterfront harbor, <strong>Port Vell<\/strong> was originally developed in the 80s for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. It has since become a very popular area in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, with a series of interesting places to visit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#Maremagnum\" title=\"Maremagnum\">Maremagnum<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#LAquarium_de_Barcelona\" title=\"L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona\">L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#Palau_del_Mar\" title=\"Palau del Mar\">Palau del Mar<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#El_Cap_de_Barcelona\" title=\"El Cap de Barcelona\">El Cap de Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#World_Trade_Center_Barcelona\" title=\"World Trade Center Barcelona\">World Trade Center Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/port-vell\/#Autoridad_Portuaria_de_Barcelona\" title=\"Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona\">Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maremagnum\"><\/span>Maremagnum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_82494\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82494\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shopping-clothing-clothes-woven-fabric-shirt-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo via Visualhunt\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located above the water at Moll d\u2019Espanya, <a href=\"https:\/\/maremagnum.klepierre.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Maremagnum<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is one of the most popular shopping malls in the city, and the only one to remain open all days of the year. <strong>Maremagnum<\/strong> has several stores like Pimkie, Jack Jones, Pull&amp;Bear, Desigual, Shana, and H&amp;M, and a variety of restaurants and caf\u00e9s like Subway and Starbucks. At <strong>Maremagnum<\/strong> there are a couple of terraces and lookout points where visitors can have a great view of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LAquarium_de_Barcelona\"><\/span>L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumbcn.com\/?lang=ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona<\/a> <\/strong>was inaugurated in the Old Port of Barcelona in 1995. The enormous aquatic complex has a total of 35 aquariums displaying more than ten thousand animals from 450 different species. At\u00a0<strong>L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona<\/strong>\u00a0you can see animals from the great barrier reef of Australia, the Red Sea, the Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>L\u2019Aquarium de Barcelona<\/strong>\u00a0organizes special activities like diving with sharks, L\u2019Aquarium\u00a0Quiz\u00a0and birthday parties.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Palau_del_Mar\"><\/span>Palau del Mar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Palau de Mar<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a large building that was created in the end of the 1800s to serve as a trade warehouse (Magatzems Generals de Comer\u00e7). Today,\u00a0<strong>Palau de Mar<\/strong>\u00a0is the location of\u00a0<strong>Museu d\u2019Historia de Catalunya<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Catalan History Museum) and a variety of businesses and services that include Bestiari, a lovely book and souvenir shop, Costa Coffee, a famous British coffeehouse similar to Starbucks, restaurant and micro-brewery <strong>Black Lab Brewhouse &amp; Kitchen <\/strong>(American+Asian fusion), and Mediterranean restaurants La Gavina, Emperador and La Mar de Bo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/nova-esquerra-de-leixample\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Nova Esquerra de l\u2019Eixample : Barrios of Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Cap_de_Barcelona\"><\/span>El Cap de Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_82495\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82495\" class=\" wp-image-82495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/320px-La_Cara_de_Barcelona_-_001-174x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Mutari via Visualhunt\" width=\"187\" height=\"322\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mutari via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Created for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Cap_de_Barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">El Cap de Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> is a surrealist sculpture that was created by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. Known in English as simply \u201cThe Head\u201d, this sculpture represents the artist\u2019s first outdoor work using ceramic tile.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"World_Trade_Center_Barcelona\"><\/span>World Trade Center Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in July 22<sup>nd<\/sup> of 1999, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtcbarcelona.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">World Trade Center Barcelona<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a business park with 40,000 m<sup>2<\/sup> of rented office and a conference center, meeting and convention spaces.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Autoridad_Portuaria_de_Barcelona\"><\/span>Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The building that houses <strong>Barcelona\u2019s Port Authority<\/strong> has been recognized as a historical and artistic heritage of the city. 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It has since become a very popular area in Barcelona, with a series of interesting places to visit. Table of Contents MaremagnumL\u2019Aquarium de BarcelonaPalau del MarEl Cap de BarcelonaWorld Trade Center BarcelonaAutoridad Portuaria de Barcelona Maremagnum Located above the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":82497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[3377],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60962"}],"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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60962"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102238,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60962\/revisions\/102238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}