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Delve into Ciutat Vella
The district Ciutat Vella of Barcelona in Barcelona (Catalonia) with it's 102,347 habitants Ciutat Vella is a subburb in Spain about 314 mi east of Madrid, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Badalona, Sant Just Desvern, Ripollet, Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Sant Cugat del Valles. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 49% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 9% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 11th of November 2024
19°C (66 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Tuesday, 12th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 13th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel DO Plaça Reial
Petit Palace Boquería Garden
España
Apartments Ciutat Vella
Internacional Cool Local Hotel
No 49 - The Streets Apartments Barcelona
Moderno
Oriente Atiram Hotels
Mare Nostrum Hostal
MH Apartments Ramblas
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Barcelona Spray Paint Artwork
A video recording of a piece of artwork being made by a freelance artist in Barcelona on La Rambla using spray paint. Absolutely stunning.
GR Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia amb l'arquitecte Faulí
Visitem la Sagrada Família amb Jordi Faulí, l'actual arquitecte de la seu. Fragments extrets del programa "Gran Recorregut Barcelona", emès a TVC. http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/gr-barcelona/
Mercè 2009. Ball dels Gegants de la Sagrada Família
Mostra de Balls de Gegants de la Mercè 2009. 24 de setembre de 2009. Organitzat per la Coordinadora de Geganters de Barcelona.
Entering a Sold Out Camp Nou for the first time
Jasper, Jeroen en Gerben op Holy Ground (FC Barcelona - AC Milan; Joan Gamper Cup 2010)
Barcellona: La Boqueria uno dei mercati più antichi della Spagna
Barcellona: La Boqueria o mercat de Sant Josep uno dei mercati più antichi della Catalogna e di Spagna.
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al barri del Raval de Barcelona II
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al carrer Robadros del barri del Raval de Barcelona Un hombre muere en incendiarse un piso en el barrio del Raval de Barcelona A man died in a fire in Robadors.
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al barri del Raval de Barcelona I
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al carrer Robadros del barri del Raval de Barcelona Un hombre muere en incendiarse un piso en el barrio del Raval de Barcelona A man died in a fire in Robadors.
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al barri del Raval de Barcelona V
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al carrer Robadros del barri del Raval de Barcelona Un hombre muere en incendiarse un piso en el barrio del Raval de Barcelona A man died in a fire in Robadors.
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al barri del Raval de Barcelona VI
Un home mor en incendiar-se un pis al carrer Robadros del barri del Raval de Barcelona Un hombre muere en incendiarse un piso en el barrio del Raval de Barcelona A man died in a fire in Robadors.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Palau Güell
The Palau Güell (English: Güell Palace) is a mansion in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí for the Catalan industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí". The home is centered on a main room for entertaining high society guests.
Barcelona Cathedral
Not to be confused with Sagrada Família, which is a large church by Antoni Gaudí, also in Barcelona Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia 250px Basic information Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Geographic coordinates coord}}{{#coordinates:41|23|02|N|2|10|35|E|region:ES-CT_type:landmark primary name= }} Affiliation Roman Catholic District Barcelona Website www. catedralbcn.
Liceu
The Gran Teatre del Liceu, or simply Liceu in Catalan and Liceo in Spanish, is an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Liceu opened on April 4, 1847.
La Rambla, Barcelona
La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists and locals alike. A tree-lined pedestrian mall, it stretches for 1.2 kilometers between Barri Gòtic and El Raval, connecting Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell.
Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
The Gothic Quarter is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere. Despite several changes undergone in the 19th and early 20th century, many of the buildings date from Medieval times, some from as far back as the Roman settlement of Barcelona.
El Raval
El Raval is a neighbourhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Spain. The area, especially the part closest to the port, was also informally known as Barri Xino, meaning "Chinatown". El Raval is one of the two historical neighborhoods that border La Rambla, the other being the Barri Gòtic, and contains some 50,000 people.
Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya
The Palau de la Generalitat is a historic palace in Barcelona, Catalonia, northern Spain. It houses the offices of the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It is one of the few buildings of medieval origin in Europe that still functions as a seat of government and houses the institution that originally built it. The palace is located in the district of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. It is bounded by the Carrer del Bisbe, Carrer de Sant Sever and Carrer de Sant Honorat.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona
The Archdiocese of Barcelona is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northeastern Spain and the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Barcelona which includes the suffragan dioceses of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Terrassa. The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Lluís Martínez Sistach, appointed by Pope John Paul II on 15 June 2004.
La Boqueria
The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, often simply referred to as La Boqueria, is a large public market in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and one of the city's foremost tourist landmarks, with an entrance from La Rambla, not far from the Liceu, Barcelona's opera house. The market has a very diverse selection of goods.
Els Quatre Gats
Els Quatre Gats, often written Els 4 Gats, was a café in Barcelona which opened on 12 June 1897. It also operated as a hostel, a cabaret, a pub and a restaurant. Active until 1903, Els Quatre Gats became one of the main centers of Modernisme in Barcelona. The artist Ramon Casas i Carbó largely financed this bar on the ground floor of Casa Martí (1896), a building by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Carrer Montsió near the center of Barcelona.
Liceu (Barcelona Metro)
Liceu is a Barcelona Metro station situated under La Rambla between Gran Teatre del Liceu and Mercat de la Boqueria in the Barri Gòtic, part of Barcelona's district of Ciutat Vella. Uniquely, the station has two independent halls and each one leads only to one platform because of the narrow space available under La Rambla. Therefore, it is important for travellers to choose the correct one.
Drassanes (Barcelona Metro)
Drassanes is a Barcelona Metro station located underneath Portal de la Santa Madrona in El Raval, which is included in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona. It is named after the Drassanes Reials de Barcelona, the old shipyards of the city that currently hold the Museu Marítim de Barcelona, situated near the station. It is the closest station to the Port of Barcelona and one of the network's closest stations to the sea.
National Library of Catalonia
The National Library of Catalonia is a Spanish national library located in Barcelona. The mission of the Library of Catalonia is to collect, preserve, and spread Catalonian bibliographic production and that related to the Catalonian linguistic area, to look after its conservation, and to spread its bibliographic heritage while maintaining the status of a center for research and consultation. It occupies 8,820 m² and has about three million items.
Centre d'Art Santa Mònica
Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, sometimes shortened as CASM, is a public museum of contemporary art in Barcelona opened in 1988. It's located in the Raval side of Rambla de Santa Mònica. It has no permanent collection but it hosts a number of travelling expositions of contemporary Spanish and international artists every year. Entrance is free. The building that hosts CASM is a 1626 Renaissance convent that became a monument of national interest in 1984.
Plaça Reial
Plaça Reial (In Spanish Plaza Real, meaning "Royal Plaza") is a square in the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It lies next to La Rambla and constitutes a well-known touristic attraction, especially at night. On the plaza are a large number of restaurants and some of the city's most famous nightclubs including Sidecar, Jamboree or Karma.
Sant Pau del Camp
Sant Pau del Camp (Catalan for "Saint Paul of the countryside" or "in the fields") is a church and former monastery in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. While the monastery now stands within the El Raval district in central Barcelona, it once stood outside the city (before 14th century); its rural location gave the church its name.
Ancient synagogue (Barcelona)
The Ancient Synagogue of Barcelona is believed to be an ancient synagogue located in the centre of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It has been described as one of the oldest synagogues in Europe. After many centuries of use for other purposes, the building re-opened as a synagogue and museum in 2002. No congregation prays regularly at the Sinagoga Major, but it is used for festive occasions.
Casa Martí
The Casa Martí is a modernista building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896, having been commissioned by relatives of Francesc Vilumara, a textile magnate. It stands at Carrer Montsió, 3, Barcelona. Striking features of the building, more northern-European than Catalan in appearance, are the large pointed arches on the ground floor containing stained-glass windows, the curious ornamentation of the upper-floor windows and the balconies in Flamboyant style.
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
The Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc (meaning in English "Saint Lluc Artists' Circle") is an arts society which was founded in Barcelona in 1893 by Joan Llimona, Josep Llimona, Antoni Utrillo, Alexandre de Riquer, the city councillor Alexandre M. Pons and a group of artists who were followers of bishop Josep Torras i Bages, as a reaction to the anticlerical current present in modernisme and in the Cercle Artístic de Barcelona, which they considered to be frivolous.
Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona
Santa Maria del Pi (meaning "St. Mary of the Pine Tree") is a 14th century Gothic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Plaça del Pi, in the Barri Gòtic district of the city.
Plaça Sant Jaume
The Plaça de Sant Jaume is a square at the center of the Old City of Barcelona, and the administrative heart of both the city and surrounding Catalonia. This is because the Palace of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the City Hall are located here across from one another.
Escola de la Llotja
The Escola de la Llotja ("Llotja School"), officially the Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona (Barcelona Arts and Crafts School), is an art and design school located in Barcelona, Spain. The school took its name from its initial location in the Llotja de Mar palace; it was moved in 1967 to its current location at 17 Ciutat de Balaguer Street. (It also has a satellite location at 40 Padre Manyanet Street in the San Andreu neighborhood.
Teatre Principal (Barcelona)
The Teatre Principal (in Catalan, or in Spanish Teatro Principal) is the oldest theatre in Barcelona, founded in 1602, rebuilt in 1788. The theatre was originally named the Teatro de la Santa Cruz in Spanish (or Teatre de la Santa Creu in Catalan). It was the scene of the Spanish premieres on many plays and operas, and for the world premieres of Spanish works including the first romantic opera in Catalan language, by Vicenç Cuyàs.
Filmoteca de Catalunya
The Filmoteca de Catalunya is a film archive in Catalunya, Spain.
Old Hospital de la Santa Creu, Barcelona
The Hospital de Sant Pau i de la Santa Creu is a 15th-century building in Barcelona, which formerly served as a hospital and hospice.