A stroll through the Gothic quarter of Barcelona is one of those essential events that must have all trip to Barcelona, not only because it is an area in which much of the city’s most beautiful elements of interest are concentrated but by its unique atmosphere and fun bars, shops and terraces. Barcelona’s Gothic quarter smells of history and breathe charm. He was the original nucleus of the city of Barcelona, the most ancient settlement which grew walled and protected virtually intact until the 19th century. Trace a path by Barcelona’s Gothic quarter will be very comfortable if you stay in a hotel in Las Ramblas, next to Placa Catalunya, since this is a perfect point to start the tour: formerly Las Ramblas were outside the walls of the medieval city, being this great street a large torrent which channeled water to the sea. Little by little, Barcelona was growing and Las Ramblas were integrated into its urban fabric in a natural way, still today the essential axis of movement by the Centre of the city and one of the […]