Location: El Raval
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What to do and see in El Raval, Catalonia: The Best Things to do
Barcelona feels a bit surreal – appropriate, since Salvador Dali spent time here and Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí designed several of the city’s buildings. Stepping into Gaudí’s Church of the Sacred Family is a bit like falling through the looking glass - a journey that you can continue with a visit to Park Güell. Sip sangria at a sidewalk café in Las Ramblas while watching flamboyant street performers, then create your own moveable feast by floating from tapas bar to tapas bar.
Restaurants in Barcelona
1. Mercat de la Boqueria
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4.5 based on 26,088 reviews
This popular food market sells some of the freshest fruit, vegetables and seafood in Barcelona.
Reviewed By 712lees - Singapore, Singapore
Amazing market with lots of fresh food fresh fruits flowers chocolates nuts spices olive oil sea salts Jamon ham at reasonable prices !! It’s amazing and open everyday except closed on Sundays.
2. Gran Teatre del Liceu
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4.5 based on 686 reviews
This luxurious theater stages fine opera and ballet performances.
Reviewed By sergezeta - Paris, France
such a beautiful theater in central barcelona. wonderful when there is an opera but worth a visit as well
3. CaixaForum Barcelona
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4.5 based on 710 reviews
Reviewed By 82manuelal - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
A very nice sit touristique, present interesting exibitions, nice architecture, there is an entrance to pay; you will find a library with interesting books and a little restaurant.
4. Palau Guell
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4.5 based on 9,723 reviews
This palace was the home of industrialist Eusebi Guell and was Antonio Gaudi's first major building in the city..
Reviewed By Journey814115 - Charlotte, United States
This wonderful facility, just off the Rambla, provides a fascinating view of the early Gaudi (and the generosity of the Guell family.
5. Biblioteca de Catalunya
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4.5 based on 59 reviews
The National Library of Catalonia preserves and disseminates the bibliographic heritage of over 3 million documents.MissionThe mission of the Library of Catalonia (BC) is to collect, preserve and disseminate bibliographic production, including digital-Catalan and Catalan language area related.
6. Mercat de la Barceloneta
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4.5 based on 454 reviews
Reviewed By ianitas1234 - Mexico City, Mexico
That is an incredíble market where you can find everything you need and with in the best quality. You can eat there since there are tables if you feel like it.
7. Old Monastery of Sant Pau del Camp
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4.5 based on 223 reviews
The old monastery of Sant Pau del Camp is one of the most important Romanesque sites preserved in Barcelona and one of the most unknown architectural treasures of the city. The church is the oldest preserved in Barcelona and its cloister is unique in Europe because of its polylobuled arches.
8. Cafe Teatre Llantiol
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4.5 based on 68 reviews
9. El Puerto de Barcelona
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4.5 based on 1,894 reviews
Reviewed By bunicu65 - Constanta, Romania
Do not miss this for the world if you are in Barcelona. It has a quite expensive commercial center(MareMagnum), nice places to eat or have a beer, a very clean wooden platform(washed every morning), cleaner than I had in my hotel room, excellent places to sit and relax by the sea, to watch all the cruise vessels, the yachts, small boats coming and going out. If you are there at around 19.00, you can see a big passenger vessel approaching and mooring in the narrow part of the port(the one closer to the wooden platform). Impressive indeed!!! Great maneuver of that captain.
10. Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu
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4.5 based on 210 reviews
Reviewed By DaveTheShorts - Menston, United Kingdom
We visited this place without the kids as they wanted time to explore the city before our planned visit to Sagrada Familia. So glad I found this place whilst researching Barcelona. After Parc Guell (a bit disappointing because so much of it is out of bounds for renovation) we walked down from the free bus stop and we were amazed at the beauty of these old hospital buildings right in the heart of the city. The stories told and the images show some great pieces of architecture. It is an oasis of calmness in the mad place that is Barcelona. It is tranquil and worth a trip for an hour or so. Great exhibits and it is being carefully restored to show what it was like when originally used as a hospital. Go now before it gets busy!
