Top Squares at Barcelona
Barcelona, the glittering jewel in the Mediterranean is dazzling with crystal clear warm water and mountains up to the northern edge and this Barcelona travel guide will provide you exclusive information on top places to visit. Barcelona is blessed with port areas and natural beauties along with medieval cultural structures and buildings.
Barcelona Travel Guide
Plaça Reial
The arcaded Plaça Reial, in the heart of the Barri Gòtic, is unique among Barcelona’s squares, with its old-world charm, gritty urbanization and Neo-Classical flair. It is home to majestic, mid-19th-century buildings, Gaudí lampposts, a slew of happening bars and clubs, and an entertaining and colourful crowd of inner-city denizens.
Plaça Reial – Barcelona Travel Guide
Plaça de Catalunya
Barcelona’s nerve centre is the huge Plaça de Catalunya, a lively hub from which all the city’s activity seems to radiate. This square is most visitors first real glimpse of Barcelona. The airport bus and train stops here, as do RENFE trains and countless metro and bus lines. The square’s commercial swagger is evident all around, headed by Spain’s omnipresent department store, El Corte Inglés. Pigeons flutter chaotically in the square’s centre, lively Peruvian bands play to booming sound systems and hordes of travellers – from backpackers to tour groups – meander about. To add to the melting pot, the square is allegedly home to 25 people (mostly homeless immigrants).
Plaça del Rei
According to our Barcelona travel guide, one of the city’s best preserved medieval squares, the Barri Gòtic’s Plaça del Rei is ringed by grand buildings. Among them is the 14th-century Palau Reial, which houses the Saló del Tinell, a spacious Catalan Gothic banqueting hall.
Plaça de Sant Jaume
Weighty with power and history, this is the administrative heart of modern-day Barcelona. The plaça is flanked by the city’s two key government buildings, the stately Palau de la Generalitat and the 15thcentury Ajuntament.
Plaça de Santa Maria
The magnificent Església de Santa Maria del Mar imbues its namesake plaça, in the El Born district, with a certain spiritual calm. Bask in its Gothic ambience, people watch, and soak up the sun at one of the outdoor terrace cafés.
We hope you will enjoy your travel to Barcelona and will not forget to visit the places mentioned in this Barcelona travel guide.
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