Description
Ciutat Vella (Old City) is Barcelona's historic center, the city's District 1, squeezed into just over four square kilometers between the sea and the Eixample. Its narrow streets hold the city's Gothic churches, markets and best-known museums.
It is made of four neighborhoods. The Gothic Quarter has the cathedral, City Hall and the Palau de la Generalitat; across the Rambla, El Raval mixes old streets with the MACBA, the contemporary art museum.
East of Via Laietana, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and La Ribera, with El Born, hold the Museu Picasso, Santa Maria del Mar and the Palau de la Música Catalana. By the water, La Barceloneta was the neighborhood of fishermen, sailors and dockworkers.
It is also one of the most crowded parts of the city: more than a hundred thousand people live here, about 24,600 per square kilometer.
It is made of four neighborhoods. The Gothic Quarter has the cathedral, City Hall and the Palau de la Generalitat; across the Rambla, El Raval mixes old streets with the MACBA, the contemporary art museum.
East of Via Laietana, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and La Ribera, with El Born, hold the Museu Picasso, Santa Maria del Mar and the Palau de la Música Catalana. By the water, La Barceloneta was the neighborhood of fishermen, sailors and dockworkers.
It is also one of the most crowded parts of the city: more than a hundred thousand people live here, about 24,600 per square kilometer.