City visit of the sea front district of Barcelona
How to visit El Port: the sea front of Barcelona?
Hotels in the Port of Barcelona
Sea front ( Barceloneta, Port Olympic)
In 1992, with the Olympic Games, Barcelona opens to the sea and causes urban changes. The result is a success.
The old industrial grounds are metamorphosed and a new district emerges : the Olympic Village. Its port invites to the movement, during the day as well as at night : water sports, discotheques, bars. It is always in effervescence. Just next to it we can find Barceloneta, small Barcelona, the traditional district for sailors and fishermen. Mediterranean colours and delicious restaurants are in the menu. It is an obligatory passage before going to the beach.
Our visits are made such as you start from one point and arrived to another logically.
Follow from one address to another and do not hesitate to stop by our best addresses like restaurants and shops, this is also part of discovering a city
Have a good journey of the sea front of Barcelona:
1- Monument of Christopher Colombus *
Editor's choice : Monument of Christopher Columbus - Monument
Cristobal Colombus - Barcelona
The monument of Christopher Columbus is a 60 meters high column, It was put up for the universal exposition of 1888 in homage to the famous explorer. The sight of the city is remarkable.
The Columbus Monument (Monument a Colom in Catalan, also known as the Monumento a Colón and Mirador de Colón in Spanish). It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) and is located at the site where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas. The monument serves as a reminder that Barcelona is where Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella and Ferdinand after Columbus' most famous trip.
The statue was sculpted by Rafael Atché and is said to depict Columbus pointing towards the New World with his right hand, while holding a scroll in the left. As it was sited, instead of pointing to the west towards the New World, the statue points east towards Columbus's supposed home city of Genoa. The statue is atop a socle, on which the word "Tierra" (land) is inscribed.
2- Church of La Merce*
Editor's choice : Churh of La Merce - Monument
La Mercè
Very beautiful Baroque church for the virgin of La Mercè which is the one venerated of the city. The holiday is from September 22 to 24, with fireworks, the exit of the gegants and Castellers.
Originally in the thirteenth century the building was Gothic however, it was renovated in the eighteenth century in a late Baroque style by Josep Mas. Its interior is a single nave and houses the image of the patron saint of the city, the Virgin of 'La Mercè', a Gothic carving.
3- Moll d Espanya *
Editor's choice : Moll Espanya Maremagnum - Monument
Maremagnum - Barcelona
The Moll d'Espanya is accessible from two sides. It is the prolongation of La Rambla. Maremagnum in this mollis a shopping center visited in the weekend by people from Barcelona. There are many restaurants all of them different. You can eat here as well as visit an imposing aquarium.
