Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia was from the beginning designed to be Barcelona's Grand Avenue. It is Barcelona's most elegant avenue and one of the best architectural walks in the city with lots of Modernist buildings (la Casa Batlló, La Casa Milà...). The quality and quantity of modernist buildings is unrivalled.
It's origins can be traced back to Roman times when it was a path that linked to the Via Augusta. In medieval times the city's door to this road was the Portal dels Orbs (blind people's gate), today the Portal del Angel pedestrian shopping area.
For the shopping:
Aside from being one of the best places to see Catalan Modernist architecture, this avenue is one of the major streets for shopping in Barcelona. All national and international fashion houses have their boutique here. Among prestigious designers, you will find Adolfo Dominguez, Loewe, Chanel, Yves-Saint-Laurent, Hermès, Laurel. Foreign brands, such as Ermenegildo Zegna, Max Mara, Escada and Armand Bassi stand beside Spanish ones such as Purificación García, Camper and Loewe. Even more accessible brands like Zara, Mango, Globe, Benetton and Laura Ashley. More shopping in Barcelona..
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Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia, 08007 Barcelona, SpainArea: Eixample right
Metro/Bus: Metro: L3, L2, L5 Passeig de Gràcia and Diagonal / Bus: 7, 16, 17, 22, 24, 28
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Nearby best places
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Swatch
Swatch is the Swiss watch making store in Barcelona where young and old people will be able to chose the funiest and more originals designs...
Eixample right - Passeig de Gràcia, 4 -
Gala Restaurante
Fusion Cuisine in a Theatrical Decor
A unique culinary experience at Gala Restaurante where surrealism blends with bold traditional and fusion cuisine.
Eixample left - Provença 288, -
Solomillo
A meat-lover’s paradise housed in the elegant Alexandra Hotel
As the great Winston Churchill once declared, “My tastes are simple. I am easily satisfied with the best”. And this stylish hotel restaurant is the kind of place Churchill would have thoroughly approved of.
Eixample right - Carrer de Mallorca, 251 -
Jaime Beriestain
Concept store, bar & restaurant !
The concept stores are fashion. The one of Jaime Beriestain, two steps of Casa Milà, is really astonishing...
Eixample right - Carrer de Pau Claris, 167
1 comment
passeig de gracia - H.Richard (8 Jun 2012 - 20:30)
This is a beautiful place to stay, I loved the shopping and the food was always fresh , and served with a smile, Hotel Gravia was a lovely experience and I would stay here again.
The buses and trains are very reliable, but walking around is the best way to see all the sights.