Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Barcelona, Spain

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 4.7 km
Ascend 102 m
Descend 93 m

Experience Barcelona in Spain in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BarcelonaIndividual Sights in Barcelona

Sight 1: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy

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The Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy is a Baroque-style basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia. Our Lady of Mercy has been the patron saint of the city of Barcelona since 1687.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (EN)

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Museu de la Marihuana

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The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in Barcelona, Spain dedicated to the culture of cannabis that opened on May 9, 2012.

Wikipedia: Hemp Museum Gallery (EN), Website

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Barcelona's Head

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Barcelona's Head

El Cap de Barcelona (1991–1992) is a surrealist sculpture created by American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its English title is The Head of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: El Cap de Barcelona (EN)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Gamba

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The Prawn or Gambrinus is a large sculpture designed by the Valencian artist Xavier Mariscal although, curiously, it represents a prawn with lobster legs, or a crayfish. The work, inaugurated in 1989, began as an element of attraction for the Gambrinus restaurant, one of several that existed in the Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona, designed by the architect Alfred Arribas, a friend of Mariscal.

Wikipedia: La Gamba (CA)

350 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Roman Wall

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Roman Wall Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roman Wall of Barcelona is a work declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest. From Plaça Nova, it went along Avinguda de la Catedral, Carrer de la Tapineria and Carrer del Sotstinent Navarro, Plaça dels Traginers, and Carrer del Correo Vell, Carrer del Regomir, Carrer d'Avinyó, Carrer dels Banys Nous and Carrer de la Palla.

Wikipedia: Muralla romana de Barcelona (CA)

179 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Centre Cívic Pati Llimona

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Centre Cívic Pati Llimona

The Palau Marc or Gualbes is a building in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona listed as a cultural asset of local interest. Since 1991, it has housed the facilities of the Pati Llimona Civic Centre, which has an exhibition hall, an archaeological space and several classrooms and rooms for workshops and conferences.

Wikipedia: Palau Marc o Gualbes (CA)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Font de les Tres Gràcies

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The Fountain of the Three Graces is located in the Plaça Reial in Barcelona, and is listed as a cultural asset of local interest. It was created in 1867 by Antoine Durenne on a design by Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti, and installed in 1876 with an architectural project by Antoni Rovira i Trias. Nearby are the lampposts designed by Antoni Gaudí for the square.

Wikipedia: Font de les Tres Gràcies (CA)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: La Rambla

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La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the neighbourhoods of the Barri Gòtic to the east and the El Raval to the west.

Wikipedia: La Rambla, Barcelona (EN)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Lletres gimnastes

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Lletres Gimnastes is a work of visual art created by the Catalan poet and visual artist Joan Brossa i Cuervo in 1997. It was created for the El Ingenio store, at that time the oldest in its field in Barcelona, as a corporeal poem and to pay homage and remember Mr. Cardona, founder of the establishment.

Wikipedia: Lletres gimnastes (CA)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Parròquia Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi

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Santa Maria del Pi is a 15th-century Gothic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Plaça del Pi, in the Barri Gòtic district of the city.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona (EN), Website

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Joan Miró pavement mosaic

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Joan Miró pavement mosaic eric / CC BY 2.0

El Mosaic del Pla de l'Os també conegut com a Paviment Miró és una obra de 1976 feta per Joan Miró que es troba al Pla de la Boqueria, a la Rambla de Barcelona, camí natural de qui va o ve del mar a la ciutat. L'obra fou inaugurada el 30 de desembre del 1976, i està inclosa en el catàleg Art Públic de Barcelona. El mosaic va ser executat per Joan Gardy-Artigas, amb la col·laboració dels tallers Escofet, especialitzats en peces de terratzo.

Wikipedia: Mosaic del Pla de l'Os (CA)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Gran Teatre del Liceu

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu, or simply Liceu, is a theater in Barcelona, Spain. Situated on La Rambla, it is the city's oldest theater building still in use for its original purpose.

Wikipedia: Liceu (EN), Website

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Església de Sant Agustí Nou

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Església de Sant Agustí Nou

The convent of Sant Agustí Nou was a group of buildings belonging to the Augustinian order, of which some remains still remain, such as the old library, now a hotel, and the church, listed as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Convent de Sant Agustí Nou (CA)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Teatre Romea

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Teatre Romea

The Teatre Romea is a performance hall dedicated mainly to theatrical performances, located at Carrer de l'Hospital, 51 in the Raval district of Barcelona and listed as a cultural asset of local interest. In 2015 he received the Creu de Sant Jordi "for the important role that this facility, created in 1863, has played in the culture and society of Barcelona and Catalonia".

Wikipedia: Teatre Romea (Barcelona) (CA), Website

407 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Sant Llàtzer

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Sant Llàtzer

The Hospital de Sant Llàtzer is an architectural complex in the Raval district of Barcelona, of which one of the wings has been preserved, listed as an asset with elements of interest, and the church, listed as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Església de Sant Llàtzer (CA), Website

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Plaça del Pedró

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The Plaça del Pedró is a square in the Raval district of Barcelona. It has a triangular shape with two sides delimited by Carrer del Carme and Carrer de l'Hospital, which join in Carrer de Sant Antoni Abat.

Wikipedia: Plaça del Pedró (CA)

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Teatre del Raval

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Teatre del Raval

The Teatre del Raval was a theatrical space located within the premises of the Església del Carme, at Carrer de Sant Antoni Abat, 12-16 in the Raval of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Teatre del Raval (CA), Website

301 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Cafè-Teatre el Llantiol

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Cafè-Teatre el Llantiol

El Llantiol is an emblematic café-theatre with a modernist aesthetic located in the Raval district of Barcelona. In 1982 the hall was awarded the FAD Sebastià Gasch Prize for Paratheatrical Arts.

Wikipedia: El Llantiol (CA), Website, Facebook

406 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Jardins de Sant Pau del Camp

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Jardins de Sant Pau del Camp

The gardens of Sant Pau del Camp are a one-hectare public space around the monastery of the same name, in the Raval district of Barcelona.

Wikipedia: Jardins de Sant Pau del Camp (CA)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Teatre Arnau

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The Arnau Theatre is a building located at Avinguda del Paral·lel, 60 in Barcelona, listed as an asset with elements of interest.

Wikipedia: Teatre Arnau (CA)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Barts

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Barts

The Gran Teatre Espanyol is a theatre located at Avinguda del Paral·lel, 62 in the city of Barcelona. Between 1892 and 1980, it operated under different names, and also as a cinema and discotheque. There is currently the Paral·lel 62 space.

Wikipedia: BARTS, Barcelona Arts on Stage (CA)

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Teatre Tantarantana

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Teatre Tantarantana

The Teatre Tantarantana is a performance hall in Barcelona opened in 1992 at no. 16 of the street of the same name, which in 1996 moved to its current location at Carrer de les Flors, 22 del Raval.

Wikipedia: Teatre Tantarantana (CA), Website

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