Barri Gòtic & El Born

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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What’s around

Real places inside Barri Gòtic & El Born— you’d walk to all of these.

• McDonald's

  burger

• KFC

  chicken

• Taller de Tapas

  spanish

• Italo

  pizza

• Antic Tapas Ferran

  tapas

• Vila Viniteca

• Hummus & company

  indian

• Genové 1911

• Bello Italy

• Egipte

• Les 15 Nits Bar

• La Crema Canela

Places from OpenStreetMap. A snapshot — check current hours before you go.

Where it sits

The circle is Barri Gòtic & El Born and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Barceloneta (beach)14 min walk1.1 km
• Barceloneta to the sea17 min walk1.4 km
• Casa Batlló & Casa Milà facades17 min walk1.4 km
• Montjuïc by cable car19 min walk1.6 km
• Sagrada Família28 min walk2.3 km
• The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc7 min taxi2.5 km
• Park Güell, early12 min taxi4.0 km
• Bunkers del Carmel at sunset13 min taxi4.2 km
• Camp Nou (FC Barcelona)14 min taxi4.5 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 3.Getting lost in the Gothic Quarter — Put the map away between the cathedral and the sea — Roman towers, silent squares like Sant Felip Neri, and a harp player echoing somewhere. Best before 10am or after 10pm.
• 7.La Boqueria — eaten at the back — Push past the smoothie stalls at the entrance to the counters at the back, where cooks sear whatever the fishmongers had that morning. Stand, order, point, repeat.
• 9.Picasso Museum — The teenage Picasso — academic, astonishing — and then the fifty-eight riffs on Las Meninas that show exactly what he broke and why. In five medieval palaces; book ahead, Thursdays evenings are free.
• 16.Palau de la Música Catalana — A modernista concert hall so over-the-top it's almost funny — a stained-glass sun hanging from the ceiling, flowers climbing the walls. Do the tour, or better, catch a night of live guitar.
• 20.Parc de la Ciutadella — The city's central park — a monumental Arc de Triomf, a grand cascade fountain (with a young Gaudí's hand in it), rowing boats and shady lawns. Barcelona's green heart.