Sunday, January 19, 2014

Barcelona Day 1 Itinerary


We start in the heart of the old.

Barcelona Ciutat Vella District - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zjTB7i9BEHyw.kLjNlhFKfngo

Project: Barcelona Trip
Day 1 Tuesday,  January 21   

Ciutat Vella District

El Ravel / Barri Gòtic / Ribera or Born / La Barceloneta (1740s)
6.25 km, 1 Hour, 15 Minutes without interuption. Anyone's guess if you include them.
Drassanes stop on L3 (no changes from Les Corts)

  • Museu Marítim (naval museum)
  • La Rambla or Les Rambles (Flowers, Animals, Art, etc)
  • Plaça Reial (Royal Plaza)
  • La Boqueria
  • CCCB, 1994 by Viaplana and Pinon
  • MACBA, 1996 by Richard Meier
  • Portal de l'Àngel
  • Els Quatre Gats
  • Plaça Nova
  • Carrer de la Palla (more wall)
  • Plaça Sant Jaume
  • Plaça de Ramon Berenguer el Gran
  • Palau de la Música Catalana, 1908 by Lluís Domènech i Montaner
  • Santa Caterina Market, 2008 by Enriq Miralles
  • Fossar de les Moreres
  • Mercat del Born Cultural Center
  • Ciudadela of Barcelona (Ciutadella Park)

from a distance
Edifici Gas Natural, 2006 by Enric Miralles
nearby secret
Deuce Coop at Antic Convent de Sant Agustí, 1992 by James Turrell
additional out of the way   
Peix d'Or, 2008 by Frank Gehry

Gòtic Problematic (an invented history?)
Barcelona Cathedral's façade 1882/1913
Hiking Center of Catalonia 1922
bridge that crosses Bisbe street 1928
Padellàs House now Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona (Barcelona History Museum) 1936
Aguilar Palace (Museu Picasso)
Pignatelli Palace (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona) 1970

More good Maps from others:
about the Roman Wall, http://goo.gl/maps/6rpNm
about the Siege of Barcelona, http://goo.gl/maps/96FUd

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