Gothic Quarter Walking Tour

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Roman walls, medieval guild streets and the squares where the city argued with itself.

Two thousand years in two and a half hours. We meet on Plaça Reial, climb into the Barri Gòtic by the cathedral, work through the Barri Gòtic — Plaça del Rei, Plaça Sant Felip Neri, the old Jewish quarter — and finish near the sea. Narrow streets, deep shade, and a lot of history that the guidebooks flatten out.

Where we meet

Plaça Reial, under the arches

Plaça Reial, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona

By the Gaudí lampposts in the centre — your guide will meet you there.

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The route

6 stops · 1.7 km · cobbles and steps through the old city

1Plaça ReialWe meet under the arches, then duck into the old city.
2Barcelona CathedralThirteen geese in the cloister, one for each year of Eulàlia’s life.
3Plaça del ReiWhere Columbus reported back. Probably.
4Plaça Sant Felip NeriThe shrapnel marks are from 1938. Nobody has filled them in.
5El Call — the Jewish quarterOne of the oldest synagogues in Europe, down a lane you would walk past.
6Santa Maria del MarBuilt by the porters of the port, in fifty-five years flat.

Photos: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Access

Not fully step-free. Cobbles and steps through the old city

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