The end of September saw my visit to Barcelona to celebrate my 21st Birthday and one of the things we did much to the surprise of many including ourselves was the touristy bit. When you tell people who’ve been before that your off to Barcelona they will tell you about one street in the City, La Rambla. The same can be said for any guide book you look in, this is down as one of the main streets in the City where the sea is linked with the middle of the City.
La Rambla stretches from Plaça de Catalunya for one mile down towards the sea Port Vell and the Colom La Rambla. The mile walk takes about 15 minutes but this is one of few streets in the city where Pedestrians take privilege with a large cobbled walkway with a road up either side for heading in each direction. The street is home to many Street performers and this 15 minute walk can suddenly become anything up to an hour.
La Rambla really is where the life of the city is meant to be and with a few theatres, the famous Barcelona Opera House and a few of the Cities museums. There are various other squares and streets leading of La Rambla all of which contain a bar or hostel’s of some variety. Hotels along the main drag can be quite expensive however it’s these hostels off to the sides where you would stay if you were looking for a cheap room.
Now one thing we were told about La Rambla and to be honest were disappointed about was that this is where you would find the nightlife. Unfortunately during our stay this did not appear to be so. We found maybe three bars down La Rambla al on side streets and all three were Irish pubs (we weren’t complaining though). On the last night we did find a number of bars in a square off to the side of La Rambla however all these were closed on the Sunday night and we ended up back in the Irish bars.
The streets to the sides of the main drag boast a high number of Restaurants, which are amongst the best in the City. Of course if fancy restraints aren’t quite your thing the sides of the main drag are littered with fast food and Tapas bars so there is something to suit everyone. Also from here you have access to other pars of the City such as Barri Gotic where the main Barcelona banks are located along with a Cathedral and various political buildings are located. The Street dissects the City with the easiest links between two of the busiest areas of the City.
For easy access as well you have three metro stations located along La Rambla one at each end and one in the middle allowing you a quick getaway to areas further a-field such as the Sagrada Familia or the Olympic Stadium. This makes the street one of the most accessible in the City with all links coming back to La Rambla and the square at the top Plaça De Catalunya.
All along La Rambla are small stalls selling papers and the like along with a few flower stalls and the like. The street really comes alive at night as although there aren’t any bars actually on it there seems to be an awful lot of people just casually walking up and down not really heading anywhere. Overall it’s certainly somewhere that is worth a visit during any trip to the Spanish City and make sure you watch out for the Irish bars down to of the side streets.
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