Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona)

Advantages: A great place to start the day as almost everything is in the one place.
Disadvantages: Have to be constantly Wary of Pick Pockets

...top buses we came across Plaça De Catalunya. A few people had mentioned to me that La Rambla was the place where everything seemed to happen in Barcelona and as the Plaça De Catalunya was at the top of La Rambla this seemed like it would be the place to come back to and from that moment on, every time we got a taxi into the centre we headed straight here. This huge square is probably the pivotal area of the city, with a lot of the through city routes ...
...The main thing that makes Plaça de Catalunya the perfect place to start your day is just how much actually happens here. One of the Cities main Tourist Information offices can be found on one place and it’s also the meeting place of Barcelona’s, Bus Turistic (Op coming soon), which has one North and one South route meeting here. You also have a metro station and plenty of taxi’s around making it one of the easiest places in the city to get to and ... Read review

Advantages: Accessibility; Fountains
Disadvantages: Pigeons; Pickpockets

...on and enjoy! Plaça Catalunya is the first port of call for many visitors to Barcelona, as the shuttle trains from "El Prat" international airport (no sniggering please!) stop at the Catalunya metro station serving the square; the shuttle buses also make it a drop-off point. The square is best described as the beating heart of Barcelona, situated slap-bang in the centre of the city, at one end of the mighty La Rambla. Getting to Plaça Catalunya ...
...found the store uninspiring. Plaça Catalunya's central location and accessibility mean that it's a prime meeting place for tourist groups. If you're an early bird who prefers to explore the city at the crack of dawn, it's such a convenient spot at which to congregate again later on with your friends. Unfortunately, these facts also attract numbers of dodgy and unsavoury characters to the square. Petty crime is rife and pickpockets are extremely ... Read review

Advantages: The position of the Spanish Square
Disadvantages: Can think of none

The Placa de Catalunya is at the top of Le Ramblas, old Barcelona’s main road. It is right in the centre of the city and like the old with the new. When I was there this is ‘the’ place to start of your day of sight seeing. It is the joining point for many attraction filled roads. It has the tourist office there which can come in useful I can tell you as there are so many places you can go from this starting point. Every morning ...
...walked up Le Ramblas to get out our maps and sit down in one of the many outdoor cafés in the sun to decide where we were going. You are sat surrounded in beautiful Gaudi inspired architecture and monuments you feel very in depth with the Spanish culture. There is an unusual monument whish is a large piece of stone with some stone steps placed on top upside down which creates such an image in such a green square. There are loads of trees and is almost ... Read review