One of the town highlights, all visitors are invited to stroll around the old medieval lanes, feeling the spirit of more than two thousand years of history.
Not to be missed.
ROMAN BARCINO
Founded in the 1st century BC on top of a previous Iberian settlement, walking through the old Barcino you can still discover:
An Aqueduct , large defensive Walls and Towers , part of the Temple of Augustus and the imposing underground ruins of several industrial activities (I BC to IV AD)
GOTHIC QUARTER
Gothic Quarter. One of the best preserved in Europe , the Barri Gòtic takes you back to the city's golden age, when its prosperous harbour was a leader in Mediterranean commerce and sea-trade law. The Counts of Barcelona and later kings of the Crown of Aragon lived here for centuries.
A particular version of gothic style is the Catalan Gothic style , hard to find elsewhere apart from the Provençal area. Its features are: round arches instead of pointed ones or diaphragm arch covers instead of vaulted ceilings: Saló del Tinell, La Llotja (stock exchange), Pedralbes or Les Drassanes (royal shipyards).
See, among others: the Cathedral, the Major Royal Palace, the City Hall, the Palau de la Generalitat, Santa Maria del Mar and Santa Maria del Pi .
EL CALL
El Call or medieval Jewish quarter
Although some Jews already settled in the Roman Barcino, at the peak of the Jewish presence in Barcelona (1348), their community reached about 15% of the city's population.
Visit what is claimed to be the oldest Synagogue in the continent plus some other meaningful remains of the Jewish heritage in a town that was once a European stronghold for their faith and culture (Kabala school, Disputation of Barcelona).
The three areas are intermingled in the same territorial space and make a thrilling walking tour that can take from one to two hours according to time availability and interest.