Meet Barcelona

The large green zone in La Sagrera is the Parc de la Pegaso, land previously dedicated to factory use and reconverted, thanks to local residents, into gardens full of lush vegetation.

The site by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has become a new point of reference for the city of Barcelona.

A decade after it opened, the Fòrum has found its identity and brought structures, transport and technology to an area practically ignored by the city.

Once an independent town, today it is now a charming, delightful and truly literary neighbourhood, with a network of squares and tiny streets where time appears to have stopped.

Regarded as the sole completely finished, pure Catalan-Gothic building, the temple was built thanks to the efforts of the Ribera neighbourhood's marine guilds.

Housed in a spectacular new building in Plaça de les Glòries, this is one of the oldest and most emblematic markets in the city.

Formerly a village separate from the city, the Horta neighbourhood preserves its splendid old quarter, made up of little squares and small streets, where life still goes on at a village pace.

Architecture and nature join forces in one of the symbols of Modernista Barcelona offering one of the best views of the city.

The first wharf Barcelona ever had is now a magnificent seafront promenade lined with boats.

The historical Raval neighbourhood, which remained outside the city walls during the Middle Ages, is now the neighbourhood with the city's richest and most varied cultural offering.

Antoni Gaudí's genius turned the ruins of a historical Collserola site into a dream castle known as the Torre Bellesguard, or Bellesguard House.

The Royal Monastery, a gem of Gothic architecture in the upper part of the city, conceals an impressive cloister.