Barcelona Essentials: The Gothic Quarter in an Hour

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Casa de l'Ardiaca

   ~3 min here

   Casa de l'Ardiaca is the historic building beside the cathedral, and it now houses Barcelona’s city historical archive.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Plaça de Sant Felip Neri

   ~3 min here

   Plaça de Sant Felip Neri is a small square gathered around the Baroque Church of Saint Philip Neri, with the Oratory’s house attached to it.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia

   ~15 min here

   Barcelona Cathedral is the great Gothic church before you, dedicated to the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Temple d'August

   ~1 hr here

   The Temple of Augustus is not a complete Roman building today, but a surviving fragment preserved within Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Plaça Reial

   ~3 min here

   Plaça Reial is a spacious arcaded square, created on the site of a demolished Capuchin convent.

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