Hidden Raval: Cloisters, Shelters and Old Bars

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Bar Marsella

   ~3 min here

   Bar Marsella is the historic drinking house at Carrer de Sant Pau, 65, and Carrer de Sant Ramon, 1, in the Raval.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Palau Güell

   ~3 min here

   Palau Güell is the mansion Antoni Gaudí created for the industrialist Eusebi Güell, built from 1886 to 1888.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Jardins de Rubió i Lluch

   ~3 min here

   Jardins de Rubió i Lluch opens into the former Hospital de la Santa Creu: a garden courtyard enclosed by arcades, where Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture meet.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Mercat de Sant Antoni

   ~3 min here

   Mercat de Sant Antoni is a market built across an entire city block, and its iron structure gives the building an unusually open presence.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Sant Pau del Camp

   ~15 min here

   Sant Pau del Camp is a church preserved from a former Benedictine monastery in Barcelona.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Refugi 307

   ~1 hr here

   Refugi 307 is an air-raid shelter built for Barcelona’s civilian population during the Spanish Civil War.

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