A Roman town that grew to the sea, seen from above. Two thousand years of streets, folded into one map.
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Barcelona Map: an interactive 3D atlas of the old town
Drag to move, scroll to zoom and click a pin to stand in the street and look around in 360°.
Places on the map
La Rambla (Ciutat Vella, Walk): A tree-lined promenade from the square to the sea. Flower stalls, street artists and a crowd that never stops.
La Boqueria (El Raval, Food): An iron market hall packed with fruit, ham and seafood. Find a stool at a counter and order what the next person is eating.
The Cathedral (Barri Gotic, Heritage): Gothic spires over the old Roman town, with a cloister where thirteen white geese still keep watch.
Placa Reial (Barri Gotic, Square): Palm trees, arcades and lamp posts by a young Gaudi. Quiet at noon, loud at midnight.
Barri Gotic (Ciutat Vella, Walk): Narrow lanes, stone bridges and hidden squares. The map stops helping here, and that is fine.
Santa Maria del Mar (El Born, Heritage): A church built by the dock workers who carried its stones up from the beach. Wide, plain and full of light.
Picasso Museum (El Born, Culture): Five medieval palaces joined into one museum, following the painter from his first drawings in the city.
Palau de la Musica (Sant Pere, Culture): A concert hall made of glass, tiles and roses. The music is good, the ceiling is better.
Arc de Triomf (Sant Pere, Landmark): A red brick gate built for the 1888 fair, opening onto a long promenade of palms and skaters.
Ciutadella Park (Ciutadella, Nature): Lawns, a boating lake and a golden fountain on the site of an old fortress. Sunday picnics start here.
Barceloneta (Barceloneta, Beach): The fishermen's quarter and the city's busiest beach, ten minutes on foot from the cathedral.
Sant Sebastia (Barceloneta, Beach): The southern end of the sand, where the sail-shaped hotel catches the last light of the day.
Columbus Column (Port Vell, Landmark): Sixty metres of iron at the foot of La Rambla. Take the lift to the top for the harbour and the hills.
Casa Batllo (Eixample, Heritage): A house with bone balconies and a dragon on the roof, the most photographed front door in town.
Placa Catalunya (Eixample, Civic): The big square where the old town meets the grid. Every bus, metro and pigeon passes through.
MNAC (Montjuic, Culture): A domed palace on the hill with a thousand years of Catalan art and the whole city at its feet.
Miramar (Montjuic, Nature): Shady gardens on the slope of Montjuic, with the cable car gliding over the port below.
El Raval (El Raval, Walk): Balconies, plants and washing over tight streets, with bars, bookshops and studios at street level.