Barcelona Barceloneta and Port Vell Self-Guided Audio Walk: Columbus Monument, Royal Shipyards and the Beach
90 minutes
About this experience
Barcelona's waterfront stands on ground the sea once owned. Storms hit the royal shipyard in 1302; sand trapped by the harbor wall became a whole neighborhood; the beach was only rebuilt for everyone from 1995. Start at the Drassanes Reials, the Gothic shipyard, and the Columbus Monument at the foot of La Rambla. Pass the city's first big ornamental cast-iron column, the patron saint's basilica, Roy Lichtenstein's Barcelona Head, the Llotja de Mar and the Xifré arcades, where Columbus appears decades before his column. Follow the marina past Palau de Mar into the Barceloneta, laid out in 1753 with houses kept low for a fortress's guns: the house of 1761, the church of Sant Miquel del Port, the iron market. Finish on the beach at Rebecca Horn's Wounded Star. Eleven stops, about 2.9 km and 90 minutes, flat and step-free, at your own pace, in English. Museum entries, including the Maritime Museum and the Columbus lift, are not included.
What's included
From the medieval Royal Shipyards past the Columbus Monument, the Llotja and Palau de Mar, through the 1753 Barceloneta grid and its market, to Rebecca Horn's Wounded Star on the beach.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.