VISITING BARCELONA | |
 CITY TOURS SELECTION
Via Laietana separates the Born and the Gothic districts. Next to metro Jaume I there is a street with the same name that leads to Plaza Sant Jaume. When the route begins, it is worth to turn to the right at the first street, Veguer, that leads to the Plaza del Rei, where the Museum of History of the City is located.
Once in Sant Jaume square, the building of the right (coming from Via Laietana) is the Palace of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Autonomic Government) and the one on the left is of the City council of Barcelona.
After Plaça Sant Jaume, Jaume I street becomes Ferran street. This route communicates Las Ramblas with Via Laietana and in it there are a lot of Coffee shops, Ice-Cream shops, Pubs and hotels.
A few meters of the Plaza, in Ferran street, Avinyó street is born on the left hand. In this street filled with houses built on the XIX century, one finds all kinds of fashion shops, complements and alternative design shops.
The first street that crosses Avinyó is Sant Miquel. In it, there is a passage from 1879, one of many that filled the XIX century Barcelona. Curiosity can be satisfied giving a look at this passage. Following Avinyó, after Sant Miquel street, one finds Comtessa de Sobradiel street, planted with Orange trees.
Advancing on this street, one crosses Ataulf street and, if Ataulf one decides to turn left, he will be led to the small Templers street and, immediately after, to the Gegants street. At this moment, on the right one acceeds to Plaza Sant Miquel, where he finds one of the lateral walls of the consistorial building and, next to it, again, to Plaza Sant Jaume.
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