Each district in Barcelona has its own identity and characteristics. They all have their own specific street layout, appearance of the houses, life on the streets and even their own sounds and smells.
Many narrow and winding alleys dominate the townscape of the Gothic district, the Barri Gòtic. The Barri Gotic offers a lot of fascinating history, for example the dig of the roman settlement Barcino and the cathedral of Barcelona.
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The Raval has a lot of charm, shopping zones, several sights and many opportunities to live down to earth. Next to one of Barcelona's oldest and most famous markets, the Boqueria, the Raval also houses the city's most important contemporary art museum, the "MACBA".
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Directly to the east of the Gothic District, separated by the four-lane Via Leietana, is the neighborhood of "Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera (El Born)." The southern part of the district "La Ribera" (El Born) is today famous for its many Bars, restaurants and clubs and is one of the hippest spots in Barcelona. El Born also has a variety of galleries, small designer shops, and of course the church Santa Maria del Mar is located here.
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Barceloneta was created to build housing for the residents who lost their homes by the construction of the citadel . Today, because of the Barceloneta beach promenade, its many restaurants and his special flair to the beloved streets.
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There is a lot to discover at the "Old Port": miles of beach promenade, Olympic harbor with pleasure boats, views of Montjuic on container terminals and cruise ships
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Around 150 buildings of the Catalan Art Nouveau in Eixample are now a historical monument, including two of the most famous buildings of Gaudí. The most marked feature is the almost wasteful construction of the roads.
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The Montjuïc is not a district in the true sense, but an area which has a character like a park. Many of its attraction is owed to Barcelona's Montjuic mountain house in the southern city of World Expo in 1929 and the Olympic Games in 1992. There are excellent museums and magnificent views worth the climb to the approximately 210-metre-high mountain.
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Characteristic features of the artists and students quarter Gràcias are the small alleys are close and many small, relatively warm places. In 1889, the formerly independent village incorporated to the city of Barcelona.
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