{"id":11783,"date":"2026-04-23T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/?p=11783"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:12:33","slug":"barcelona-gothic-quarter-walking-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/en\/barcelona-gothic-quarter-walking-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Gothic Quarter Walking Tour: hidden spots, history and the best pastry stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11783\" class=\"elementor elementor-11783\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07c9c42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07c9c42\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ceee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84ceee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This self-guided <strong>Barcelona Gothic Quarter walking tour<\/strong> covers 6 stops in approximately 2 hours, starting at Carrer de Santa Anna and ending at La Capella. The route includes Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip Neri, Pont del Bisbe, Carrer de la Pietat and a pastry stop at La Colmena \u2014 one of Barcelona&#8217;s oldest pastry shops, open since 1849.<\/p><p>The Gothic Quarter is the neighbourhood everyone thinks they know and almost nobody has actually seen. Tourists come in through the Ramblas, reach the Cathedral and leave. That&#8217;s it. But there&#8217;s another G\u00f2tic \u2014 the one with squares that don&#8217;t appear on paper maps, alleyways that smell of damp stone, buildings that have been watching each other in silence for centuries. This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/en\/photography-tour-gothic-quarter-barcelona\/\">Barcelona Gothic Quarter walking tour<\/a> <\/strong>covers that other G\u00f2tic. Two hours on foot, six stops, and one very necessary pastry break.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f683611 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f683611\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbb269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dbb269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carrer de Santa Anna: modernism, graffiti and eight hundred years of history\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40b294f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40b294f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4086aa6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4086aa6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-138642d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"138642d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We start here, two steps from Pla\u00e7a de Catalunya, where the noise cuts out abruptly. <strong>Carrer de Santa Anna<\/strong> is one of those streets people rush through \u2014 but if you stop, there&#8217;s a lot to see. The building on the corner already gives you your first shot: a modernist pointed arch, columns with capitals, rounded arches&#8230; and the entire base covered in graffiti. Barcelona in a single frame.<\/p><p>But the best part is further down. Almost hidden between the buildings, the Esgl\u00e9sia de Santa Anna appears \u2014 a Romanesque and Gothic temple founded in the 12th century that seems frozen in time. It&#8217;s been there for eight hundred years. Entry costs \u20ac4 and it&#8217;s worth every cent.<\/p><div style=\"background: #f5efe6; border-left: 4px solid #c9943a; padding: 1rem 1.2rem; margin: 1.2rem 0 0.5rem; border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.65rem; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #c9943a; display: block; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-family: monospace;\">My tip<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 0.92rem; margin: 0; color: #3a2e25; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300;\">Before going in, stop at the corner of the modernist building and shoot upward. The perspective of the pointed arch against the sky, with the two streets opening up on either side, is a shot very few people take at this spot.<\/p><\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #e5ddd4; margin: 2rem 0;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44d6be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c44d6be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff68d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff68d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_image_is_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/carrer-santa-anna-scaled-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"carrer-santa-anna-scaled.jpg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3ODYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cucGhvdG90b3VyYmFyY2Vsb25hLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL2NhcnJlci1zYW50YS1hbm5hLXNjYWxlZC0xLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/carrer-santa-anna-scaled-1-768x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11786\" alt=\"Carrer de Santa Anna Barcelona Gothic Quarter modernist building\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed283eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed283eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c9c13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7c9c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip Neri: the square that holds its scars<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed3fd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eed3fd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f63ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71f63ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d45016 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d45016\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01cfbde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01cfbde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walking down from Santa Anna into the heart of the neighbourhood, the alleyways narrow and the noise disappears. And then, suddenly,<strong> Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip<\/strong> <strong>Neri<\/strong>. You need to be here early. Before it fills up with children running around and tourists hunting for the perfect angle, it has a stillness you won&#8217;t find anywhere else in the barrio.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s small, almost intimate. A fountain at the centre, trees that barely let the light through, and an austere church at the far end. But what strikes me most, every time I come back, are the marks on the facade of that church. They&#8217;re not bullet holes \u2014 they&#8217;re shrapnel.<\/p><p>On 30 January 1938, Italian aviation allied with Franco bombed this square for over two hours. The church was being used as a shelter for children evacuated from war zones. Forty-two people died, most of them children. Only the facade was left standing. For years, Francoist propaganda spread the story that the marks came from the shooting of priests \u2014 a lie used to cover up what had really happened. The square you see today, with its Renaissance facades and octagonal fountain, is actually a reconstruction from the 1950s. Municipal architect Adolf Florensa moved facades from other bombed Barcelona buildings to this site. But the church was never fully restored. The scars were left visible on purpose.<\/p><p>Since 2007 there&#8217;s a small plaque on the wall. Few people find it.<\/p><div style=\"background: #f5efe6; border-left: 4px solid #c9943a; padding: 1rem 1.2rem; margin: 1.2rem 0 0.5rem; border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.65rem; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #c9943a; display: block; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-family: monospace;\">My tip<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 0.92rem; margin: 0; color: #3a2e25; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300;\">Come on a weekday early in the morning and find the backlit angle from the entrance arch. The square in the background, the fountain centred, the cold morning light cutting across the buildings. But before shooting, look closely at the facade. The stone still holds everything that happened here.<\/p><\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #e5ddd4; margin: 2rem 0;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40949ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40949ec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1235456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1235456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_image_is_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Plaza-Sant-Felip-Neri-scaled-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Plaza-Sant-Felip-Neri-scaled.jpg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3ODksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cucGhvdG90b3VyYmFyY2Vsb25hLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL1BsYXphLVNhbnQtRmVsaXAtTmVyaS1zY2FsZWQtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Plaza-Sant-Felip-Neri-scaled-1-768x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11789\" alt=\"Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip Neri Barcelona Gothic Quarter square\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a4aaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6a4aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1b3e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1b3e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_image_is_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SantFelipNeri-scaled-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"SantFelipNeri-scaled.jpg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3OTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cucGhvdG90b3VyYmFyY2Vsb25hLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL1NhbnRGZWxpcE5lcmktc2NhbGVkLTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SantFelipNeri-scaled-1-768x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11791\" alt=\"Shrapnel marks on the facade of Sant Felip Neri church Barcelona\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f26ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e3f26ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d6948 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4d6948\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db20971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db20971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pont del Bisbe: the bridge that carries a curse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e112d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7e112d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1631da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1631da\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb820dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb820dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two minutes&#8217; walk from Sant Felip Neri is one of the places I love showing people most. Few spots in Barcelona combine the spectacular and the strange quite like<strong> the Pont del Bisbe<\/strong>. A neo-Gothic pointed arch bridge connecting two institutional buildings at mid-height over Carrer del Bisbe, built in 1928 but looking like it was pulled straight from the Middle Ages.<\/p><p>The official story credits architect Joan Rubi\u00f3 i Bellver. The unofficial story adds that he \u2014 furious at being refused permission to reform the entire neighbourhood in Gothic style \u2014 carved a skull into the base of the bridge to curse anyone who passed beneath it. I don&#8217;t know if it works, but the skull is there. Look for it.<\/p><div style=\"background: #f5efe6; border-left: 4px solid #c9943a; padding: 1rem 1.2rem; margin: 1.2rem 0 0.5rem; border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.65rem; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #c9943a; display: block; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-family: monospace;\">My tip<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 0.92rem; margin: 0; color: #3a2e25; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300;\">The best photograph of the bridge is not the one everyone takes from the middle of the street \u2014 you&#8217;ve seen that one a thousand times. Find the frame from the southern end of the carrer, with the arch closing off the perspective and the lateral buildings compressing the space. If you&#8217;re lucky and the morning is overcast, the diffused light brings out every detail of the stone without harsh shadows.<\/p><\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #e5ddd4; margin: 2rem 0;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0724760 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0724760\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f204e6 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"0f204e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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at<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6621e16 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6621e16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea91222 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea91222\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4e75a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e4e75a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4593f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4593f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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This is one of those places people walk through without stopping because they&#8217;re in a hurry to reach the Cathedral. Mistake.<\/p><p><strong>Carrer de la Pietat<\/strong> is the back entrance to Barcelona Cathedral, and in it there&#8217;s something very few photographers take advantage of: a 15th-century Gothic bas-relief embedded in the wall that goes completely unnoticed. Right above the side door. A piece of brutal delicacy in a corner nobody looks at because everyone&#8217;s neck is turned toward the main facade.<\/p><div style=\"background: #f5efe6; border-left: 4px solid #c9943a; padding: 1rem 1.2rem; margin: 1.2rem 0 0.5rem; border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.65rem; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #c9943a; display: block; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-family: monospace;\">My tip<\/span><p style=\"font-size: 0.92rem; margin: 0; color: #3a2e25; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300;\">Frame tight, look for the texture of the stone, let the architecture fill the shot. This alley is narrow \u2014 the light changes completely depending on the time of day. In the morning it comes in raking from the east and lifts the relief out of the stone. In the afternoon it falls into shadow and the contrast flattens out.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aab7f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6aab7f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b113055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b113055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_image_is_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/carrer-de-la-pietat-scaled-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"carrer-de-la-pietat-scaled.jpg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3OTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cucGhvdG90b3VyYmFyY2Vsb25hLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL2NhcnJlci1kZS1sYS1waWV0YXQtc2NhbGVkLTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/carrer-de-la-pietat-scaled-1-768x1044.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11797\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a60ac64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a60ac64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728a957 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"728a957\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fcc248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fcc248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Colmena: the sweet stop you deserve<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3127e13 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3127e13\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3910b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3910b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There&#8217;s a moment on every good route when you have to stop. Not because your legs demand it \u2014 though that too \u2014 but because the rhythm needs it. Walking down toward Pla\u00e7a de l&#8217;\u00c0ngel, that moment arrives on its own:<strong> La Colmena<\/strong>.<\/p><p>They&#8217;ve been making Catalan pastries here since 1849. They haven&#8217;t changed the sign, they haven&#8217;t put in design furniture, they haven&#8217;t opened an Instagram account. They just keep doing what they know: genuinely good pastries, served by people who know the name of every single thing in the cabinet.<\/p><p>Get the <strong>xuixo de crema<\/strong>. It&#8217;s long, fried, filled with pastry cream and rolled in sugar. It&#8217;s excessive. It&#8217;s perfect. If you have room, add the bosquilla d&#8217;an\u00eds \u2014 it tastes like old Barcelona and Sunday morning at your grandparents&#8217; place.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udccd Pla\u00e7a de l&#8217;\u00c0ngel, 12 \u00b7 Open every day 9:00 to 21:00h<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13c529 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d13c529\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0cc265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0cc265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Capella: when contemporary art moves into a Gothic church<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f19a594 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f19a594\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4081b9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4081b9a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0627b17 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0627b17\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab38684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab38684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The perfect close to this route. From La Colmena we cross toward the Raval to reach La Capella \u2014 a 15th-century Gothic chapel on Carrer de l&#8217;Hospital that now works as an emerging art space run by Barcelona City Council. Free entry. Rotating exhibitions. And an interior that never leaves you indifferent.<\/p>\n \n<p>The contrast between the medieval architecture \u2014 ribbed vaults, dark stone, vertical proportions \u2014 and the contemporary installations it holds creates a visual tension that&#8217;s hard to find anywhere else in the city. It&#8217;s not the MACBA. It&#8217;s not a commercial gallery. It&#8217;s something else entirely.<\/p>\n \n<p>\ud83d\udccd Carrer de l&#8217;Hospital, 56 \u00b7 Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 to 20:00h \u00b7 Sundays 11:00 to 14:00h \u00b7 Closed Mondays<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7222b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c7222b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9bc147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9bc147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_image_is_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LaCapella-scaled-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"LaCapella-scaled.jpg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE3OTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cucGhvdG90b3VyYmFyY2Vsb25hLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL0xhQ2FwZWxsYS1zY2FsZWQtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LaCapella-scaled-1-768x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11799\" alt=\"Carrer de la Pietat Barcelona Cathedral back alley Gothic Quarter\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3409854 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3409854\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b06a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78b06a1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-083fc44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"083fc44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What makes this route special<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed92332 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed92332\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9208f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9208f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s not the longest. It doesn&#8217;t hit the most famous spots. But it has something the standard routes don&#8217;t: it lets you see the G\u00f2tic the way someone who lives there sees it. Squares without tourists, alleyways with history, the corner building that&#8217;s been there for decades and you always ignored because something bigger was next door.<\/p>\n \n<p>The Barri G\u00f2tic is not a film set. It&#8217;s a neighbourhood that breathes, that has scars and layers and corners that only reveal themselves when you stop rushing.<\/p>\n \n<p>Take the two hours. Stop at La Colmena. Look for the skull on the Pont del Bisbe. Step inside the cloister of Santa Anna.<\/p>\n \n<p>It&#8217;s worth it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7a837 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc7a837\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d1bb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"73d1bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border:1px solid #e5e0d8;border-radius:8px;padding:2rem;margin:2rem 0;background:#fff;\">\r\n  <span style=\"font-size:0.62rem;letter-spacing:0.18em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9b8b7a;display:block;margin-bottom:0.8rem;font-family:monospace;\">Photo Tour Barcelona<\/span>\r\n  <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1.4rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.15;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.9rem;text-transform:uppercase;\">Coming to Barcelona and want to bring back more than tourist photos?<\/div>\r\n  <p style=\"font-size:0.9rem;color:#5a4e43;line-height:1.6;font-weight:300;margin-bottom:1rem;\">Join one of my Photo Tours and discover the angles, the light and the history that only someone who truly loves Barcelona knows.<\/p>\r\n  <div style=\"border-left:3px solid #1a1410;padding-left:1rem;margin:0 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.88rem;color:#1a1410;\">It's not a tourist tour. It's a photography class with Barcelona as the classroom.<\/div>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/en\/phototours-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1a1410;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;padding:0.75rem 1.5rem;border-radius:4px;font-size:0.88rem;font-weight:500;margin-right:0.6rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;\">See all Photo Tours \u2192<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phototourbarcelona.com\/en\/photography-tour-gothic-quarter-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;color:#1a1410;text-decoration:none;padding:0.75rem 1.5rem;border-radius:4px;font-size:0.88rem;font-weight:500;border:1.5px solid #1a1410;margin-bottom:0.5rem;\">Gothic Quarter Tour \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n<!-- WIDGET RUTA -->\r\n<div style=\"margin:2rem 0;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden;\">\r\n  <div style=\"background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;padding:1.8rem 1.5rem;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-size:0.6rem;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c9943a;margin-bottom:0.5rem;display:block;font-family:monospace;\">Barcelona \u00b7 Barri G\u00f2tic \u00b7 Walking Tour<\/span>\r\n    <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1.6rem;line-height:1.05;color:#f5efe6;\">A morning in the <em style=\"color:#c9943a;font-style:italic;\">G\u00f2tic<\/em><\/div>\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:0.82rem;color:#c8b49a;font-weight:300;margin-top:0.4rem;\">6 stops \u00b7 ~2h on foot \u00b7 sweet break included<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"padding:1rem 1.5rem;background:#ede4d8;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Carrer+de+Santa+Anna,+Barcelona\/Pla%C3%A7a+de+Sant+Felip+Neri,+Barcelona\/Pont+del+Bisbe,+Barcelona\/Carrer+de+la+Pietat,+Barcelona\/La+Colmena,+Pla%C3%A7a+de+l'%C3%80ngel+12,+Barcelona\/La+Capella,+Carrer+de+l'Hospital+56,+Barcelona\/@41.3826,2.173,15z\/am=t\/data=!4m2!4m1!3e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:0.8rem;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;text-decoration:none;padding:0.75rem 1.2rem;border-radius:4px;font-size:0.85rem;font-weight:500;\">\r\n      <span style=\"width:28px;height:28px;background:#b5471b;border-radius:50%;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">\r\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" style=\"width:14px;height:14px;fill:white;\"><path d=\"M12 2C8.13 2 5 5.13 5 9c0 5.25 7 13 7 13s7-7.75 7-13c0-3.87-3.13-7-7-7zm0 9.5c-1.38 0-2.5-1.12-2.5-2.5s1.12-2.5 2.5-2.5 2.5 1.12 2.5 2.5-1.12 2.5-2.5 2.5z\"\/><\/svg>\r\n      <\/span>\r\n      Open full route in Google Maps \u2192\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"background:#f5efe6;padding:1.2rem 1.5rem 0.5rem;\">\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">01<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"flex:1;width:1px;background:#c8b49a;opacity:0.4;margin:5px 0;min-height:18px;\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">10:00 \u00b7 15 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">Carrer de Santa Anna<\/div>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">Modernist building on the corner and the Esgl\u00e9sia de Santa Anna further in \u2014 a 12th-century Romanesque temple. Entry: \u20ac4.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">02<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"flex:1;width:1px;background:#c8b49a;opacity:0.4;margin:5px 0;min-height:18px;\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">10:20 \u00b7 20 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">Pla\u00e7a de Sant Felip Neri<\/div>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">The quietest square in the G\u00f2tic. The marks on the facade are shrapnel from the bombing of 30 January 1938. Forty-two people died, most of them children.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">03<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"flex:1;width:1px;background:#c8b49a;opacity:0.4;margin:5px 0;min-height:18px;\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">10:45 \u00b7 10 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">Pont del Bisbe<\/div>\r\n        <span style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.63rem;color:#c9943a;display:block;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\u2605 4.7 \u00b7 1,756 reviews<\/span>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">Barcelona's most photographed neo-Gothic bridge. Built in 1928, looks medieval. Find the skull carved into the base.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">04<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"flex:1;width:1px;background:#c8b49a;opacity:0.4;margin:5px 0;min-height:18px;\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">11:00 \u00b7 10 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">Carrer de la Pietat<\/div>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">The Cathedral's back alley. Quiet, photogenic, with a 15th-century Gothic bas-relief above the side door that almost nobody notices.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#b5471b;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">05<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"flex:1;width:1px;background:#c8b49a;opacity:0.4;margin:5px 0;min-height:18px;\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">11:15 \u00b7 20 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#b5471b;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">La Colmena \u2014 Sweet Stop<\/div>\r\n        <span style=\"display:inline-block;background:#b5471b;color:white;font-size:0.57rem;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:0.12rem 0.4rem;border-radius:2px;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">\u2b50 Must stop<\/span>\r\n        <span style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.63rem;color:#c9943a;display:block;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\u2605 4.5 \u00b7 1,645 reviews<\/span>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0 0 0.5rem;\">Catalan pastry shop since 1849 on Pla\u00e7a de l'\u00c0ngel. Authentic, no tourist trap. Open every day 9am to 9pm.<\/p>\r\n        <div style=\"background:#ede4d8;border-left:3px solid #c9943a;padding:0.6rem 0.9rem;border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;font-size:0.78rem;color:#1a1410;line-height:1.55;font-style:italic;\">\r\n          <span style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.53rem;letter-spacing:0.15em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c9943a;font-style:normal;display:block;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">Order this<\/span>\r\n          The <strong>xuixo de crema<\/strong> \u2014 long, fried, filled with pastry cream. If you have room, add the bosquilla d'an\u00eds.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:38px 1fr;gap:0 1.2rem;\">\r\n      <div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;\">\r\n        <div style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:50%;background:#1a1410;color:#f5efe6;font-family:monospace;font-size:0.68rem;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;\">06<\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div style=\"padding-bottom:1.4rem;\">\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.57rem;color:#7a6a58;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:0.15rem;\">11:45 \u00b7 30 min<\/div>\r\n        <div style=\"font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;color:#1a1410;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">La Capella<\/div>\r\n        <span style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:0.63rem;color:#c9943a;display:block;margin-bottom:0.2rem;\">\u2605 4.3 \u00b7 Free entry \u00b7 Opens at 12:00<\/span>\r\n        <p style=\"font-size:0.82rem;line-height:1.6;color:#7a6a58;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">15th-century Gothic chapel turned emerging art space. Open Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 to 20:00h.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n \r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e81b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0e81b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6197ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6197ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQs \u2013 A walk through Barcelona's Gothic Quarter\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c31dc2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c31dc2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988508f elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"988508f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1590\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1590\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How long does it take to walk through the Barri G\u00f2tic? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1590\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe3778 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fe3778\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d94c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d94c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe route can be done in around 1 to 2 hours. If you stop to take photos, step into historic courtyards or explore the alleyways at your own pace, it can easily stretch longer.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1591\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1591\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is it better to do the Gothic Quarter route with a guide or on your own? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1591\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d394d4a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d394d4a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeb0c77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeb0c77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can absolutely do it on your own, but going with a local guide lets you discover history, stories and hidden corners that rarely appear in standard travel guides.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1592\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1592\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What's the best time to visit the Barri G\u00f2tic? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1592\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df48bd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df48bd9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03514f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03514f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly morning or late afternoon are the best times. The crowds are smaller and the light is perfect for street photography through the narrow medieval lanes.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1593\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1593\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is this a good route for photography? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1593\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c308ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c308ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f90440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f90440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYes, the Barri G\u00f2tic is one of the best places in Barcelona for photography. Its alleyways, medieval squares, historic facades and constantly shifting light make it a perfect setting.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1594\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1594\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is the Gothic Quarter route difficult? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1594\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5f81c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e5f81c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3de63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e3de63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;photography_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_link_closed_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_mobile_static&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;photography_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNot at all. 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