{"id":2449,"date":"2009-06-22T11:05:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T19:50:47","slug":"barcelona-placa-de-catalunya-and-la-rambla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/travel\/barcelona-placa-de-catalunya-and-la-rambla\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona: Placa de Catalunya and La Rambla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that it\u2019s been quite a few days here in Barcelona, I\u2019ve found that the center point of the whole city revolves around the <strong>Placa de Catalunya<\/strong>. This Union Square-like center point represents the heart of the city that at each corner an important road vears to an entirely different part of the city with an entirely different feel. Buses, underground metro and railways also meet at this pivotal placa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-2451  aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"placacatalunya\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya-80x51.jpg\"  alt=\"placacatalunya\"  width=\"592\"  height=\"379\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya.jpg 592w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya-380x243.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220416\/placacatalunya-80x50.jpg 80w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Aside from its important functions, the <strong>Placa de Catalunya<\/strong> is quite a site to see with a unique open circle in the middle, which somehow attracts hundreds of pigeons adding to the squares quaint beauty. <strong>El Centre Ingles<\/strong>&#8211; Barcelona\u2019s major department store also lies at the corner, along with many other high end and recognizable shops. Old world statues make the Placa de Catalunya architecture extremely European. As a total tourist, I took one of the double decker buses around the cities, which despite everything, was definitely worth it and informative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-2452  aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"placa-catalunya-front\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-80x60.jpg\"  alt=\"placa-catalunya-front\"  width=\"600\"  height=\"450\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220419\/placa-catalunya-front-83x63.jpg 83w\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At the Southwest corner and beginning of the world famous La Rambla promenade sits <strong>Caf\u00e9 Zurich<\/strong> \u2013 a replica of the same caf\u00e9 and famous landmark once residing there long before the new one. Having had coffee and croissants there a few times already, I can say it is a great spot to relax while also taking part in the action at this busy crossroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-2450    aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"cafe-zurich\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich-80x120.jpg\"  alt=\"cafe-zurich\"  width=\"512\"  height=\"768\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich.jpg 512w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich-380x570.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220412\/cafe-zurich-53x80.jpg 53w\" ><\/p>\n<p><strong>La Rambla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After finishing a delicious \u201ccaf\u00e9 con leche,\u201d it\u2019s quite hard not to make your way down the whimsical and most well-known boulevards in Europe \u2013 <strong>La Rambla<\/strong>. This majestic mile-long promenade is full of color and life exuding from the somewhat freaky human statues, fortune-tellers, pick-pocketing card sharks, magicians, dancers, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-2455  aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"la-rambla-humanstatue\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue-80x53.jpg\"  alt=\"la-rambla-humanstatue\"  width=\"642\"  height=\"427\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue.jpg 642w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220426\/la-rambla-humanstatue-620x412.jpg 620w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Halfway down La Rambla is the <strong>Mercat de la Boqueria<\/strong> \u2013 not your average market. The famed area is not just for shoppers, tourist head in here to see the morbid sheep heads, gory skinned animals and to feel the fast paced energy. However large in its radius, the food is fresh and there is something very European about the bustling shoppers gathering their weekly produce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-2456   aligncenter pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  title=\"mercat-de-la-boqueria\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-80x60.jpg\"  alt=\"mercat-de-la-boqueria\"  width=\"642\"  height=\"482\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria.jpg 642w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/24220430\/mercat-de-la-boqueria-83x63.jpg 83w\" ><\/p>\n<p>La Rambla at night can be as busy as it is bazaar with its hopping after-hour discotheques and\u00a0controversial\u00a0sales. Let&#8217;s just say as a girl, I wouldn&#8217;t strut my stuff down the boulevard at night without a partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that it\u2019s been quite a few days here in Barcelona, I\u2019ve found that the center point 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