Starting from the Placa Catalunya end, highlights [to right and left] include: -Virreina Palace (right) (occasional art exhibitions) -Umbrella factory (left) -Boqueria Market (right) (foodstuffs. There?s even a stall selling edible insects!) -Guell Palace (right) -Liceu (Opera House) RHS (right) worth a visit to see the ravishing restoration of the opera hall after the 1989 fire). -Placa Real (left) (Baroque Square - a bit seedy but lined with bar terraces away from the traffic). -Wax Museum (left) (not worth a visit but building is a 19th century oddity) -Columbus statue (arm points seaward - to the East, not to the West!) -Maremagnum shopping centre - over the yacht haven footbridge. IMAX, Aquarium nearby.
dont spend much time here its tourist trap - if you like to have good meals for affordable prices then go somewhere else.
