We'll be in Barcelona for four nights in April. We're traveling with another couple and rental apartments are our preferred sleep option. Which neighborhoods are recommended? We want to be within walking distance of either sightseeing or public transportation to get to the sights. We'd like to be near restaurants also.
Thank you.
For me it has to the right side (dreta) of Eixample (though the left side does have the wonderful Rambla de Catalunya). Perfection would be on Consell de Cent near Girona metro stop.
Susan, I strongly recommend the Barri Gotic, which is Catalan for Gothic Quarter. It's Barcelona's mysterious birthplace of narrow, winding lanes and hidden squares. The neighborhood is packed with great eateries and A-level history. It's where the Romans started Barcelona. Picasso used to drink in the Barri at a bar and restaurant called Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats); there is an evocative Jewish Quarter called El Call, where 4,000 residents were packed into just a handful of streets; and the Placa del Rei is where King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella welcomed home Columbus in 1493 from the New World with Native American guests. It has a very medieval flavor.
