LA BOQUERÍA MARKET La Rambla, 89 bis Phone 933 182 584 www.boqueria.info Known as la Boqueria, the historic market of Sant Josep is like a festival of aromas and colors… there must be a reason for being the most visited market in town, that must be seen at least once.
PALAU GÜELL carrer Nou de la Rambla, 3-5 Phone 934 725 775 – 934 725 771 www.palauguell.cat Another building designed by Antoni Gaudí which was declared World Heritage by UNESCO. It is currently undergoing restoration and it offers a temporary exhibition about the restaurant industry. Closed on Monday.
PALAU DE LA VIRREINA las Ramblas, 99 Phone 933 161 000 http://lavirreina.bcn.cat This palace which can be considered a baroque jewel, was commissioned by the viceroy of Perú, Manuel d’Amat i Junyet for his wife. The building has several rooms where art exhibitions are organized and at the entrance, an information point will give you more details about the city’s cultural exhibitions.
SANTA MARIA DEL PI CHURCH carrer del Cardenal Casañas, 16 Phone 933 184 743 http://basilicadelpi.com The first documents about the Santa Maria del Pi church are of the year 987, even though the present construction on the top dates back to the 14th century. It is a baroque building of one big nave only. A wonderful rose window stands out in the main façade, it was built by Josep Maria Jujol.
CARRER PETRITXOL near la Plaça del Pi and The Rambles In Pi square the Carrer Petritxol starts, a a little street with a lot of history and full of life, with different art halls and farms where from the beginning of the last century, the people of Barcelona take the worthy suizos, a delicious cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream on top.
MUSEU DE LES IL·LUSIONS carrer Pintor Fortuny, 17 Phone 618 555 655 If you like optical illusions and the visual games, this is a place for both adults and the little ones, that cannot fail to move you. The entrance is only 10euros!

EROTICA MUSEUM La Rambla, 96 bis Phone 933 189 865 If you want to learn more about the Spanish porn cinema, to go into the Kamasutra or to get to know the prohibited erotic art of Japan, enter this museum where you will certainly learn much more things.
LA PLAÇA REIAL The Rambles with carrer Ferran It’s a square with portico of 19th century designed by the architect Daniel Molina and very well appreciated by the people of Barcelona. In the middle, there is a sculpture fountain, La font de les Tres Gràcies, and two peculiar street lamps designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí.
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