Perched on an upper floor overlooking the old harbour of Barcelona, Altamar is a fine-dining restaurant in the Barceloneta district known for combining refined Mediterranean and seafood-focused cuisine with panoramic views over the city, the port and the sea. The restaurant occupies an elevated position near the foot of the Montjuic cable car, and its tall windows frame views that take in the marina, the waterfront, the city skyline and, on clear days, the curve of the coastline beyond. The kit.....

Celebrating the oldest trophy in international sport, the America's Cup Experience is an interactive attraction on the Moll d'Espanya at the Port Vell waterfront of Barcelona, created around the city's hosting of the historic sailing competition. Barcelona staged the 37th America's Cup in 2024, bringing the elite of competitive sailing and its space-age foiling yachts to the Catalan coast, and the experience was developed to immerse visitors in the history, technology and excitement of the event.....

Recreating the frozen southern continent through immersive technology, the Antarctica Experience is a temporary exhibition-style attraction that has run in Barcelona, transporting visitors on a simulated expedition to one of the most remote and extreme environments on Earth. The experience combines large-scale projection, virtual reality, soundscapes and set design to evoke the journey south, immersing visitors in the icy landscapes, wildlife and scientific exploration of Antarctica without the .....

Built as the grand entrance to the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, the Arc de Triomf stands at the head of the Passeig de Lluis Companys, a broad promenade leading towards the Parc de la Ciutadella where the fair was held. It was designed by the architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas. Rather than commemorating a military victory in the manner of older triumphal arches, it was conceived as a welcoming gateway, and its decoration reflects that civic purpose. The arch is built of exposed red br.....

A former bullring turned shopping and leisure complex, Arenas de Barcelona stands by the Placa d'Espanya, its circular brick wall a survivor from the building's first life. The original Plaza de Toros de las Arenas opened in 1900, designed by the architect August Font i Carreras. Bullfighting at the ring declined through the 20th century, and the last fight was held in 1977. The building also served over the years as a venue for opera, theatre, rock concerts and political gatherings, and even a.....

Cutting diagonally across the strict grid of the Eixample, the Avinguda de Gaudi links two of Barcelona's greatest works of Modernisme: the Sagrada Familia at one end and the Hospital de Sant Pau at the other. The short, tree-lined avenue is one of the few streets to break the district's regular pattern. It came into being in the early 20th century, when work on the new Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau created the need for a street connecting the hospital with the basilica. Laid out to a pl.....

Slicing across the regular blocks of Barcelona at an angle, the Avinguda Diagonal is one of the city's most important thoroughfares, running for several kilometres from the inland districts down towards the sea. Its name comes directly from the way it cuts diagonally through the grid. The avenue was part of the celebrated 19th-century expansion plan for the city drawn up by the engineer Ildefons Cerda, whose design extended Barcelona beyond its old walls in a vast, even grid crossed by a few br.....

Gathering reproductions of the work of the elusive British street artist, the Banksy Museum in Barcelona presents a large collection of recreations of the anonymous artist's most famous murals, stencils and interventions, assembled to allow visitors to encounter in one place pieces that are otherwise scattered across walls around the world. Because Banksy's original works are created illegally on streets, buildings and public surfaces internationally, and many have been destroyed, painted over o.....

Home to one of Europe's most extensive collections of Mediterranean marine life, L'Aquarium de Barcelona sits on the Moll d'Espanya in the Port Vell harbour and ranks among the most visited attractions in the city. Opened in 1995, the aquarium holds around 11,000 animals across some 450 species, distributed through dozens of tanks that recreate marine habitats from the Mediterranean Sea and tropical waters around the world. Its centrepiece is the Oceanarium, a vast 36 metre, 3.7 million litre t.....

Departing from the Port Vell and Barceloneta waterfront, boat trips around Barcelona offer visitors a chance to see the city and its coastline from the water, ranging from short harbour cruises to longer sailing excursions along the Catalan shore. A variety of operators run from the old harbour, using vessels that include the traditional Golondrinas pleasure boats, which have carried passengers around the port since the late nineteenth century, alongside modern catamarans, sailing yachts and spe.....