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 LA RAMBLA
stretches from Pla�a
Catalunya in the center of Barcelona to the harbor.� The street
is approximately 1.5 miles long and features a central sidewalk
bordered with plane trees,
restaurant patios, and vendors selling flowers and birds.�
La Rambla is the heart of Barcelona as much as the Champs-Elysees is
the heart of Paris.� Locals claim that if you
haven't walked La Rambla, then you haven't visited Barcelona.�
Many of
Barcelona's sights lie off of La Rambla, but the single most
interesting aspect of the street is simply people watching.� La
Rambla is like an open air theater where everyone is an actor.�
At all times of the night or day you will find the street packed
with pedestrians, street performers, and vendors.�
Nowhere else is it more evident that the Spanish enjoy their
nightlife.� In fact, you will find more people walking La
Rambla at 2 in the morning than you will at 2 in the afternoon!�
La Rambla ends at the waterfront, where you will find the Statue of
Christopher Columbus.� Barcelona is the city where King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella welcomed home Columbus from the New
World in 1493.� Unfortunately, the statue of Columbus is
pointing in the wrong direction.� He is pointing east, towards
the Mediterranean, instead of west towards the Americas.
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