Overview

It’s the dignified uptown and bubbly downtown divide. Above Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes is modernista Eixample in neat grids, villagey Gràcia and the hills of Tibidabo. Below lies the old city with the narrow, winding lanes of ancient, ambient Barri Gòtic, hip and bustling (El) Born, grungy-cool (El) Raval, and flash seaside Barceloneta.