Barcelona is so plentiful of suggestions and possibilities that it really was a hard work to choose pick a few ones for this article, as we love all places of our city. But you can take for granted that all these proposed spots in Barcelona are some of the best places you can visit here.
All people who had stay at least once in Barcelona will also suggest to experience it as well: in the same city you will find a stunning architectural beauty, gardens and other natural green spaces, lots of beaches and an enormous offer in leisure, culture and a tasteful local gastronomy… Barcelona is also known for hosting some of the biggest sports events, international business fairs, music tours and a modern harbor from where almost all Mediterranean cruises sail and dock.
Barcelona is also considered one of the best shopping cities worldwide, hence all European, American and Asian top brands want to have a showcase in one of the most important cities bordering the Mediterranean Sea, placing most of them in the elegant Passeig de Gràcia, for example. And not so far from this boulevard you will find another emblematic street in Barcelona: La Rambla, where on your way to seaside you may step inside Corbeto’s Boots store, exactly at La Rambla, 40.
This means than in prevision of visiting Catalonia’s capital city for a long time or just doing a quick trip looking up for the most iconic city places, making a stop at Corbeto’s shop is very easy to plan, as we’re located in a centric and touristic place. If you love all about genuine American western clothes or cowboy boots made in Spain, Corbeto’s Boots is a mandatory place to know while enjoying your holidays in Barcelona for all western fashion lovers and country line dancers, just as this other top spots in the city we’re going to suggest you right now. Here we go!
Casa Batlló & La Pedrera: the Modernism bright days
In one of the most impressive abd classy streets in all Barcelona, the Passeig de Gràcia boulevard, you will find on either side some of the most incredible Modernist buildings ever, the most part of them designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. His two buildings located there are Casa Batlló and Casa Milà, also known as La Pedrera: two monuments who deserved to be observed and snapped if it’s your first time in Barcelona.
Casa Batlló is open to everyone each day of the week to be inside its ample rooms, walk around its special atrium and see the original chimneys in the roof. Lots of tourists and locals are always standing outside while admiring the facade and taking pictures, as this Gaudi’s work is an architectural referent around the world.
Casa Milà, on his part, can be visited through the standard tour guide called ‘La Pedrera Essential’ throughout the day, but there’s also some special guides like ‘La Pedrera Night Experience’ or ‘The Unseen Pedrera’, to discover some hidden gems while relating the best unheard of stories about this monument.
Güell Park: a UNESCO World Heritage Site
This is another display of Gaudi’s genie: a huge park where to take a stroll while watching many animal sculptures, tree-shaped columns and other monuments with a birds-eye view of Barcelona and its shoreline from the Gran Plaça Circular.
Inside the park you can visit two small fairytale-look houses: the Keeper’s House, for example, has a beautiful staircase and a snake-shaped colorful mosaic bench.
Sagrada Família: the city’s symbol
Also designed by Antoni Gaudí, the so-called ‘XX Century Cathedral’ is the most visited monument in Barcelona. Its construcción began in 1882 and it’s expected to be finished in 2026. Everyone would recognize this temple outside, but don’t miss the opportunity of going inside and behold the impressive and huge columns. One of the towers is also open to ascend with an elevator and be used as a nice viewpoint where all Eixample quarter and the rest of the city can be seen.
Montjüic: the Font Màgica mount
On this faced to the sea little mountain slopes, arriving from Plaça d’Espanya you can visit several places like MNAC (Catalonian National Art Museum), the Magic Fountain (Font Màgica), where in many summer nights it will display a great light and colour show, or Poble Espanyol (Spanish Town), a reduced yet beautiful representation of a traditional southern village in Spain. Going hill up you can also take a look at the Olympic Rings and the Montjuïc Castle.
Barcelona’s Cathedral and the Gothic quarter
The Barri Gòtic (Gothic quarter) has many places to visit as well and a strong personality, like all quarters located in Barcelona’s Old Town, like the Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, being commonly shortened as Cathedral. This church has a beautiful cloister with a big pond with plants and 13 gooses in memory of Saint Eulàlia, who died also at 13 years old defending her Christian faith.
The Gothic quarter can be completely toured starting from pedestrian street Portal de l’Àngel, where many shops and street shows will entertain your route.
La Rambla: a Barcelona’s heart with unmissable places
The already known Rambla of Barcelona, a prominent street where Corbeto’s Boots shop is located, extends from Plaça Catalunya (Catalonia Square) to Columbus statue, just a few meters away from the sea. La Rambla street is famous for their old newsstands & flower stands, human statues disguised in awesome characters or Canaletes fountain, where all Barça fans turn to celebrate all football titles won. Also you will find during your walk some recognizable touristic places like Saint Joseph’s Market, also known as La Boqueria, the Gran Teatre del Liceu or Plaça Reial, this one accesible from La Rambla.
Mercat de La Boqueria is one of the biggest wholesale food markets in the city, with more than 2500 square meters occupied, with several stands and restaurants and a lively friendly atmosphere during all day. On another note, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, as Barcelona’s opera house, is one of the most prestigious sites internationally, hosting the best opera singers and ballet companies since 1847. This house of culture had overcome multiple blazes and even an anarchist bomb attack back in 1893, and now, beside their wide offer of classic music concerts, operas and other spectacles, you can also visit the building to admire its architecture and the resting room still originally maintained, called Saló dels Miralls (Mirrors’ Room).
And just walking down ten numbers from Liceu, at La Rambla 40, you will be at Corbeto’s. At our shop but also online you will find all kind of men & women cowboy, biker and rockabilly boots and shoes, classic camperos boots and boots for country line dance.
If you are passionate about country style, you have to see our western shirts, t-shirts or leather and fringed waistcoats. If you want an authentic cowboy hat or a good leather belt, buckles or ties, among many other accessories, Corbeto’s Boots is the place you were looking for. Or simply, if you are walking around the area and you would like to visit an original, exclusive, authentic and different shop, don’t forget to visit us. We are waiting for you in the heart of one of the most visited and favourite cities in Europe: Barcelona.
