10 · Museums
El Born Centre de Cultura
The old iron market hall of El Born, where the streets of 1714 lie open under your feet.
- On foot
- 4 min on foot from the hotel
- About
- A market hall of 1876
- Concierge’s tip
- Look down at the old streets under the hall
El Born’s iron market hall was finished in 1876. When it was being restored, the streets and houses of 1714, destroyed after the siege of Barcelona, were found under it, and they now lie open below the walkways of the hall.
Entry to the hall itself is free.
Walks that pass here
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Nearby
Museums
Museu Picasso
Picasso's early years in five medieval palaces on the Carrer de Montcada, two minutes from the hotel.
3 min on foot from the hotel
Churches
Santa Maria del Mar
The great Gothic church of El Born, built by the people of the port in only fifty-four years.
5 min on foot from the hotel
Markets
Mercat de Santa Caterina
The market round the corner, under a roof of coloured tiles that ripples like a field of fruit.
5 min on foot from the hotel
Getting around
Metro Jaume I
The nearest metro: the yellow line 4, towards the seafront one way and the Passeig de Gràcia the other.
6 min on foot from the hotel