Barcelona: Gothic Quarter Walking Tour

The past comes to life on this walking tour in the footsteps of one-time residents through winding alleyways and picturesque squares of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. Every stone has a story to tell.

This exploration starts in the days of the Romans, continues to the Middle Ages, and then follows into the early 18th century.

Get a glimpse of more than just the history of Barcelona on this German-language tour of Barcelona. Barcelona is anything but some musty museum; it is a dynamic port city constantly reinventing itself and always changing. Every street pulses with life, and old and new blend together to form incredible scenery in a style truly unique to this Mediterranean metropolis.

The following topics await you on this walking tour:

• Roman luxury: flowing water for a convalescent colony
• A holy city gets concurrence
• Birth of a nation: a nasty affair and a bloody situation
• How the dragon came to Barcelona
• The young girl in the pines and the French soldier's bayonet
• A slightly spooky brotherhood
• The crown of Aragon: from the little city to maritime force
• We're talking to you! The advice of the hundreds and the general
• King Martin's death: the beginning of the end of codetermination
• The Jewish Quarter: the remnants of a lost world
• The Inquisition and the hound kings: praise is nothing to play with
• My Immortal: a romantic place and the scars of the Spanish Civil War
• A Gothic theme park: even houses move, stone by stone
• Watch that egg dance
• Royal palace: King Fernando fights his fears and doesn't receive Columbus at home
• Santa Maria del Mar: the first collaborative project; legends and heroes
• The mulberry grave: the vengeance of the Bourbon kings and the head of the general
• A half house and the song of the knife-grinder

...and much more.