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La Rambla is the grand boulevard of Barcelona, with a length of 2 kilometres. La Rambla starts at the Placa de Catalunya and goes downhill to the puerta Barcelona. You can come to Barcelona for the 10 th time in your life; La Rambla will never look the same. The boulevard changes its appearance with the years and seasons. La Rambla is always crowded with people. As the people change over the years, the Barcelona Boulevard changes as well.
La Rambla is a boulevard packed with living statues, mimes and people selling everything from lottery tickets to jewelry. Along the street you will find people of any age and social class, shoe shine boys, small stands selling flowers and vegetables, street theaters, big business galleries, cafeterias, terraces as well as some of the great theaters of the city.
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More than just being a street, La Rambla preserves its original characteristics, containing history from different periods of time. Walking down la Rambla, you should visit the Mercat de la Boqueria . This is the most important and most visited market of Barcelona . The market has an incredible mix of colours, activity and great food. It s best the way to discover the Mediterranean cuisine; La boqueria Barcelona .
On Sundays, you may visit Pla Reial for an interesting market of coins and stamps. It is a beautiful square with palm trees, fountains and luxurious shops. Today it s the heart of artists, a district with a truly charming ambience.
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The next section of La Rambla boasts the Gran Teatre del Liceu , the famous 19th century opera house. Below the Pla Reial, La Rambla becomes a little shady, with steaming strip clubs and peep shows La Rambla ends at the lofty Monument a Colom (Monument to Columbus) and the harbor. Just west of the monument, on Avinguda de les Drassanes, stand the Reials Drassanes (Royal Shipyards), which house the Museu Marítim boasting boats, models, maps, paintings, ships' figureheads and 16th century galleys.
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