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Walks in Eixample.
2 editor-picked walks through Eixample. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Eixample
Passeig de Gràcia and the modernisme
The block of discord, La Pedrera's stone wave, and three architects arguing in tile.
The Sagrada Família and the Eixample grid
Gaudí's basilica, a tree-lined avenue, and the modernista hospital-city at the top of it.
Nearby
Other walks close to Eixample.
Sorted by distance from the start of passeig de gràcia and the modernisme. Good for stitching together a longer day.
The Esquerra Eixample and the university
A cloistered university garden, a working market, and an old factory turned campus.
La Rambla and the Boqueria: the famous mile, eyes open
The flower stalls, the Miró mosaic, the market, and Gaudí's lampposts — done early, before the crush.
The Dreta Eixample and the passatges
A house with six spires, two garden-lined private rows, and the green hidden inside the grid.
Barri Gòtic: the cathedral and the Roman walls
The cathedral geese, the Temple of Augustus columns, and the quietest square in the old city.