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Laramblas in Barcelona is approximately 1.2 kilometres long with Port Vell, near the cruise port terminal at the Southern most end and Placa Catalunya at the northern most end.
If you have your back to Port Vell and you are looking up towards Catalunya along the Ramblas on your left hand side is the Raval area and on your right-hand side is the Barri Gotic or Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona Las Ramblas can also be roughly divided into seedy and non-seedy areas. This distinction between seedy and non-seedy becomes a lot clearer during the night time when the Southern most end of the Ramblas becomes something of a red light district and is frequented by prostitutes.
La Rambla is primarily pedestrianised with only two narrow one-way traffic roads which run on either side of the central Ramblas Boulevard. Barcelona city council have restricted traffic flow through this region and you have the overwhelming feeling that pedestrians rule in this area (which makes a welcome change). Unlike other cities that have huge roads running through the middle Barcelona has chosen to structure the road system such that the heart of the city centre is primarily pedestrianised with larger roads that service the periphery.
The Ramblas is serviced by three Metro stops along its length making it a superb transport point to see the rest of the city. At the Southern most end of LaRambla, near to Christopher Columbus memorial, you have the Drassanes Metro station. Midway along the Barcelona Las Ramblas, just outside the Liceu Theatre, you have the Metro stop Liceu. At the northern most tip of the Barcelona Ramblas you have metro stop Catalunya which is serviced by the Metro on both the Green line L3 and redline L1. Catalunya is also the point at which you can catch the Aerobus and the Barcelona Tour bus which will take you around 3 circuits of populat tourist attractions.
There is plenty of accommodation along the Ramblas in the form of hotels, hostals and apartments.Although the Ramblas offers you excellent access to the very heart of the city it is worth remembering that if you choose accommodation on the Ramblas you must be prepared for noise. There is no getting away from this, Regardless of whether your hotel has double glazing or not be prepared for some noise. There will even be street noise at night when the Ramblas can be busy until 3 a.m. or later.
Attractions along the Ramblas including live performances, human statue art, artists that will draw your portrait or caricature, as well as established attractions like- Wax museum, Erotica museum, Christopher Columbus monument and modernist boqueria market.
