Barcelona - Passeig de Gràcia

The Passeig de Gràcia is undoubtedly the most elegant and striking boulevard in the Eixample. It links the Plaça de Catalunya on the edge of the old town with the Gràcia district to the northwest adjoining the Eixample, where it continues as the much narrower Carrer Gran de Gràcia.

Along this broad street, flanked with rows of trees, will be found numerous banks and better quality shops; note in particular the many stately houses built in the Modernist style, which give it its characteristic stamp. The typical greenish-gray relief stones used in the pavement were designed by Antoni Gaudí.

The arms of the Catalonian capital occur frequently in the many artistic wrought iron candelabra.

The Passeig de Gràcia