Free audio walk in Barcelona
The other side of the Gothic Quarter
- 67 min
- 3.7 km
- 11 stops
- Free
Starts at Carrer De Sant Honorat 7
About this walk
You've walked the Gothic Quarter before. The narrow streets, the old stones, tourists everywhere. But do you actually know what happened here?
Bombs fell on that square. The shrapnel scars are still in the walls. Around the corner, the poor lined up for bread at Plaça Almoina. A teenage girl named Eulalia was tortured to death and became the city's patron saint. And someone turned a kiss into Barcelona's biggest artwork.
Same streets. Different walk.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
Barri Gòtic
Medieval streets, Roman walls, and not everything is as old as it looks.
Read the story - 2Stop 2
The Bombing of Barcelona,
In March 1938, a Mediterranean city became the testing ground for a new kind of warfare — one designed not to destroy armies, but to break ordinary people.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The origins of Catalonia
How a small county on the frontier became a nation with its own language, laws, and identity.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol
The wall of this medieval church has been hiding a secret message for 65 years, and the story behind it is more dramatic than you might expect.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
Barcelona Cathedral and the tombs of Ramon and Almodis (his wife)
A count murdered his stepmother, but the cathedral still holds both their tombs.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
Borrell II and Sant Jordi → sculpture at Barcelona Cathedral
When no help came from the north, a count declared independence — and adopted a dragon-slaying saint.
- 7Stop 7
Eulalia of Barcelona
The teenage martyr who endured thirteen tortures — and became the city's patron saint.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
Santa Anna
A peaceful cloister hides just steps from the tourist crowds — most visitors walk right past.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
The World Begins With Every Kiss
A massive mosaic made of 4,000 photographs — and each one captures a kiss.
Read the story - 10Stop 10
Plaça Almoina
Where the poor once received bread, history now lies buried beneath modern paving.
Read the story - 11Stop 11
Gargoyles
Look up and you'll see an elephant, a unicorn, and something that looks suspiciously like a witch.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk The other side of the Gothic Quarter with ROODS.
11 stops through Barcelona, about 67 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
