Like many other areas along the seashore of Barcelona, Port Vell (the old harbour) has been a degenerated area before the 1992 Olympic Games.

Created for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Port Olimpic has become one of the most popular leisure districts of Barcelona.

Barceloneta is an old fishermen’s neighborhood constructed in the mid of the 18th century. Those days their old housings in El born had to make way for the citadelle of King Phillip V.

Barcelona’s district of Eixample has been constructed in the late 19th century. Those days Barcelona’s old town (Ciudad Vella) only consisted of the central districts of Barri Gotic, El Raval and El Born.

The oldest district of Barcelona is Barri Gotic (the gothic quarter). Its oldest parts on a small hill have already been settled during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus two thousand years ago.

The district of La Ribera is sometimes also referred to as El Born by the locals of Barcelona. El Born actually is the richer part of La Ribera towards the harbour front.

Tibidabo is with 512 meters the highest mountain in the Sierra de Collserola range. This mountain range separates the narrow coastal stretch Barcelona is build upon from the hinterland.

Montjuic, the so-called mountain of the jews, is situated between Ciudad Vella (the old centre) of Barcelona and the industrial harbour.