# Roots Earth in Barcelona: audio stories about 57 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/barcelona Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 57 places in Barcelona, Spain, in Europe. The Barcelona stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Barcelona, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 57 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 57 places in Barcelona with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Sagrada Família 2. Park Güell 3. Casa Batlló 4. Casa Milà (La Pedrera) 5. Casa Vicens 6. Palau Güell 7. Barcelona Cathedral (La Seu) 8. Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar 9. Plaça del Rei 10. Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic) 11. Plaça Reial 12. La Rambla 13. Mercat de la Boqueria 14. Palau de la Música Catalana 15. Hospital de Sant Pau 16. MNAC – National Art Museum of Catalonia 17. Montjuïc Castle 18. Magic Fountain of Montjuïc 19. Poble Espanyol 20. Picasso Museum 21. El Born Cultural Centre 22. Arc de Triomf 23. Parc de la Ciutadella 24. Casa Amatller 25. Camp Nou 26. Tibidabo (Temple & Mountain) 27. Bunkers del Carmel (Turó de la Rovira) 28. Plaça de Catalunya 29. Columbus Monument (Mirador de Colom) 30. La Barceloneta 31. Monastery of Pedralbes 32. Torre Glòries 33. Santa Caterina Market 34. Temple of Augustus 35. Roman Walls of Barcelona 36. Gran Teatre del Liceu 37. Fundació Joan Miró 38. Plaça d'Espanya 39. Refugi 307 (Civil War Shelter) 40. El Raval 41. Gràcia 42. Poble-sec 43. Poblenou 44. Sant Antoni Market 45. Els Quatre Gats 46. Poblenou Cemetery 47. Parc del Laberint d'Horta 48. Fossar de les Moreres 49. Mercat del Ninot 50. Bar Marsella (Absinthe Bar) 51. La Monumental (Former Bullring) 52. Estació de França 53. Rambla del Raval 54. Mercat de la Llibertat 55. Bellesguard (Torre Figueres) 56. Parc del Guinardó 57. Museu Can Framis ## Is there an audio guide for Sagrada Família? Yes. Sagrada Família has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 57 Barcelona places in the app, at 41.40369, 2.17433. Every one of the other 56 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Barcelona Open Roots Earth and choose Barcelona. The city has its own map of places with all 57 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 57 places in Barcelona, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 57 places in Barcelona, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Sagrada Família - Coordinates: 41.40369, 2.17433 - In one line: Antoni Gaudí's unfinished basilica has been rising over Barcelona since 1882 and is still under construction today. Its tree-like columns, glowing stained glass, and sculpted facades make it the most visited monument in Spain. ### 2. Park Güell - Coordinates: 41.41361111, 2.15277778 - In one line: A hillside public park where Antoni Gaudí blended architecture, mosaics, and nature into a single dreamlike landscape. Once a failed luxury estate, it is now famous for its serpentine bench, mosaic salamander, and sweeping views over Barcelona. ### 3. Casa Batlló - Coordinates: 41.39158, 2.16492 - In one line: One of Antoni Gaudí's most imaginative buildings, this remodeled apartment house on Passeig de Gràcia is nicknamed the House of Bones for its skeletal balconies. Its shimmering facade and dragon-scaled roof make it a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ### 4. Casa Milà (La Pedrera) - Coordinates: 41.39527778, 2.16166667 - In one line: Known as La Pedrera, the stone quarry, this was Antoni Gaudí's last private residence. Its undulating limestone facade, twisting iron balconies, and surreal rooftop of warrior-like chimneys broke every architectural rule when it was completed in 1912. ### 5. Casa Vicens - Coordinates: 41.40358, 2.15079 - In one line: Antoni Gaudí's first major work, this colorful summer house in Gràcia is considered one of the earliest Art Nouveau buildings anywhere. Its facade of green and white tiles draws on Moorish influences and hints at the genius to come. ### 6. Palau Güell - Coordinates: 41.3793, 2.1744 - In one line: An opulent urban mansion built by a young Antoni Gaudí for his patron Eusebi Güell. Just off La Rambla, it features a soaring central hall crowned by a star-pierced dome and a rooftop of colorful mosaic chimneys. ### 7. Barcelona Cathedral (La Seu) - Coordinates: 41.38388889, 2.17638889 - In one line: The Gothic cathedral at the heart of the old city, dedicated to Saint Eulalia, whose tomb rests in the crypt. Its soaring nave, quiet cloister, and resident flock of thirteen white geese have anchored Barcelona's religious life for centuries. ### 8. Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar - Coordinates: 41.3839, 2.1819 - In one line: Considered the finest example of Catalan Gothic architecture, this Ribera church was built in just fifty-four years by the people of the maritime neighborhood. Slender columns and luminous space earned it the name the People's Cathedral. ### 9. Plaça del Rei - Coordinates: 41.3839, 2.1776 - In one line: A medieval stone courtyard in the Gothic Quarter, ringed by the former royal palace of the counts of Barcelona. By tradition Columbus was received here in 1493, and Roman ruins survive beneath the square in the city history museum. ### 10. Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic) - Coordinates: 41.38277778, 2.17694444 - In one line: The ancient heart of Barcelona, a labyrinth of narrow medieval streets built atop the Roman city of Barcino. Roman walls, hidden squares, and Gothic churches layer two thousand years of history within a few atmospheric blocks. ### 11. Plaça Reial - Coordinates: 41.3796, 2.1751 - In one line: A grand arcaded square just off La Rambla, ringed with palm trees, yellow facades, restaurants, and nightlife. Its lampposts were among Antoni Gaudí's first public works, and its fountain depicts the Three Graces. ### 12. La Rambla - Coordinates: 41.3797, 2.1746 - In one line: Barcelona's most famous street, a tree-lined pedestrian boulevard running from Plaça de Catalunya down to the waterfront. For centuries it has been the city's promenade, passing markets, the opera house, and a constant swirl of activity. ### 13. Mercat de la Boqueria - Coordinates: 41.3819, 2.1716 - In one line: Barcelona's most famous food market, opening onto La Rambla through an ornate iron-and-glass entrance. Its hall overflows with fresh produce, seafood, and jamón, drawing cooks and curious visitors to stalls and tapas bars alike. ### 14. Palau de la Música Catalana - Coordinates: 41.3875, 2.17555556 - In one line: A dazzling concert hall built as a temple to Catalan music by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. A masterpiece of Catalan Modernisme and UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is famous for an inverted stained-glass skylight that floods the auditorium with daylight. ### 15. Hospital de Sant Pau - Coordinates: 41.41277778, 2.17444444 - In one line: The largest Art Nouveau site in the world, a sprawling complex of garden-linked pavilions designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Built on the belief that beauty helps healing, it served as a hospital before reopening as a cultural monument. ### 16. MNAC – National Art Museum of Catalonia - Coordinates: 41.36833, 2.15331 - In one line: The national museum of Catalan art, housed in the monumental Palau Nacional crowning Montjuïc. ### 17. Montjuïc Castle - Coordinates: 41.3636, 2.1659 - In one line: An old military fortress atop the hill of Montjuïc, with commanding views over Barcelona and the sea. Once a prison and place of execution, it is now a peaceful destination reached by cable car, ringed by ramparts and a moat. ### 18. Magic Fountain of Montjuïc - Coordinates: 41.3711, 2.1518 - In one line: A grand fountain at the foot of Montjuïc that comes alive on select evenings with choreographed jets of water, light, and music. ### 19. Poble Espanyol - Coordinates: 41.369, 2.1475 - In one line: An open-air architectural museum on Montjuïc that recreates regional styles from across Spain in a single walkable village. Built for the 1929 International Exposition, it now houses artisan workshops, restaurants, and museums among its full-scale reproductions. ### 20. Picasso Museum - Coordinates: 41.3852, 2.1808 - In one line: Spread across five medieval palaces in El Born, this museum holds one of the world's most complete collections of Pablo Picasso's early work, tracing his formative years in Barcelona and his deep ties to the city. ### 21. El Born Cultural Centre - Coordinates: 41.3852, 2.183 - In one line: A former iron-framed market turned cultural centre, built above excavated streets of the 1700s. The preserved ruins reveal the neighbourhood razed after the 1714 siege, making the site a powerful memorial to Catalan history. ### 22. Arc de Triomf - Coordinates: 41.3911, 2.1806 - In one line: A grand red-brick arch built as the gateway to the 1888 Universal Exhibition. Its Moorish-influenced design and sculpted friezes welcome visitors along a broad promenade leading toward Parc de la Ciutadella. ### 23. Parc de la Ciutadella - Coordinates: 41.3884, 2.187 - In one line: Barcelona's central green space, laid out on the grounds of a former fortress. Home to a monumental fountain, a boating lake, and the Catalan parliament, it remains a favourite spot for relaxing and gathering. ### 24. Casa Amatller - Coordinates: 41.39166667, 2.165 - In one line: A Modernista mansion by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, crowned with a stepped Flemish-style gable. Standing beside Casa Batlló on the Block of Discord, it blends Gothic and Catalan craftsmanship in striking detail. ### 25. Camp Nou - Coordinates: 41.3808, 2.1228 - In one line: The legendary home stadium of FC Barcelona and one of the largest football grounds in Europe. Open since 1957, it draws supporters from around the world and anchors the club's identity and history. ### 26. Tibidabo (Temple & Mountain) - Coordinates: 41.4225, 2.11861111 - In one line: The highest peak overlooking Barcelona, crowned by a neo-Gothic church and a historic amusement park. Sweeping views stretch across the city to the sea, reached by a vintage funicular and tram. ### 27. Bunkers del Carmel (Turó de la Rovira) - Coordinates: 41.4194, 2.1622 - In one line: Ruins of Civil War anti-aircraft batteries perched atop Turó de la Rovira. ### 28. Plaça de Catalunya - Coordinates: 41.38666667, 2.17 - In one line: The vast central square where the old city meets the Eixample. A busy hub of fountains, statues, and transport links, it serves as the symbolic heart and meeting point of modern Barcelona. ### 29. Columbus Monument (Mirador de Colom) - Coordinates: 41.37580278, 2.17776111 - In one line: A towering monument to Christopher Columbus at the foot of La Rambla, raised for the 1888 Universal Exhibition. An interior lift climbs to a viewing platform overlooking the old harbour and waterfront. ### 30. La Barceloneta - Coordinates: 41.37988889, 2.18936111 - In one line: A former fishermen's quarter of narrow streets beside the sea, built in the eighteenth century. Famous today for its broad city beach, seafood eateries, and lively waterfront promenade. ### 31. Monastery of Pedralbes - Coordinates: 41.3954, 2.1124 - In one line: A serene Gothic monastery founded in 1326, with a three-storey cloister at its centre. Once home to an order of nuns, it preserves medieval murals, a chapel, and centuries of monastic life. ### 32. Torre Glòries - Coordinates: 41.40333333, 2.18944444 - In one line: A bullet-shaped glass tower by Jean Nouvel, glowing in shifting colours after dark. Opened in 2005, the landmark skyscraper has become a defining symbol of Barcelona's modern technology district. ### 33. Santa Caterina Market - Coordinates: 41.3866, 2.1782 - In one line: A historic food market famed for its undulating, brightly tiled roof. Renovated by Enric Miralles, it blends fresh produce stalls with archaeological remains uncovered beneath the building. ### 34. Temple of Augustus - Coordinates: 41.3833, 2.1772 - In one line: Four towering Corinthian columns hidden inside a Gothic Quarter courtyard, all that survives of a temple from Roman Barcino. The remains mark the ancient city's highest point and civic centre. ### 35. Roman Walls of Barcelona - Coordinates: 41.3839, 2.1781 - In one line: Massive defensive ramparts that once encircled Roman Barcino, with sections still standing in the Gothic Quarter. The surviving towers and stonework reveal the ancient foundations on which the city grew. ### 36. Gran Teatre del Liceu - Coordinates: 41.38027778, 2.17361111 - In one line: Barcelona's grand opera house on La Rambla, opened in 1847 and rebuilt after fire. One of Europe's most prestigious stages, it remains a cornerstone of the city's musical and cultural life. ### 37. Fundació Joan Miró - Coordinates: 41.36861111, 2.16 - In one line: A light-filled museum on Montjuïc dedicated to the painter Joan Miró. Designed by Josep Lluís Sert, it holds a vast collection of his paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. ### 38. Plaça d'Espanya - Coordinates: 41.375, 2.149 - In one line: A monumental square built for the 1929 International Exhibition, framed by twin Venetian-style towers. It opens onto Montjuïc and the Magic Fountain, serving as a major gateway and transport hub. ### 39. Refugi 307 (Civil War Shelter) - Coordinates: 41.3715, 2.16669 - In one line: An air-raid shelter dug by hand into Montjuïc by the people of Poble-sec during the Spanish Civil War. Its low tunnels, infirmary and children's room are preserved as a Barcelona History Museum site that remembers the bombing of the city. ### 40. El Raval - Coordinates: 41.37972222, 2.16805556 - In one line: A dense, multicultural neighbourhood in Barcelona's old town, long known for its grit and its red-light past. Today it mixes immigrant communities, contemporary art and old taverns, giving visitors one of the most genuinely lived-in corners of the city. ### 41. Gràcia - Coordinates: 41.400224, 2.157576 - In one line: A former independent town swallowed by Barcelona, Gràcia keeps the feel of a village with its narrow streets and lively squares. Famous for cooperatives, a rebellious spirit and the riotous August street festival, it remains one of the city's most distinctive neighbourhoods. ### 42. Poble-sec - Coordinates: 41.37361111, 2.16333333 - In one line: A working-class neighbourhood pressed between Montjuïc and the old theatre avenue of Paral·lel. Once the city's entertainment quarter, Poble-sec is now best known for Carrer de Blai, a street of cheap, delicious pintxos where locals graze bar to bar. ### 43. Poblenou - Coordinates: 41.39916667, 2.20388889 - In one line: Once the industrial powerhouse known as the Catalan Manchester, Poblenou is a Barcelona neighbourhood of old factories, a leafy rambla and fierce community pride. Now reinvented with tech offices, lofts and beaches, it still fights to keep its working-class soul. ### 44. Sant Antoni Market - Coordinates: 41.37861, 2.16208 - In one line: A grand iron-and-glass market hall from 1882, recently restored, serving its Eixample neighbourhood with food and goods. On Sunday mornings it hosts a beloved market for old books, comics, stamps and collectors of every kind. ### 45. Els Quatre Gats - Coordinates: 41.38555556, 2.17333333 - In one line: A bohemian tavern that opened in 1897 in a Modernista building by Puig i Cadafalch. Hub of Barcelona's artistic avant-garde, it hosted a teenage Picasso's first exhibition and still serves diners beneath its famous tandem-bicycle painting. ### 46. Poblenou Cemetery - Coordinates: 41.39611111, 2.20305556 - In one line: Barcelona's first walled cemetery, opened in 1775 beside the sea in Poblenou. Behind its neoclassical gates lie merchants, artists and the famous winged-skeleton sculpture known as the Kiss of Death, a quiet spot many locals still visit. ### 47. Parc del Laberint d'Horta - Coordinates: 41.4396, 2.14333 - In one line: Barcelona's oldest surviving garden, laid out from 1791 by the Desvalls family in the hills of Horta. Its centrepiece is a clipped cypress maze on a neoclassical terrace, ringed by pavilions, statues and pools, and kept quiet by a daily limit on visitors. ### 48. Fossar de les Moreres - Coordinates: 41.38343, 2.18234 - In one line: A memorial square beside Santa Maria del Mar, built over a mass grave of defenders who fell when Barcelona surrendered in 1714. An eternal flame burns above it, and every September 11 Catalans gather here on their national day to remember. ### 49. Mercat del Ninot - Coordinates: 41.38806, 2.15444 - In one line: A classic Eixample food market trading since 1893, its iron hall fully renovated in 2015. Locals do their daily shop at its fishmongers, butchers and greengrocers, away from the tourist crowds of La Boqueria across town. ### 50. Bar Marsella (Absinthe Bar) - Coordinates: 41.378242, 2.17127 - In one line: A faded nineteenth-century tavern in El Raval, long famous for serving absinthe in the old ritual. With its smoke-stained walls, antique bottles and dim chandeliers, it survives as one of Barcelona's most atmospheric drinking spots. ### 51. La Monumental (Former Bullring) - Coordinates: 41.40007, 2.18122 - In one line: Barcelona's last bullring, a tiled Modernista landmark on the Gran Via opened in 1914. It fell silent after Catalonia's parliament banned bullfighting, with the final fight held in 2011, and now stands as a venue for events and a museum. ### 52. Estació de França - Coordinates: 41.38491111, 2.18406944 - In one line: Barcelona's grand 1929 railway terminus near the old port, a curving hall of iron, marble and glass once the city's gateway to France. ### 53. Rambla del Raval - Coordinates: 41.37897, 2.16924 - In one line: A broad palm-lined boulevard opened in 2000 through the dense heart of El Raval, created by demolishing five blocks of old housing. Its bronze Botero cat and many-nationed crowd make it the neighbourhood's living room. ### 54. Mercat de la Llibertat - Coordinates: 41.39972, 2.15361 - In one line: Gràcia's oldest covered market, an iron-framed Modernista hall from 1888, designed by Miquel Pasqual i Tintoré, with ironwork by Francesc Berenguer i Mestres. Some forty stalls of fresh produce still serve the neighbourhood daily. ### 55. Bellesguard (Torre Figueres) - Coordinates: 41.409444, 2.126667 - In one line: A little-visited Gaudí house built between 1900 and 1909 on the foothills of Collserola, raised over the ruins of a medieval royal castle. Its dark stone, castle silhouette and Catalan symbolism make it the connoisseur's Gaudí. ### 56. Parc del Guinardó - Coordinates: 41.41954, 2.16967 - In one line: A large hillside park of pines and Mediterranean scrub above the Guinardó neighbourhood, opened in 1918 and rising to panoramic viewpoints over Barcelona. Used mainly by local residents rather than tourists. ### 57. Museu Can Framis - Coordinates: 41.40311, 2.19414 - In one line: A museum of contemporary Catalan painting in an old Poblenou textile factory, opened in 2009 by the Fundació Vila Casas. 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