The  "barrio gótico" or gothic quarter of Barcelona is the  histórical center of the city. The touristic tour of the gothic quarter  is the one that makes us discover the history, the artistic past, and all the evolution of Barcelona as city.

The  Barrio Gótico is the oldest part of the Barcelona. The  cardus and the  decumanus did cross at the roman forum, just where we now have the square of Saint James.

A lso, it is divided in different quarters that still keep their personality.The  Call or  jewish quarter, situated on the south of the cathedral of Barcelona,  Santos Justo y Pastor, Santa Maria del Pi, where we fond the church of the pine tree, the Cathedral, Santa Ana, La Merced, where we find the head quarters of the mercedaires, and the  Palau.

The structure of the quarter did remain untouched, till the 19th century, period that did bring enourmus transformations to the structure and morfology of the quarter,like for example, the  transformation of the cementeris into public squares, or the demolishement of the old medieval walls. We still keep part of those walls in Barcelona.

The  visit of the barrio gótico takes minimum one hour,and maximum,well, this depends on your legs. Usualy, in the tour of the gothic quarter we also visit the ramblas street, that are at only five minutes walking  from the cathedral of Barcelona.

Some of the monuments and historical places of interest, are:

• The Catedral of Santa Eulalia. The  interior is visitable with  official guide, except on week ends.
• The Basílica of la Merced. Old  see of the  mercedairs.
• The square of  Saint James, where we can see the palace of the Generalitat, and the city hall.
• The Plaza Real. situated by the ramblas.
• The Plaza del Rey, with the  Museum of History of Barcelona. This is a very interesting museum, because its visit helps us with the comprehension of the history of Barcelona from times of the iberians to nowadays.
• Saint Felipe Neri.a beautifull square by the cathedral, with a very sad past.
• Portal del Ángel. The avenue of the door of the angel reminds us of the history of Saint Eulalia. 
• The remains of the roman temple of Augustus. We can still see some columns of the roman temple that was in the city of Barcino 2000 years ago..
• The four cats.(Els Quatre Gats). Nowadays it is a restaurant, but it was the place where Picasso made his first exposition.
• The jewish quarter of Barcelona. We know where was the sinagoge five hundred years ago.