The Astounding Design Of Eixample, Barcelona

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Nice layout! They remind me of Legos although I doubt they would at street level. Have any of you ever been to Barcelona?
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tabby;1376613 wrote: They remind me of Legos although I doubt they would at street level.It feels just like it looks in the photos to walk around, very regular and predictable as far as navigating's concerned. It does make the main streets attractively and unusually wide compared to London, for example. I prefer less order.
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tabby;1376613 wrote: The Astounding Design Of Eixample, Barcelona | All That Is Interesting



Nice layout! They remind me of Legos although I doubt they would at street level. Have any of you ever been to Barcelona?


I stayed in a hotel just off the bottom of that picture - no more than a five minute walk from the Sagrada Familia they're still building in the middle left (one of the most amazing buildings I've seen but you think they might have finished it by now).

It is not one of the great areas of Barcelona - you go down to the Ramblas to eat and shop or the Park Guell to promenade or even the Neu Camp to soak up the atmosphere but you would not go to Eixample for anything other than need.
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