Eastern Spain
Catalonia
Barcelona

Port Vell

Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in , , , and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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  • Type: Bus stop
  • Description: port of Barcelona, Spain
  • Also known as: “Port Vell de Barcelona”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Columbus Monument and La Rambla.

Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of , , , . It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. is situated 440 metres west of Port Vell.

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is considered the most well known street in central . A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the in its center with the at Port Vell. is situated 1 km northwest of Port Vell.

Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mansion designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell, and was built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the of in , . is situated 770 metres west of Port Vell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barcelona and Ciutat Vella.

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is 's second largest city, with a population of nearly two million people, and the capital of . A major port on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a wide variety of attractions that bring in tourists from around the globe.

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is, as its name suggests, the oldest part of . Centred along the Las Ramblas boulevard, it includes Barcelona's old port as well as parts built from the early Middle Ages to mid-19th century.

Port Vell

Latitude
41.37666° or 41° 22′ 36″ north
Longitude
2.18298° or 2° 10′ 59″ east
Elevation
-3 metres (-10 feet)
Operator
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Network
Bus de Barcelona
Open location code
8FH495GM+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2572094317
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
Geo­Names ID
6457241
Wiki­data ID
Q1114612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Port Vell” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورت فيل”
  • Catalan: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Catalan: “Port Vell”
  • Chinese: “旧港”
  • Chinese: “舊港”
  • Czech: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Dutch: “Port Vell”
  • French: “Port Vell”
  • French: “Vieux port de Barcelone”
  • Galician: “Port Vell”
  • German: “Port Vell”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ול”
  • Italian: “Port Vell”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・ベイ”
  • Korean: “벨 항”
  • Korean: “벨 항구”
  • Korean: “포트 벨”
  • Korean: “포트벨”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Vell”
  • Norwegian: “Port Vell”
  • Persian: “پورت بل”
  • Polish: “Port Vell”
  • Spanish: “Port Vell de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Viejo de Barcelona”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Port Vell”. Photo: Jopsens, CC BY-SA 3.0.