Platja de Sant Miquel

Platja de Sant Miquel is a beach in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia. Platja de Sant Miquel is situated nearby to the locality Bogatell Beach, as well as near the suburb Old Port.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torre Sant Sebastià and Columbus Monument.

Torre Sant Sebastià

Aerial lift

Torre Sant Sebastià is a 78-metre-tall free-standing lattice tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain which is used as a suspension cable station. It is the terminal of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway of Barcelona, which runs over Torre Jaume I to Montjuïc.

Columbus Monument

Photo: Gena Haltmair, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Columbus Monument is a 60 m tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was constructed for the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in honor of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas.

La Rambla

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La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Port and La Barceloneta.

Old Port

Suburb

Photo: Jopsens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

La Barceloneta

Quarter

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.

La Barceloneta is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The neighborhood was built in the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the Ciutadella of Barcelona.