<p><br> Locals, hordes of tourists, living statues, flower vendors, and others all meet along the mile-long Las Ramblas, Barcelona’s main pedestrian promenade.</p>

Las Ramblas


Locals, hordes of tourists, living statues, flower vendors, and others all meet along the mile-long Las Ramblas, Barcelona’s main pedestrian promenade.

Photograph by Guido Cozzi/Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis

Cosmopolitan Barcelona

See Barcelona photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Barcelona.

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