Historical Barcelona half day tour: From Barcino to the XXIst Century

For you, who is passionate about history, who will be delighted to learn about the city of Barcelona and the Catalan culture and its curious for nature. I'll take you to discover the ruins left behind by the Romans, the Romanesque foundations of some of the later on gothic buildings and which parts of those are truly gothic. We will learn about the historical period from the early middle ages to the late ones. How the conquest of the Americas by castilla turned Barcelona into an economic depression during the Modern era and how later on, while observing some of the Modernist masterpices the city re-emerged from its ashes similarly to a phoenix. Ildefons Cerdà reshaped the city, once the late medieval walls were demolished, the brand new Eixample was created with its magnificent Passeig de Gràcia filled with Modernist buildings. We will contemplate the Basilica of La Sagrada Familia and Hospital de Sant Pau to end up sightseeing the contemporary Barcelona and to our beloved Mediterranean shore.