Walks · Barcelona · English
4 narrated stops, 12 minutes of stories, 2.2 km on foot. Press play at each stop — no app needed — or open the walk in Avsha and let the stories keep coming as you move.
Stop 1 · Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, Barri Gòtic, Barcelona · 3 min
In short: The holes are shrapnel marks from an Italian aviation bomb that struck the church on January 30, 1938, killing forty-two people. They were left unrestored as a silent, physical memory of that morning.
↓ 600 m · 9 min to the next stop
Stop 2 · 3 min
In short: Lluís Domènech i Montaner designed this crown jewel of Catalan Modernisme between 1905 and 1908. It features the only concert hall in Europe illuminated entirely by natural light during the day, using a breathtaking inverted dome of stained glass.
↓ 900 m · 13 min to the next stop
Stop 3 · 3 min
In short: The basilica was built by 14th-century sailors, merchants, and dockworkers. Humble porters called bastaixos carried every stone from the Montjuïc hill quarry on their shoulders, completing the church in only fifty-four years through their incredible communal effort.
↓ 650 m · 9 min to the next stop
Stop 4 · 3 min
In short: The Virgin of Mercy became Barcelona's patron after city leaders promised to honor her if she delivered them from a locust plague in 1687. When the insects vanished, the city kept its promise and now celebrates her every September.