Mariá Aguiló street Barcelona

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Carlos from Barcelona

About me I was born in Caracas, lived most of my life in London, also spent some time in Buenos Aires and Leeds, and finally moved to Barcelona in 2011. My passions are good food, reading, films and filmmaking, family and family history, and Barcelona. Why Barcelona? What I love about Barcelona is that I find new things in it to be amazed by all the time. It's a city that ...
""Mariá Aguiló street" offers a glimpse into the heart and soul of a traditional Barcelona barri. I like to amble through the shops and the maze of streets."

I first got to know Poblenou when I was looking to move away from the centre and get closer to the beach. It was during that search that I stumbled across this little gem of a street.

Like the better-known Rambla Poblenou, carrer Marià Aguilo offers a glimpse into the heart and the soul of a still traditional Barcelona barri or neighborhood. A friend who runs a business here told me that he still hears some of the older residents refer to venturing to the centre of the city as “going to Barcelona”, a journey which only takes 20 minutes!

The businesses are mostly independent, ranging from one of the best fish mongers in town to an organic parfumier, haberdashers and grocers who know their customers by name. I like to come here in the early evenings when it is animated with locals going to the shops and enjoy the sea breeze which blows along it.

It's great to amble through the shops and in the small maze of streets next to the Mercat del Poblenou, the covered market, and end the walk by taking a seat on the aesthetically pleasing park chairs dotted along the length of the street under the spindly orange trees while deciding where to take a drink and rub shoulders with the veins of Poblenou at the small but perfectly formed La Pubilla or Bitacora near the library.

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About me I was born in Caracas, lived most of my life in London, also spent some time in Buenos Aires and Leeds, and finally moved to Barcelona in 2011. My passions are good food, reading, films and filmmaking, family and family history, and Barcelona. Why Barcelona? What I love about Barcelona is that I find new things in it to be amazed by all the time. It's a city that is constantly renewing itself but still manages to retain its sense of tradition, music festivals that bring the world together into one spot, to people in my neighborhood who take the time to greet y...

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