Sweet Home Barcelona blog

Calle Gerona (”Carrer Girona” in Catalan) in the Eixample Dreta starts at the junction with Ronda de Sant Pere (number 1) and ends at the junction with Calle Córsega (number 183) at the edge of the Grácia district.  It runs perpendicular to Gran Via, parallel to Paseo de Grácia and is four blocks (500 metres) away from Paseo de Gracía.  The streets on either side are C/Bruc and C/Bailen.  The traffic direction is one-way going up from Ronda Sant Pere.   

Calle Gerona is named after the Catalan city of Girona (Gerona in Castilian) which is about 100km to the North East of Barcelona.  As a boy growing up in Belfast, I remember visiting the exhibition in the Ulster Museum of the treasure recovered from the wreck of the Girona, a ship that was part of the Spanish Armada invasion fleet that was destroyed in 1588.  In particular, I remember the gold salamander with rubies down its back.

 

Calle Gerona contains many beautiful buildings including one at the junction with Ausias Marc which has round turrets and a beautiful staircase. This building was used for the Casa Decor interior design exhibition of 2005.

There is access to a small public garden “Jardim de Sofia Barat” at C/Gerona 64 in the centre of the manzana.  The local market Mercado de la Concepción has an entrance in C/Gerona between C/Aragón and C/Valéncia and the quality of food available is excellent.  Their website is very informative.

There are two metro stations in C/Gerona.  L4 (yellow line) at the junction with C/Consell de Cent and L5 (blue line) at the junction with C/Provenca.

There is an entry for Carrer de Girona in the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona’s dictionary of street names.