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Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera is a barri of Barcelona's Ciutat Vella, joining three quarters of the medieval town inside the old walls.
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Where to stay in Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Visitors who want to sleep among medieval lanes have three quarters to choose from here. El Born gathers around the Passeig del Born and the old Born market, near Santa Maria del Mar, while the Fossar de les Moreres and the Estació de França are in La Ribera. Jaume I, on metro line L4, is a close stop for many staying in the barri.
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About Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera
What are the main landmarks in Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera?
The Llotja keeps its Gothic Saló de Contractacions and Sala dels Cònsols behind an 18th-century neoclassical front, between Plaça d'Antonio López and the Pla de Palau. Sant Pere has the Palau de la Música Catalana and the monastery of Sant Pere de les Puel·les. Santa Caterina has its new market.
In Sant Pere, the Francesca Bonnemaison women's cultural centre occupies a Catalan Gothic manor house of the 16th and 17th centuries.
What is the history of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera?
Three old quarters of Barcelona make up the barri: La Ribera, once called Vilanova del Mar, Santa Caterina, and Sant Pere. The last two keep their medieval street plan. The Rec Comtal, the old canal, once ran through it.
Santa Maria del Mar, the Gothic basilica of La Ribera, was built to show the wealth of the new quarter's people, and the Gothic Llotja, the exchange, first stood at the water's edge.
Where is Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera?
The barri lies inside the line of Barcelona's old medieval and early modern walls. It borders la Barceloneta, the Gòtic, the Dreta de l'Eixample, Fort Pienc, and the Sant Martí district, and its south-eastern part, below Carrer de la Princesa and towards la Barceloneta, is often called El Born.
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Updated October 2026