This place is spectacular! On top of the roof is a 360 walkway that give you magnificent panoramic views of the city. There are a variety of restaurants and bars on the rooftop level as well. Inside is a shopping mall. Definitely add to your list of places to visit.

Access the viewing platform platform from within the mall because it’s free. Costs 1.5€ if accessing via the lifts located at street level. Gives you view of the Palau and Plaza Espana roundabout. The shops are average, not many brand names. There is a supermarket and food stalls at the basement. Also a Jamon chain store. No souvenir shops for tourists. Used to be a bull ring and now converted into a mall. There are other more exciting places to visit in Barcelona if you don’t have much time to spare.

Situated by the Plaza de Espana this is one of the sights I associate with Barcelona, a fantastic use of the old bullring. Ignore the fact there are shops inside as you shouldn't go on holiday to clothes shop and head straight to the roof to take in some great views of the city. Add to the views a nice selection of eateries on the roof and you have a building that has plenty to offer.

Centro Comercial Las Arenas is a shopping mall located close to the Spain Square, in Barcelona, the main city in Vilanova. It is a very nice and modern shopping mall built, where there was a bullring almost 20 years ago. Nowadays, it is a typical mall, where you can walk, buy all you need, eat and drink in restaurants. Also there are some cinemas, where you can watch the last films. Typical and very nice place to come with friends or children. I came here with friends to have dinner in a fast food restaurant (Boka) and after we went to the cinema to watch Dune 2.

I remember this as one of two abandoned bull rings in Barcelona. Then it was converted into a shopping centre and restaurant destination, with gym and multi screen cinema. I’d never been in. Decided to explore. Glass lifts, floors and barriers give me vertigo. Couldn’t find the lift to the roof top terrace. Apparently it’s outside and it was bucketing it down. So much better from outside than inside.

What ever your views are on bull fighting you cannot fail to be impressed by the conversion of this once derelict historic bull ring into a modern shopping and leisure facility. 360°. It was redesigned by the British architect Richard Rogers, in collaboration with local architects Alonso Balaguer-Arquitectos Asociados and I think they have done a terrific job. As a tourist I had no interest in the cinema or the shops but headed straight for the top floor with its many bars and restaurants and its 360-degree panoramic views of the city. Yes, you can go into the shopping centre and take the escalators up to the top for free, but I am a complete sucker for glass elevators and I had the 1.5Euros out of my pocket immediately for the return ride. Very good mix of bars and restaurants when you get to the top level and on a fine day the views are great, especially at sunset, as others have mentioned.

Barcelona is a very fun place with lots of things to do and places to visit. We did not encounter any protesters, so our experience was not dampened by this. We went to other cities as well, but Barcelona was our favorite. As long as people are aware of their surroundings, they can have a good time and avoid negative experiences (e.g., pickpocketing). The time we spent there (5 days) wasn’t enough. We’d love to return. Other cities we loved were Cuenca and Toledo.