Poble Espanyol or “Spanish Village” in Spanish is a wonderful place to visit and see a real old-style Spanish town. It is a quaint Spanish village with different quarters which model the style of houses and architecture from regions in Spain. This village within the city of Barcelona is very large but not so large that you will become lost in it or not be able to see all of it in a day.

It is home to a many craft shops and workshops where you can see some traditionally made Spanish goods being constructed and purchase some to take home with you after your vacation is finished.

Located within the city of Barcelona Poble Espanyol features an open-air museum where you will find more than forty craft workshops. In them you can discover many ancient trades still be practiced in Poble Espanyol and learn some of their ancestral secrets as they are being demonstrated right before your very eyes. This area has been designated as an area of Craft Interest by the Catalan government.

All Poble Espanyol is considered an architectural museum because so many different architectural styles from so many different regions of Spain are represented here. It was constructed in just six months to coincide with the Universal Exhibition and was only supposed to stand for the duration of the Exhibition. But its popularity has given it a long life.

You would certainly not want to miss out on an opportunity to take in this unique and charming tourist attraction on your next visit to Barcelona, Spain. Nowhere else in all of Spain are you able to take in such a wide variety of architectural design in one place. The museum offers a host of many different events during the calendar year and concerts of famous Spanish entertainers and internationally known entertainers as well.

Most visitors to Barcelona would rank this destination very highly in their ratings of what they most enjoyed about the city during their visit. Almost all say they would return to the village on a subsequent visit and would certainly recommend it to friends and acquaintances upon their return to their home city.