Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample (the Extension.). It is considered as the centre of the city; the Plaça Catalunya is one of the most popular meeting points in all of Catalonia
There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods):
La Barceloneta
El Gòtic
El Raval
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera:
Sant Pere
Santa Caterina
La Ribera