Las Ramblas - Is it the Greatest Street?

Called one of the greatest street in the world, Las Ramblas is actually a series connected streets that runs 1.2 km from the harbor to Placa de Cataluyna and then north another 1.5 km to the Diagonal. Once an intermittent stream bed (open sewer), the street divides the Gothic quarter from the Raval. The street is divided into segments for flowers, newspapers, pets, and cafes and is populated by throngs, both natives and tourists, day and night. The street reverses the traditional Portland proportions between pedestrian and vehicular traffic.