El Raval is a barrio in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Spain. The neighborhood is also known as Barri Xino, meaning "Chinatown." El Raval is one of the two historical neighborhoods that border the Rambla (the other being the Barri Gòtic). The neighborhood is home to 200,000 people.
An area historically infamous for its nightlife and cabarets, as well as prostitution and crime, El Raval has changed significantly in recent years and, due its central location, has become a minor attraction of Barcelona. It is currently the home to a very diverse immigrant community (47.4% of its population was born abroad), ranging from Pakistanis< and Indonesians, to a more recent Eastern european community, especially from Romania.
El Raval is also becoming one of the hippest up-and-coming neighborhoods of Barcelona where many artists live and work. It is home to many bars, restaurants, and night spots.
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Through the collection and programme of exhibitions and activities the Macba aspires to build a memory of art criticism in the second half of the twentieth century, reaching a time two objectives: firstly, speeches and counter hegemonic forces that tend to mitificar the local-national and instrumentalize cultural institutions as active agents of economic tertiarization of cities
Web: Macba
Fish & Chips:
Fast food-style English.
Address: Rambla del Raval, 26
Tel: 934411134