My son age 17 wanted to see the historic museum and it turned out to be a fascinating visit and explained the Roman influence as well as how advanced the city was. Learned a lot about the history of Barcelona in 2 hours. The audiotour...More

This museum, practically next to the Cathedral, is a good place to visit. There is a video shown at the very beginning of the visit which gives a good overview of how Barcelona developed. The Roman ruins in the basement are remarkable well preserved and...More

Loved the set up! View ancient Roman city beneath the Barri Gottic. User friendly audio guided tour. Definitely worth the low price of admission.

This musem it's amazing, the elevator takes you waaaay back trough the years and you can see how Barcelona looked like centuries ago, when was a Roman city called Barcino .Everything is so well explained, sorry don't miss it. We'll bought the tickets at the...More

Although somewhat hidden, this museum is truly remarkable, painting a picture of Barcelona back into Roman times. The artifacts are painstakingly preserved and well presented. Bring comfortable walking shoes, and keep in mind that, downstairs, the temperature is controlled, that is warm and dry, to...More

This history museum starts with a tour through the excavated remains of the roman and medieval city that is under the exiting walkways around the Cathedral and Roman wall. Quite eery at times with very good audio and some visuals to help make sense of...More

I hadn't read much about the museum before going, so the quality took me by surprise. My mom and I received our own individual headsets so we could pick which audio points to listen to in our own language. I enjoyed the movie early on...More

Wow what a huge amount of partially exposed ruins! Excellent metal walkways to wander above the ruins, in the basement. There is also a free walking tour of other Roman ruins that have been exposed in the area including a humongous column found between 2...More

We found this museum by accident, when were were lost, and I am very pleased we did. I was most impressed with the roman city discovered under the museum, a gem of a find, I have never seen anything like it before, so well preserved....More

The museum is incredible even if it might not look it from the outside. After you enter the museum past the small gift shop, they have an audio guide to narrate your visit, which includes a video showing the expansion of Barcelona in the past...More