La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 km connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the neighbourhoods of the Barri Gòtic to the east and the El Raval to the west.

What is a Ramblas?

1 : a dry ravine in the adjoining rambla the birds assemble in their hundreds — Manchester Guardian Weekly. 2 : a very broad street.

Why is it called Las Ramblas?

As far as its name is concerned, rambla comes from the Arabic word ramla or رمل which means sand and in this case refers to the sandy deposit which would gather in the bed of the stream.