Shopping at Las Arenas -The new shopping centre in Placa Espanya

On Friday March 25 a new shopping centre had oppened at the side of the famous Placa Espanya. This shopping centre was being built for over seven years and it was built from the old bullring dating from 1900. The developers also were not allowed to get rid of the old exterior facade of the bullring because it was a historically important building. Therefore the developers had to make everything new except exterior. This caused many problems as they had the problem of disigning the shopping centre around the shape of the old building. They also had to lift up the whole building by up to seven meters. This was an amazing engineering feat because not a brick was out of place when it was lifted permanently.

On the opening day we visited the shopping centre and enjoyed the new and bold interior  and because it is original and new from inside but from outside it is very historical and imposing. We went inside and found that it was so busy and there were queues everywhere . The shops were very busy and people was rushing around so that it seemed like is everyone wanted to go to the top of the building. As a result we spent around 30 minutes waiting to get to the top.

However, once we got to the top, the view was very nice as you could see all the Placa Espanya and also walk around the roof to see a 360 degree view of the city.  We did find that some of the restaurants were not open on the first day but they were getting ready for opening soon.

I think once they are open it should be nice to have a meal at the top of the building while admiring the city and of course enjoying some retail therapy. It is a different shoping experience and well worth a visit to enjoy a vast range of shops and resturants and of course my favourite cafe, Farggi is there as well!