The church was interesting and had some nice art work in it. Overall I wasn't a fan of the design of the church with it carved up into little sections. The outside was impressive.

Its a beautiful cathedral... Sitting outside of it admiring the architecture having a cup of espresso was just great...

My feelings may be biased, because we happened to stop in to visit during a wedding, but - wow! What a beautiful church! Great to see and learn the story of the church. Look at the scorch marks where the people burned the internal fixtures during an uprising.

Let me start by recommending that you visit the cathedral after 5 p.m. if you want to avoid having to pay for the entrance, besides, it is quite crowded before that. Once inside, visit every chapel and take pictures of the wonderful murals and the designs.

We visited this as opposed to Sagrada Familia becuase when we saw how commercial Sagrada was, we just didn't feel as though the experience would be very meaningful to us. St Mary was just peaceful and lovely and spiritual, which is what we were looking for. There are also music recitals here too which is lovely due to the accoustics... More

Visiting religous buildings helps give a sense of the variety of philosophies and beliefs that humans enjoy. That sailors could contribute to the construction of so marvellous a building says much for their strength of belief. I was deeply moved by the austere grandeur of this building. Simpler than many similarly scaled Gothic churches, it once stood next to the... More

We love Cathedrals and their stories. This one was beautiful, with such ornate statues. Sadly they do not offer guided tours and there's very little information in other languages, so you don't really know what you are looking at, but you can still appreciate it's beauty. The rooftop views are great and offer yet another good photo opportunity. We had... More

Very beautiful, quiet, spacious, very catalan. Must see, at any time. The legend has it that when it was being built, everyone in the neighborhood "chipped in" - brought stones and building materials.

This is the cathedral Ildefonso Falcones wrote about in his novel La Catedral del mar. A small but amazing cathedral building.