A wide, palm-lined square at the heart of the old town with an obelisk in the middle and a bronze Picasso sitting permanently on a bench reading a newspaper. The artist was born in the apartment at number 15, now the Casa Natal. The plaza is ringed by cafes and tapas bars and stays busy late into the night.
Plaza de la Merced
Picasso's birthplace square, ringed by cafes and late-night tapas bars