The term rambla is a term that is used to designate those urban spaces that are characterized by being large surfaces through which pedestrians can circulate freely due to the lack of cars. A boulevard is not a pedestrian street or avenue, but rather a space particularly designed for tourism purposes and which may or may not have stalls and businesses in its surroundings. Some of the best known examples of ramblas are undoubtedly those of the city of Barcelona in Spain, Mar del Plata in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay.
A boulevard is one of the most beautiful and attractive urban forms that a city or urban center can have. This is so because the boulevard is a wide space in which the free movement of pedestrians is allowed without the different types of cars having access to it. As one of its main purposes is precisely to provide more spectacularity and beauty to the urban layout, the promenade usually contains several decorative elements in addition to the functional ones: headlights, seats and benches, bicycle paths, flowerbeds and numerous trees of various kinds that give it color. and freshness.
Ramblas can be an intermediate space between two streets (which would be the central space of a large avenue) with vehicular traffic on both sides and with businesses along its length. In addition, the boulevards can be interrupted at the beginning of the transversal streets, allowing the access of motorized vehicles there. These are some of the characteristics of the Rambla de Barcelona. However, the boulevards of the coastal cities of Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata or Montevideo are located along the river or the coast, following their irregular shape. These generally do not have businesses around them but are surrounded by natural elements.
