Summer and winter, the Ramblas offer mime artists, musicians, painters and cartoonists a magnet. Some pay a subscription to the year for a specific location. The Ramblas is the "paseo most beautiful in the world" according to Hemingway. Las Ramblas is about 1.5 km long with its official borders of the Plaza de Catalunya to the monument of Christopher Columbus. Its name comes from Arabic Ramla, which means dry river that flows past a river. Herein lies the fountain of Canaletas a detestable water comes out. If you drink? You will return to Barcelona. Artists perpetuate the life of the Mañas, the first actress who gave life to the Ramblas with extravagant costumes.