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Me gusta caminar por el centro histórico.

Me gusta caminar por el centro histórico.
I like to walk through the historic center.
From Lesson 203:Movement through space (por)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Me gusta caminar por el centro histórico.

Why do we use por here instead of en to say we are walking in the historic center?
When you talk about moving through, around, or about a general area rather than being stationary, you use por. While caminar en el centro simply means the walking happens inside the center, caminar por el centro captures the feeling of wandering around or passing through that space.
Could I use para instead of por in this sentence?
No, because para indicates a destination. If you said caminar para el centro histórico, it would mean you are walking towards the historic center to get there, rather than wandering through or around it.
Why does the adjective histórico come after centro?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives that distinguish or categorize a noun usually come after it. Here, histórico tells us exactly what kind of center it is, distinguishing it from a commercial center or a sports center, so it naturally follows centro.
Why is it Me gusta caminar and not Me gusto caminar?
The verb gustar literally means 'to be pleasing to'. In this sentence, the action of walking (caminar) is what is pleasing to you. Because a verb infinitive like caminar is treated as a singular subject doing the action of 'pleasing', we use the third-person singular form gusta.

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