Map of barcelona hotels and attractions on a barcelona. Eixample area, barcelona spain lonely planet forum. According to tripadvisor travelers, these are the best ways to experience l eixample district. Its population was 262,000 at the last census 2005. The casa calvet, built as a dwelling and offices for the textile manufacturer pere calvet, is the first and least imaginative of the three houses gaudi designed for barcelona s eixample extension the interest of the casa calvet centres on the imaginative resolution of the rear facade, the decoration of the hallway, and the design of the furniture, purely organic and breaking with. Check out the best restaurants, bars and shops in the eixample with time out barcelonas area guide. The area around the hotel axel barcelona is known as the gayxample because of its lively gay scene. This map shows a general, although low detail, view of barcelona. Barcelona map sightseeing map of barcelona for 2020.
To get your bearings ive created a tourist map of barcelona neighbourhoods. It is a block from the gaudi apartments and within. Find all hotels in eixample, barcelona on a city map. Wide open boulevards, large trendy cafes, and beautiful art nouveau buildings are just some of the reasons why eixample is so appealing. Barcelona map trio attractions, neighbourhoods, metro. All areas map in barcelona spain, location of shopping center, railway, hospital and more. Modernist architecture and broad streets make up the eixample. Eixample has a population of 262,485 making it the 2nd biggest city in catalonia. The route loops through the city, passing sights like las ramblas, the vibrant waterfront, barceloneta beaches, the citys greenest park and the most historic neighborhoods. L eixample also has a celebrated dining scene, along with highend boutiques and wildly diverse nightlife. Its an enormous field of rectangular blocks in an continuously repeating layout, with the constant threat of getting lost at least for those used to european cities.
Find all of barcelonas most intriguing cultural treasures, from gaudis magnificent mansions, to modern art museums, on a map. As you leave the old city and enter the eixample literally, expansion, narrow, labyrinthine streets and alleys become broad, trafficclogged, geometrically precise roads. To make it easier, the catalans divded the eixample into the esquerra and dreta meaning literally the left and right. It is an elegant residential and business centre by day and a quiet, calm place at night. Eixample map and hotels in eixample area barcelona. Eixample is the new modern area of the city famous for its shopping and modernist architecture. Low rates guaranteed on all eixample hotels at agoda. Ive gone into this in depth in my list of the best areas to stay in. The area you mention castilejos is north east eixample dreta or right and as you say, you will probably rely heavily on.
Please if you can advise for the best tourist places to see and where is good restaurants, spanish local food with good prices. Eixample houses some of the biggest sights to see in the city 5 unesco world heritage sites and is a generally safe place to stay. The 10 closest hotels to leixample district, barcelona. This page brings you detailed map of this part of barcelona with street view offering opportunity to walk around the district virtually to see how the neigbourhood looks like. The eixample was designed as an extension of the historic old town of barcelona as the citys population swelled in the 19th century. Book your tickets online for leixample district, barcelona. Best hotels in modernist eixample district of barcelona. See the best attraction in barcelona printable tourist map.
Leixample also has a celebrated dining scene, along with highend boutiques and wildly diverse nightlife. Rooftop tool was a saviour after a long day of trekking all over barcelona. The eixample is a district of barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns, constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Urban planners needed to find a solution to the housing crisis and resulting sanitary risks, and so conceived of this gridpattern neighborhood of modern houses, which would connect with the thenindependent villages sarria and gracia. Best places to visit in barcelona debbie 12 apr 2016 08. As one of the largest and most plannedout neighborhoods in barcelona. Our barcelona selfguided walking tour is ideal for visitors who like to discover city sights at their own pace.
Eixample a full guide of this iconic district in barcelona. Even so, the zone remains a multicultural and yet traditional neighborhood. Including gay maps for barcelona city center and the eixample gayxample. Hotels near leixample district, barcelona on tripadvisor. The area is indeed an extension to the city that benefits greatly from its ingenious urban planning at the hands of catalan engineer cerdes in the 1850s. Getting around eixample and the greater barcelona area. I picked mine up at the small office in sants station, but theres a larger office beneath placa catalunya and another in or near the barri gotic. The literal translation in english is the enlargement. This map shows streets, roads, buildings, parks, parkings, metro stations, tourist information centers, points of interest and sightseeings in barcelona. What is the best place in bacelon barcelona trip 4 sep 2016 10. A geometric grid which goes from the gothic quarter until gracia. Distance to the city center and conexions how to arrive.
This page brings you detailed map of this part of barcelona and some basic information that can be useful to your visit. The area located between gran via, balmes and arago streets, has become a magnet for gay tourism in barcelona, resulting in the rise of several gay friendly hotels and a very extense offer of gay clubs and bars. Leixample district barcelona updated march 2020 top. The 10 best hotels in eixample barcelona for 2020 with. Eixample is divided into six different subneighbourhoods. District of leixample barcelonas modernista enlargement. The eixample area is the largest, most central, and most populated neighbourhood in barcelona. It operates on the cest time zone, which means that it follows the same time zone as barcelona. How to find the best hotels in eixample, barcelona with hotels. This is a great jumping off point for finding a value hotel, airbnb, apartment, or hostel. Compact and constantly updated guide to gay venues, beaches, parties and events in barcelona.