Ciutat Vella
La Barceloneta
If you live here, you live on the sand: a tiny flat, the sea at the end of every street, and winter mornings that make up for August.
A tight grid of narrow blocks between the port and the beach, with a strong and vocal residents' association that has been fighting tourist flats for a decade. Summer is overwhelming; winter is lovely.
On the sand, and that is the entire proposition. Tiny former fishermen's flats - the famous quarts de casa - at a price that has nothing to do with their size.
Our read
The verdict
Best for
Having the beach close
Being in the middle of everything
Getting by in English
Think twice if you want
Quiet streets
Parks and green space
Your commute
Your trip to campus.
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Supermarkets here are below the city norm.
Nearest of each
within 1.2 km
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ModelledDistances are from the middle of La Barceloneta rather than from a specific flat, and venues come from OpenStreetMap, which under-maps small independents, so read a count as a floor rather than a total. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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