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Vallcarca i els Penitents
If you live here, you climb home past Park Güell and wake up where the city starts turning into mountain.
Terraces and viaducts on the slope below Tibidabo, with squats-turned-social-centres and a strong neighbourhood-assembly culture. Park Güell and the Carmel bunkers are your local park.
Uphill behind Park Güell, where the city starts turning into Collserola. Cheap, green, quiet, and a genuinely steep walk home.
Our read
The verdict
Best for
Keeping rent down
Quiet streets
Parks and green space
Think twice if you want
Nightlife on the doorstep
Having the beach close
Your commute
Your trip to campus.
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Supermarkets here are below the city norm.
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within 1.2 km
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