Gràcia
Vila de Gràcia
If you live here, you live in a village the city swallowed and never digested, where evenings happen in the square, not on the sofa.
A grid of narrow streets strung between squares - Vila de Gràcia, Sol, Virreina - each of which becomes an outdoor living room in the evening. Independent everything: cinemas, bookshops, co-ops. Very high concentration of Erasmus and remote workers.
An independent town until 1897 and it still behaves like one. The default recommendation for international students, which is exactly why it is no longer cheap.
Our read
The verdict
Best for
Nightlife on the doorstep
Café-working days
An instant social life
Think twice if you want
Keeping rent down
Total quiet
Your commute
Your trip to campus.
Explore on the map
Supermarkets here are among the highest in Barcelona.
Nearest of each
within 1.2 km
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ModelledDistances are from the middle of Vila de Gràcia 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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