Public transport ticket.

Single ticket costs 2,4€ each.

T casual. It’s a 10 ticked bonus for 12€. You have to buy 1 per person travelling

T familiar. It's an 8 ticket card. The same card works for the whole family. So 4 persons can travel 2 times.

T dia. All you can travel in 1 day for less that 11€ per person. Note that prices include only zone 1 which includes the whole city except the airport.You can buy all kind of tickets at: Vending machines at any Metro station and train stations.

Check prices and buy online

Bus

BUS H16 will take you to the Barcelona harbour and Rambles along the coast line. BUS H14 It’ll take you to the city center.

Metro

The closest Metro station is Selva de Mar and it will take you to the city centre through les Rambles.

Google maps

Rent a bike

5 minutes walk from the apartment there is small shop called Barcelona Beach Bikes runed by Carlos, a friendly man.

Carrer Provençals, 38 (closed on Wednesday)

Google maps

Drop off almost anywhere

Check the app based company called Donkey Republic.

Donkey Republic

Parking

In the street: You can park during the night from 20h to 8h for free. Wekends are also free up until now, check it out with the signs. You can also park for 2h paying in the parking automat.

Private parking: Check this site and book your parking ahead to get a good deal. BSM Parking García Faría (5 min walk)

Book a parking

Groceries

Condis Supermarket: There is a small supermarket just around the corner (Ramon Turró 336).
Open daily from 9 to 23h. Even Sundays.   

Mercadona Supermarket:  a large supermarket also close by at Provençals 22.

Vegetables Pastanaga. Just 5 minutes walk from home, at Bac de Roda 48.

Farmacy. Just 2 minutes walk, at Provençals 12

Small local shops. Just 10 minutes walk, you'll find a network of small local shops for groceries.  

Local shops on Google maps

Near by restaurants

Rambla del Poblenou. My recommendation goes to this area. Is nice to walk, sit down in a terrace and you can also find all kinds of food.

Rambla del Poblenou map

Fast food. If you rather like fast food, there is a shopping center called Diagonal Mar 10 minutes away from here. You have a wide diversity of food.

Shopping center map

My recommendations

ESHOB – Barcelona’s Culinary Hidden Gem.
It’s a hospitality school, but dining here feels like a top-tier restaurant experience. Fresh ingredients, beautifully presented dishes, and excellent value for money. Open only during the school year – a true local secret!

5 min walk. 

Google maps

Semproniana – Authentic Catalan Cuisine
A charming restaurant offering carefully crafted Catalan dishes. Chef Ada Parellada, a well-known local figure, leads the kitchen with heart and soul. It’s not a chain – just honest, delicious food. A must for anyone wanting to taste real Catalan cooking.

15 min by Metro from Plaça Catlunya. 30 min by taxi from the apartment. 

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Unique shops in Barcelona

Casa Perris: All kinds of cereals, chocolate, cereals, nuts, flours, everything is sold in bulk. Served with love by a very friendly staff.

Located in front of the old market el Born in Plaça comercial 

Website: casaperris.com

Botifarreria de Santa Maria: If you like meat and specially pork meat, you should try the tipical catalan sausages: Botifarra. They have a wild variety of butifarres: with mushrooms, chees, nuts, almost anything. They have also local cheeses and other kinds of meat.

Located in front of Santa Maria del Mar church. 

Website: labotifarreria.com

Walks - Jogging

Beach. 5-10 minutes walk, you'll reach the beach. Just before it, you'll also find a path that goes along the coast where you can walk or bike or just find a park and sit down for a while.

Parks. Most buildings around the apartment have a C form, so they have a public park inside, You can go there with kids, or sit down in a bank and read.

Skate

Within 10 min walk there are 2 Skateparks. Marbella and Forum. 

Marbella skate parkForum skate park

Palo Alto Market

Every first weekend of each month, takes place a fanci market with harmade products, food trucks and a very cool atmosphere. If you say you are neighbour, you can go thought the VIP entrance (just across the street) and get in for free. Otherways there is small entrance fee.

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Music festivals: Primavera Sound, Sonar...

Several Music festivals take place in the Parc del Forum near by. If you are lucky enought to get your tickets, our place is a good place to rest after the festival.   

Sagrada familia inside. Source: Wikipedia.org

Gaudí's architecture

Sagrada Familia: The amazing cathedral. (book in advance) 

Tckets

Casa Milà (la Pedrera): Unique modernist house and special roof terrace with activities such as concerts. (book in advance)

Tickets and more

Parc Güell: A very special park that deserves a visit. Check ticket availability and take a virtual tour now.

Tickets and more

Art nouveau architecture

Palau de Música Catalana: Great modernist music hall. Visit it, enjoy a concert or just have a coffee in the cafeteria inside.

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Hospital de Sant Pau: It's a hospital designed by another modernist architech named Domènech i Muntaner.

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Magic Fountain

It is an illuminated fountain that dances with the music and changes to multiple colors. It plays almost every day at the evening and lasts about 30 minutes. It's free. Check schedule.

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Unique neiboorhoods

Away from the city center and the crowds, there are some neigboohoods that can help you experience the city as a local.   

Gràcia: It's like a small village, with lesser cars, narow streets and some fancy shops that can surprise you. Take the metro L3 to Fontana station.

Poble sec: As a multicultural and working-class neighborhood, Poble-sec maintains a popular character and a varied culture. Blai street, which is like a small Ramblas and Paral.lel with lots of theaters. Take the metro to Paral.lel or Poble sec.

Around Barcelona - Catalunya

Less than 1h drive or by train, there are great places to visit.

Girona: A small city up north with great culture and food.

Montserrat: A mountain to walk and climb and a monastery to visit. A day trip without car. 

Wine taste: Penedès is one of the regions with more vineyards in Catalonia. Worth a visit.

Explore Catalunya

Amazing nature Scenery - 2h drive

In the interior of Catalonia, in the pre-Pyrenees there is the town that I discovered paragliding and now part of my family lives there. Àger is a jewel of Nature where you can kayak at the foot of a cliff, walk along a path cut into the rock, paraglid or attend an astronomical observatory that is unique in the world. Check out the website below to see the incredible excursions.

If you want to visit it now or in the future, contact me for accommodation or assistance in any activity.

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