The most walkable neighbourhoods in Barcelona
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Barcelona ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Seven tie for the top score of 100/100, among them Sants, Sant Antoni and L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample. All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Montjuïc (75). 13 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences.
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sants | 100 |
| 1 | Sant Antoni | 100 |
| 1 | L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | 100 |
| 1 | Fort Pienc | 100 |
| 1 | Dreta de l'Eixample | 100 |
| 1 | Gothic Quarter | 100 |
| 1 | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | 100 |
| 8 | El Raval | 99 |
| 8 | El Poblenou | 99 |
| 8 | Gràcia | 99 |
| 8 | La Sagrera | 99 |
| 8 | Sant Andreu de Palomar | 99 |
| 13 | La Barceloneta | 98 |
| 14 | Sant Martí | 96 |
| 14 | Les Corts | 96 |
| 16 | Horta-Guinardó | 90 |
| 16 | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi | 90 |
| 18 | Pedralbes | 89 |
| 19 | Nou Barris | 88 |
| 20 | Montjuïc | 75 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Barcelona's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Sants
Sants lies the furthest out of these five, 2.9 km south-west of Barcelona's busiest point, and scores 100/100. It has the most parks of the five: 554 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Jardins de la Rambla de Sants, about a minute away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 69.
Sant Antoni
Sant Antoni scores 100/100, 1.2 km south of Barcelona's busiest point. None of the others has as many cultural venues, with 238 in a 30 minute walk; CompaÑIa Laboratorio Teatro is the nearest, about 2 minutes away.
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample is the most central of these five, 850 m west of Barcelona's busiest point, and scores 100/100. Banks are where it leads the others, 222 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with BBVA Oficina, about 2 minutes away.
Fort Pienc
Fort Pienc scores 100/100, 1.7 km north-east of Barcelona's busiest point. 7,102 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away.
Dreta de l'Eixample
Dreta de l'Eixample scores 100/100, 950 m north of Barcelona's busiest point. None of the others has as many libraries and bookshops, with 169 in a 30 minute walk; Llibreria Jaimes is the nearest, about 4 minutes away. It has the fewest parks of the five, 195.
Centre and outskirts
The 11 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Barcelona's centre average 97, and the 9 further out average 94, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample, 850 m away, scores 100, and the farthest, Nou Barris, 6.5 km out, scores 88.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Barcelona.
Barcelona as a whole scores 91 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Spain with ranked neighbourhoods: Madrid.
Questions about Barcelona's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Barcelona?
7 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Barcelona tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): Sants, Sant Antoni, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample, Fort Pienc, Dreta de l'Eixample, the Gothic Quarter and Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera.
How are Barcelona's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Barcelona scores 91 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.