How walkable is Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 16th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Barcelona, with 1 other, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,023 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and books & libraries.
Groceries
- Mercat Tres Torres, 4 min
- Condis, 5 min
Restaurants & bars
- Poppy 80's, 3 min
- Jamaica Casa de Menjars, 3 min
Shopping
- Reiko Asosciados 21, 3 min
- Hästens, 3 min
Coffee
- Chiringuito Al Solete, 3 min
- Café La Chiapaneca, 4 min
Banks
- Banc Sabadell, 4 min
- Arquia Banca, 5 min
Parks
- Plaça de Ferran Casablancas, 3 min
- Jardins de Ca n'Altimira, 3 min
Schools
- Escuela Liceu Francès, 6 min
- Teresianas Ganduxer, 6 min
Books & libraries
- Kioskoshop Tres Torres, 8 min
- Biblioteca Sant Gervasi - Joan Maragall, 10 min
Culture & entertainment
- Teatre Tot Terreny S.L., 12 min
- Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, 14 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona at 41.4023, 2.1305. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 159 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Barcelona
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Les Corts | 1.9 km | 96 |
| Pedralbes | 2 km | 89 |
| Gràcia | 2.4 km | 99 |
| L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | 2.5 km | 100 |
| Sants | 3 km | 100 |
| Horta-Guinardó | 3.2 km | 90 |
| Dreta de l'Eixample | 3.3 km | 100 |
| Sant Antoni | 3.7 km | 100 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Barcelona ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona
Is Sarrià-Sant Gervasi walkable?
Yes. Sarrià-Sant Gervasi in Barcelona has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Sarrià-Sant Gervasi more walkable than the rest of Barcelona?
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi is about as walkable as Barcelona as a whole: it scores 90, against 91 for the 5 km around Barcelona's centre. It is the joint 16th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Barcelona, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Barcelona?
Of the 20 Barcelona neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 7 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: Sants, Sant Antoni, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample and 4 others.
How is the walkability score of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Sarrià-Sant Gervasi it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
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. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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