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When considering about investing in a property, it is likely to ask yourself: “Which are the best neighborhoods in Barcelona to invest in a property?” Barcelona is the city which offers everything you can imagine. The Catalan capital provides high quality living thanks to its good infrastructures and amenities, a wide cultural and leisure offering, large green spaces and endless advantages that make it the ideal place to buy a property. Please find below the best areas in the city.

The whole city has a special charm and, furthermore, any area of ​​the city offers all the needed amenities to live comfortably. In any case, before taking the step of buying a property, it is important that analyze the different alternatives which the city offers. Have you considered about whether the area where you would like to stay has everything you need, fully covers all your needs and, above all, adapts to your lifestyle? It would be a mistake to acquire a home in a neighborhood that in the medium or long term will not be in line with your expectations.

When investing in a property in Barcelona, ​​it is important to take into account four aspects: your personal situation (single, with a partner, children, etc.), your future projection, your budget and location. Regarding this last point, there are two areas in Barcelona which meet the requirements of any average urbanite, the area of ​​l’Eixample Esquerra and Ciutat Vella neighborhood.

Best neighborhoods in Barcelona to invest in a property. The Eixample neighborhood

All of Barcelona’s Eixample in general has charm and advantages when it comes to stay, but the part of l’Eixample Esquerra (Antiga Esquerra de l’Eixample, Nova Esquerra de l’Eixample i Sant Antoni) have a special appeal.

This Barcelona offers lots of advantages of being in a central location in the city without being in the heart of it. In other words, you will be able to get to the center on foot and enjoy all that it has to offer without having to live in the most neuralgic, touristic and visited points of the city. You will avoid the constant coming and going of pedestrians, traffic, etc. and you will stay in an area that maintains a much slower pace than the center of Barcelona.

On the other hand, it is one of the areas with the greatest cultural, leisure and gastronomic offering. In any street of the neighborhood you will find terraces, art galleries, restaurants, shops, etc. In addition, it has all kinds of facilities, from schools for your children to gyms, libraries, medical services, etc.

Its public transport connections are really good and you will have no problem getting from one end of the city to another by metro, bus or even a taxi.

Eixample Esquerra. Distinctive features

The Eixample Esquerra is one of the most demanded areas when buying a flat in Barcelona. Most of the facades of the buildings have a modernist style and the interiors of the properties are usually characterized by having wide spaces, with high ceilings and hydraulic or mosaic floors.

Dreta de l’Eixample. Distinctive features of this area

This neighborhood, Dreta de l’Eixample, Sagrada Familia, Fort Pienc offers the same features. In this case, you will also enjoy the comfort of being in a central area, with all kinds of facilities, without living in the most congested parts of the city.

Ciutat Vella. A perfect neighborhood to invest in housing

When asked “what are the best neighborhoods in Barcelona to buy a flat?”, a possible answer would be in Ciutat Vella. The oldest area of ​​the city has a special charm. Buying a property in Ciutat Vella means to fully enjoy being in streets and alleys with traces of the past. The Gothic Quarter and the Raval stand out for being a sum of history and avant-garde.

This part of Barcelona also has a wide cultural, gastronomic and leisure offering, it has all kinds of facilities and it also stands out for being one of the most multicultural areas of the city and most appreciated by the people of Barcelona. In addition, it is also perfectly communicated with all kinds of public transport.

Museums and monuments are combined with creativity, talent, the underground movement, diversity and avant-garde. This area of ​​the city is one of the most demanded when it comes to buying or renting a flat.

The wealth of Barcelona is enormous and all the city’s neighborhoods have their particular charm. At Hermes & Mathew we want to offer you the widest variety of properties in different parts of the city. We offer a complete portfolio of properties for sale so you can choose the one which best suits your lifestyle.