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Barri de Sant Andreu, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Barri de Sant Andreu is the old town of Sant Andreu de Palomar, a Barcelona district in Catalunya, Spain, annexed in 1897.
About Barri de Sant Andreu
Where to stay in Barri de Sant Andreu
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Barri de Sant Andreu lies within Barcelona, Spain. Guests who base themselves here trade the pull of the central sights for a plain, lived-in address among the everyday streets of a working Barcelona quarter in Catalunya. The mood stays local.
The Església de Sant Andreu de Palomar and the surrounding old-town streets give the quarter a centre of its own rather than an anonymous grid. Rooms across Barri de Sant Andreu suit a traveller who wants a calm residential foothold and is content to ride into the rest of Barcelona for its landmarks.
About Barri de Sant Andreu
What are the main landmarks in Barri de Sant Andreu?
The catalogue here is long. The Església de Sant Andreu de Palomar carries the old town's name, with the Parròquia de Sant Pacià and el Crist Rei among the other churches. Towers and dwellings fill out the list, from Torre de Bell-lloc and Torre de la Sagrera to the house names of Can Guardiola, Can Masaveu and Can Xeparrina.
Not all of it is grand. The Monument a les Cases Barates keeps that plainer history in view, and the pont de les Maletes is a crossing the quarter thought worth naming.
What is the history of Barri de Sant Andreu?
Sant Andreu de Palomar was an independent town before Barcelona took it in. Its recorded history runs back more than a thousand years, and the annexation came on 20 April 1897, which makes this the oldest part of the Sant Andreu district. The old core kept its shape.
Streets of housing filled in around it as the wider Catalan city drew in new neighbourhoods over successive generations, leaving Barri de Sant Andreu one quarter among the many that make up modern Barcelona in Catalunya. Names like Can Guardiola and Torre de Bell-lloc still mark it.
Where is Barri de Sant Andreu?
Barri de Sant Andreu lies within Barcelona, in Catalunya, Spain, the old town of Sant Andreu de Palomar grown into the city around it.
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Updated September 2026