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Dreta de l'Eixample, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Dreta de l'Eixample is Barcelona's bourgeois quarter, an upscale grid built around Passeig de Gràcia, Rambla de Catalunya, and Plaça de Catalunya.
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Where to stay in Dreta de l'Eixample
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Dreta de l'Eixample is the address for a splurge. Along Passeig de Gràcia and the parallel Rambla de Catalunya, grand apartment blocks hold boutique hotels, flagship stores, and pavement cafés a few minutes from Plaça de Catalunya. The grid stays flat and walkable.
Book here if you want luxury shopping and metro lines at the door.
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Passeig de Gràcia
Grand apartment blocks line this boulevard, putting flagship stores and boutique hotels at the door.Find hotels in Passeig de Gràciatree-lined cafe terracesRambla de Catalunya
A pedestrian-friendly promenade of cafe terraces and mid-range hotels running up from Plaça de Catalunya.Find hotels in Rambla de Catalunyafirst arrivals and transitPlaça de Catalunya
The city's central square sits at the quarter's edge, with airport trains and metro lines beneath it.Find hotels in Plaça de CatalunyaHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Barcelona
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Museums & Galleries
3- Tàpies Museum Heritage
- Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
- Museu del Modernisme Català
Churches & Religious Sites
6- Church of Santa Ana Heritage
- Església de Sant Francesc de Sales (Barcelona) Heritage
- Sant Joan de Gràcia Heritage
- Convent de Pompeia Heritage
- Convent dels Àngels Heritage
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- Església de l'Immaculat Cor de Maria de Barcelona Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Monument a Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer Heritage
- Barcino
Stadiums & Sports
3- Estació del Nord Sports Hall
- Camp del carrer Muntaner
- Nou Velòdrom de Barcelona
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About Dreta de l'Eixample
What are the main landmarks in Dreta de l'Eixample?
Dreta de l'Eixample gathers a run of specialist museums. The Tàpies Museum, the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona, and the small Perfume Museum stand among the apartment blocks off Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya. Art collections cluster here.
The Monument a Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer marks the quarter's grand avenues.
What is the history of Dreta de l'Eixample?
Dreta de l'Eixample formed as the eastern, wealthier half of the Eixample grid. The well-to-do of Barcelona settled the new blocks along Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya, and the quarter took its name as the city's bourgeois side, east of Carrer de Balmes. Plaça de Catalunya grew at its edge into the meeting point of the old town and the grid.
The upper-class reputation stuck.
Where is Dreta de l'Eixample?
Dreta de l'Eixample lies east of Carrer de Balmes in the Eixample, wrapping Plaça de Catalunya where Barcelona's old town meets the grid.
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What is the best area to stay in Dreta de l'Eixample?
Passeig de Gràcia: luxury shopping and design stays. Rambla de Catalunya: tree-lined cafe terraces. Plaça de Catalunya: first arrivals and transit.
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Updated October 2026