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La Bonanova, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
La Bonanova is a barri of Barcelona's Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, the old core of Sant Gervasi de Cassoles with a quarter of villas beside it.
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Where to stay in La Bonanova
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Stay in the Bonanova sector for streets of towers and chalets that grew up from the 1890s around the Passeig de la Bonanova. The Sant Gervasi sector is the older one. Streets such as Ganduxer and Mandri carry the names of the families who built here, and the Lycée Français de Barcelone has its preschool campus in Bonanova.
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The Bonanova villas
The Bonanova sector, named after the Virgin of la Bonanova, keeps some of the towers and chalets built here from the 1890s.Find hotels in The Bonanova villasthe oldest streets of the former townOld Sant Gervasi
The Sant Gervasi sector keeps houses with dated lintels, one of them from 1845.Find hotels in Old Sant GervasiHotel 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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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Monestir de Santa Maria de Valldonzella Heritage
- Mare de Déu de la Bonanova Heritage
- Convent del Redemptor Heritage
Parks & Gardens
1- Baurier house Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Casa Tosquella Heritage
- Casa Roviralta Heritage
- Casa Manuel Arnús Heritage
- Casa Comas d'Argemir Heritage
- Casa Muntades Heritage
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- Casa Casacuberta Heritage
- Can Margenat Heritage
- Casa Assumpció Parellada Heritage
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About La Bonanova
What are the main landmarks in La Bonanova?
In La Bonanova, Antoni Gaudí built the Torre de Bellesguard between 1900 and 1909 for Jaume Figueras. It stands on the ruins of the palace of Martin the Humane, the last king of the house of Barcelona, and its cisterns and the lower part of its walls are medieval. CosmoCaixa is a popular science museum.
The church of la Bonanova stands where the old church of Sant Gervasi i Protasi was. Casa Roviralta and Casa Manuel Arnús are among its villas.
What is the history of La Bonanova?
Sant Gervasi de Cassoles was once an independent municipality, together with Sant Gervasi - Galvany. A door lintel dated 1845 suggests that many houses were remodelled by the 1840s. Then the Bonanova sector grew.
From the 1890s villas went up for families back from the Americas with large fortunes, money tied in part to the illegal slave trade. Doctor Andreu bought plots here for modernista buildings and also created the Tibidabo funicular and the Tramvia Blau. About 40 percent of the towers were pulled down in the 1970s and 1980s.
Where is La Bonanova?
La Bonanova neighbours Tibidabo and runs along the road built in the 1890s to join Sant Gervasi to Sarrià.
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What is the best area to stay in La Bonanova?
The Bonanova villas: a stay among modernista villas. Old Sant Gervasi: the oldest streets of the former town.
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Updated October 2026