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la Clota, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Torre Jussana marks la Clota, an 18-hectare neighbourhood within the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona.
About la Clota
Where to stay in la Clota
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Because la Clota holds only 18 hectares of houses and small plots inside Horta-Guinardó, its beds amount to a handful of rooms rather than anything like a hotel quarter. Horta takes the overflow. Streets near the Camí d'Horta a Sant Genís put walkers at the edge of the old track, and Torre Jussana gives the neighbourhood a landmark to navigate by.
You will want a taste for plain residential lanes.
About la Clota
What are the main landmarks in la Clota?
Torre Jussana anchors the list. Around it the record keeps a scattering of small survivals, the Well in Bragança street, Cal Senyorito, La Vaqueria, and two entries logged under the plainest of names, Casal and Casals. None of this is monumental.
The Camí d'Horta a Sant Genís counts among them as a route rather than a building, tracing the way people moved between Horta and Sant Genís before the district grid reached this ground.
What is the history of la Clota?
Small holdings came first. La Vaqueria and Cal Senyorito preserve the names of working buildings from a time when la Clota lay outside the built-up part of Barcelona, while the Well in Bragança street points to the same era of plots drawing their own water. The Camí d'Horta a Sant Genís is older still.
No founding year is recorded for the neighbourhood, so its past is read through those names and through the slow spread of Horta-Guinardó across the ground around it.
Where is la Clota?
la Clota fills about 18 hectares of the Horta-Guinardó district in Barcelona, ground crossed by the Camí d'Horta a Sant Genís on its way toward Sant Genís.
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Updated September 2026