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Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes binds three areas, Vallvidrera, Tibidabo and les Planes, into one neighbourhood of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.
About Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes
Where to stay in Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The name covers three settlements, and picking between Vallvidrera, Tibidabo and les Planes sets whether the day starts by Santa Maria de Vallvidrera, under the Torre de Collserola, or beside Les Planes station. Vallvidrera and its neighbours hold few rooms. Hotel La Florida and Hotel Buenos Aires appear in the landmark record rather than as any kind of hotel strip, so most beds sit lower down in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.
You trade city convenience for distance and quiet.
About Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes
What are the main landmarks in Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes?
Landmarks here run to towers. The Torre de Collserola and the Fabra Observatory head the list, the National Expiatory Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus belongs to Tibidabo, and Tibidabo's Automata Museum sits with it. Older stone survives too.
Santa Maria de Vallvidrera, the Mas de l'església de Santa Maria de Vallvidrera, Castell d'Olorda and the Creu de Llavallol carry the oldest names on the list, while Vil·la Joana, Can Pasqual and Can Castellví stand for the country houses.
What is the history of Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes?
Three settlements, one name. Vallvidrera, Tibidabo and les Planes grew apart from each other before the register bound them into a single neighbourhood of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and the older buildings still divide along those lines, from Santa Maria de Vallvidrera and Can Castellví to the Fabra Observatory. Institutions followed.
The Sanatori Antituberculós and the Torre de les Aigües de Dosrius record the health and water works that reached this ground, while Casa Cruïlles, Vil·la Montserrat, Torre Sansalvador and Hotel Buenos Aires mark the era of villa building outside the dense city of Barcelona.
Where is Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes?
Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes spreads across three separate areas at the outer edge of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, well away from the dense Barcelona grid.
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Updated September 2026