Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta, Barcelona — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta?

The landmarks of Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta are its own streets rather than grand monuments. The quarter of la Torre Llobeta carries the name of an old torre, or manor house, while Vilapicina keeps the plainer streets of a working corner of Barcelona. It is a lived-in district.

Visitors find the everyday squares and shopfronts of these two quarters of Catalunya, not the museums of the centre.

What is the history of Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta?

Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta grew from two older settlements that were later absorbed into Barcelona. La Torre Llobeta takes its name from an old torre, or manor house, that once stood among fields, while Vilapicina formed as a separate nucleus before the expanding city reached both. Fields became streets.

The two names survive together as a single district of Catalunya, a record of how outlying quarters were folded into the Catalan city.

Where is Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta?

Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta lies within the city of Barcelona, among the streets of its namesake quarters of Vilapicina and la Torre Llobeta, in Catalunya.