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Casa Batlló
Gaudí's fantastical apartment building in Barcelona with a skeletal facade, coloured tiles, and a dragon-scale roof.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample
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About la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample
la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample works well as a base: 3km from Basílica de la Sagrada Família.
la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample is in Catalonia, Spain, with about 58,000 people. You drive on the right here.
La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample (Catalan for Expansion, New Left, meaning the newer sector of L'Eixample ['the Expansion'] on the west/left side of Carrer de Balmes) is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Originally it formed a single unit, called Esquerra de l'Eixample, with theRead more
current neighborhood l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample.
In this neighborhood there are the Can Batlló's three buildings (currently the Industrial School), the former prison La Model, the park Parc de Joan Miró, located in the emplacement of the former city's slaughterhouse, the bullfighting ring Las Arenas, which is nowadays a shopping centre, and the Casa Golferichs.
Due to its considerable Romanian migrant population, La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample has been defined as a "Little Romania".
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What is there to see near la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample?
Within an hour or so of la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample: Casa Batlló (2 km), Museu de la Moto Barcelona (2 km), Basílica de la Sagrada Família (3 km), Aquarium Barcelona (3 km).
Are there any good drives near la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample?
The nearest famous roads are Costa Brava, Port d'Envalira and Coll d'Ordino.
Where is la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample?
la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample is in Catalonia, Spain.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 57,676
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Catalonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 41.3831, 2.1490
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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Worth the detour from la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Museu de la Moto Barcelona
Barcelona's motorcycle museum showcasing the rich heritage of Spanish and international motorcycle manufacturing.
2 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
Gaudí's unfinished modernist basilica, Barcelona's most iconic landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Aquarium Barcelona
Port Vell aquarium with the world's largest Mediterranean-themed exhibit and an 80-metre underwater glass tunnel.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Park Güell
Gaudí's whimsical public park in Barcelona filled with colourful mosaic tilework and organic architectural forms.
4 km · about 5 min drive
racetrack
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Home of the Spanish Grand Prix at Montmeló near Barcelona; its blend of fast sweeps and slow corners made it Formula 1's favourite pre-season testing venue.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Montserrat Monastery
A Benedictine abbey nestled among surreal serrated rock pinnacles, home to the revered Black Madonna and a renowned boys' choir.
35 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar
Spain's first purpose-built autodrome, a 2km concrete oval with alarmingly steep banking, opened 1923 and abandoned for decades while farm animals grazed the infield. Restored and reopened to visitors, the raw banked bowl survives almost exactly as built.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving in Spain
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€4.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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