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Staying in El Born: Passeig del Born blocks, walks and nightlife
The short answer
Choose Passeig del Born if you want Casa Meca, la Seca and the Moco museum within a 2-minute walk and can accept a high mapped-venue count: 41 bars and pubs within 250 m. It suits sightseers on foot; skip it if you want few late venues. The catch: Argenteria metro is 321 m away, about 6 minutes.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- High
- 41 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 21 m
- 8 to 29 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 6 min
- to Argenteria
- Hotels mapped
- 21
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Visitors who want Casa Meca, la Seca and the Moco museum within a 2-minute walk of the anchor
- Travellers comfortable with 41 mapped bars and pubs within 250 m of the anchor
- Walkers happy with a sampled elevation spread of 21 m between 8 m and 29 m
Skip it if
- You want few mapped late venues: the anchor shows a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale
- You need a metro station at the door: Argenteria is 321 m away, about 6 minutes
- You need route-level gradient or step-free detail, which this page does not provide
Where to stay around Passeig del Born
Passeig del Born is an editorial point sample, not a district boundary, so read this page as a picture of the blocks within a few minutes of that point. Casa Meca is 22 m away, la Seca 49 m and the Moco museum 104 m, which puts several mapped sights within a 2-minute walk. Fossar de les Moreres is 119 m away, also 2 minutes on foot.
OpenStreetMap lists 21 hotels within 500 m. The nearest is Park Hotel Barcelona, 142 m away and a 3-minute walk, followed by Hotel Ciutadella Barcelona at 188 m and K+K Hotel Picasso at 226 m, both 4 minutes. Names, addresses and attributes are as tagged in OpenStreetMap and have not been verified.
Metro and walking times from the anchor
The nearest metro station in the data is Argenteria, 321 m from the anchor and estimated at 6 minutes on foot. The source lists no lines for it and supports location only, so check an official transit map for services before choosing a block.
Walk times are estimates from the anchor, using a detour factor of 1.3 over the straight line and 80 m a minute. They are not routed journeys from any hotel to the station. A hotel on the eastern edge, such as Hotel Santa Marta at 236 m from the anchor, sits farther from Argenteria than the anchor itself.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap maps 35 bars, 6 pubs and 0 nightclubs, 41 venues in all, which gives a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale. That is a count of mapped venues, not a measurement of sound, and it says nothing about opening hours or which streets carry the volume.
The compass samples show the spread. The south-west sample maps 41 venues within 250 m, west 24, north-west 21, south 18 and north 15, while the north-east and south-east each map 7 and the east sample maps 5. The east side therefore maps fewer venues, though a ring sample is a measurement point, not an identified street corner.
Hills and walking around the anchor
The anchor is sampled at 19 m. Across the anchor and 8 ring samples, sampled elevation runs from 8 m to 29 m, a 21 m spread. The lowest points are the north-east and east samples at 8 m, and the highest is the south-west sample at 29 m, with the west sample close behind at 28 m.
That is a sampled elevation range, not a route climb or a statement about accessibility. Argenteria station is sampled at 23 m, against 19 m at the anchor. Nothing here describes the gradient of any street, so check a specific route yourself if slopes or steps matter with luggage.
Hotels mapped nearby
21 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Passeig del Born; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Park Hotel Barcelona
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Avinguda del Marquès de l'Argentera 11 08003 Barcelona
142 m away, about 3 min on foot
Hotel Ciutadella Barcelona
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
188 m away, about 4 min on foot
Hotel Ciutat de Barcelona
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de la Princesa 33-35 08003 Barcelona
194 m away, about 4 min on foot
Hotel Ciutat de Barcelona
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
197 m away, about 4 min on foot
chic&basic Born Boutique Hotel
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de la Princesa 50 08003 Barcelona
225 m away, about 4 min on foot
K+K Hotel Picasso
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
226 m away, about 4 min on foot
Hotel Santa Marta
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
236 m away, about 4 min on foot
chic&basic Habana Hoose Hotel
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de l'Argenteria 37 08003 Barcelona
255 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Oasis
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
257 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Colonial
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Via Laietana 3 08003
328 m away, about 6 min on foot
Exe Hotel Laietana Palace
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Via Laietana 17 08003
331 m away, about 6 min on foot
H10 Hotel Port Vell
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
363 m away, about 6 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: An editorial point sample at Passeig del Born, with ring samples 400 m out and hotels searched within 500 m. It is not a district-wide boundary or a set of named streets. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Casa Meca
- la Seca
- Palau dels Cervelló
- Casa Casanovas
- Moco museum
- Palau Finestres
- Casa Mauri
- Fossar de les Moreres
More street guides nearby
- el Barri Gòtic
- La Rambla
- Plaça de Catalunya
- Carrer del Consell de Cent
- la Dreta de l'Eixample
- Passeig de Gràcia
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Passeig del BornThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 4135 bars, 6 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 19 m |
| North ring sample | 15 | 14 m |
| North-east ring sample | 7 | 8 m |
| East ring sample | 5 | 8 m |
| South-east ring sample | 7 | 11 m |
| South ring sample | 18 | 12 m |
| South-west ring sample | 41 | 29 m |
| West ring sample | 24 | 28 m |
| North-west ring sample | 21 | 11 m |
- Night-noise risk counts places tagged as bars, pubs and nightclubs in OpenStreetMap within 250 m: low under 8, medium from 8 or with any nightclub, high from 25 or with 3 nightclubs. It counts mapped venues; it does not measure sound.
- Walking times take the straight-line distance, add 30% for the street network and assume 80 m a minute, rounded up. They are estimates, not routes.
- Climb is the spread between the highest and the lowest sampled point in Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via the Open-Meteo Elevation API. Terrain models average the ground into cells, so a few metres either way are within their error.
- Searched on 13 Oct 2026: the metro within 1.2 km, hotels within 500 m. A place missing from OpenStreetMap is missing here too.
Questions and answers
How far is the nearest metro station from Passeig del Born?
Argenteria is 321 m from the anchor, about a 6-minute walk by estimate at 1.3 times the straight line and 80 m a minute. The data lists no lines for it, so confirm services with an official map.
How many bars and pubs are mapped near Passeig del Born?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 bars, 6 pubs and 0 nightclubs within 250 m of the anchor, 41 venues in all, a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale. It counts mapped venues and does not measure sound.
Which hotels are closest to Passeig del Born?
Park Hotel Barcelona is nearest at 142 m, a 3-minute walk, then Hotel Ciutadella Barcelona at 188 m and Hotel Ciutat de Barcelona at 194 m, both 4 minutes. Check details with each hotel directly.
How much does the ground rise around Passeig del Born?
Sampled elevation runs from 8 m to 29 m, a 21 m spread across the anchor and ring samples. This is a sampled range, not a route climb, so it does not describe the gradient of any particular walk.