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Choosing a base on Passeig de Gràcia, by Casa Milà and Diagonal
The short answer
Choose upper Passeig de Gràcia, the city's main high-end shopping boulevard, for Gaudí's Casa Milà 69 m away, Casa Batlló further south and a Diagonal metro entrance (L3, L5) 45 m off. It suits sightseers and shoppers. Light sleepers wanting a boulevard-facing room should skip it. The catch: through traffic, plus 10 mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m and 28 each at points 400 m north and north-west.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Medium
- 10 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 20 m
- 46 to 66 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 1 min
- to Pg. de Gràcia (escala mecànica)
- Hotels mapped
- 30
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Sightseers wanting Casa Milà 69 m away and Casa Batlló further down the boulevard
- Shoppers who want the boulevard's high-end shops and Modernista frontages on foot
- Metro users: a Diagonal entrance (L3, L5) is 45 m away, about a 1-minute walk
- Travellers with luggage: the nearest metro entrance sits only 3 m below the anchor
Skip it if
- Light sleepers set on a boulevard-facing room: the venue count leaves out through traffic
- You want few mapped bars on every side: samples north and north-west count 28 each
- You are booking near Plaça de Catalunya: these figures come from the upper boulevard by Casa Milà
Where these figures apply on Passeig de Gràcia
Passeig de Gràcia, the city's main high-end shopping boulevard lined with Modernista buildings, runs from Plaça de Catalunya north to Jardinets de Gràcia. Every figure here comes from one anchor point on its upper stretch, 69 m from Gaudí's Casa Milà and just south of Diagonal. Casa Batlló lies further south, and blocks near Plaça de Catalunya fall outside these measurements.
The hotel list below uses OpenStreetMap names and addresses as tagged, not verified. Hotel Paseo de Gracia, tagged at Passeig de Gràcia 102, is 65 m from the anchor. Hotel Sir Victor and Hotel Limonaia, tagged on Carrer del Rosselló, are 104 m north; Hotel Suites Avenue, at Passeig de Gràcia 83, is 125 m south.
Metro entrances and walking times near Casa Milà
The nearest mapped entrance, labelled Pg. de Gràcia (escala mecànica), is 45 m from the anchor, about a 1-minute walk. It belongs to Diagonal station, on metro lines L3 and L5, not to Passeig de Gràcia station further south, which adds L2, L4 and Rodalies trains. Both, plus Provença on the FGC network, fall inside the 1200 m search radius.
In OpenStreetMap, this escalator entrance is tagged not wheelchair accessible, while a lift entrance labelled Pg. de Gràcia / Rambla Catalunya, tagged wheelchair accessible, is mapped close by. Walks assume a route 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute: Palau del Baró de Quadras is 156 m, about 3 minutes, and Casa Comalat 215 m, about 4 minutes.
Noise at night: mapped venues and boulevard traffic
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 7 bars, 2 pubs and 1 nightclub, a medium night-noise risk on this guide's scale. The scale counts mapped venues, not sound or opening hours, and it leaves out traffic. Passeig de Gràcia is a major through route, so for early nights ask for an interior room.
The ring samples, 400 m out, show how the count shifts: 28 venues within 250 m to the north and north-west, 12 to the north-east and south-west, 9 to the south and west, 6 to the south-east and 4 to the east. They are measuring points, not named streets.
Hills and walking on upper Passeig de Gràcia
The anchor sits at 51 m above sea level, and the eight ring samples 400 m out run from 46 m to 66 m, a 20 m spread. Higher ground lies to the west and north-west, lower ground to the east and south-east. The nearest metro entrance sits 3 m below the anchor.
These are Copernicus elevation readings at points, not the climb of any route, and say nothing about kerbs or steps. The north-west sample at 66 m and the south-east one at 46 m sit on opposite sides of the anchor, each 400 m out, so the readings suggest a gradual tilt, not a hill.
Hotels mapped nearby
30 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Passeig de Gràcia; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Hotel Paseo de Gracia
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Passeig de Gràcia 102 08008
65 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Actual Boutique
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer del Rosselló 238 08008
82 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Limonaia
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer del Rosselló 242 08008
104 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Sir Victor
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer del Rosselló 265 08008
104 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Suites Avenue
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Passeig de Gràcia 83 08008
125 m away, about 3 min on foot
Hotel Royal Passeig de Gracia
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Passeig de Gràcia 84
138 m away, about 3 min on foot
HO Casa Mimosa
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
144 m away, about 3 min on foot
Murmuri Residence
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
146 m away, about 3 min on foot
Gallery
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
153 m away, about 3 min on foot
Murmuri Boutique Hotel
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
163 m away, about 3 min on foot
The One
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
190 m away, about 4 min on foot
Monument Hotel
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Passeig de Gràcia 75 08008 Barcelona
196 m away, about 4 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: Passeig de Gràcia runs from Plaça de Catalunya north to Jardinets de Gràcia. Every figure here is measured from one point on its upper stretch, 69 m from Casa Milà and just south of Diagonal, with eight ring samples set 400 m out. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Casa Milà
- Torre Muñoz
- Palau del Baró de Quadras
- Palau Robert
- Plaça del Cinc d'Oros
- Casa Comalat
- La Casa Comalat
More street guides nearby
- la Dreta de l'Eixample
- Carrer del Consell de Cent
- la Vila de Gràcia
- Plaça de Catalunya
- Sagrada Família
- el Barri Gòtic
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Passeig de GràciaThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 107 bars, 2 pubs, 1 nightclubs | 51 m |
| North ring sample | 28 | 59 m |
| North-east ring sample | 12 | 51 m |
| East ring sample | 4 | 46 m |
| South-east ring sample | 6 | 46 m |
| South ring sample | 9 | 48 m |
| South-west ring sample | 12 | 54 m |
| West ring sample | 9 | 65 m |
| North-west ring sample | 28 | 66 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
Which metro station is closest to upper Passeig de Gràcia?
The nearest mapped entrance, labelled Pg. de Gràcia (escala mecànica), is 45 m away and belongs to Diagonal station on lines L3 and L5. Passeig de Gràcia station lies further south.
Is upper Passeig de Gràcia noisy at night?
OpenStreetMap lists 10 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, a medium risk on this guide's scale. It counts venues, not sound, and leaves out boulevard traffic.
How hilly is the area around Casa Milà?
Only gently. Sampled points 400 m out range from 46 m to 66 m above sea level, a 20 m spread, and the nearest metro entrance sits 3 m below the anchor.