Most of my clients, and in general most foreign investors, buy in Barcelona to achieve the double objective of having a holiday home/second residence/future retirement home, and having an additional income. Barcelona has an enormous appeal, it attracts visitors from all over the world, and it offers the unique opportunity of acquiring a property at an affordable price, and earning money on both...
Even if less frequently than a couple of years ago, still several clients contact me to "look for a property for tourist rental". The tourist rental business has been under the spotlight for several years now and it is a controversial form of letting the flat, definitely not as good as it might seem to investors looking for an easy and - according to the "legend" - considerable income. But let's...
Clot-Glories | Properties Clot-Glories | Barcelona Buyers The areas of Clot and the adjacent Glories are probably amongst the least known of the district of Sant Marti. However, if you are an investor, do not discard these areas as they are getting more and more interesting. Clot is a residential area that borders the areas of Sagrada Familia and Poble Nou. It is mainly inhabited by local...
Diagonal Mar | Properties Diagonal Mar | Barcelona Buyers Diagonal Mar is the newest and definitely most expensive area of the district of Sant Marti. As the name clearly explains, it is the area where the Avenida Diagonal meets the sea. Up to the early 90s, there was nothing else than slums and poor areas while now it features the most expensive properties of Barcelona...
Poblenou Vila Olimpica | Properties Poblenou | Barcelona Buyers Poble Nou and Vila Olimpica are probably the best known areas of the district of Sant Marti. During the industrial revolution of the XIX Century, the area of Poblenou (meaning "new village" in Catalan) was the centre were most of the factories were located and the working class lived, to the point that it earned the name of the...
Poble Sec Barcelona | Properties Poble Sec | Barcelona Buyers Poble Sec is the most famous and most interesting area in the district of Sants-Montjuic. It stretches between the Avenida Paralelo (that separates Poble Sec from the Raval) and the Montjuic hill and borders with Plaza de Espanya on one side, and the sea on the other. Poble Sec means "Dry village" in Catalan, because until a...
The district of Gracia is located above the Eixample. Gracia was a village established in 1626. At the time, Paseo de Gracia was a country road that linked the village to the city. Gracia remained an independent village after 1714 and it was finally incorporated into Barcelona in 1897, as a consequence of the city expansion. Today, Gracia is one of the most vibrant and charming areas of the...
The Eixample district is the heart of Barcelona because of its geographic location and for being the most important business, economical and shopping district of the city. The name Eixample (or Ensanche, in Catalan) means "extension" and this is the reason why the area was born, when the city needed to expand during the XIX Century and the Industrial Revolution. The original project by...
The Eixample district is the heart of Barcelona because of its geographic location and for being the most important business, economical and shopping district of the city. The name Eixample (or Ensanche, in Catalan) means "extension" and this is the reason why the area was born, when the city needed to expand during the XIX Century and the Industrial Revolution. The original project by...
The Eixample district is the heart of Barcelona because of its geographic location and for being the most important business, economical and shopping district of the city. The name Eixample (or Ensanche, in Catalan) means "extension" and this is the reason why the area was born, when the city needed to expand during the XIX Century and the Industrial Revolution. The original project by...
