What to do in Eixample

The Eixample is a nineteenth-century idea that still works: Cerdà's grid, with twenty-metre chamfered corners that are not an aesthetic whim but room for trams to turn and light to get in. It holds the modernisme of a few blocks in the Dreta and the densest concentration of theatres, cinemas and music venues in the city. If you have a few hours, this is where most things happen at once.

Eixample is a district of Barcelona: it covers 6 administrative neighbourhoods.

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While you are here

If you are spending a few hours in the Eixample, these places are worth discovering too.

  • Centre Civic Cotxeres de Borrell
  • Casa Batllo
  • Casa Amatller

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Get to know Eixample

From Cerdà's plan to modernisme, in three steps.

Ildefons Cerdà's 1859 plan called for blocks built on only two sides with a garden in the middle; speculation ended up closing all four.

The twenty-metre chamfered corner is not a styling choice: Cerdà designed it so trams could turn and corners got daylight.

The industrial bourgeoisie built their houses here between 1888 and 1910, which is why Modernisme clusters in a few blocks of the Dreta.

What its programme is like

Based on 1324 events between 2026-08-04 and 2027-11-02.

Venues with a programme: Centre Cultural La Casa Elizalde · L'Auditori de Barcelona · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família · Centre Cívic Casa Golferichs · Centre Cívic Urgell · Centre Cívic Cotxeres Borrell · Centre Cívic Ateneu Fort Pienc · Cinemes Girona

Areas with their own page: Sagrada Família · Sant Antoni

Neighbourhoods next door: El Born · Gothic Quarter · El Raval · Gràcia

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