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Living in les Corts, Barcelona
Western residential district, home of FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium. Bourgeois, quiet, well-served. Prices above average but below Sarrià.
Les Corts is the neighborhood hosting Camp Nou, the legendary FC Barcelona stadium — the largest in Europe by capacity. Beyond the stadium, it's a quiet bourgeois residential area, near Diagonal and the university campus of the Universitat de Barcelona.
Who lives here
Upper-middle-class Barcelona families, professionals, university students (UB and UPC), a good number of expats with mid-level salaries working in Diagonal or near the universities.
What it's like during the day
Wide streets, 70s-80s buildings, some more modern zones. Avinguda de la Diagonal crosses Les Corts toward the sea. Carrer de les Corts is the main commercial street. El Corte Inglés is here. Near the universities there's plenty of greenery (Jardins de Joan Brossa).
What it's like in the evening
Quiet. Few nightlife spots, some family restaurants. On Barça match nights the neighborhood comes alive — packed bars, intense traffic. Outside match days it's almost asleep.
Getting around
Metro Les Corts (L3), Maria Cristina (L3). Numerous buses along Diagonal. Tram T1, T2, T3. Good connection to downtown (15 min).
When NOT to pick it
If you want a strong historical character or intense nightlife. If you want to be walking distance from the Gòtic.
Les Corts is the right pick for expat families and professionals seeking an orderly neighborhood near the universities and Diagonal, with good price/centrality ratio.