Costa Barcelona Map

The coast either side of Barcelona divides at the Llobregat. North is the Maresme, a narrow strip of wide coarse-sand beaches with the commuter railway running between the sand and the towns since the 1840s. South the Garraf massif drops into the sea in cliffs and coves, then flattens again at Castelldefels. Inland, the brand takes in cava country and two landlocked counties.

What is plotted on the Costa de Barcelona map

The map carries 10 places on this coast: 7 historic sites, 2 museums, 1 viewpoint. They span roughly 20 km in a straight line, from Park Güell in the north to Castelldefels Castle in the south.

The Costa de Barcelona coast, north to south

Every marker on the map, in the order you would meet it driving south. The distance is a straight line from the place above it.

Place	Type	From previous
Park Güell Park Güell is Antoni Gaudí’s hilltop garden complex above Barcelona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.	Viewpoint	—
Sagrada Família Sagrada Família is Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished basilica in Barcelona, under construction since 1882 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.	Historic site	2 km
Casa Batlló Casa Batlló is Antoni Gaudí’s most colourful building in Barcelona, nicknamed the House of Bones, a UNESCO World Heritage Site	Historic site	2 km
Museu Picasso Picasso vowed never to return to Spain under Franco, yet insisted his museum be built in Barcelona, the city that	Museum	2 km
Barcelona Cathedral Barcelona Cathedral is the Gothic cathedral of the Gothic Quarter, dedicated to Saint Eulalia, with foundations begun in 1298.	Historic site	0 km
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya MNAC holds the world’s finest Romanesque frescoes, rescued from Pyrenees churches in a race against foreign art dealers in the	Museum	3 km
Church of Colònia Güell Gaudí solved the Sagrada Família’s structural puzzle first at Colònia Güell, using an upside-down model of hanging string and sandbags.	Historic site	10 km
Montjuïc Castle Montjuïc Castle overlooks Barcelona from a hilltop above the port — and once turned its own cannons on the city	Historic site	12 km
Gavà Mines The Gavà Mines are Europe’s oldest gallery mines — the only prehistoric site anywhere dedicated purely to mining a gemstone	Historic site	15 km
Castelldefels Castle Castelldefels means “Fortunate Castle” — sunken Roman wine ships and a nearly intact medieval boat have been recovered from the	Historic site	3 km

By what you are looking for

Historic site (7): Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Barcelona Cathedral, Church of Colònia Güell, Montjuïc Castle, Gavà Mines, Castelldefels Castle

Museum (2): Museu Picasso, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

Viewpoint (1): Park Güell

How to read the map

Each marker is coloured by place type, so a glance tells you whether a point is a beach, a town or a natural park. Clicking a marker opens its name, type and a link to the full page. The checkbox bar above the map filters by type: untick everything except beaches to see only the coastline, or leave only historic sites to plan a day inland. Markers cluster when zoomed out, so a number in a circle means several places sit close together — zoom in and the cluster splits.

For the coast written up as a single read, see the Costa de Barcelona guide or the region page.

How to use this map

The map is scoped to this coast: the pins are the destinations on it, not the whole of Spain. The filters above narrow it further — show only beaches, or only coves, viewpoints, castles, museums or natural parks.

The coast either side of Barcelona splits into two comarcas, and each has its own map: the Maresme to the north, where the railway runs between the sand and the towns, and the Garraf to the south, where the massif drops into the sea in cliffs and coves.

Town guides on this coast

For the coast in words, see the full guide, or the region page for its destinations by area. Every Spanish coast is on the main CostaMap map.

Every place we have mapped on the Costa de Barcelona

37 towns, beaches, coves and landmarks, kept up to date automatically.