Addresses in Barcelona can
sometimes cause confusion.
For a start they're all
written in Catalan, though
a few maps haven't yet
caught up and still use
Castilian spellings. In
this guide, the text and
maps use Catalan names and
addresses.
Addresses are written
as: c/Picasso 2, 4° -
which means Picasso street
(carrer) number two,
fourth floor. You may also
see esquerra, meaning
left-hand (apartment or
office); dreta is right;
centro centre. C/Picasso
s/n means the building has
no number (sense numero).
In the gridded streets of
the Eixample, building
numbers run from south
to north (ie lower numbers
at the Plaça de Catalunya
end) and from west to east
(lower numbers at Plaça
d'Espanya).
The main address abbreviations
used in Barcelona (and
this guide) are: Avda (for
Avinguda, avenue); c/ (for
carrer, street); Pg (for
Passeig, more a boulevard
than a street); Bxda (for
Baixada, alley); Ptge (for
Passatge, passage); and Pl
(for Plaça, square).
