Would you like to live in a luxury apartment in the best area of Barcelona? If yes, then consider Pedralbes. Located in the north of Barcelona, this is a quiet, luxury and a prestigious neighborhood. The Group CASA offers reliable information about purchase of real estate in Barcelona and presents you amazing building of exclusive apartments in Barcelona, in Pedralbes.
Located in the northern area of one of the most iconic avenues or Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, this neighborhood actually belongs to Les Corts district but people living here feels more like belonging to Sarrià district, another neighborhood very close to Les Corts, which also has many exclusive apartments in Barcelona.
The architecture of this gorgeous neighborhood is only one of the main elements that makes it so special, among its class and nobility. The design, parks and public gardens to enjoy with family and friends, and the historic buildings all this gives this neighborhood a special cultural ambience.
If you are living outside Barcelona now but wish to come to live in the metropolitan area of the city in its best, quiet and elegant neighborhood where you can find everything you need to be comfortable, then Pedralbes is the perfect place for you.
Areas in Pedralbes
The structure of Pedralbes is very different from the structure of another iconic neighborhood of Barcelona, the Eixample, in which buildings and houses are organized in square spaces. Pedralbes has a little more complex distribution but easy to identify: 2 completely different areas:
North Area: where one feels impressed by beauty of many historic buildings and fabulous private houses with huge beautiful gardens. It is a very quiet zone.
South Area: where one finds lovely buildings with luxury apartments in Barcelona and private residences always preserves the tranquility of the neighborhood.
Pedralbes is the most exquisite neighborhood, where luxury and great location bound together, so buying a luxury real estate here you will have close all exclusive facilities of the city.
Places of interest in Pedralbes
Monastery of Pedralbes
The Royal Monastery of Santa MarÃa de Pedralbes, also known as Monastery of Pedralbes, it’s a religious edification built during the XIV century in Barcelona and a very touristic building that you cannot miss in Pedralbes.
For lovers of the Middle Age this monastery is the perfect place to travel back in time and enjoy the ancient structures of this building. The monastery was built to be a home of the cloistered nuns of Clarisas and it still preserves its original structure.
The Monastery of Pedralbes has a cloister, where the silence reigns, a chapel and the San Miguel Church. All these places with their architectural beauty are very characteristic for Pedralbes and make this area very special for living if you are looking for luxury apartments in Barcelona to buy.
Beside these spectacular and exclusive apartments in Barcelona, Pedralbes also has the best schools of the city. Among them we can highlight ESADE, as one of the most famous universities specialized in Business and International Law.
Among the most prestigious schools we can mention the French Highschool (the Lycée Français) located in the south of Pedralbes.
Royal Tennis club in Barcelona
If you like doing sport you can find some lovely sport clubs in Pedralbes. There is a very important Royal Tennis club, founded in 1899. One of the greatest events in Barcelona’s sports calendar tennis tournament, universally known as the Conde de Godó Trophy, is celebrated there.
Royal Palace of Pedralbes
The Royal Palace of Pedralbes inaugurated in 1931 was declared to be a site of Cultural Interest of the city of Barcelona. Surrounded by many green areas this place is wonderful to spend a day outside enjoying the nature.
This palace is located at Diagonal Avenue 686, and it is a current location of several museums grouped in the Disseny Hub of Barcelona. Among them are: the Ceramic Museum, the Decorative Arts Museum and the Textile and Clothing Museum, plus it is the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona. The main element of this palace, beside its wonderful gardens, are the water fountains, because these have rare forms of mythical or royal characters, displaying a very realistic structure.
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