What makes a good shopping center? In the following lines you will find the answer, because in Barcelona there are many shopping galleries and spaces where we can shop, go to the movies or end the day dining at our favorite chain. But, in this guide, we have compiled the 7 best shopping malls in Barcelona for their range of services, such as stores, restaurants, parking and other extras that make the shopping experience more comfortable and enjoyable.
Maremagnum
With 33 brands and 14 restaurants is one of the best shopping centers in Barcelona. Maremagnum is located on the seafront, next to the port of Barcelona. If you are in the city center, it is a perfect option because it is 5 minutes away from Las Ramblas. In addition, it is open every day of the year and throughout this 2024 it is planned that a large gastronomic market with a dozen stalls will be installed on its terrace.
It has parking and services such as a lactation room, Wi-Fi, and a pet-friendlypolicy.
⌚ Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 9 pm.
📍 Moll d’Espanya, 5, Barcelona.
La Maquinista
La Maquinista is one of the 2 shopping centers in Barcelona that belong to the multinational company Westfield. In addition to an endless number of stores for your shopping, about 150, this mall has its own cinema and a restaurant area that is open every day, including Sundays. On that day you won’t be able to come to shop, because the stores are closed, but you will be able to relax and watch a movie.
Its free parking lot has 4,800 spaces and an area dedicated exclusively to bicycle parking. Amenities include free Wi-Fi, gift wrapping point and charging zone for electronic devices.
⌚ Open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm. Cinemas and restaurants, also open on Sundays.
📍 Paseo Potosí, 2, Barcelona.
Diagonal Mar
Stores, restaurants and movie theaters, which are also open on Sundays. Diagonal Mar is one of the largest shopping centers in Barcelona, with more than 200 stores and even a leisure area with a bowling alley.
With more than 5,000 parking spaces for cars and motorcycles and an area reserved for bicycles, it offers up to 3 hours of free parking for your shopping. Also, the parking lot closes later, around 1 a.m., in case you stay for dinner after the stores close.
⌚ Open Monday to Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm.
📍 Av. Diagonal, 3, Barcelona.
Westfield Glòries
We move a few more meters down Diagonal to reach Westfield Glòries, the second shopping center of this commercial real estate investment giant. Like La Maquinista, more than a hundred stores and restaurants make up the offer of this space, where there is also a cinema open every day of the year.
Its parking lot is open until midnight and is free for the first 2 hours. It has a Zone for recharging electric vehicles.
⌚ Open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm. Cinemas and restaurants, also open on Sundays.
📍 Av. Diagonal, 208, Barcelona.
Arenas de Barcelona
The Plaza de Toros de las Arenas was a former bullring in Barcelona and today is a shopping center visited by thousands of tourists and locals annually. Inside you will find fashion, decoration and all kinds of stores for your shopping, as well as a restaurant area, gym, cinema and a parking lot that is open 24 hours a day.
It is also pet-friendly and offers Wi-Fi service.
⌚ Shops Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (October to May) / 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (June to September). Cinemas and restaurants, from Sunday to Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. and Fridays, Saturdays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
plaza España / Gran Vía Corts Catalanes.
Gran Vía 2
Stores, restaurants, 4DX cinema and bowling alley make up the offer of this shopping center in L’Hospitalet with a slight retro style. It has a unique sensory cinema in Barcelona, where you can experience all the sensations that the film transmits in first person. Afterwards, you can complete the day with shopping in a hundred stores and dinner in one of its restaurants, such as Brasa y Leña, Andreu or Cañas y Tapas.
Free parking for 3 hours and all day Sundays. The parking lot is open until after midnight for the last sessions of the cinema.
⌚ Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., catering and cinemas from Monday to Sunday.
avinguda de la Gran Via de l’Hospitalet, 75, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
L’illa Diagonal
A Barcelona classic with the stores you’re always looking for, restaurant area and extra services such as car wash while you shop, lactation room, left-luggage office, or free Wi-Fi.
As a curiosity, this shopping center was inaugurated in 1993, in what was the first major shopping center project in Barcelona in the 1990s. L’illa Diagonal now has two four-star hotels, two schools, a sports center, a discotheque and concert hall, a convention center, a public park, and a parking lot with capacity for more than 2,400 cars.
⌚ Open Monday to Saturday from 9:30 am to 9:00 pm.
📍 Av. Diagonal, 557, Barcelona.