What is a good shopping mall? In the following lines you will find the answer, because in Barcelona there are many shopping malls 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 centers in Barcelona for its 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, it is one of the best shopping centers in Barcelona. Maremagnum is located on the first line, 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 breastfeeding room, Wi-Fi, and a pet-friendly policy.
⌚ 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 Westfield. In addition to an endless number of stores to make your purchases, about 150, this mall has its own cinema and a restaurant area that opens every day, Sundays included. That day you can not come to shop, because the stores are closed, but you can come to relax watching 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 area for electronic devices.
⌚ Open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm. Cinemas and restaurants, open on Sundays as well.
📍 Paseo Potosí, 2, Barcelona.
Diagonal Mar
Stores, restaurants and cinemas, 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 purchases. In addition, 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 we also find a cinema that opens every day of the year.
Its parking lot is open until midnight and is free for the first 2 hours. It has a recharging area for electric vehicles.
Open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm. Cinemas and restaurants, open on Sundays as well.
📍 Av. Diagonal, 208, Barcelona.
Arenas de Barcelona
The Arenas bullring 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, plus a restaurant area, gym, cinema and a parking lot that remains open 24 hours.
It is also pet-friendly and offers Wi-Fi service.
⌚ Shops Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm (October to May) / 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (June to September). Cinemas and restaurants, Sunday to Thursday from 10:00 h to 01:00 h and Friday, Saturday and holiday vigil from 10:00 h to 3:00 h.
📍 Plaza España / Gran Vía Corts Catalanes.
Gran Via 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 the only 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 opens 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 shopping, 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 90s. L’illa Diagonal today has on its premises 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 pm.
📍 Av. Diagonal, 557, Barcelona.
Splau
Splau opened in 2010, but quickly became a benchmark for shopping centers in the metropolitan area, with 159 stores including brands such as H&M and Fnac, 33 restaurants, bowling alley and cinemas, making it an ideal place to enjoy a full day out.
⌚ Open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm.
📍 Av. del Baix Llobregat, s/n, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona.