Best Gyms in Barcelona: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Fitness Enthusiast
Written by Martin Ebner
Last updated August 2026
Try finding out what a gym in Barcelona costs. Most of them won't tell you. You'll get a form, a phone number, or an invitation to come in for a chat. It's the same as asking about a salary here, the number is treated as something to be discussed last rather than published, and hardly any of them will let you try the place first.
That's the old fashioned bit about Spain, not the training itself. Four in ten people in Barcelona hold a gym membership, which is above the European average, and there are close to a thousand gyms to choose from. The secrecy is a barrier to entry and a pointless one.
So here are the best gyms in Barcelona with what they actually cost, from around €25 a month up to €140, grouped by price and by who each one suits. I've been coaching here since 2014 and I've trained in most of them myself.
What to look for when choosing a gym in Barcelona
Before diving into Barcelona's gym options, here's what actually matters when choosing a gym. I've trained at these facilities and these six factors make the difference between a membership you'll use and one that goes to waste.
Price
Look beyond the monthly rate. Factor in joining fees (some charge €50-200 upfront), contract lengths and cancellation policies. Budget gyms start at €25/month but premium options like Metropolitan reach €140/month plus fees, and a members' club will take you past €190. The cheapest option isn't always the best value if you don't use it. Most Barcelona gyms offer day passes (€10-40) so you can test before committing.
premium options like Metropolitan reach €140/month plus fees, and a members' club will take you past €190
Location
If your gym is more than 10 minutes from home or work, you possibly won't go. Barcelona traffic is unpredictable and commuting across the city for a workout kills motivation. Choose a gym you'll pass naturally during your daily routine. Multiple locations help if you move between neighbourhoods for work.
Niche and member profile
Gym culture matters. A bodybuilding-focused gym feels different from a boutique studio or family-oriented club. If you're a serious lifter, you'll be frustrated at a cardio-heavy gym. If you prefer group classes, a weights-only space won't work. Pay attention to who trains there during your preferred hours.
Facilities and amenities
Spas, pools, saunas and restaurants are nice but they won't make you stronger. Decide what you actually need versus what sounds appealing. If you'll never use the pool, don't pay for it. However, quality changing rooms, showers and lockers matter if you're training before or after work. Some Barcelona gyms have excellent outdoor spaces that take advantage of the climate.
Opening hours
24/7 access sounds great until you realise you only train at 10am or 7pm when most gyms are open anyway. However, if you work shifts or travel frequently, true 24-hour access with multiple locations becomes valuable. Some premium gyms close on Sundays, take national holidays (of which there are a lot in Catalonia) or have reduced hours in August.
Type and amount of equipment
This is where most people get it wrong. If you want to build muscle, you need proper strength equipment (barbells, squat racks, benches, dumbbells up to 30-40kg). If you're training for endurance, you need quality cardio machines. CrossFit requires specific setups. Touring the gym during your planned training time shows you if the equipment you need is available or if there are queues.
The bottom line: Match the gym to your actual training style, not your aspirational one. With these factors in mind, here are Barcelona's best gyms organised by category.
Barcelona gym prices at a glance
Quick comparison of monthly costs to help you narrow your options:
Prices last checked August 2026. Most Barcelona gyms don't publish theirs, so several of these came from asking directly. Always confirm with the gym before you sign anything.
Budget gyms (under €40/month)
1. Basic-Fit: cheap, and everywhere
Cheap, and they're everywhere. For plenty of people it's enough.
One membership gets you into every Basic-Fit in Spain, which is useful if you move around. I use the one in Rubí when I'm out that way and it's bigger and friendlier than my local.
The branches vary more than you'd expect. I'm a member at Sardenya in Eixample because it's closest to my flat, and I don't enjoy going. It's rammed, the music is too loud, the kit is average and there isn't enough of it, and the atmosphere isn't a warm one. I'd rather train on my terrace, and most weeks I do.
Lesseps is a different place entirely. Racks, Olympic platforms, dumbbells up to 50kg, and a room full of people who came to lift. That was my gym for the years I lived in Putxet.
The real cost. €24.99 reads like a monthly fee, but it's per four weeks, so you pay it thirteen times a year rather than twelve. Add a €19.99 joining fee and a 52 week contract.
Go if you want cheap and convenient and you'll use whichever one is nearest. Visit first, at the hour you'd actually train. The gap between two Basic-Fits is wider than the gap between some chains.
Prices: From €24.99 per four weeks, plus a €19.99 joining fee. €11.99 day pass.
Addresses: Sardenya 153, Eixample, Verdi 200, Gràcia, Carretera a Sant Cugat 63, Rubí.
Best for: Anyone who wants cheap and near, and will visit before committing.
2. BCN Fitness: central and no strings
Sold as Barcelona's cheapest gym. It isn't. At €32.95 a month it costs more than Basic-Fit.
What it is instead is the most flexible of the central options. Twenty euros to join, no contract, no permanence, leave whenever you like. Basic-Fit is cheaper monthly but holds you for 52 weeks, so if you're here for six months, or you don't yet know how long you're staying, this may be the better deal despite costing more.
A thousand square metres on Aragó at Girona, open from six in the morning to midnight on weekdays, and the classes are inlcuded in the price. Fit Pump, pilates, yoga, aeroboxing and the cardio dance formats. It sits at 4.4 out of 5 across a couple of hundred reviews, and the staff get named and thanked in them, which usually tells you a lot about the vibe.
Read the complaints before you sign, though. More than one reviewer says the advertised price wasn't what they ended up paying, and a few go as far as calling the advertising misleading. Between that and the joining fee, it would be wise to get the full first year total in writing before you hand over a bank account.
The real cost. €32.95 a month, €20 to join, no minimum term. Three months up front is €98.85, the same rate.
Go if you want somewhere central with classes included and no strings.
Prices: €32.95/month, €20 joining fee, no minimum term. €98.85 for three months.
Address: C/ d'Aragó 322, Dreta de l'Eixample (Girona/Bruc).
Best for: A central gym with classes, without being tied in.
3. VivaGym: the one that's nearest
There's a VivaGym near you. That's the pitch and it's a fair one. Thirty-odd clubs across Barcelona and the metro area, and they bought Altafit in 2024, so there are more of them now than there were.
Prices are set club by club, which is why nobody can tell you what it costs. At Entença, it's €31.15 a month for that one gym, €35.15 for the zone, €38.15 for the full network across Spain and Portugal. Walk into another one and the numbers move. Registration is small, three euros at that club, and there's no minimum term. Cancel before the 20th of the month and you're free to go.
The kit is what you'd expect at the price. Cardio, machines, free weights, a functional area and classes through the week. Some clubs have a boxing studio.
The complaint that comes up again and again is crowding, with broken machines and the air conditioning close behind. Ratings sit around four out of five across hundreds of reviews, which is respectable for a chain this size.
Go if there's one on your walk home and prioritise convenience above all.
Ask that specific club what it costs, because the answer changes from one to the next.
Prices: Around €31 to €38/month depending on club and tier. Small registration fee. No minimum term.
Locations: 30+ across Barcelona and the metro area. Arc de Triomf, Diagonal, Glòries, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni, Sants, Universitat, Vía Augusta and more.
Best for: Whoever has one on their doorstep and wants no contract.
Mid-range gyms (€40-75/month)
4. Anytime Fitness: gym time, anytime
The name is the product. Around thirty clubs in and around Barcelona, all open through the night, and your membership works in their gyms worldwide. Worth the money if you work shifts, travel a lot, or just want an empty gym at six in the morning.
Ciutadella is my pick. Decent range of kit, and it never feels too busy even at the hours everywhere else does.
Pricing is a moving target. It starts around €42.90 a month, but it's set per club and shifts with whatever promotion is running. I asked about a summer pass a while back and I'm still getting emails, each one quoting me something different. Ask the specific club, get it in writing, and don't assume last month's number is still accurate.
Go if you train at odd hours or you travel.
Take the free trial, because almost nothing else on this list will let you try before you pay.
Prices: From €42.90/month, varies by club and promotion. Free trial available.
Address: C/ de Sardenya, 69, Sant Martí (Ciutadella). Around 30 clubs across the Barcelona area.
Best for: Shift workers, early risers, frequent travellers.
Premium gyms (€75+/month)
5. We/On Club: comprehensive wellness
Previously Holmes Place, rebranded to We/On. Two clubs, Balmes and Urquinaona, both central in Eixample.
This is the full package rather than just a gym. Pool, spa, physio, cycle, pilates and yoga studios, unlimited classes, a restaurant and a working space. Balmes is an also an official HYROX training club. Open half six in the morning to half ten at night on weekdays.
They won't tell you what it costs. Expect somewhere around €100 a month plus a joining fee, but you'll have to ask, and what you're quoted may depend on when you ask.
Go if you'll use the pool and the spa as well as the weights room.
Skip it if you only lift, because you'd be paying for a lot of building you never walk into.
Prices: On enquiry. Expect around €100/month plus a joining fee.
Locations: C/ Balmes, 44-46, Eixample and C/ d'Ausiàs Marc, 9-11, Eixample (Urquinaona).
Best for: Swimmers, class-goers, and anyone who wants physio in the same building.
6. Metropolitan: where fitness meets fancy
Eight clubs, five of them in Barcelona. This is the top end, and Iradier is the one to see.
It's a converted villa up in Sarrià. Tarruella Trenchs did the interiors and kept the original stucco, the marble and the painted reliefs, so you get monumental staircases and a pool and spa inside what still reads as somebody's grand old house. Best looking gym in Barcelona and it isn't close.
The others each have their own character. Galileo in Les Corts, Las Arenas inside the old bullring at Plaça d'Espanya, Balmes and Sagrada Família in Eixample. Sagrada has more people looking at each other than at the weights.
Your membership is tied to one club. If Sagrada Família is your local and you fancy a swim at Iradier, you pay a supplement on the door each time. Ask exactly which clubs your membership covers before you sign up.
I was a member at Balmes for a while, where I was regularly the fittest person in the room. That tells you more about the room than it does about me. People come here for the spa and the restaurant as much as the weights.
Go if you want the building, the pool and the spa, and the price isn't a factor.
Ask for Iradier even if it isn't your nearest, because it's worth the trip just to look at.
Prices: On enquiry. Expect €140+/month at Iradier, less at the Eixample clubs. Membership is tied to one club, with a supplement to use the others Locations.
Locations: Five in the city. Iradier (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi), Balmes and Sagrada Família (Eixample), Galileo (Les Corts), Las Arenas (Sants-Montjuïc). Three more at L'Hospitalet, Badalona and Sant Just.
Best for: The building, the spa, and members who want somewhere to be seen.
7. David Lloyd Turó: premium sports club experience
David Lloyd Turó sits on Avinguda Diagonal in Les Corts, next to Parc de Cervantes. This isn't just a gym. It's a comprehensive sports and wellness club.
Turó is the only one in the city. There are two more in the Barcelona area, Gavà Mar down on the coast and Sant Just out in the suburbs.
The club boasts 12 tennis courts, 12 padel courts, two swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), full gym, spa facilities and restaurant. The scope is very different from standard commercial gyms. You're joining a club rather than a gym.
The fitness section includes over 100 classes weekly covering yoga, Reformer Pilates, cycling, HIIT and strength building. David Lloyd's exclusive classes like Blaze and Battlebox aren't available elsewhere. Personal trainers are on hand to help you maximise results.
What distinguishes David Lloyd from other premium options is the family orientation. Kids Club and creche mean parents can train while children are supervised. The restaurant and outdoor terrace function as social spaces. Adult-only workspaces with Wi-Fi suit people who work remotely between sessions.
The spa (sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, heated beds) adds great recovery options. The 200-space covered car park removes the hassle of Barcelona parking.
David Lloyd Turó is your best choice if you want full sports club amenities, family facilities and a social environment. As it’s located right on the edge of the city, it’s not ideal if you live centrally and don't have access to a car.
Prices: On enquiry. Expect €120-140/month. They run a three month trial membership.
Address: Av. Diagonal, 673-685, Les Corts. Also at Gavà Mar and Sant Just Desvern.
Best for: Families, racket players, and anyone who wants a club rather than a gym.
8. Inner Flow: wellness meets biohacking
Housed in the Desigual building in Barceloneta, Inner Flow is unlike anything else on this list. It's not really a gym in the traditional sense. It's a 1,400 m² wellness studio built around the concept of flow states, founded and owned by Thomas Meyer, the man behind Desigual.
The ground floor covers the training spaces. A plush indoor gym kitted out with Hammer Strength and Life Fitness equipment. Outside there's the Backyard Box, a rig and cube setup with up to 20 stations, racks, wall ball targets, rings and ropes. Inside again, a yoga shala running everything from Ashtanga to Aerial Pilates, an immersive cycling studio, and a Zendō, which is a room for nothing but meditation.
The lower level is where it gets interesting. A functional spa with dry and wet saunas, a float tank, cold water plunge, infrared lounge and a full hydrothermal circuit. There's also a Bio Lab offering functional medicine, personalised nutrition and biohacking assessments.
The membership isn't cheap. €145 a month on a three month contract, or €129 if you commit to a year, plus a joining fee from €59. Personal training and holistic therapies, physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic, all cost extra on top.
They do let you try it, which almost nobody else here does. €39 gets you a first visit with a class and an hour in the spa. If you're weighing up €145 a month, that's the forty quid to spend first.
Inner Flow suits a specific person. If you want a conventional weights room and nothing else, you're overpaying. If you value recovery, mindfulness and a holistic approach alongside your strength training, there's nothing else like it here.
Prices: €145/month on a three month contract, €129 on a year, plus a joining fee from €59. €39 for a class and an hour in the spa.
Address: Passeig del Mare Nostrum, 15, Barceloneta.
Best for: Recovery, spa and anyone curious about biohacking.
9. Soho House Barcelona: the members' club with a gym
This one comes with a caveat. Soho House is a private members' club, not a gym. You can't walk in off the street. Membership requires an application, approval by their committee and a focus on creative industries. Including it here because several clients have asked about the fitness facilities and it's worth understanding what you get.
Barcelona city now has two Soho House locations.
The original in the Gothic Quarter has a first-floor gym overlooking palm trees and the port with TechnoGym equipment, a free weights area, a House Ride spin studio, sauna, steam room and the Cowshed Spa. Classes include Pilates, yoga, barre, circuits and HIIT but are no longer included in their membership.
The newer Pool House on Avinguda del Tibidabo in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi adds a second gym with daily classes, an outdoor pool, a wellness spa with advanced therapies and a vegetarian café.
The cost reflects the club, not the gym. Membership is either One House, meaning the one you'll use most, at €191.67 a month, or All Houses at €275, which gets you into the lot globally. There are no day passes and guests aren't allowed in the gym.
You're paying for the full Soho House experience: rooftop pool, restaurants, “workspaces”, screening room, global club access and hotel privileges. The gym is an amenity within that package, not the headline.
Worth considering if you're already a Soho House member or interested in joining for the lifestyle benefits. Not worth joining purely for the gym when Barcelona has better dedicated fitness facilities at lower price points.
The Pool House location is particularly nice if you live in Sarrià or Pedralbes.
Prices: From €191.67/month (local membership), no day passes (members only).
Locations: Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli, 4, Gothic Quarter and Av. del Tibidabo, 23, Sarria-Sant Gervasi.
Best for: Existing Soho House members, creative professionals, lifestyle club with fitness amenities
10. Workshop: serious lifting in Poblenou
Workshop Fitness Club BCN runs an 1,800 m² open floor in Poblenou. It's the best rated gym on this list by a distance, 4.9 across more than thirteen hundred reviews.
You can read the room off the equipment list. Panatta, Precor, Rogue and Eleiko. Panatta is the Italian machine brand bodybuilders ask for by name, Eleiko makes competition barbells and plates, and Rogue does the rigs. Nobody buys that combination for a crowd that wants a treadmill and a stepper. Their own marketing calls the place a temple of strength, which sounds about right.
Zones for functional training, free weights, strength machines and cardio. There's a Turkish hammam and spa, massage, and a fitness bar. Recovery matters if you train hard, and most gyms at this price give you a shower and a locker.
Pricing depends on how long you commit. €89 for a month with no strings, €65 a month on a rolling subscription, or €585 for a year, which works out around €49 a month. There's a €75 fee on everything except the single month. The €19.90 day pass is the sensible way to look before you leap.
Go if you lift seriously and want the kit to match.
Do the day pass first, because Poblenou is a bit of a trek if you don't live out that way.
Prices: €89/month with no commitment, €65/month on subscription, or €585 for a year, about €49/month. A €75 fee applies to all except the single month. Day pass €19.90.
Address: Carrer d'Àvila, 120, Sant Martí (Poblenou), 08018 Barcelona.
Best for: Serious lifters, and anyone who wants a hammam after a heavy session.
Outdoor gyms (free to €58/month)
11. Aiguajoc: best outdoor gym
While Aiguajoc's indoor gym isn't worth a mention, they have an epic outdoor workout area with a big rig containing all the bells and whistles. Barbells, kettlebells, rings, ropes, pull-up bars and more.
With its surrounding high walls and caging it feels very much like a jail yard, which if you're anything like me will encourage you to go a little harder. Barcelona's climate makes this viable year-round apart from the occasional rain.
They also have a spa indoors if you fancy some rest and recovery after a heavy session. Outdoor training plus spa access is an unusual combination in Barcelona.
It's a municipal centre, Centre Esportiu Municipal Aiguajoc Borrell, council owned and run under concession. That's why the rates are published in full when almost nobody else's are, and why there are reduced prices for over 65s, under 18s and anyone out of work.
Full day access is €58.24 a month, or €44.32 if you only need weekday daytimes, with a joining fee of €59 to €69 on top. A year up front comes to €646.84. That's mid-range pricing, and the outdoor training justifies it if you'd rather have fresh air than air conditioning.
Prices: €58.24/month full day, €44.32 part time, plus a €59 to €69 joining fee. Day pass €21.18. A year up front is €646.84.
Address: C/ del Comte Borrell, 21-33, Sant Antoni, 08015 Barcelona.
Best for: Outdoor training, functional work, and anyone who wants a pool without private club prices.
12. Barceloneta barras by Nike: a calisthenics dream
Free, outdoors, and right on the sand. Nike rebuilt this one in 2019 with the city council, the Nike Training Outdoor Project, out on the Espigó del Gas.
It's purpose-built for calisthenics. Pull-up bars at different heights, parallel bars, rings, benches and open ground for floor work, around eighteen exercises in all. It's impressive watching what some of the regulars can do on those bars, so even if you don't fancy a session it's worth a walk past.
Fair warning, the kit has seen better days. It went in seven years ago and it lives in salt air, so expect rust and some wear on the bars. It's free, so that's the trade.
The crowd is social and most of them know what they're doing. It's busiest from midday to two and again from five to eight. It's also a public space in full view of the promenade, so it isn't for anyone who'd rather not train in front of strangers.
Go if you train bodyweight and you'd rather be outside.
Bring everything with you, because there's no locker, no shower and nobody on the door.
Prices: Free.
Address: Espigó del Gas, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona.
Best for: Calisthenics, bodyweight work, and a sea view for nothing.
Finding your match
Barcelona's gym scene offers genuine variety. Here's the quick summary:
If price decides it. Basic-Fit. Cheapest on the list and there's one near almost everyone. Just know it's billed every four weeks and ties you in for a year.
If you don't want a contract. BCN Fitness or VivaGym. Both let you walk away whenever you like, which is rarer here than it should be.
If you need it at odd hours. Anytime Fitness. Open 24/7, around thirty clubs across Barcelona and the surrounding towns, and your membership works at any of them worldwide.
If you want to try before you pay. Anytime Fitness do a free trial, Inner Flow is €39 for a class and an hour in the spa, and Workshop is €19.90 for a day.
If you lift seriously. Workshop. Panatta, Rogue and Eleiko, and the best rated gym in the city.
If you want a pool without private club money. Aiguajoc. It's municipal, so the rates are published and there's an great outdoor rig on top.
If you want classes, pool and spa in the centre. We/On, at Balmes or Urquinaona.
If you've got kids, or you play tennis or padel. David Lloyd Turó.
If recovery matters as much as the session. Inner Flow. Float tank, cold plunge, hammam and a Bio Lab.
If you want the best looking gym in Barcelona. Metropolitan Iradier. It's a converted villa and nothing else comes close.
If you're already a Soho House member. Barcelona Pool House. Not worth joining for the gym alone.
If you want it to cost nothing. The Barceloneta bars.
Whichever option you go for, ask three questions before you sign. What's the joining fee, how long am I tied in, and is that price monthly or every four weeks. Almost nowhere in Barcelona volunteers the answers.
Still not sure where to start?
Choosing a gym is one thing. Knowing what to do once you're there is another.
I'm Martin. I've coached in Barcelona since 2014, in English.
Most of my clients train on my fully equipped private terrace in Eixample. Others train at home, at their office or in their building gym. I coach regularly in Pedralbes and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.
Whether you need a gym membership, personal training or both depends on what you're actually trying to do. Tell me that and I'll give you an honest answer, even if the answer is that you don't need me. Unlike most of this list, my prices are published.
