The success of the seven public toilets set up in 2017, used on nearly 540,000 occasions, played a key part in extending the network of urinals in the district. Seven new permanent self-cleaning toilets are to be installed before the year is out, consolidating the strategy of public toilets in Ciutat Vella and increasing the overall number of permanent facilities to fourteen.

In order to cope with the increase in tourists in the summer, eight temporary urinals will also be installed from 1 June to 30 September. The provisional toilets will be installed at the busiest points in the district which have no permanent toilets or which need additional facilities.

The measures adopted to provide public toilets for the district have meant fewer complaints from local residents in relation to people urinating in public places in Ciutat Vella, as well as cleaner streets in an area particularly hit by gentrification and nightlife.

Locations for the new self-cleaning toilets:

– Plaça de la Catedral.

– Plaça de Castella.

– Passeig de Picasso.

– Passeig de Colom.

– Rambla del Raval.

– Jardins de Sant Pau del Camp.

– Passeig Marítim.

Locations of public toilets installed in 2017:

– Premises in Plaça dels Àngels.

– Premises in Plaça del Teatre.

– Plaça de Sant Agustí.

– Pla de Palau.

– Plaça de Terenci Moix.

– Plaça de Salvador Seguí.

– Junction between Carrer de l’Arc del Teatre and Carrer de Lancaster.

Locations of temporary urinals in summer (1 June to 30 September)

– Junction between Passeig del Born and Carrer del Rec.

– Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli.

– Plaça del Poeta Boscà.

– Junction between Carrer dels Templers and Carrer d’Ataülf.

– Junction between Carrer de Cervelló and Avinguda de les Drassanes.

– Rambla del Raval.

– Jardins de Sant Pau del Camp.

– Passeig Marítim.