Sants is a district with a great deal of history, traditionally a working class district. It is crossed by several big shopping streets, such as Carrer de la Creu Coberta , and some of the secondary streets, generally narrow, are pedestrian-only.

It has a long very well paved pedestrian-only section, made up of the streets of Gran Via de Carles III-Rambla del Brasil-Rambla de Badal ,in which the pedestrian accesses combine stairs and ramps with a gradient between 12% and 14%.
The Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes , which separates the districts of Sants and Montjuïc, links the city with the airport.

The Montjuïc area is one of the city’s green spaces. Being on a hill, the majority of its streets are quite step. The whole mountain is linked by fixed or mechanical stairways. In some areas it is not possible to park vehicles in the road, due to lack of space.

Montjuïc is the home to many of the Olympic Installations , built for the 1992 Olympic Games: Estadi Olimpic, Palau Sant Jordi, Picornell Swimming Pools, etc. And the area made up of the Mercat de les Flors, the Institut del Teatre and Plaça de Margarida Xirgu form what is known as the “Theatre City”, a large area dedicated to the theatre and shows.