Street parking in Esplugues de Llobregat costs €1.35 for the first hour in the blue zone, with a maximum stay of 2 hours 30 minutes (€4.10). You pay on weekdays from 9:00 to 13:30 and 16:30 to 20:00 and on Saturday mornings; Sundays, holidays and all of August are free. The Indigo Finestrelles car park was free for the first two hours on 26 October 2026. This guide covers the zones, the free options, the low-emission zone and car hire at Barcelona Airport.
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Esplugues has three kinds of paid street parking. In the blue zone (zona blava) anyone can park for up to 2 hours 30 minutes. The first hour costs €1.35. The green zone (zona verda) is mainly for residents, but visitors may use it by paying the blue-zone rate. The orange zone (zona taronja) sells weekly and monthly passes through an app, aimed at people who work in the business areas. Streets without coloured markings are free. The whole town is also inside the metropolitan low-emission zone (ZBE).
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| Option | Price | Maximum stay | When you pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue zone, 1 hour | €1.35 | 2 h 30 min | Mon–Fri 9:00–13:30 and 16:30–20:00, Sat 9:00–14:00 |
| Blue zone, 2 hours | €3.05 | 2 h 30 min | Same hours |
| Blue zone, 2 h 30 min | €4.10 | 2 h 30 min | Same hours |
| Green zone, Finestrelles (non-residents) | €3.15 per hour | 2 h 30 min | Same hours |
| Indigo Finestrelles car park | First 2 h free, 4 h €8.30 | No limit | 24 hours |
| Unmarked streets | Free | No limit | Never |
| Any zone on Sundays, holidays and in August | Free | No limit | Never |
Street prices come from Esplugues fiscal ordinance no. 15 (BOPB, 27 December 2024), and the 2026 fiscal ordinance list shows no change to it. Hours and maximum stays come from the town’s parking ordinance. Meters round the price to the nearest 5 cents. The car park figures are the walk-in rates Indigo showed on 26 October 2026.
What parking costs in Esplugues
Street tariffs from the fiscal ordinance and Indigo walk-in rates, 26 October 2026
Paid parking applies Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:30 and from 16:30 to 20:00, and on Saturdays from 9:00 to 14:00. Sundays and public holidays are free, and the ordinance switches the regulation off for the whole of August. Pay at the meter and put the ticket behind the windscreen, or pay by phone with the app named on the meter. You do not need to display anything if you pay by app.
In the blue zone, the price rises the longer you stay: €1.35 for the first hour, then €0.80 for the next half hour, €0.90 for the half hour after that and €1.05 for the last half hour. After 2 hours 30 minutes you must move the car. Around the Finestrelles shopping centre, non-residents pay a higher green-zone rate of €3.15 an hour. Blue-zone passes for Finestrelles are also sold: €12 for 7 days and €30 for 30 days.
The fine for parking without a valid ticket is €100. If you overstay by no more than the time you paid for, you can cancel the fine at the meter or in the app by paying €5.50 within 10 minutes.
The only Esplugues car park you can book on Parclick is under the Finestrelles shopping centre, at the Barcelona end of the town, close to Avinguda Diagonal and Sant Joan de Déu hospital. Its walk-in rates make it the best option for a short visit, because the first two hours are free.
Carrer de Laureà Miró 38. Open 24 hours, height limit 2.2 m, number-plate recognition (no ticket), accessible spaces, toilets and EV charging. Walk-in rates on 26 October 2026: 2 hours free, €8.30 for 4 hours, €16.60 for 6 hours and €24.95 for 8 hours. Indigo says only the tariff posted at the entrance applies. Indigo car park page · Book on Parclick.
Yes. Any street without blue, green or orange markings is free, and so are all regulated spaces outside the paid hours: at lunchtime (13:30 to 16:30 on weekdays), after 20:00, on Saturday afternoons, on Sundays and holidays, and during August. The first two hours in the Indigo Finestrelles car park were also free on the day we checked. If you are heading into Barcelona, the AMB park-and-ride car park at the Consell Comarcal in neighbouring Sant Just Desvern is free on weekdays with a valid integrated public transport ticket.
Part of Esplugues has been inside the ZBE Rondes de Barcelona since 2020. According to the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), the town extended its low-emission zone to the whole municipality in 2025. The restrictions apply Monday to Friday from 7:00 to 20:00 to vehicles without a DGT environmental label. Spanish-registered rental cars carry a label, so they are not affected. Cars with foreign number plates must be registered in advance on the metropolitan ZBE register, even if they meet the standard. See zbe.barcelona before you drive in with your own car.
Esplugues parking cost estimator
Check Indigo Finestrelles on Parclick →Pre-filled with €1.35 an hour, the first-hour blue-zone rate. Later half hours cost more, and the blue zone allows 2 hours 30 minutes at most.
In the blue zone the first hour costs €1.35, two hours €3.05 and the maximum of 2 hours 30 minutes €4.10. Non-residents in the Finestrelles green zone pay €3.15 an hour.
Regulated spaces are free on weekdays from 13:30 to 16:30 and after 20:00, on Saturday afternoons, on Sundays and holidays, and during the whole of August. Unmarked streets are always free.
The fine is €100. If you overstayed by no more than the time you paid for, you can cancel it by paying €5.50 at the meter or in the app within 10 minutes.
Yes. On 26 October 2026, Indigo Finestrelles (Carrer de Laureà Miró 38) charged nothing for the first two hours, then €8.30 for four hours. It is open 24 hours and can be booked on Parclick.
Yes. According to the AMB, the whole of Esplugues has been in the low-emission zone since 2025. Cars without a DGT label cannot drive there on weekdays from 7:00 to 20:00, and foreign cars must be registered first.
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