La farmacia está más abajo, junto a la plaza.

Because estar is used for location.

In Spanish, when you say where a person or thing is physically located, you normally use estar, not ser.

• La farmacia está más abajo = the pharmacy is further down / lower down
• La farmacia es... would sound wrong here if you are talking about its location

A useful rule:

• ser = identity, what something is
• estar = location, condition, how something is

So:

• Es una farmacia = It is a pharmacy
• Está más abajo = It is further down

Más abajo means further down, lower down, or down there a bit more, depending on context.

Breakdown:

• más = more
• abajo = down / below

Together, más abajo often means:

• further down the street
• a bit lower
• farther down from where you are now

In directions, it is very natural. For example:

• El banco está más abajo. = The bank is further down.
• Tu hotel está más abajo, a la derecha. = Your hotel is further down, on the right.

It does not always mean literally “below” in a vertical sense. In street directions, it often just means further along in that downward direction.

The comma separates two pieces of location information:

• está más abajo = it’s further down
• junto a la plaza = next to the square

So the sentence gives the location in two steps:

1. general direction
2. more precise position

Without the comma, La farmacia está más abajo junto a la plaza, the sentence is still understandable, but the comma makes it sound clearer and more natural in writing.

In speech, you would usually make a small pause there too.

Junto a means next to, beside, or right by.

It is a fixed expression:

• junto a la plaza = next to the square
• junto al banco = next to the bank

You normally use junto a, not just junto on its own when giving this kind of location.

Examples:

• Estoy junto a la puerta. = I’m next to the door.
• El hotel está junto al museo. = The hotel is next to the museum.

You may also see:

• al lado de = next to / beside

So these are similar:

• junto a la plaza
• al lado de la plaza

Both are correct, though junto a can sound slightly more concise.

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

So in Spanish, places and nouns often appear with el / la / los / las, even where English might not use the very strongly.

• la farmacia = the pharmacy
• la plaza = the square

In a sentence like this, the article sounds natural because we are talking about a specific place known in the situation.

Compare:

• Está junto a la plaza. = It’s next to the square.
• Está junto a plaza = incorrect in normal Spanish

So here, la is required.

Yes, you can say Está más abajo, junto a la plaza if the subject is already understood from context.

Spanish often leaves out information that is obvious.

For example:

¿Dónde está la farmacia?
Está más abajo, junto a la plaza.

That sounds completely natural.

But if you want the full sentence on its own, La farmacia está más abajo, junto a la plaza is better because it clearly states the subject.

A rough pronunciation guide for Spain Spanish:

• farmacia ≈ far-MA-thya
• está ≈ es-TA
• abajo ≈ a-BA-ho
• plaza ≈ PLA-tha

A few key points for Spain:

• The z in plaza is pronounced like th in think in most of Spain.
• The c before i in farmacia is also pronounced like th in most of Spain.
• The j sound in abajo is a strong throat sound, like a harsher English h.
• The written accent in está shows the stress is on the last syllable: es-TA.

If you are learning Peninsular Spanish, these sounds are worth noticing.

This is a very common question.

• abajo = down / below / downstairs / further down
• debajo de = underneath / under

In your sentence:

• más abajo means further down

But debajo de would mean physically underneath something:

• El gato está debajo de la mesa. = The cat is under the table.

So you would not say:

• La farmacia está más debajo ❌

That sounds wrong here.

Use:

• más abajo for direction or position lower down
• debajo de for “underneath”

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• abajo = down / downstairs / below
• más abajo = further down / lower down than here or than another point

So:

• La farmacia está abajo.
  = The pharmacy is down below / downstairs / down there.

• La farmacia está más abajo.
  = The pharmacy is further down.

Más adds a comparative idea: not just “down,” but “more down” from your current position or reference point.

In giving directions, más abajo is often more useful because it tells someone to keep going.

Usually, yes.

In Spain, plaza commonly means a public square or open town space, often surrounded by buildings, cafés, shops, or streets.

So in this sentence, la plaza is most naturally the square.

Be careful, though: plaza can also have other meanings depending on context, such as:

• a seat
• a place/spot
• a parking space
• a job position

But in a directions sentence like this, plaza almost certainly means town square / public square.

Yes, absolutely.

These are both very common:

• La farmacia está junto a la plaza.
• La farmacia está al lado de la plaza.

Both mean The pharmacy is next to the square.

A small difference:

• junto a can sound a little more compact or slightly more formal
• al lado de is very common in everyday speech

As a learner, you should know both.

The accent mark shows where the stress goes and also distinguishes it from esta.

• está = is from the verb estar
• esta = this (feminine)

Examples:

• La farmacia está aquí. = The pharmacy is here.
• Esta farmacia está aquí. = This pharmacy is here.

So the accent is important because it changes the word’s grammatical role and pronunciation.

Yes, very naturally.

It sounds like a normal, useful direction sentence in Spain Spanish. A native speaker might say it when someone asks:

• ¿Dónde está la farmacia? = Where is the pharmacy?

And the answer:

• La farmacia está más abajo, junto a la plaza.

It gives:

1. direction along the street or slope
2. a landmark for easy finding

That is exactly how real-life directions often work in Spanish.