Guidebook for Barcelona

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Guidebook for Barcelona

Food Scene

Typical catalan restaurant. Catalan food with very good and cheap menu.
32 locals recommend
Restaurant Cal Boter
62 Carrer de Tordera
32 locals recommend
Typical catalan restaurant. Catalan food with very good and cheap menu.
Spanish and Catalan cuisine in a familiar and typical restaurant.
57 locals recommend
Bilbao
33 Carrer del Perill
57 locals recommend
Spanish and Catalan cuisine in a familiar and typical restaurant.
Nice place to take tapas
Pirineus Bar 1935
238 C/ de Bailèn
Nice place to take tapas
Nice place for a cofee or a beer at any time
39 locals recommend
Cafè Adonis 1940
188 C/ de Bailèn
39 locals recommend
Nice place for a cofee or a beer at any time
This bar-restaurant, which serves excellent tapas (patatas bravas, chipirones, great salads), conceals a secret: right at the back there is a covered terrace.
78 locals recommend
Bar Bitacora
1 Carrer de Balboa
78 locals recommend
This bar-restaurant, which serves excellent tapas (patatas bravas, chipirones, great salads), conceals a secret: right at the back there is a covered terrace.
The specialities are conservas but the montaditos, sculpted tapas served on bread, are spectacular. Try salmon sashimi with cream cheese, honey and soy, or cod, passata and black olive pâté.
275 locals recommend
Quimet & Quimet
25 Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes
275 locals recommend
The specialities are conservas but the montaditos, sculpted tapas served on bread, are spectacular. Try salmon sashimi with cream cheese, honey and soy, or cod, passata and black olive pâté.
The best "Patatas Bravas" ever... located in a really nice neighbourhood.
80 locals recommend
restaurante EL CALIU DE ESPLUGUES
21 Carrer de Santa Rosa
80 locals recommend
The best "Patatas Bravas" ever... located in a really nice neighbourhood.
Imaginative tapas, special Mediterranean dishes of the day and fresh auteur cuisine.
38 locals recommend
Restaurante La Panxa del Bisbe
158 Carrer del Torrent de les Flors
38 locals recommend
Imaginative tapas, special Mediterranean dishes of the day and fresh auteur cuisine.
Bar "caña + tapa" which are delicious. It is surprisingly affordable. Do not miss the "entraña".
37 locals recommend
Gatamala
37 Carrer de Rabassa
37 locals recommend
Bar "caña + tapa" which are delicious. It is surprisingly affordable. Do not miss the "entraña".
In this Barceloneta fish tavern, fresh fish is coming through the door at the same time orders are being taken.
79 locals recommend
Restaurant Montolio Can Maño
12 Carrer del Baluard
79 locals recommend
In this Barceloneta fish tavern, fresh fish is coming through the door at the same time orders are being taken.
Superb seafood, served refectory-style. Choose the fish, decide how you'd like it cooked, and wait for your number to be called. A great – and cheap – experience for anyone!
339 locals recommend
La Paradeta
7 Carrer Comercial
339 locals recommend
Superb seafood, served refectory-style. Choose the fish, decide how you'd like it cooked, and wait for your number to be called. A great – and cheap – experience for anyone!
Near Santa Caterina's marquet there is this delicious italian restaurant! Original products, hand-made pasta and marvellous deserts with very good wines (25- 35 €).
11 locals recommend
OBE restaurant
1 Plaça de Santa Caterina
11 locals recommend
Near Santa Caterina's marquet there is this delicious italian restaurant! Original products, hand-made pasta and marvellous deserts with very good wines (25- 35 €).
Gelato ice creams with high quality. Indispensable the black chocolate!
16 locals recommend
Gelateria Italiana Deliziosa
2 Plaça Revolució de Setembre 1868
16 locals recommend
Gelato ice creams with high quality. Indispensable the black chocolate!
A special place to drink and eat. It's allways full, but you can have a look, because despite being plenty of tourists it is interesting to look around.
283 locals recommend
La Xampanyeria
7 Carrer de la Reina Cristina
283 locals recommend
A special place to drink and eat. It's allways full, but you can have a look, because despite being plenty of tourists it is interesting to look around.
Market cuisine and cocktails in an intimate restaurant with vintage furniture and lighting.
85 locals recommend
Pepa Tomate
17 Plaça Revolució de Setembre 1868
85 locals recommend
Market cuisine and cocktails in an intimate restaurant with vintage furniture and lighting.
Small graffiti decorate the walls of this restaurant specialized in unique imaginative sandwiches and tapas.
129 locals recommend
La Pepita
343 Carrer de Corsega
129 locals recommend
Small graffiti decorate the walls of this restaurant specialized in unique imaginative sandwiches and tapas.
Nepalese cuisine in a restaurant with cheerful orange tones wooden tables and folk paintings.
Himali
60 Carrer de Milà i Fontanals
Nepalese cuisine in a restaurant with cheerful orange tones wooden tables and folk paintings.
Good place for a vermouth
Bar Pietro
197 Travessera de Gràcia
Good place for a vermouth
Grilled meat, calçots and traditional Catalan recipes in a rustic tavern with checkered tablecloths.
69 locals recommend
Taverna El Glop
24 Carrer de Sant Lluís
69 locals recommend
Grilled meat, calçots and traditional Catalan recipes in a rustic tavern with checkered tablecloths.
Very good place for vermouth and tapas.
11 locals recommend
Vermuteria Lou
3 Carrer de l'Escorial
11 locals recommend
Very good place for vermouth and tapas.
Brewery popular tapas portions and dishes specializing in spicy potatoes
14 locals recommend
Lalola
15 Carrer de l'Escorial
14 locals recommend
Brewery popular tapas portions and dishes specializing in spicy potatoes

Shopping

Catalan market
79 locals recommend
Mercat de l'Abaceria
168 Pg. de Sant Joan
79 locals recommend
Catalan market

Essentials

Supermarket
19 locals recommend
bonÀrea
140 C. de Villarroel
19 locals recommend
Supermarket
Supermarket opened 7 days a week.
Carrer de Milà i Fontanals, 60
60 Carrer de Milà i Fontanals
Supermarket opened 7 days a week.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good place to take a drink with live music sometimes.
52 locals recommend
Heliogabal
80 Carrer de Ramón y Cajal
52 locals recommend
Good place to take a drink with live music sometimes.
Good music, nice people and concerts from 21.30-23.30h.
7 locals recommend
El Col-leccionista
46 Carrer del Torrent de les Flors
7 locals recommend
Good music, nice people and concerts from 21.30-23.30h.
Good music, concerts from 21.30-23.30h and plenty of artesanal beers.
21 locals recommend
Cara B
36 Carrer del Torrent de les Flors
21 locals recommend
Good music, concerts from 21.30-23.30h and plenty of artesanal beers.
Breakfast, vermouth and international tapas in a tavern with marble tables and wooden frieze.
21 locals recommend
Bar Canigó
2 Carrer de Verdi
21 locals recommend
Breakfast, vermouth and international tapas in a tavern with marble tables and wooden frieze.

Getting Around

A non expensive place to park your car. 30 metres from the flat.
Aparcament Siracusa
39 Carrer de Siracusa
A non expensive place to park your car. 30 metres from the flat.

Sightseeing

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
3229 locals recommend
La Sagrada Cerveseria
16 Plaça Sagrada Família
3229 locals recommend
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, is a complex designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
454 locals recommend
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
167 Carrer de Sant Quintí
454 locals recommend
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, is a complex designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Parks & Nature

The Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements, reflection of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude, which belongs to his naturalist phase
648 locals recommend
Park Güell
648 locals recommend
The Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements, reflection of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude, which belongs to his naturalist phase