Guidebook for Barcelona

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Guidebook for Barcelona

Essentials

A typical farmers market, representing both the long traditions of the market and the new ideas It is a paradise for the senses. Wake to the smells and colors of the Boqueria.
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Mercado de la Boquería
91 La Rambla
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A typical farmers market, representing both the long traditions of the market and the new ideas It is a paradise for the senses. Wake to the smells and colors of the Boqueria.
Shop products 100% Vegetarian, Bio Vegan products, vegan organic products, vegan products for Celiac, lactose intolerant, intolerant to eggs, intolerant to animal exploitation.
God Save the Green - Tienda vegana y a granel/ Vegan store. (Antigua Veganoteca, antiguo Vegadiso)
60 Carrer de Valldonzella
Shop products 100% Vegetarian, Bio Vegan products, vegan organic products, vegan products for Celiac, lactose intolerant, intolerant to eggs, intolerant to animal exploitation.

Food Scene

I´t s a tipical Catalonian restaurant. You can eat the Catalonian plates homemade style.
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Restaurant L'havana. Cuina Catalana i de mercat
1 Carrer del Lleó
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I´t s a tipical Catalonian restaurant. You can eat the Catalonian plates homemade style.
Excellent home cooking at good prices. Ferran and his dynamic team provide excellent service. Marvellous rice dishes and fantastic steaks.
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Can Lluís
49 C. de la Cera
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Excellent home cooking at good prices. Ferran and his dynamic team provide excellent service. Marvellous rice dishes and fantastic steaks.
The restaurant of the cool, sophisticated Hotel Barceló Raval has an extensive menu of creative dishes with an international influence, like prawns with coconut and mango curry, and rice with coriande
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Hotel Barceló Raval
17 Rambla del Raval
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The restaurant of the cool, sophisticated Hotel Barceló Raval has an extensive menu of creative dishes with an international influence, like prawns with coconut and mango curry, and rice with coriande
This place demonstrates the close links between Asian and Spanish tapas.
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Dos Palillos
9 Carrer d'Elisabets
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This place demonstrates the close links between Asian and Spanish tapas.
Here you can enjoy all the Aragonese specialities – migas, roast lamb and goat kid, washed down with good wine from Calatayud
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El Rincòn
28 Carrer del Carme
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Here you can enjoy all the Aragonese specialities – migas, roast lamb and goat kid, washed down with good wine from Calatayud
La Verònica is the most popular pizzeria in Rambla del Raval.
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La Verònica
2 Rambla del Raval
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La Verònica is the most popular pizzeria in Rambla del Raval.

Drinks & Nightlife

The best sandwiches and salads in Barcelona. Cheap, alternative and great atmosphere.
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Bar Fidel
24 Carrer de Ferlandina
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The best sandwiches and salads in Barcelona. Cheap, alternative and great atmosphere.
Brewery open from 6 am to 3 am; a complete wine bar, Bar à Vins; the M-Store, a “Concept Store” with a Triticum bakery, a newsstand, unpasteurized fresh beer and design objects; multipurpose rooms ...
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Fàbrica Moritz Barcelona
41 Ronda de Sant Antoni
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Brewery open from 6 am to 3 am; a complete wine bar, Bar à Vins; the M-Store, a “Concept Store” with a Triticum bakery, a newsstand, unpasteurized fresh beer and design objects; multipurpose rooms ...
This tiny, cosy bar is located in a former fish shop (where they specialised in local fave, salted cod).
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Bar Pesca Salada
32 C. de la Cera
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This tiny, cosy bar is located in a former fish shop (where they specialised in local fave, salted cod).
When you're wandering the Modernist route and your feet are aching and you're feeling parched, what better place to stop and recharge than the Barcelona institution that is London Bar.
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London Bar
34 Carrer Nou de la Rambla
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When you're wandering the Modernist route and your feet are aching and you're feeling parched, what better place to stop and recharge than the Barcelona institution that is London Bar.
The lamps are wrapped up in cassette tape, Radio Raheem is blasting out from behind the bar, there’s a robot drawn on the main wall, the latest in electronic music…
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Cassette Bar
11 Carrer de l'Est
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The lamps are wrapped up in cassette tape, Radio Raheem is blasting out from behind the bar, there’s a robot drawn on the main wall, the latest in electronic music…
Another kitsch bar reminiscent of those in post-Transition Spanish films. The aesthetic code is from another dimension, a jumble of paintings, disturbing objects hanging from the ceiling, graffiti...
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Another kitsch bar reminiscent of those in post-Transition Spanish films. The aesthetic code is from another dimension, a jumble of paintings, disturbing objects hanging from the ceiling, graffiti...
Despite the fact that there are more than 76 brands of gin to hand, I opt for the house brand – Master's, a London dry made in nearby Vilanova.
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Ultramarinos Bar
126 Carrer de Sant Pau
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Despite the fact that there are more than 76 brands of gin to hand, I opt for the house brand – Master's, a London dry made in nearby Vilanova.
This old bodega was in a terrible state before it was renovated, but that was done with care to preserve its original spirit (the place was full of soda siphons, which still adorn the walls).
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SIFO Restaurant Parrilla Argentina
4 Carrer d'Espalter
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This old bodega was in a terrible state before it was renovated, but that was done with care to preserve its original spirit (the place was full of soda siphons, which still adorn the walls).
Betty Ford’s is well known among those who frequent El Raval. It is a small cocktail bar that presents an informal, cosmopolitan atmosphere and offers -as well as delicio...
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Bar Bodega Fortuny
56 Carrer de Joaquín Costa
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Betty Ford’s is well known among those who frequent El Raval. It is a small cocktail bar that presents an informal, cosmopolitan atmosphere and offers -as well as delicio...

Arts & Culture

If you're used to being soft-soaped by eager-to-please art centres, you'll have to adjust to the cryptic minimalism of the MACBA, where art is taken very seriously indeed.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona
1 Plaça dels Àngels
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If you're used to being soft-soaped by eager-to-please art centres, you'll have to adjust to the cryptic minimalism of the MACBA, where art is taken very seriously indeed.
Spain's largest cultural centre was opened in 1994 at the Casa de la Caritat, a former almshouse, built in 1802 on the site of a medieval monastery.
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
5 Carrer de Montalegre
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Spain's largest cultural centre was opened in 1994 at the Casa de la Caritat, a former almshouse, built in 1802 on the site of a medieval monastery.
Since it opened in 1847, two fires, a bombing and financial crisis have failed to quash the spirit and splendour of the Liceu, one of the most prestigious venues in the world.
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Gran Teatre del Liceu
51-59 La Rambla
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Since it opened in 1847, two fires, a bombing and financial crisis have failed to quash the spirit and splendour of the Liceu, one of the most prestigious venues in the world.
Even if you can't tell a caravel from a catamaran, the excellent Maritime Museum is worth a visit, as the soaring arches and vaults of the vast former drassanes (shipyards)...
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Museo Marítimo
1 Av. de les Drassanes
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Even if you can't tell a caravel from a catamaran, the excellent Maritime Museum is worth a visit, as the soaring arches and vaults of the vast former drassanes (shipyards)...
La Virreina Image Centre's programme features photography, audiovisual works, election broadcasts, book publishing, literary festivals, talks, digital documentation and expanded literature in the age
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Palacio de la Virreina
99 La Rambla
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La Virreina Image Centre's programme features photography, audiovisual works, election broadcasts, book publishing, literary festivals, talks, digital documentation and expanded literature in the age
El Cangrejo (the crab) is known for '80s nights and drag shows, and if you remember the '80s and have ever seen a drag show, you'll know it can be quite hard to tell the difference.
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El Cangrejo
9 Carrer de Montserrat
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El Cangrejo (the crab) is known for '80s nights and drag shows, and if you remember the '80s and have ever seen a drag show, you'll know it can be quite hard to tell the difference.
Your best bet when you choose a night out in La Bata de Boatiné is to let yourself be seduced by the ambience, meaning be open to making some new friends whether you want to or not.
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23 Robadors
23 Carrer d'En Robador
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Your best bet when you choose a night out in La Bata de Boatiné is to let yourself be seduced by the ambience, meaning be open to making some new friends whether you want to or not.
Although it's one of the city's smaller clubs, the electronics heavyweights who have gone through their DJ booth have given a status to this place that other larger rooms would love to have.
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Moog
3 Carrer de l'Arc del Teatre
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Although it's one of the city's smaller clubs, the electronics heavyweights who have gone through their DJ booth have given a status to this place that other larger rooms would love to have.
This club is a classic among the more debauched nighttime parties. Its name suits it to a T, as each new year brings the fresh and shiny faces of that special breed: freshmen students.
Les Enfants Discoteca
3 Carrer de Guàrdia
This club is a classic among the more debauched nighttime parties. Its name suits it to a T, as each new year brings the fresh and shiny faces of that special breed: freshmen students.
It has recently been re-named Cines Aribau Club and screens independent films. It also hosts numerous film festivals throughout the year, including the Barcelona Annual Film Festival and the Barcelona
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Aribau Multicines
8 Carrer d'Aribau
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It has recently been re-named Cines Aribau Club and screens independent films. It also hosts numerous film festivals throughout the year, including the Barcelona Annual Film Festival and the Barcelona
Filmoteca de Catalunya - VO cinemas, Barcelona. Cinema which shows classic films from all over the world. Some screened in their original version.
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Filmoteca de Catalunya
1 Plaça de Salvador Seguí
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Filmoteca de Catalunya - VO cinemas, Barcelona. Cinema which shows classic films from all over the world. Some screened in their original version.
Cinemes Méliès named after the father of French cinema, Georges Méliès, is a suberb little VO cinema which shows 4 movies at a time on their two screens.
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Méliès Cinemes
102 C. de Villarroel
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Cinemes Méliès named after the father of French cinema, Georges Méliès, is a suberb little VO cinema which shows 4 movies at a time on their two screens.
The owners of the bar/night spot Bim Bam Bum are also those running this lovely café designed to be a daytime meeting place in the Gaixample. They serve food (salads, shakes) and a wide range of drink
Carrer de Casanova, 71
The owners of the bar/night spot Bim Bam Bum are also those running this lovely café designed to be a daytime meeting place in the Gaixample. They serve food (salads, shakes) and a wide range of drink
L'Aquàrium of Barcelona in Port Vell is one of Europe’s biggest marine leisure and education centres and the most important concerning Mediterranean species
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Acuario de Barcelona
s/n Moll d'Espanya
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L'Aquàrium of Barcelona in Port Vell is one of Europe’s biggest marine leisure and education centres and the most important concerning Mediterranean species
The leisure potential of Barcelona’s Port Vell culminates at the IMAX, the large-screen cinema on the Moll d’Espanya quay.
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Port Vell
s/n Rambla de Mar
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The leisure potential of Barcelona’s Port Vell culminates at the IMAX, the large-screen cinema on the Moll d’Espanya quay.

Sightseeing

The magic fountain of Montjuïc's first performance was on May 19, 1929 during the Great Universal Exhibition. The magic fountain is a spectacular display of colour, light, motion, music and water.
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ClassBedroom Fira Business Apartments
1 Bis Av. de Rius i Taulet
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The magic fountain of Montjuïc's first performance was on May 19, 1929 during the Great Universal Exhibition. The magic fountain is a spectacular display of colour, light, motion, music and water.
The Barceloneta is a triangular spit of land that cuts into the sea boats in the old harbour, or Barcelona’s Port Vell, on one side, and sandy beaches on the other.
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La Barceloneta
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The Barceloneta is a triangular spit of land that cuts into the sea boats in the old harbour, or Barcelona’s Port Vell, on one side, and sandy beaches on the other.

Shopping

From the ceiling hang a host of blue lights while on the shelves are cosmetic products such as perfumes, soaps, creams, colognes and candles.
Carrer de Joaquín Costa, 33
From the ceiling hang a host of blue lights while on the shelves are cosmetic products such as perfumes, soaps, creams, colognes and candles.
This is a retro concept store where you'll find records from international labels, T-shirts, photos, and assorted tack along the lines of the video games of our youth.
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CHANDAL
16 Carrer d'en Tantarantana
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This is a retro concept store where you'll find records from international labels, T-shirts, photos, and assorted tack along the lines of the video games of our youth.
For 40 years they’ve been fiercely dedicated to the thing they love most: vintage. And one of their headquarters can be find right in the Raval.
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Holala! Tallers
73 Carrer dels Tallers
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For 40 years they’ve been fiercely dedicated to the thing they love most: vintage. And one of their headquarters can be find right in the Raval.
Handicrafts from Bangkok with a contemporary look are the essence of La Varieté, a little shop in the Raval where you can find fashionable clothes, accessories and home furnishings.
Carrer del Pintor Fortuny, 30
Handicrafts from Bangkok with a contemporary look are the essence of La Varieté, a little shop in the Raval where you can find fashionable clothes, accessories and home furnishings.
Made in There are bags for seasons, and there are bags for life. Those at Pinza't are for life. They're made with recycled materials from lorries,
Pinzat Bags
7 Carrer de Grunyí
Made in There are bags for seasons, and there are bags for life. Those at Pinza't are for life. They're made with recycled materials from lorries,

Everything Else

A formerly rough area transformed into a gentrified gem.
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El Raval
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A formerly rough area transformed into a gentrified gem.
Hairdressers that get the cut right, a place with lots of charm – with a loft and theatre chairs even – and in one of the most dynamic areas of the city, the Raval.
Carrer de la Cera, 12
Hairdressers that get the cut right, a place with lots of charm – with a loft and theatre chairs even – and in one of the most dynamic areas of the city, the Raval.