Places
Palo Alto Market
This market has got it all: design, vintage, handmade, workshops, galleries, live music, and organic street food stalls. Great place to spend the Sunday.
- Carrer dels Pellaires, 30
M: Poble Nou (L4) - Early entry price online: €3,50
- Entrance fee at the box office €4,5
- Children under the age of 12 can enter for free.
La Virreina
The place to enjoy and learn about photography, audiovisual works, book publishing, literary festivals and digital documentation in the age of the image.
- La Rambla, 99, Raval
- M: Liceu (L3)
- Tue-Sun, holidays 12am-8pm
Antoni Tàpies Foundation
A cultural centre and museum dedicated to the work and life of Antoni Tapies, with exhibitions, symposiums, lectures and films.
- Aragó, 255, L´Eixample
- M: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4)
- Tue-Sun 10am-7pm
- €7; €5.60 reductions
MACBA
A must visit for contemporary art.
- Plaça dels Àngels, 1, Raval
- M: Catalunya (L1, L3), Sant Antoni (L2)
- Mon-Fri 11am-7.30pm; Sat 10am-9pm; Sun & holidays 10am-3pm.
- €10; €8 reduced. Temporary exhibitions €6; €4.50 reduced.
SurfHouse Barcelona
The place in Barcelona to have a good healthy fresh pressed juice, with energy topping, and a real brazilian açai! No better breakfast in Barça.
- Almirall Aixada, 22, Barceloneta
- M: Barceloneta (L4)
- Mon-Fri 13pm-1am, Sat 11am-1am, Thu 11am-11pm
Brunch In The Park
A Sunday line up of international electronic djs in the beautiful surroundings of Poble Espanyol. Buy your tickets in advance.
- Av / Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13
- M: Plaza Espanya (L1, L3)
- May 8-22; June 5 12pm-10 pm
- 15€ before 16:00, 18€ after.
Local Restaurants
Palo Alto Market
This market has got it all: design, vintage, handmade, workshops, galleries, live music, and organic street food stalls. Great place to spend the Sunday.
- Carrer dels Pellaires, 30
M: Poble Nou (L4) - Early entry price online: €3,50
- Entrance fee at the box office €4,5
- Children under the age of 12 can enter for free.
Ocaña Restaurant
This ambitious venue houses a café, a top-quality restaurant and two different areas at night: the Club, which seeks to unite New York and Ibiza party nights, using live music and burlesque; and Apotheke, a creative cocktail bar.
- Plaça Reial, 13-15, Gòtic
- M: Liceu (L3)
- Mon, Tue noon-2.30am; Wed, Thu noon-3am; Fri, Sat noon-3.30am; Sun noon-2.30am.
Flax & Kale
Barcelona´s health spot with delicious smoothies and plenty of vega options. Ask for a table at the lovely roof terrace!
- Tallers, 74, Raval
- M: Catyalunya (L2, L3); Universitat (L1, L2)
- Mon-Fri 9am-11.30pm; Sat-Sun
Tarannà – Bar & Cafè
Tarannà is Sant Antoni´s hidden gem for breakfast, vermouth, lunch, gorgeously sweet snacks, dinner and quality drinks.
- Viladomat, 23, Sant Antoni
- M: Poble Sec (L3)
- Tue-Fri: 9am-1am, Mon: 9am-5pm, Sat: 9:30am-1am, Sun: 10am-5pm
SurfHouse Barcelona
The place in Barcelona to have a good healthy fresh pressed juice, with energy topping, and a real brazilian açai! No better breakfast in Barça.
- Almirall Aixada, 22, Barceloneta
- M: Barceloneta (L4)
- Mon-Fri 13pm-1am, Sat 11am-1am, Thu 11am-11pm
Picnic
At Picnic, you can enjoy a big brunch while listening to lounge music. Get there early for any chance of a table.
- Comerç, 1, Born
- M: Urquinaona (L1), Jaume 1 (L4)
- Mon 1.30-4.30pm; Tue–Sat 1.30-4.30pm, 8pm-12:30am; Sun 11.30am-5pm.
Caravelle Restaurant
A little slice of London’s Shoreditch comes to the Raval in the shape of this bright and minimalist new restaurant with its following of bearded and check-shirted hipsters.
- Pintor Fortuny, 31, Raval
- M: Universitat (L1, L2)
- Tue-Sat 10am-midnight; Sun 10am-5pm
Cera 23
A restaurant that includes Galician specialities where you receive a free tapa with every drink. At night, Cera 23 becomes a bar with a well-selected wine list and excellent cocktails.
- Cera, 23, Sant Antoni
- M: Sant Antoni (L2)
- Mon-Thu 9am-2.30pm; Fri, Sat 9am-3am
Tickets Restaurant
With four different sections – seafood, the grill, sweet treats, and little inventive surprises – Ticket lets you taste tapas from all over Spain with an original and avant-garde twist.
- Av. Paral·lel, 164, Poble Sec
- M: Poble Sec (L3)
- Tue-Fri 7pm-11pm; Sat 1pm-3.30pm, 7pm-11pm.
Bars & Dancefloors
Apolo
This concert hall/nightclub has become the city’s paradigm of indie clubbing and good live music in an informal atmosphere. Artists new to the scene as well as acclaimed pop, rock, folk and international electronic music stars grace the stage every day of the week.
- Nou de la Rambla, 113, Poble-sec
- M: Paral·lel (L2,L3)
- Opening hours according to season
Razzmatazz
This monster of a club with five distinct spaces is one of the best (if not the best) club in town. It’s the night-time playground of all young Barcelona with indie rock, tech-house, techno pop, electro pop and electro rock.
- Almogàvers, 122, Sant Martí
- Fri-Sun 1am-6am
- Price: 15€
Collage Art & Cocktails
What makes this place different is that it’s nothing like the traditional definition of a bar. It’s more of a kind of artistic/alcoholic oasis where art and cocktails come together in a seductive dance.
- Consellers, 4, Born
- M: Jaume I (L4)
- Daily 7pm-3am.
SurfHouse Barcelona
The place in Barcelona to have a good healthy fresh pressed juice, with energy topping, and a real brazilian açai! No better breakfast in Barça.
- Almirall Aixada, 22, Barceloneta
- M: Barceloneta (L4)
- Mon-Fri 13pm-1am, Sat 11am-1am, Thu 11am-11pm
33|45 Bar
33/45, along with Betty Ford, on the same street, is a heaven of comfort and one of the busiest bunkers among the Raval’s most up-to-the-minute crowd.
- Joaquín Costa, 4, Raval
- M: Sant Antoni (L2)
- Mon-Thu 4pm-2am; Fri, Sat 4pm-3am; Sun 4pm-1.30am
Sidecar
This below-ground temple of indie rock is where the hip, the happening and the cool are to be found at least once a week.
- Plaza Reial, 7, Gótico
- M: Liceu (L3)
- Mon-Sat 10am-5am.
- Bar: free entrance
Ocaña Cocktail Bar
Ocaña pays tribute to the brilliant José Pérez Ocaña, painter, activist and defender of freedom during Spain’s Transition and in the 1970s.
- Plaça Reial, 13-15, Gótico
- M: Liceu (L3)
- Mon, Tue noon-2.30am; Wed, Thu noon-3am; Fri, Sat noon-3.30am; Sun noon-2.30am.
Brunch In The Park
A Sunday line up of international electronic djs in the beautiful surroundings of Poble Espanyol. Buy your tickets in advance.
- Av / Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13
- M: Plaza Espanya (L1, L3)
- May 8-22; June 5 12pm-10 pm
- 15€ before 16:00, 18€ after.