Barcelona City

Bar Inopia, Barcelona City - Albert Adria (Ferran Adria brother) ins the chef of the Bar Inopia (C/Tamarit 104, 0034 93 424 5231). I love the little fried fish, the croquettes, all those traditional tapas. It was a whim of his to set up a bar that we would actually like to go to, and it's become something unique in Barcelona ...

Barcelona Cathedral (La Seu) - The Barcelona Cathedral (La Seu) is a beautiful example of Catalan Gothic architecture, started in 1298. The complicated facade was added much later, in the 19th century. The Barcelona Cathedral is dedicated to Santa Eulalia who was killed by the Romans for her Catholic faith. The large bell towers ...

Bogatell Beach, Barcelona City - Bogatell is approximately 600 m long and is one of the beaches that was revitalised when the Barcelona seafront was restored during the 1990s. The Bogatell beach is one of the most appreciated amongst Barcelona coastal visitors, amongst other reasons, due to its safety. The average age of the ...

Boqueria Market, Barcelona City - The best time to go to La Boqueria market (La Rambla 89) is at the very end of the day, around 8pm, when it's almost closed, because it's a different feeling from the daytime. You can still walk around it and along the little streets at the side, and there's something artistic about it; it's like a ...

Casa Gispert, Barcelona City - Another shop I find magical is Casa Gispert (C/Sombrerers 23, 0034 93 319 75 35) in the Born. The best roast nuts anywhere, and a beautiful ...

City Park Hotel Nicaragua, Sants & Montjuic, Barcelona - This hotel, which was inaugurated in 1992 and was awarded a prize for its excellent design, comfort, plainness and functionality on the same year of inauguration, is already a classic reference in Barcelona´s hostelry. Every room of the hotel is excellently decorated usin "Barcelona New ...

Electricity - Current in most of Spain is 220 or 225 volts AC (just occasionally it's still 110 or 125V); most European appliances should work as long as you have an adaptor for European - style two-pin plugs. North Americans will need this plus a ...

Food & Drinks - Enjoying Barcelona is like enjoying a good meal. Catalan gastronomy is one of the highlights of the culture of the region, which has a varied range of cuisine that is famed the world over. Barcelona has gained a truly international profile thanks to its restaurants and highly acclaimed chefs. The ...

Hotel Express by Holiday Inn Barcelona City 22@, Port Vell & Port Olimpic - The Hotel Express by Holiday Inn Barcelona City 22@ will open in May 2008. A privileged location within the new architectural project "Barcelona 22@" with easy access makes the hotel an ideal choice for both business and leisure travellers. The Hotel Express by Holiday Inn Barcelona ...

Jamonisimo, Barcelona City - Ham is one of the best things about Spain, and Jamonisimo (C/Provença 85, 0034 93 439 08 47) is its temple. You have to eat ham with your fingers and you have to like the fat; if you don't like the fat, don't eat the ham. It's also crucial to eat it at the right temperature. Don't eat ham in ...

La Pedrera - Another Gaudi masterpiece, La Pedrera was built between 1905 and 1910 as a combined apartment and office block. Formerly called the Casa Milà, it's better known now as La Pedrera (the quarry) because of its uneven grey stone facade that ripples around a street corner - it creates a wave ...

La Sagrada Familia - La Sagrada Familia is truly awe-inspiring - even if you don't have much time, don't miss it. The life's work of Barcelona's favourite son, Antoni Gaudí, the magnificent spires of the unfinished cathedral imprint themselves boldly against the sky with swelling outlines inspired by the holy ...

Llevant Beach, Barcelona City - This is the last of the beaches created on the Barcelona coastline. It is situated alongside the Mar Bella beach and was opened to the city in the summer of 2006. Its length is approximately 380 m. The Llevant beach was created when the Prim jetty was removed and the platform for the future ...

Mar Bella Beach, Barcelona City - Mar Bella beach is approximately 500 m long. It is located to the East of the Barcelona coastline and is one of the beaches that came into existence after the urban redevelopment of the coastal area as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games preparations. The users are mainly young people and a ...

Nou Camp - The Nou Camp stadium was constructed between 1954 and 1957. Although it was originally going to go under the official name of ‘Estadi del FC Barcelona’, it soon came to be popularly known as the 'Camp Nou' (the ‘new ground’), as opposed to the club’s old home at Les ...

Nova Icaria, Barcelona City - Nova Icaria Beach is 400 m long and is situated in the centre of the city's coastline. A significant amount of the people who frequent Nova Icària live outside Barcelona and many of the are foreigners. Together with the Bogatell beach, Nova Icaria is the beach where visitors stay the ...

Nova Mar Bella Beach, Barcelona City - Nova Mar Bella Beach is approximately 500 m long and, together with Mar Bella, it forms part of the beaches that were created when the Barcelona seafront was restored. It is, therefore, a result of urban redevelopment as part of the 1992 Olympic Games. This is the women's favourite beach, with ...

Parc Guell - Parc Guell is where Gaudi turned his hand to landscape gardening and where than the natural. Parc Guell originated in 1900 when Count Eusebi Guell bought a hillside property (then outside Barcelona) and hired Gaudi to create a miniature garden city of houses for the wealthy. The project was ...

Picasso Museum - The Picasso Museum is in the heart of Barcelona old quarter, on the Carrer Moncada. Since its recent expansion now sprawls over a row of five Gothic palaces once - in late medieval times - home to Barcelona's aristocrats. The Picasso Museum galleries are arranged in date order. They start with ...

Quimet y Quimet, Barcelona City - Another placewe recommend is Quimet y Quimet (C/Poeta Cabanyes 25, 0034 93 442 31 42). The enjoyment of conservas - tinned shellfish, asparagus, and so on - isn't properly understood outside Spain. Top-class conservas are really expensive. Cockles and clams in jars, I love all that stuff. This is ...

Rias de Galicia, Barcelona City - Rias de Galicia (C/Lleida 7, 0034 93 424 81 52) is the best place in Barcelona for seafood. The prices are high, but not unreasonably so - in Spain, fish is more expensive than anywhere in the world, even more than Japan. It's a relaxed, rustic atmosphere. I feel at home ...

Sant Sebastia Beach, Barcelona City - Located in the Ciutat Vella district, San Sebastià is the beach most closest to Barcelona city on the Eastern end of the coastline. Together with Barceloneta, it is the oldest and most traditional, with sporting clubs of great relevance in the city for their sea-related activities. Sant ...

Services Apartments City, Eixample & Gracia, Barcelona - The apartment-suites are located in Barcelona’s city centre, in an area secluded from the hubbub of the tourist districts, but within reach of the main attractions. Situated in L’Eixample, the boutique style apartments-suites are fully-equipped with modern facilities, ensuring that ...

Tapies Foundation - The Fundació Antoni Tàpies is a foundation set up in 1984 with the aim of fostering the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. The Foundation building opened in 1990 in the former Montaner i Simó publishing house. It currently combines temporary exhibitions, ...

The Barceloneta Beach, Barcelona City - The beach forms an integral part of the neighbourhood of the same name, la Barceloneta, the city's classic neighbourhood by the sea, where the people of Barcelona love to come and eat fish, seafood and "tapas". The Barceloneta is a triangular spit of land that cuts into the sea, with ...

Vincon, Barcelona City - Vincon (Passeig de Gracia 96, 0034 93 215 60 50) is a Barcelona classic, inside and out, selling homeware and kitchen stuff. The personality of the owners shines through and you can feel immediately it's not a chain - that's what makes it different from the other design shops. You see things and ...