Information for: Barcelona
The Barcelona of the 21st century is a vibrant and modern city with a historical past. It has lively bars and restaurants and a nightlife that does not stop. There’s plenty to do in the day time, with shopping and sightseeing, including lots on offer for art lovers, there’s Gaudi and Picasso for a start. A must is a visit to The Ramblas and the new Seafront, with its bars and restaurants. Of course, there’s also the wonderful Mediterranean climate.
Hotels located in: Barcelona
Majestic Hotel Barcelona
This luxurious hotel is located in the very centre of Barcelona and within walking distance of the famous Ramblas. A popular haunt with celebrities, this is 5-star luxury accommodation with all the high quality service you’d yearn for. The Majestic Spa has facilities and treatments to die for. The in-house dining is amongst Barcelona’s finest. [...]
Passeig De Gràcia 68Tel No: +34 93 488 1717
Hotel 1898
Located in the heart of this buzzing city Hotel 1898 (H1898) is a top-end colonial style hotel that looks the part and delivers too. Elaborate and gorgeous throughout the hotel and in the guest rooms. The spa is just begging to be visited. You can enjoy panoramic city views from the cool rooftop swimming pool. [...]
La Rambla 109Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 552 9552
Hilton Barcelona
Located in the business and shopping district away from the city centre. The Hilton Barcelona provides the high quality service you’d expect from this reputable chain of hotels. Both the Tram and the Metro are on the doorstep for when you want to get out and about. The Hilton Barcelona is clean simple and very comfortable [...]
Hotel Neri
Hotel Neri is a boutique hotel housed in a small 18th century palace with a stylish and fashionable interior. This hip hotel has only 22 select rooms but you’ll be spoilt by the service and the attention. The in-house restaurant has a unique Mediterranean menu. You must check out the solarium and sun lounge on [...]
C / Sant Sever 5Gothic Quarter
BarcelonaTel No: +34 93 304 0655
Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel
Located in the World Trade Centre Leisure and Business Complex in the heart of Barcelona’s Port Vell, Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel is one of Barcelona’s most select luxury hotels. The Mediterranean feel and avantgarde art will set the scene. Take advantage of the hotel’s great facilities. With a location that’s convenient for all transport links [...]
Moll de BarcelonaWest Building
Tel No: +34 93 603 9000
Claris Hotel
Barcelona’s Claris Hotel is 5-star luxury at its best. Boasting amazing views over the city it also features an exclusive museum and great leisure facilities. If you’re staying here try the East 47 Restaurant for some fine dining or any of the other 3 in-house options for a more informal experience. Particularly appreciated is the [...]
Pau Claris 150Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 487 6262
Culture & Entertainment Located in: Barcelona
Boadas
Boadas is a tiny gem of a bar that is near to the tourist areas but mainly frequented by the locals. This has to be one of the best bars in Barcelona – day or night – there’s always a warm Catalan welcome here. What else can you expect? No tables a long and impressive [...]
C/Tallers 1Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 318 8826
Rita Blue
Bohemian meets modernism at this chilled-out spot near the Ramblas. The dark basement dance floor at Rita Blue gets crowded later on with live acts. There’s also great food and drinks to enjoy. Not too pricey as some of Barcelona’s top places can be. You’ll find very good cocktails here especially the namesake Blue Margarita [...]
Placa Sant Augusti 3Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 342 4086
El Xampanyet
Located on a narrow cobbled alley near the Picasso Museum El Xampanyet is a real gem of a bar. Cava is sold by the bottle and a pre-club crowd come here to sip it over tapas. A very warm and friendly bar (that’s beenrun by the same family since the 1930s) El Xampanyet is a [...]
C/Montcada 22Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 319 7003
La Fira
You can feel the fun in the air when you walk into La Fira. Referred to as a “bar-museum” its exhibits include old fairground rides such as bumper cars, merry-go-rounds and crazy mirrors! Always busy with a fun-loving crowd this large – and certainly unique! – bar is seen as one of the best in [...]
C/Provença 171Tel No: +34 650 855 384
Aurora
With its classy cocktails and deep red decor Aurora is without doubt one of the best bars in town. You’ll find a great atmosphere, very friendly bartenders and an amazing interior in this place – a very cool and quirky nightspot. Aurora’s regulars party til dawn at the weekends. This is Rambla Raval’s best kept secret [...]
Carrer de l'Aurora 7Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 442 3044
L’Ascensor
L’Ascensor is a fab little bar that you can only get to via the rickety wooden lift! An excellent all-round hangout with great drinks, good service and a very traditional feel. It’s tucked down a small side street off a square in the Barrio Gotico. But don’t let that stop you finding this place.You’ll like [...]
C/Bellafila 3Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 318 5347
Restaurants Located in: Barcelona
Cocoon Lounge Restaurant
Cocoon Lounge Restaurant is a chic restaurant with delicious modern cuisine to match. The service is good and the atmosphere young and animated which is helped by the adjoining Champagne Bar and Cocktail Lounge. This place is almost always packed with a trendy and young-ish crowd. Make sure you book in advance if you’re coming [...]
C/Londres 87Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 419 0207
Matsuri Sushi Bar
Japanese restaurant Matsuri located within Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is where you can enjoy some of the best Sushi and Japanese cuisine in Spain. Creative sushi dishes can be tasted sitting at the bar as is the norm in Japan. You can expect beautifully and simply presented food in crisp smart surroundings. If Japanese food is [...]
Calle Regomir 1Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 268 1535
Artkuisine Restaurant
Artkuisine Restaurant is located in Barcelona’s Madrazo District. It provides gorgeous Mediterranean cuisine in a decidedly French atmosphere. The gentle jazz notes form a serene backdrop and add to your dining experience, as does the fabulous selection of fine wines. Superb cuisine, great service and the artistic ambience, make this a restaurant not to miss.
C/Madrazo 137Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 202 3146
Sagardi
Modelled after a traditional Cider Hall, Sagardi serves family-style food and pours unlimited cider! All the cuisine revolves around the hot grill and ranges from huge T-Bone steaks to fresh fish. It’s quite simply food to die for in this restaurant backed-up by over 80 delicious appetizers in the Pintxos Bar. For a modern take [...]
62 ArgenteriaBarcelona
Tel No: +34 93 319 9993
7 Portes
7 Portes Restaurant first opened its doors in 1836 and is perhaps the most classical of Barcelona’s eating places and most certainly one of its oldest. Here you can enjoy the finest in Catalan cuisine and a superb selection of fine wines. Traditional Catalan cuisine with a few good ideas from Cantabria and Galicia thrown [...]
14 Passeig d'Isabel llBarcelona
Tel No: +34 93 319 3033
Sporting/Leisure/Beauty Located in: Barcelona
The Six Senses Spa
The Six Senses Spas have opened their first spa in Europe at the prestigious Hotel Arts Barcelona (operated by Ritz-Carlton) in 2005. The spa is locatedon the 42nd and 43rd floors of the hotel, rewarding you with great sea views. So to off set the effects of pavement and gallery-floor pounding, this is the place [...]
Hotel Arts BarcelonaC/ Marina 19-21
BarcelonaTel No: +34 93 221 1000
Bulevard Rosa
A seriously upmarket shopping centre right in the heart of Barcelona. Bulevard Rosa was Barcelona’s first shopping mall (it opened in 1978) and is home to around100 different shops which specialise in designer clothes. Bulevard Rosa is still one of its classiest in the city. If you just have to buy some new clothes shoes [...]
Paseo de Gracia, 51Tel No: +34 93 215 8331
Centro Comercial La Maquinista
Recently opened in 2000 ‘The Machinist’ is an open-air mall with a metal structure (it’s housed in a large restored locomotive factory). Cold industrious capitalism at its best, there are 230 or so stores within this large complex as well as restaurants, bars, sport & leisure facilities and so on. La Maquinista certainly isn’t Barcelona’s best [...]
Paseo PotosÃÂ, 2Tel No: + 34 93 360 8971
Real Club de Golf El Prat
The El Prat Golf Course comprises of 45 holes of golf designed by Greg Norman. Set in beautiful rolling countryside this is a test for any golfer but good fun at the same time. The course layout/design is spectacular and the modern facilities include a snack bar restaurant and sauna. There are so many good [...]
Plans de Bonvilar17 Terrassa
Tel No: +34 93 728 1000
Scuba Diving
Scuba Diving on the Costa Brava is provided by a number of local suppliers including the Lifestyle Barcelona. This 3 hour introduction led by fully qualified PADI instructors is a great way to learn the do’s and don’ts moving from the pool to the Mediterranean Sea itself. Their prices are reasonable and the trips run [...]
Lifestyle Experiences Group SLCalle Balmes 184
BarcelonaTel No: +34 93 270 2048
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
 Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes most often shortened to Glories is a large city square that contains the Centre Comercial Barcelona Glories (in a former Olivettif factory). This large shopping centre includes national high street chains, bars, restaurants and also a 7-screen cinema complex. There are a good number of designer clothing stores plus plenty [...]
Avinguda Diagonal 208Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 486 0404
Entertainment located in: Barcelona
Museum of Contemporary Art
Richard Meier’s cool white design set incongruously in the Raval district draws art lovers (and skateboarders) to this contemporary art showcase. The Museu d’Art Contemporani is universally known as MACBA and opened in 1995. There are 3 periods of modern art represented: the first one covers the 1940′s to the 1960′s, the second spans the [...]
Plaça Àngels, 1Tel No: +34 934 12 0810
Museu d’Hist
The Museu d’Hist de Catalunya provides a lively and interactive overview of the history of Catalonia and is housed in a restored port building. Artefacts, hands-on exhibits, audio visuals and animated models, reconstruct the social and human complexity of each period and give a most fascinating insight. If you want a greater understanding of what [...]
Plaça Pau Vila, 3Tel No: +34 932 25 4700
Basilica De Santa Maria Del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar is a famous and imposing church buried in the small streets of the Bari Gotic. One of the most important buildings in the Catalan Gothic style it was built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Catalonia’s maritime and mercantile pre-eminence. Open spacious and beautiful this building should not be [...]
Carrer de Montcada Barri Gotic, Barcelona, Spain
The Cathedral of Santa Eulalia
The Cathedral of Santa Eulalia (also called La Seu) is the Gothic Cathedral seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona and is one of Spain’s most famous religious buildings. The Cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic Church (The neo-Gothic facade is from the 19th century). It is [...]
Placa de la SeuBarcelona
Tel No: +34 93 315 1554
Teatre Lliure
The Teatre Lliure is considered one of the most prestigious theatres in Spain with its own resident theatre company and a chamber orchestra which plays jazz, classical chamber music, and contemporary music. State-of-the-art technology allows the stage and the seating arrangements to be transformed from one performance to another. You can expect an adventurous array [...]
Placa Margarida Xirgu 1Barcelona
Tel No: +34 93 289 2770