Coffee / Cafés / Bakeries
- Nomad Coffee (Gothic Quarter & Poblenou)
- Three Marks Coffee
- Federal Café
- Dalston Coffee
- Morrow Coffee
- Satan’s Coffee Corner (Gothic Quarter & Casa Bonay)
- Joncake
- Orval Studio
- Pastelería Hofmann
- Churrería Laietana
- Cloudstreet Bakery
Markets
- Mercado de La Boqueria
- Mercat de la Barceloneta
- Mercat de Sant Antoni
- Mercat de Santa Caterina
Stores:
- Colmado Casa Buendía (deli)
Restaurants
- La Pubilla (Catalan cuisine. Local favourite)
- Casa Lolea (tapas)
- Baldomero
- Gresca (great to tapas, a bit pricey but good)
- Fonda Pepa
- La Plata (tapas bar)
- La Cova Fumada (tapas bar)
- Can Maño
- Can Tresó (no frills option in Grácia)
- Bar Bodega Quimet (tapas bar)
- Cervecería Vaso de Oro (tapas bar)
- Quimet & Quimet (tapas bar)
- El Nacional (beautiful building with restaurants and bars inside)
Bars
- Bar Cugat (drinks and tapas)
- Bar Brutal
- Mont Bar
- Mitja Vida
- Balius
- Paradiso
See and Do:
- Sights: Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Palau de la Música Catalana, Casa Milá, Casa Batlló, Casa Vicens, Palau Guell, Parc de la Ciutadella, Museu Picasso, Fundacio Joan Miró.
- Streets: Carrer de Blai, Carrer del Parlament, Carrer de la Mercé, Passeig de Grácia, Las Ramblas, Avinguda Diagonal.
- Neighbourhoods:
- Grácia - cool neighbourhood where all the gringos live.
- Gothic Quarter
- El Born
- Dreta de L’eixample
- Barceloneta
- Poblenou (up and coming. Woodstock of Barcelona)
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📌 Tips:
Barça is the nickname for FC Barcelona, while Barna is the diminutive for the city.
Order Tinto de Verano instead of Sangria to blend in. Or even better, just order vermouth.
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