Private list of best places in Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona city marketsOtherA website with a great interactive map showing all the food and flower markets in Barcelona, with easy-to-use links to detailed information about each. In Catalan, but...
- CaelumBarri GòticTentaciones de Monasteria: The best products offered by European monasteries, many made of herbs, including gelatina de oregana, liquore medic, eau de vie, and elisir de rose;...
- Cafè de l'AcadèmiaBarri GòticThis marvelous old restaurant offers superb cuisine at prices that make you think you're in the Barcelona of twenty years past. Eat inside under the beamed medieval ceiling or...
- Cathedral cloistersBarri GòticThe cloister, with a separate entry around the west side of the cathedral, is a cool green space of fountains, palms, geese in the little pond and many birds; meditative if you...
- Col-lectiu d'Artesans de l'AlimentacioBarri GòticA small but interesting selection of excellent locally made foodstuffs, including cheese, jam, hams, pastries and herbs, sold by the makers....
- El Corte InglesEixampleIf you need it, chances are El Corte Ingles has it. In the basement are an excellent supermarket with a good selection of Catalan wine and a good drug-store; you can get keys made...
- El SalonBarri GòticA vaguely Gaudiesque chandelier, velvet couches, wicker chairs, small candles and big windows make passersby wish they were inside El Salon instead of outside, and if they knew...
- EscrivaEl RavalOn the El Raval side of Las Ramblas, right next to the La Boqueria market is a really good coffee house/confectioner. One of the few places on Las Ramblas that doesn't feel like...
- Filatelia Numismatica Monge & FargasBarri GòticTwo great shops in a charming Art Nouveau building, one a stamp collector's paradise and the other one of the oldest and most well-respected artisanal chocolate shops in town,...
- Ganiveteria RocaBarri GòticCutting implements extraordinaire, including every type of scissors known to civilization, kitchen knives, pen knives, hatchets, and an excellent selection of kitchen and other...
- Granja de GavàEl RavalA restaurant and bar with history and charm; before being converted to its current use, the address was the birthplace of Catalan writer Terenci Moix. The walls are covered with...
- Granja M. ViaderEl RavalSince 1931 this little shop and cafe near the Boqueria market has been introducing Europe to authentic South American chocolate, yoghurt from Africa, and other treats. They offer...
- Herboristeria del ReyBarri GòticIn an 18th-Century shop steps away from the Plaça Reial, royal purveyor to the court of Isabel II, a good selection of medicinal herbs and spices as well as a very small selection...
- Madrid-Barcelona RestaurantEixampleFabulous food at good prices. Authentic. Few tourists. Try the black rice....
- Rambla de CatalunyaEixampleThe Rambla Catalunya is a lovely place to stroll, with very good shops, excellent restaurants, and great architecture to look at. It is completely without the mine artists that...
- Selecció NaturalLa Ribera/El BornRun by one of the friendliest and most knowledgeable proprietors you could ask for, and speaking perfect English, Selecció Natural offers an excellent selection of Catalan and...
- VivandaSarriàSarrià is an interesting neighborhood of Barcelona's Zona Alta, or heights; formerly a little town on the outskirts, with one of its prettiest squares, the Plaça de Sant Vicenç de...