Boutique hotels
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ABaC Restaurant & Hotel
- Style
- Modern, minimalist and Michelin-starred
- Setting
- Hip heights of Zona Alta
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Alma Barcelona
- Style
- Sleekly minimal
- Setting
- A pace from Passeig de Gràcia
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Grand Hotel Central
- Style
- Slick city lookout
- Setting
- A ramble from Las Ramblas
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Hotel Omm
- Style
- Architect-designed detail
- Setting
- Art nouveau side street
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Hotel Pulitzer
- Style
- Graphic designers’ playhouse
- Setting
- Close to Plaça Catalunya
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ME Barcelona
- Style
- Glassy glamour, fashion-shoot chic
- Setting
- Popular, party-people’s Poble Nou
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Murmuri
- Style
- Hoppen and jumpin’
- Setting
- Exciting Eixample
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Neri Hotel & Restaurante
- Style
- 18th-century palace
- Setting
- Shady square by the cathedral
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Ohla Hotel
- Style
- Classic Catalan cool
- Setting
- Beside Barrio Gotico
Self-catering properties
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Destination BCN
- Style
- Mid-century modernism
- Setting
- Gaudí's Gothic streets
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El Palauet Living Barcelona
- Style
- Art nouveau apartments
- Setting
- Popular Passeig de Gràcia
Barcelona Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
+34 (93) 319 30 33
7 Portes
Barcelona’s oldest restaurant serves an authentic Catalan menu, in a formal environment. There's a pianist from 22h30.
Passeig d’Isabel II
+34 (93) 203 06 58
Acontraluz
This place is a bit out of the way, uptown, but it’s a cool, contemporary restaurant with a lively atmosphere and great Mediterranean food; ask for a seat in the conservatory.
Milanesat
+34 (93) 225 12 72
Agua
This popular restaurant is fab for seafood and is especially pleasant in summer, if you get a table on the terrace looking out to sea; booking well in advance is advisable.
Beachfront
+34 (93) 319 21 02
Commerç 24
This restaurant is a fashionable, modern tapas bar.
Carrer Commerç
+34 (93) 218 42 30
La Barra de Botafumeiro
Fish-lovers should head to this traditional restaurant.
Gran de Gráci
La Vinya del Senyor
Stop at this bar on Plaza Santa Maria for a glass of wine before hitting the shops in the Gothic Quarter.
+34 (93) 310 10 21
Passadis del Pep
You like seafood ? This is where to come – they call the shots on what you eat, too, which can be fun.
Pla de Palau,
Bars
+34 (93) 221 10 00
Frank's Place
Named for the striking Frank Gehry fish sculpture it overlooks, Frank’s Place at Hotel Arts Barcelona serves Catalan nibbles and some mean cocktails, including the Bertita margarita (inspired by Gerhy’s wife, Berta, and her tipple of choice). On Fridays, DJ Fabrizia takes to the decks; on Saturdays, Les Artistes provide live music.
Hotel Arts Barcelona, 19–21 Marina, Barcelona, Spain
Gusto
A laid-back drinkery that gets going around midnight
Calle Francisco Giner
Mas y Mas
For a lively, post-diner drink, try this uptown favourite.
Carrer Maria Cubi
Universal
We like this lively uptown bar for an after-dinner drink.
Carrer Maria Cubi
Cafés
+34 (93) 310 79 61
Cal Pep
A traditional tapas bar with all the favourites – cured hams, daily specials and a bustly atmosphere in the evenings.
Plaça de les Olles
