Grand Hotel Central
Barcelona, Spain
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Step off La Rambla on your Barcelona holiday (once you’ve rambled all 1.2 kilometres, of course) to discover 2,000 years of history. This is the city where modern meets mediaeval – Gaudí’s hallucinogenic façades and the slick seafront coexist among leafy avenues and storied squares. Burrow into Barcelona’s subterranean Roman roots, stroll (and shop) the cobblestones of the Barri Gòtic, then fiesta with the in-crowd at the bohemian bars of El Raval. No wonder cava is the drink of choice here – this city has plenty to celebrate.
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Grand Hotel Central
Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Cruz
At 24, Jordi Cruz became the youngest Spanish chef to earn a Michelin star for his imaginative and avant-garde cooking style. In the 12 years since, he has bagged another three – two of them for the hotel restaurant he’s been helming since 2010, ABaC Restaurant & Hotel in Barcelona’s Zona Alta – written a book on molecular cooking techniques, and been anointed as a judge on Masterchef Espana. In other words, he’s hot stuff (and let’s just say a certain proportion of his Masterchef audience haven’t tuned in for the cookery). Via ABaC’s startlingly inventive 15-course tasting menus (mole ice cream, tuna-skin curry, chocolate ‘earth’, plankton bread and oh-so-much more) Cruz demonstrates exactly how he lives up to the hype.