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We asked our employees for their favourite places to hang out during their free time. Below is a list of hidden gems all over the city. From secret beaches & back-alley jazz bars to festivals & street food vans ... Barcelona has it all!
If you're looking for a typical Barcelona bar with great tapas and a budget-friendly menu, head to Casa López. You only have to step inside to feel like you’ve been transported to another era.
This Mexican taqueria-restaurant in the Sagrada Família district trades in the mariachis and sombreros for high-quality cuisine. There’s a type of pub atmosphere in the soberly decorated taqueria.
Rabipelao is a celebratory space with richly patterned red wallpaper and DJs spinning salsa beats. A silent film plays, walls are decorated with vintage framed photos, and there's a colourful mural above the bar.
Big Al’s American Kitchen is an American restaurant specializing in burgers. The restaurant is great for a meal with friends, with many sharing plates such as pulled pork nachos, chicken wings and quesadillas.
Robata is a gastronomic experience to enjoy Japanese food with soul, urban, perfectionist in its apparent simplicity and with a slight western accent.
Raw materials of high quality, personally chosen by the chef, Naoyuki Haginoya, set the menu at this Japanese restaurant in Barcelona, specializing in sushi and various Japanese preparations.
A place where the best local and organic product is combined with Italian craftsmanship to create a unique experience. Everything is prepared in a rustic and familiar way, in a wood oven.
Flax & Kale Tallers is the first Healthy Flexitarian Restaurant of the world. All the dishes are designed not only to maximize the organoleptic pleasure, but also considering their nutritional value.
If the entry looks like the one of a garage, inside it is really a pizzeria : welcome to Parking Pizza. Catalans always enjoyed Italian food and especially pizza. Parking Pizza is finally the place to find the gourmet pizza we all expected.
Tucked away on Enric Granados Street in Barcelona's Eixample Esquerra neighborhood, DelaCrem is some of the best gelato Barcelona has to offer.
Cruïlla Barcelona is an eclectic music festival held annually in Spain's second city. Lineups bursting with talent from across the music spectrum and across the globe have music fans flocking to buy tickets year on year.
The Gracia Festival is considered by many to be Barcelona's nicest, most festive and most welcoming street festival. During the five days of the Gracia festival you can experience many wonderful Catalan traditions.
Primavera Sound is a music festival that takes place between the end of May and beginning of June in Barcelona, Spain and Porto, Portugal. The first edition took place in 2001 in Poble Espanyol and in 2005 it moved to the Parc del Fòrum.
While it’s not quite as impressive as the Gracia one, it’s still a pretty epic party. Sixteen streets around the Parc de l’Espanya Industrial get decked out for the occasion.
Sonar Music Festival in Barcelona has grown from strength to strength and is now established as one of Europe's most well-known music festivals. Each year, for one weekend in June, Barcelona is flooded by thousands of music fans.
Small and easy going, always open (evening and night) and welcoming. Velcro's experienced bartenders can whip up just about any fancy (or simple) drink you want, all for a great price and with a cool, modern neighbourhood vibe.
Located on the 8th floor of the hotel overlooking La Pedrera and the Sagrada Familia, ALAIRE is a must-go meeting place in the city. With its varied and delicious menu, you can enjoy an al fresco daytime aperitif, informal dinner or cocktails.
Collage Art & Cocktail Social Club brings together a team of talented and creative bartenders in a cosy environment where you can enjoy a variety of drinks from the most classic cocktails to original homemade recipes.
A popular meeting point in the 'hood, Chatelet has big windows for watching the passing people parade and a buzzing, art-filled interior that sees a wide cross-section of Gràcia society. Blues music and old-school American soul play in the background.
A little hole-in-the-wall bar that is always crowded on the weekends - live music, good drinks and a warm, welcoming local feel. Great for one or two drinks later in the evening as things begin to wind down.
Located on the recently reconstructed Passieg de Sant Joan 80, between the streets Aragó and Concell de Cent.This place is great during all hours of the day, if it´s for a slow breakfast, a coffee to recharge batteries, a joy filled Vermut or dinner with friends.
Nicely appointed bar in Poblenou with great cocktails, particularly gin based, and Pilsner Urquel on tap. Balius boasts clean and modern bathrooms as well as live jazz every Sunday night. They also take reservations for lunch and dinner.
El Prat beach is 5.5 km long and extends from the mouth of the Llobregat river to the Remolar lake. Part of the coast is bordered by the Can Camins pine forest and the Remolar and Roberta areas.
The beach of Garraf is located inside a bay and the town sits above on rocks. The water is usually quite clean and above all warm. At the main beach you can find some old beach huts which are available for rent.
