Guidebook for Barcelona
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Bar Mundial
1 Plaça de Sant Agustí VellFusion / asian tapas & just around the corner.
Fantastic local market. Eat the "menu del dia" at Bar Joan in the corner of the market (inside - not the bar on the outside of the market!). The set Menu costs €10 and is great value (weekdays only).
501 paikallista suosittelee
Mercat Santa Caterina
16 Av. de Francesc CambóFantastic local market. Eat the "menu del dia" at Bar Joan in the corner of the market (inside - not the bar on the outside of the market!). The set Menu costs €10 and is great value (weekdays only).
Serious Neapolitan pizzeria with wood fired oven & really great value with the Margherita only costing €5.50.
112 paikallista suosittelee
NAP Antic
30 Av. de Francesc CambóSerious Neapolitan pizzeria with wood fired oven & really great value with the Margherita only costing €5.50.
Brilliant old school Barcelona restaurant. Fantastic menu & quality / price balance is fantastic. I love their tuna steak & just about everything on the menu. Gets packed so go early or expect a wait.
43 paikallista suosittelee
Restaurant Romesco
28 Carrer de Sant PauBrilliant old school Barcelona restaurant. Fantastic menu & quality / price balance is fantastic. I love their tuna steak & just about everything on the menu. Gets packed so go early or expect a wait.
Food Scene
Pizza Paco S L
11 Carrer de l'Allada-VermellLocal pizzeria - good & economical
Pla de la Garsa
13 Carrer dels AssaonadorsLove this place - almost monastic experience.... go try!
Good middle eastern restaurant . Crazy kitsch interior with screens showing arab MTV everywhere!
Arabia Café-Restaurante
25 Carrer dels EscudellersGood middle eastern restaurant . Crazy kitsch interior with screens showing arab MTV everywhere!
Best Thai in Barcelona. Ok so maybe you didn't come to eat Thai food & on top of that you have to reserve & it's not close to the apartment..... but it's very good .... very, very good !
44 paikallista suosittelee
El Petit Bangkok
29 Carrer de ValliranaBest Thai in Barcelona. Ok so maybe you didn't come to eat Thai food & on top of that you have to reserve & it's not close to the apartment..... but it's very good .... very, very good !
Best Paella & fish restaurant in Barceloneta . Short cab ride or a brisk 15 minute walk from the apartment.
21 paikallista suosittelee
Restaurant Can Manel
60 Passeig Joan Borbó Comte BarcelóBest Paella & fish restaurant in Barceloneta . Short cab ride or a brisk 15 minute walk from the apartment.
Been coming here for 20 years . Like a Barbecue in someones garden that just happens to be on a hill overlooking the city. Impossible to describe how to get here.... take a cab !
11 paikallista suosittelee
Can Martí Restaurant
4 Passatge de la Font del MontBeen coming here for 20 years . Like a Barbecue in someones garden that just happens to be on a hill overlooking the city. Impossible to describe how to get here.... take a cab !
Very, very good tortilla here. They also do great Gallego dishes such as Pulpo a la Gallego & Lacon + they have a little terrace (watch your bags when using it ! ) and a menu del dia.
Rincón De Galicia Barcelona Restaurant
61 Carrer del Portal NouVery, very good tortilla here. They also do great Gallego dishes such as Pulpo a la Gallego & Lacon + they have a little terrace (watch your bags when using it ! ) and a menu del dia.
Fantastic for Argentinian grilled meat which is cooked over charcoal & very reasonably priced menu del dia.
Restaurant Les Brases del Passatge
6 Passatge SertFantastic for Argentinian grilled meat which is cooked over charcoal & very reasonably priced menu del dia.
OBE restaurant
1 Plaça de Santa CaterinaVery good high end , formal Italian.
Excellent Italian - authentic & with typically fantastic Italian service.
15 paikallista suosittelee
Gravin
3 Carrer de Rera PalauExcellent Italian - authentic & with typically fantastic Italian service.
Drinks & Nightlife
Paspartu
12 Carrer de les Basses de Sant PereNice ,small, intimate & low lit cocktail bar.
Great food & interior. Historical place : Picasso & the gang used to hang out here.... busy & popular, but still worth it!
231 paikallista suosittelee
Els 4Gats
3 Carrer de MontsióGreat food & interior. Historical place : Picasso & the gang used to hang out here.... busy & popular, but still worth it!
Lovely Cava / Tapas bar. 5 minute walk & just down from the Picasso museum. Perfect place for a a glass of cava on your way to visit Santa Maria del Mar or stroll around El Born.
173 paikallista suosittelee
El Xampanyet
22 Carrer de MontcadaLovely Cava / Tapas bar. 5 minute walk & just down from the Picasso museum. Perfect place for a a glass of cava on your way to visit Santa Maria del Mar or stroll around El Born.
Great Tapas . Probably more expensive than Bar Mundial but very , very good. Cal Pep & Mundial are the only two in the Barrio worth bothering with!
131 paikallista suosittelee
Cal Pep
8 Plaça de les OllesGreat Tapas . Probably more expensive than Bar Mundial but very , very good. Cal Pep & Mundial are the only two in the Barrio worth bothering with!
Shopping
For me this is the best Ice Cream parlour in the old town & has been in Barcelona forever.... not just part of the chain ice cream parlour boom over the last few years! Try a glass of Horchata!
Torrons la Campana
36 Carrer de la PrincesaFor me this is the best Ice Cream parlour in the old town & has been in Barcelona forever.... not just part of the chain ice cream parlour boom over the last few years! Try a glass of Horchata!