Barcelona

841 places17 neighborhoods

Barcelona has 17 neighbourhoods and 841 places. Gràcia is for sitting out on a plaça with a drink, the Gothic Quarter is for wandering narrow lanes until something looks right, and Eixample Dreta is the proper sit-down dinner. Eixample Dreta has the most on 111, then Gràcia on 87 and the Gothic Quarter on 81.

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The most recent places to turn up in something we pulled apart. Newest first.

  • Skye Coffee

    Cafe · Barcelona

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  • Nudes

    Cafe · Barcelona

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  • Taulat 44, Poblenou, cafe

    Taulat 44

    Cafe · Poblenou

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  • Sip Coffee, El Raval, cafe

    Sip Coffee

    Cafe · El Raval

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  • Skye Coffee Co., Poblenou, cafe

    Skye Coffee Co.

    Cafe · Poblenou

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  • Fronda Pasaje, El Born, restaurant

    Fronda Pasaje

    Restaurant · El Born

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  • Little Andaman, Eixample Esquerra, restaurant

    Little Andaman

    Restaurant · Eixample Esquerra

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  • Amateur, Poblenou, restaurant

    Amateur

    Restaurant · Poblenou

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  • Tiny Big Sister Shop, Eixample Dreta, shop

    Tiny Big Sister Shop

    Shop · Eixample Dreta

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  • Barcalona Pool House, Barcelona, hotel

    Barcalona Pool House

    Hotel · Barcelona

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  • Soho House Barcelona, Port Vell, hotel

    Soho House Barcelona

    Hotel · Port Vell

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  • Margot House, Eixample Dreta, hotel

    Margot House

    Hotel · Eixample Dreta

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Busiest neighborhoods first.

111 places

Eixample Dreta

Eixample Dreta is Passeig de Gràcia and the Modernista blocks around it: shop windows, five-star hotels and Gaudí's La Pedrera.

87 places

Gràcia

Gràcia was its own town until 1897 and still behaves like one, with squares, small bars and almost no hotels.

81 places

Gothic Quarter

The Gothic Quarter is the densest part of the map and the part most worn down by the tourist trade, so choose carefully.

Where you eat

3 guides

Eixample Esquerra

the grid at its most residential, with serious restaurants

1 guides

Poble Sec

cheap pintxos on Carrer de Blai and a standing bar worth the wait

1 guides

Sagrada Família

the basilica and the quieter streets behind it

1 guides

Barceloneta

the market, old tapas bars and paella a street back from the sand

1 guides

Sant Antoni

a restored market, natural wine and the Sunday book stalls

Coffee first

3 guides

Sant Pere

specialty coffee, brunch and the Arc de Triomf

2 guides

Poblenou

brunch cafes, the Rambla del Poblenou and Bogatell beach

1 guides

Plaça d'Espanya

one of the densest fine dining clusters in the city

1 guides

Les Corts

destination dinners in an otherwise residential district

Days out

3 guides

El Raval

old bars, the Boqueria and Gaudí's early mansion

1 guides

Sant Gervasi

long weekday lunches and a polished, quiet district

1 guides

Montjuïc

museums, gardens and a castle on the hill

Everything else

4 guides

El Born

a basilica, the Picasso Museum and a hundred bars in a few lanes

2 guides

Plaça de Catalunya

a junction with a few good rooms around it

A neighborhood shows up here once we hold enough places in one category to make a guide out of it. Barcelona has 17 of them today.