Eixample
Modernism & broad avenues
DESIGN & SEA · SPAIN
Barcelona
A city drawn in curves and light.
Why Barcelona.
Barcelona layers Roman walls, Gothic lanes and Catalan modernism between green hills and the Mediterranean. Its strongest experiences come from balancing architecture with neighbourhood life.
STAY3–4 days
BEST TIMEApr–Jun · Sep–Oct
DAILY BUDGET€100–270/day
GATEWAYBCN
KNOW THE CITY
Four areas,
four ways in.
El Born
Medieval lanes & design
Gràcia
Plazas & local evenings
Barceloneta
Beach & seafood
THE ESSENTIALS
Experiences worth
making time for.
Sagrada Família
Reserve ahead and study the light inside.
Park Güell
See Gaudí’s landscape architecture early.
Gothic Quarter
Trace the old city beyond the busiest lanes.
Montjuïc
Pair art museums with city and sea views.
Sant Antoni Market
Taste a neighbourhood at its daily pace.
Passeig de Gràcia
Read the city through its façades.
Barcelona in
three days.
Modernist city
Sagrada Família → Eixample → Gràcia
Old Barcelona
Gothic Quarter → El Born → waterfront
Hill & sea
Montjuïc → Barceloneta → sunset
EAT LIKE YOU ARE HERE
The taste of
Barcelona.
Catalan cooking connects sea, mountain and market: pa amb tomàquet, esqueixada, crema catalana and seafood rice are strong beginnings.
Pa amb tomàquetBombasSeafood riceCrema catalana
Take home
something local.
Catalan ceramics
Design books
Tinned seafood
Local vermouth
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