Nightlife in Barcelona

If you venture into a bar in Barcelona you will very soon learn what "tapas" means. Small, delicious snacks of all kinds which often cover virtually the entire bar counter. Everything from olives and small pieces of bread with pesto or sheep’s cheese to small battered fish or pigs’ ears.

Ciudad Condal. Classic tapas. Rambla de Catalunya 18.

Cal Pep. Highly popular tapas bar. Plaça de les Olles 8.

El Vaso de Oro. A little more sophisticated. Balboa 6.

Cava is another word you will soon get to know – it is Spanish for sparkling wine, which is drunk in large quantities here, like beer, wine and other drinks.

Vinya del Señor. Barcelona’s cosiest wine bar. Plaça de Santa Maria 5.

El Xampanyet. The city’s most well known cava bar. Calle Montcada 22.

Xampanyeria Casablanca. Cava bar inspired by the film Casablanca. Bonavista 6.

La Bodegueta del Xampu. Another great place for cava. Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 702.

Maremagnum. Huge palace of entertainment with bars, pubs, restaurants and discotheque. Moll d'Espanya.

Port Olímpic. Loads of bars  and night clubs  where people party long into the early hours.
 

The entire “Olympia port” is like one big party every evening.

Porquesi. Chilled bar with trendy decor. Comte Borrel 122.

Mirablau. City’s best view up in Tibidabo. Plaça Doctor Andreu.

Boadas. City’s oldest cocktail bar where Miró and Hemingway used to hang out. Calle de Tallers 1.

Can Paixano. In front of this seamen’s bar with low prices. Very popular! Calle Reina Christina 7.

Gimlet. Stylish art-deco bar. Calle Rec 24.

Danzatoria. In a large villa up in Tibidabo. Several dance floors and lounge areas. Avenida Tibidabo 61.

Otto Zutz. One of the best known and most popular haunts. Calle Lincoln 15.

Carpe Diem Lounge Club. Right by the water. Paseo Maritimo 32.

Souvenir. Good place in which to round off the evening. Open A LONG TIME! Noi del Sucre 71.