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The 20 best bars in Barcelona
Barcelona boasts such an immense offering of bars that deciding where to meet for a drink can be a daunting task. To lend a hand, whether your tipple is wine,...
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Discover the best places to drink in Catalonia's capital. Reviews of bars, pubs and tapas bars in Barcelona
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The absolute best rooftop bars in Barcelona
The top spots to sip a cocktail and even take in a concert – all with a bird's-eye view
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The coolest wine bars in Barcelona
Wine aficionados will be happy to discover these favourite Barcelona wine bars!
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Top beach bars in Barcelona
We've travelled the Barcelona coast in search of the best urban 'xiringuitos'
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Barcelona bars with free tapas
These generous bars serve up free tapas when you order drinks
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Paradiso - Time Out Market Barcelona
Paradiso, one of the world's best cocktail bars, is now at Time Out Market – and it even has sea views!
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Café de Indias - Time Out Market Barcelona
These coffee roasters use the same artisanal formula that they in the mid-nineteenth century
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Bar Nuri - Time Out Market
Bar Nuri offers classic well-made (fourth generation!) tapas, plus a good selection of off-menu dishes made with seasonal products.
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Paradiso - Time Out Market Barcelona
Paradiso, one of the world's best cocktail bars, is now at Time Out Market – and it even has sea views!
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Bar Bodega Chiqui
Bar Chiqui. Any day of the year, 9am. On the corner of Vilamarí and Sepúlveda, far from yet at the same time very near the hipster ghetto a few...
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Pastrami Bar / El Paradiso
Pastrami Bar is pretty much what it sounds like, a sandwich place where you can get a mean pastrami, the likes of which you won't find anywhere else in...
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La Casa de la Pradera
Without fanfare, this is a bar that welcomes the entire LGBTQ+ family in the heart of the Raval, the historic center of Barcelona. Its friendly and fun...
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Bar Bodega Quimet
Some places really give their district character, and the Bar Bodega Quimet is one of those. When the original owner retired, the two brothers from La...
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Barcelona's best tapas bars
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La Plata
The three essential tapas at this emblematic bar with just six tables are the fried whole anchovies, the tomato salad, onion and olive salad, and the...
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Quimet i Quimet
Packed to the rafters with dusty bottles of wine, this classic but minuscule bar makes up for in tapas what it lacks in space. The specialities are 'conservas'...
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La Cova Fumada
This tavern frequented by those who work at or near the sea has got to be a favourite for hearty lunches in Barcelona. Among the iron-and-marble tables, you...