Barcelona is always gravitating toward what’s next, what’s new. Sure, the Catalan capital in northeastern Spain is rich with historic sites and classic tourist activities — browsing the centuries-old Boqueria market, studying the works of Picasso and Miró, posing with Gaudí’s frosted fairytale houses in Parc Güell — but the city’s current dynamism is rooted elsewhere. To discover what’s fueling Barcelona right now, look to new contemporary art museums and small galleries. Look to the bold tapas bars and buzzing night life rejuvenating outlying neighborhoods. Look to the new, but make time for old favorites too.

1. 36 Hours in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is always gravitating toward what’s next, what’s new. Sure, the Catalan capital in
northeastern Spain is rich with historic sites and classic tourist activities — browsing the
centuries-old Boqueria market, studying the works of Picasso and Miró, posing with Gaudí’s
frosted fairytale houses in Parc Güell — but the city’s current dynamism is rooted elsewhere.
To discover what’s fueling Barcelona right now, look to new contemporary art museums and
small galleries. Look to the bold tapas bars and buzzing night life rejuvenating outlying
neighborhoods. Look to the new, but make time for old favorites too.
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2. Day 1
Casa Mila-La Pedrera
Barcelona
Everything in this building is curved and undulating. Its originality and the techniques used in its
construction are surprising throughout. This is one of the best-known works of the architect Gaudí, and is
one of the symbols of Barcelona. It was built between 1906 and 1912, an ...

3. Day 1
Casa Batllo
Barcelona
Next door to the Casa Amatller, Casa Batlló was designed by Gaudí in 1905 and is hands-down the
superior of the three works in the manzana. Using sensuous curves in iron and stone and glittering,
luminous trencadis on the facade, the Casa Batlló is widely thought to represent ...

4. Day 1
Palau Güell
Barcelona
Gaudí built this mansion in 1886-89 for textile baron Count Eusebi de Güell Bacigalupi, his main patron
and promoter. Gaudí's principal obsession in this project was to find a way to illuminate this seven-story
house tightly surrounded by other buildings in the cramped quarter ...

5. Day 1
Tickets Restaurant, Barcelona
Barcelona
Ferran Adrià, of elBulli fame, and his brother Albert opened these adjoining tapas and cocktail bars in early
2011 to much international fanfare and curiosity. Tickets proposes contemporary tapas, which, coming
from the creators of elBulli, means ice-cream cones of salmon eggs, ...

6. Day 1
Club 41º, Barcelona
Barcelona
Technically, the buzzy new dining spot 41° in Barcelona, Spain, isn’t a restaurant — it’s a cocktail bar with
snacks. But when the surname of the two lead proprietors is Adrià — as in Ferran and Albert, of the famed
three-Michelin-starred restaurant El Bulli — such di ...

7. Day 1
Eclipse
Barcelona
Designed by interior designer Isabel López Vilalta, Eclipse Barcelona is the most anticipated new addition
to city’s vibrant nightlife scene. Needless to say that it will establish itself as the city’s ultimate
entertainment lifestyle destination. Rise up to the 26th floor t ...

8. Day 2
Baluard
Barcelona
Speaking of Barceloneta most people probably only think of the beach and seafood restaurants. Few
chance a stroll through this charismatic maritime neighborhood to experience its peculiar flair. Those who
do will be rewarded with this good, honest bakery located in the center of ...

9. Day 2
Bogatell Beach
Barcelona
Bogatell is approximately 600 m long and is one of the beaches that was revitalised when the Barcelona
seafront was restored during the 1990s. The Bogatell beach is one of the most appreciated amongst
Barcelona coastal visitors, amongst other reasons, due to its safety. The avera ...

10. Day 2
Formatgeria La Seu
Barcelona
Scotswoman Katherine McLaughlin has put together the Gothic Quarter's most delightful cheese-tasting
sanctuary on the site of an ancient buttery. A dozen artisanal cow, goat, and sheep cheeses from all over
Spain, and olive oils can be tasted and taken home. La Seu is named for a ...

11. Day 2
El Xampanyet
Barcelona
Nothing much has changed in this, one of the city’s best-known cava bars. Plant yourself at the bar or seek
out a table jammed up against the old-style tiled walls for a glass or three of cava and an assortment of
tapas, such as the tangy boquerons en vinagre.

12. Day 2
Museu Picasso
Barcelona
The Picasso Museum is surprisingly extensive, consisting of five palaces on Calle Montcada that have been
beautifully restored and joined up to create an amazing space. Picasso lived in Barcelona in his youthful
years, when he started out as an artist. He always wanted his museum ...

13. Day 2
Museu Europeu d’Art Modern
Barcelona
The Museu Europeu d'Art Modern was opened in June 2011 in the lovingly restored Palau Gomis. Without
doubt, the Museum of European Modern Art is among the most successful re-openings in the diverse
museum landscape of Barcelona. Located within the charming Old Town district of El ...

14. Day 2
Ras
Barcelona
A bookshop, a gallery and an experimental exhibition space, ideal if you're shopping for the latest coffeetable book from your favourite photographer, authoritative volumes on architecture and contemporary
art, the freshest design publications or a fashion magazine. With an inte ...

15. Day 2
Mutt
Barcelona
In the era of Internet and the midst of an economic crisis, starting up a bookshop or an art gallery is a risky
and daunting task, so hats off to the founders of Mutt who had the courage to do both at once. Opened
last December in IguapopGallery’s old space on Comerç street, M ...

16. Day 2
CaixaForum
Barcelona
CaixaForum, the Cultural and Social centre of La Caixa’s Community Projects, is housed in what was once a
factory. Designed in the Art-Nouveau style by the architect Puig i Cadafalch, and it has become one of
Barcelona’s most dynamic, active and lively cultural centres. Throu ...

17. Day 2
The Magic Fountain of Montjuic
Barcelona
The magic fountain is a spectacular display of colour, light, motion, music and water acrobatics - if you mix
all these elements together in just the right combinations, you end up with pure magic! The magic
fountain is a "must see" when you come to Barcelona and highly recommend ...

18. Day 2
Lolita Tapería
Barcelona
When known as Inopia, this place quickly became Barcelona’s tapas place de jour. Instead of trying to
surprise and defy expectations, here the ambition was to meet and exceed them. No fancy foams, just
fresh quality ingredients and simple but excellent made-to-order dishes. The ...

19. Day 2
Xixbar
Barcelona
Xix Bar - Barcelona is a modern day gin palace. Lively and eccentric and claim to have the best Basquestyle gin and tonics in Barcelona as well as a selection of mojitos and cocktails. This is one of the bars that
is putting Poble Sec on the nightlife map. More than 20 gins at y ...

20. Day 3
Bar Lobo
Barcelona
The watchword is moody in this stark, monochrome space, with punky artwork from celebrated graffiti
artists. It comes alive with DJs and studied lounging at night, however, and by day its terrace is a peaceful
space for coffee or breakfast, given the proximity to La Rambla. Recen ...

21. Day 3
Sagrada Família
Barcelona
If you only have time for one sightseeing outing, this should be it. La Sagrada Família inspires awe with its
sheer verticality and, in the true manner of the great medieval cathedrals it emulates, it’s still not finished
after more than 100 years. Work is proceeding apace, ho ...

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