Tourism in Barcelona

Restaurants in City Center

Here is a list of some nice restaurants in city center that you will probably not find in any guide, however we strongly recommend them:

Rita Blue: located in Sant Agustí Square s/n next to Las Ramblas. Splendid restaurant with lovely full-coloured environment. Tapas, starters, salads, kebabs, pasta, steak, fish… all high quality. This restaurant is very well known for their exotic cocktails.
Tel. 93 342 40 86
https://www.ritablue.com/

Mercat Santa Caterina: located within Santa Caterina Market next to the Cathedral. This is a restaurant where all kind of food can be served: tapas, vegetarian food, Mediterranean food, Asiatic food, Indian food, pasta, meat, fish … Really nice and beautiful place.
Tel. 93 268 99 18 (no telephone reservation possible)

Mercat Santa Caterina Restaurant
Restaurant RA: located in Gardunya Square (behind Mercat de Boqueria in Las Ramblas). As described in their own website this is a Bar & Terrace restaurant. All food is served in a very attractive and appetizing way. Very friendly staff in a young and international environment.
Tel. 615 959 872
https://www.ratown.com/

La Dolça Herminia: located in Magdalenes 27 next to Via Layetana. Elegant restaurant that offers delicious Mediterranean and Vegetarian food. Highly recommended and with very reasonable prices.
Tel. 93 317 06 76

Julivert Meu: located in Bon Succés 7 next to Las Ramblas. This is non-fashionable restaurant but higly recommended for those who want to live the experience of tasting the Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine.
Tel. 93 318 03 43

El Trillo: located in Carrer dels Angels 3 next to MACBA museum and Las Ramblas. Very small but gorgeous and romantic restaurant. Specially recommended for couples. Mediterranean and Andalucia food.
Tel. 93 443 93 17

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Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850 – 1923) , architect, politician and writer born in Barcelona. Registered as an architect in Barcelona in 1873. In 1875, became professor and director at the Barcelona’s School of Arquitecture (Escola d’Arquitectura de Barcelona).

Lluís Domènech i Montaner – Palau de la Música Catalana

Along with Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner is considered as one of the most representative of the Modernisme Català (Art Nouveau). His most famous works the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and the Palau de la Música Catalana have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Buildings designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner:

Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau)
Built between 1901 and 1930
In 1997 it was added as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Address: Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret / Cartagena

Catalan Music Palace (Palau de la Musica Catalana)
Built between 1905 and 1908. In 1997 it was added as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Address: Sant Pere Més Alt 13, Barri Gòtic, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

Montaner i Simon Publishing House (Editorial Montaner i Simon)
Built between 1879 and 1895
Currently home of the Antoni Tapies Foundation
Address: Carrer Aragó 255, off Passeig de Gràcia

Fuster House (Casa Fuster)
Built between 1908 and 1911
Currently home of the 5-star hotel Casa Fuster Hotel
Address: Passeig de Gracia 132

Ramon Montaner Palace (Palau Ramon Montaner)
Built between 1889 and 1895
Address: Carrer Mallorca 278

Thomas House (Casa Thomas)
Built between 1895 and 1898, it was the workshop and residence of the engraver J.Thomas
Address: Carrer Mallorca 293

Lleó Morera House (Casa lleó Morera)
Built between 1902 and 1906
Address: Passeig de Gràcia 35

Three Dragons Castle (Castell del Tres Dragons)
Currently home of the Zoological Museum
Address: Passeig Lluís Companys / Passeig Pujades

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Clickair

Clickair plane at Barcelona Airport

Clickair is Iberia’s low cost airline based in Barcelona airport (El Prat), and will start operating on March 1st 2007 with very competitive prices.

Currently, 41 routes will be operated by Clickair, 31 internationals and 10 nationals.

Routes to Spanish cities:

Amsterdam	Edinburgh	Moscow	Rome
Athens	Frankfurt	Munich	Tanger
Berlin	Geneva	Nador	Tunez
Bucharest	Helsinki	Naples	Warsaw
Budapest	Lisbon	Oporto	Venice
Casablanca	Lyon	Palermo	Verona
Dublin	Malta	Pisa	Viena
Dubrovnik	Marrakech	Prague	Zurich

Routes to European cities:

La Coruna	Granada	Ibiza	Jerez
Minorca	Malaga	Santiago de Compostela	Seville
Valencia	Vigo

Clickair will compete with Ryanair, although Clickair will fly directly to Barcelona airport and when booking a flight it will show final price (including taxes) from the beginning of the process which is very good, so check Clickair before getting your flights to/from Barcelona.

Traditional Catalan cuisine

Catalan Cuisine is based on fresh fruit and vegetables, meats and fish of great quality and last but not least olive oil. One of the secrets of Mediterranean Cuisine is that food is cooked in olive oil giving food a very special taste. Olive oil also helps to reduce the amount of cholesterol reducing the risk of heart disease.

Here are some examples of Catalan dishes:

Main courses:
Pa amb tomàquet, bread with tomato rubbed over and seasoned with olive oil and salt.
All i oli, sauce made of garlic and olive oil and salt. It is traditionally served with grilled meats or vegetables.
Fuet, dry sausage of pork meat in a pork gut.
Mongetes amb botifarra, beans and pork sausage.
Escalivada, various grilled vegetables seasoned with olive oil and salt.
Calçots, grilled onions.
Escudella i carn d’olla, Catalan stew.
Arròs negre, rice with squid. The rice obtains a black colour from the ink squid. Traditionally served with All i Oli.
Canalons gratinats amb bechamel, pasta filed with meat (chicken, veal and pork) and baked with bechamel on top. Traditionally served on St. Stephen’s day (26th of December).

Desserts:
Crema catalana, custard base with caramelized sugar on top.
Mel i mató, fresh cheese with honey. Probably the most typical catalan dessert.

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