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Barcelona Guide: 10 of the best bars in Barcelona

Rita Blue: Plaça Sant Augusti, 3
In a small plaza just off the Ramblas and next to an old church, Rita Blue is a favorite of locals and lucky tourists who have been there. Your location the outdoor plaza allows spacious seating, perfect for relaxing in the shade after a day of shopping, but step inside and discover a jewel that combines chill-out modernity with a touch of Bohemia. Funky and retro, not a luxury upstairs bar, a dark cellar where the dance floor as well pulling the night progresses, and a host leaned on the enjoyment. If you like decent Mexican food, do not go too far wrong, but most first-time visitors cut their teeth on the famous blue margarita bar is named.

Schilling, C. Ferran, 23
With an ideal location in the bustling Ferran just off Las Ramblas, this bar is the place to get your breath if you've been traipsing the streets all day. That appears more like a collection of informal bar, the decor is muted and relaxed, with high ceilings and seats comfortable. Earlier in the day is more of a bustling café, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, but as night falls it becomes a lively cocktail bar, with a mixed crowd with a strong gay representation. Unlike many bars in Barcelona, the service is generally quick, easy and efficient. With its large windows overlooking out in one of the busiest streets in the city, this place is one of the best to spend an hour watching people.

The Xampanyet: C. Montcada 22
Tucked away in a narrow street paved, near the Picasso Museum, this has to be one of the pearls of the city. A winery with blue tiled walls, marble tables zinc bar and a preponderance of the artifacts, which combines the old and new, and attracts an eclectic mix of veterans and new trends. If you're planning a night discos, this is the perfect place to start, a bottle of champagne and enjoy tapas around before reaching the hot spots.

Casa Almirall: Joaquín Costa, 33
One of the oldest bars in the city, Almirall, low light and popular with young locals who are preparing for a night of dancing. Not something a bohemian place, with its huge Art Nouveau mirror behind the bar beats and nu jazz and funk played at volumes that allow easy conversation. Although the area may seem a little nervous, the street is a haven for prostitutes over the bar itself is cozy and low-cost advantage to a young and often international.

Benidorm: Joaquin Costa 39
Just a few doors down is one of the most bizarre bit of Barcelona, a bar to be hummed by the door, before stepping into a paradise of kitsch and smoke. Small and lively, Benidorm attracts a trendier mix of local and, for some reason, Scandinavians, and has a lot of music gear disc 80 which included a mirror-ball, the smaller one of the toilets in the city. The music is unpredictable, depending DJ, and often have celebrity guests playing your favorite music, as members of Pan Sonic or even peaches.

Café del Sol: Plaça del Sol
At the heart of Gracia, in the Plaza del Sol, is one of the most visited venues in the area. A perfect place to relax and watch the world go by, especially if you choose to sit outside, the crowd is the perfect blend of locals, ex-patriots and tourists who have done off the roads. There are quite a few other bars in this square, so if music is not to your liking you have only a few meters to go and get something different.

The Fianna: Vells Banys, 15
This is a bar with a difference, a strange mixture of old and hippie, gothic and modern, usually filled until it is as high beams with all kinds of gamblers, listening to strange music mix that is the norm here. Originally created to have a North African and Arabic feel, the interior is a red velvet curtains falling to the floor of cobbles, with huge chandeliers of candles and Moroccan lamps. The food available is representative of many countries where staff have come from Scandinavia to South Africa, and the prices are very reasonable, so if class fee is a little different usual in Spanish or Catalan, then this is a perfect place for you.

Bar Marsella: C. Sant Pau, 65
A the oldest bars in the city, Bar Marsella opened in 1820, this jewel has been in the habit early of some of the greatest artists who have lived in the city as Picasso, Dalí, Gaudí, Miró and the American novelist Ernest Hemingway. For many years the only place to get an absinthe, and is now known as the bar absinthe, which serves all the formalities of days past. The clientele is a strange mixture, the consumption of the young fashion with Euro-trippers, while Last of the Anarchists sit at the bar drinking their deadly concoctions with other veterans and survivors of the French mai 68. pure history, and an essential stop for the experienced bar-hoppers.

Belchica: C. Villarroel, 60
It is more likely to hear French spoken here than Spanish or Catalan as Belchica is the only Belgian city bar and it is home to many French-speaking Belgians who come to enjoy a wide range of beers from home. There is a selection more than 40 Belgian beers, including the popular Leffe, Hoegaarden and Stella on the project. There are regular sessions of DJ, a big screen TV for all Sports on TV, but especially football, and a space for photography or art exhibitions that change frequently. Very popular with European and American tourists.

Bar Pipa: Plaça Reial, 3
Tucked away in the corner of the Plaza Reial, next to Glacier Bar, this space is really unusual club for pipe smokers, although I've never noticed a lot done inside. Suitable for lovers of jazz and funk Jamboree leaving the nearby site, part of the appeal Pipa is that wonderful opening hours – from 18:00 to 6:00 a.m.. There is a decent pool table, offering a good variety of cocktails, and music is always good without being overwhelming. For anyone who does not fancy a night in a packed club, but do not want to go home before dawn, Pipa is the ideal place to sit and relax and wait dawn.

About the Author

Anthony Deegan is a web developer and copywriter who splits his time between Spain, Ireland and Finland. In Spain, he writes content for a Barcelona Apartments rental company, and elsewhere his time is taken up with his Irish SEO Consultants business.

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