# Barcelona

Cooking classes, tastings, workshops, flamenco and behind-the-scenes visits in Barcelona: plans of one to three hours for a Saturday or a weekend.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/barcelona · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## A city for doing, not just looking

If you live in Barcelona or come for a weekend and have already seen the Sagrada Família, the city has another face: that of short plans you book a couple of days ahead and do in an afternoon. A paella class two streets from La Rambla, three hours at the wheel of a ceramics school in Gràcia, a tasting of six beers at the Fàbrica Moritz microbrewery, a sailing boat leaving the Port Olímpic as the sun goes down. Here are the ones we have checked one by one on each business's website, with their price, days and times.

Almost all last between one and three hours, so two fit in an afternoon and three in a long Saturday. We list them by neighbourhood so they can be linked on foot or with one metro ride.

## Cooking and tastings: the table as an excuse

In the centre, Barcelona Cooking gives the paella class on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 18:00 to 21:00, with dinner and wine included, and on Saturday it switches to the tapas workshop, with an optional walk through the Boqueria an hour earlier. Both cost from €85.

In El Born, the Museu de la Xocolata has two hour-and-a-half workshops: the biscuits and chocolate one, from age 6 and for €16, and the bars and rocks one, for over-16s. A few steps away, Vila Viniteca organises Corpinnat and Priorat tastings and a cheese introduction on separate dates, from 20:00 to 22:00.

Sant Antoni is the vermouth and beer neighbourhood. Las Vermudas offers a tasting where you make your own bottle from €35, and the Fàbrica Moritz shows its microbrewery and ends with six beers for €24, in Spanish on Thursdays at 18:00 and Saturdays at 17:00. For coffee, Nomad opens its Poblenou roastery one Friday a month for a one-hour specialty cupping.

## Gràcia, the neighbourhood of workshops

At La Torratxa you spend three hours at the wheel for €65, and a few streets away Barcelona Jewelry Studio teaches how to make a ring or pendant by lost-wax casting, in bronze or silver, by appointment. These are morning or whole-afternoon plans: afterwards, Gràcia has squares and taverns to eat in without taking the metro.

## Behind the scenes and on the water

The Palau de la Música Catalana is visited with a guide every morning, in 50 minutes and for €24: it is the most rewarding rainy-day plan in the centre. In Les Corts, the Spotify Camp Nou Experience shows the stadium under construction and the club museum. At night, the Tablao Cordobés, on La Rambla, serves dinner before the show in three daily sessions.

With the sea next door, two very different plans: the shared sailing boat at sunset, two hours from the Port Olímpic for €45, and the first-thing stand-up paddle lesson at Barceloneta, for €30. For a group of friends, the escape room La Cervecería by Enigmik, next to the Sagrada Família, offers 80 minutes of play.

## The three visits you don't skip

If it is your first time, book a slot for the Sagrada Família and the monumental zone of Park Güell: both sell tickets by time slot. The Boqueria is best seen first thing, before it fills up.

## Getting there without a car

By train you arrive at Sants, which has metro lines L3 and L5 in the same building. From the airport, the Aerobús drops you at Plaça Catalunya in 30 to 35 minutes, 24 hours a day. Everything on this page is next to a metro station: you don't need a car.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Urban experiences, Classical music and opera in Europe
- Cerca: Garraf Coves (a 26.8 km), Caldes de Montbui (a 27.5 km), Penedès (a 32.3 km), Sitges (a 34.6 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Sagrada Família Basilica, with or without the tower** (1 h · All ages; the tower, from age 6 · €26 the basilica; €36 with a tower; under-11s free): You enter by the Nativity façade, on Carrer de Marina, at the time shown on your ticket. You walk through the nave and the museum with no time limit, with the audio guide in the official app (45 minutes the standard one, 25 the express), and you can count on a good hour. If you add a tower, you go up by lift and walk down: that adds another half hour.
First hour in silence, Sunday mid-morning
Between 9:00 and 10:00 the basilica asks for silence: headphones are compulsory for the audio guide, and phones must be quiet. It is a good slot if you want the nave peaceful and the morning light in the eastern stained glass. On Sundays it does not open until 10:30. From November to February it closes at 18:00 every day; from April to September, on weekdays, at 20:00, and on Saturdays always at 18:00. On 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January it is open only from 9:00 to 14:00.
You get there by metro to Sagrada Família station, on lines L2 and L5, which comes out at the foot of the temple. Buses 19, 33, 34, D50, H10 and B24 also stop here.
What to book if you live in Barcelona
Tickets are bought online only, with a time slot, and are named: bring your ID. General admission costs €26; under-30s and students, €24; pensioners, €21; under-11s, free. With a tower it is €36, and you choose between the Nativity tower, which looks to the sea, or the Passion tower, towards the centre. If you are registered as a resident in Barcelona, the "Te esperamos" promotion takes 50% off, requested 48 hours ahead by email to the basilica.
- **Mercat de la Boqueria, first thing in the morning** (1 h · All ages; with a trolley, best first thing · Free entry): You enter from La Rambla through the great iron arch and let yourself be drawn towards the back, where the fish and meat are. You make a full circuit of the aisles, buy what you are going to cook that day and end up at the counter of one of the stalls with a coffee or a plate of whatever came into the market that morning. You leave with a full bag and the fridge sorted for the weekend.
Before ten, with your shopping done
La Boqueria is open Monday to Saturday from 8:00 to 20:30 and closed on Sunday; the City Council announces occasional Sunday openings in December and January separately. Go early: at eight the aisles are clear and you shop without hurry. By mid-morning on Saturday it fills up and moving forward with a trolley is hard. Late in the afternoon some stalls have already packed up, because each has its own hours within the general ones.
A neighbourhood market in the middle of La Rambla
It is a municipal facility in the Raval, at La Rambla, 89. It is already mentioned in the 13th century, and the present building, from the 19th, stands on the site of the old convent of Sant Josep: that is why its official name is Mercat de Sant Josep. It has an information point Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 15:00, a cooking classroom and online shopping with home delivery.
You get there by metro to Liceu (L3), two minutes' walk along La Rambla. From Catalunya (L1 and L3) you walk down in about five minutes.
- **Park Güell, monumental zone with timed ticket or free with the Passi Verd** (1 h 30 · All ages; uneven paths and steep ramps, poor for reduced mobility · €18 general; €13.50 ages 7 to 12 and over-65s; ages 0 to 6 free with a ticket): You walk up to the monumental zone, enter at your booked time and walk the dragon staircase, the hypostyle hall and the Nature Square, with its trencadís bench and the city below. Allow an unhurried hour and a half. Once you leave you cannot go back in, so take your photos inside before going. Outside the regulated zone is the woodland, with free access.
If you are a resident, go first thing
The park is open all year. Visitor tickets run from 9:30 to 17:30. From 7:00 to 9:30 and from 18:00 to 22:00 the monumental zone is for locals only and for anyone with the Passi Verd, the free reservation for residents of Barcelona. That pass is requested on the same day, checked with your ID against the residents' register and does not allow advance bookings. For a Saturday morning with the family it is the way to see it almost empty.
Tickets and access for a weekend
If you come from outside, buy on the official website: up to three months ahead, a maximum of seven tickets per purchase, named. You have 30 minutes' leeway on your time. Tickets cannot be cancelled, but you can change the date or time up to the day before if places are available. General admission costs €18; ages 7 to 12 and over-65s, €13.50; ages 0 to 6, free, although they need a ticket.
By metro, get off at Lesseps (L3) and walk about 20 minutes to the entrance on Avinguda del Santuari de Sant Josep de la Muntanya, with escalators. The park now advises against Vallcarca because the steps of the Baixada de la Glòria are out of service. Buses H6 and D40 drop you at Travessera de Dalt, ten minutes away.
- **BCN en las Alturas, the market at Gaudí's Torre Bellesguard** (3 h · For everyone · Ticket €7 (under 12s free); €10 with a drink; €20 with a guided tour of the tower): BCN en las Alturas is a weekend market held at the Torre Bellesguard, the house Antoni Gaudí built between 1900 and 1909 on the slopes of Tibidabo. For three days the gardens and rooms of the tower fill with stalls selling fashion brands, accessories and decoration, and there is a food and drink area, the Corner Foodie, and live music. It is organised by Mónica Masana Events, who launched it in 2010 as their first big event, and it is held twice a year: one weekend in November and another in December, the Christmas edition.
It is a good plan for combining relaxed shopping with a Gaudí house that is visited far less than the Sagrada Família or Park Güell the rest of the year. During the market the tower can be visited at a special price, and there are guided tours every half hour.
2026 dates

November edition: Friday 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2026.
Xmas edition: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December 2026.

For the November edition the hours are 11:00 to 22:30 on Friday and Saturday, and 11:00 to 21:00 on Sunday. The 2027 dates have not been published yet; this listing is updated when the organisers announce them.
Tickets and prices
Tickets are bought on the market's website, by day:


TicketPrice


One-day ticket€7
Ticket with a drink€10
Ticket with guided tour of the tower€20
Ticket, guided tour and drink€23


Children under 12 go in free. Guided tours leave every 30 minutes from 12:00 to 20:00, and places are booked at the tower itself. Prices are those of the November 2026 edition; those of the Xmas edition had not been published when this listing was reviewed.
Where it is
Torre Bellesguard is at Carrer de Bellesguard, 20, in the Sant Gervasi district, in the upper part of Barcelona.
- **Butter and chocolate cookie workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata** (1 h 30 · Families with children from age 6 and adults; under-16s go with an adult who also pays for the workshop · €16 per person, with museum entry): In a short hour and a half you cut out the dough for some butter cookies, put them in the oven and, while they bake, learn to decorate them with chocolate using simple techniques. The workshop ends with a tasting. It is run by the Museu de la Xocolata, which belongs to Barcelona's pastry guild, and museum entry is included: you can see it before or after.
Baking to do with children from age 6
It is one of the few pastry workshops in the city designed for families. Children can sign up from age 6; under-16s have to be accompanied by an adult, who also pays for their place and decorates alongside. It costs €16 per person, with the museum visit. The workshop includes a tasting: if anyone has allergies, write beforehand to reserves@museuxocolata.cat. The website does not publish a fixed calendar; sessions with places appear in its ticket shop.
To the Born along Carrer del Comerç
The museum is in the former convent of Sant Agustí, at Carrer del Comerç, 36. The nearest metro stops are Arc de Triomf, on line 1, and Jaume I, on line 4, about seven minutes' walk. It is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00 and Sundays and public holidays until 15:00; the last entry to the rooms is half an hour before closing, so if you do the workshop in the afternoon, go to the museum first.
- **Chocolate bar and chocolate rocks workshop in the Born** (1 h 30 · Young people from age 16 and adults keen to learn to work with chocolate · €25 per person, with museum entry): This is the workshop where you really work with chocolate. They give you a piping bag filled with 62% chocolate, a bar mould, four toppings, a mix of nuts and lollipop sticks, and in an hour and a half you make three different things: a decorated bar, some nut rocks and lollipops. You learn to fill the mould and to handle the piping bag, and you take everything away in a bag. It includes entry to the Museu de la Xocolata.
Basic techniques from the guild's workshop
It is given by the museum of Barcelona's pastry guild, which makes its own chocolate from the bean. It is for over-16s and costs €25 per person. The workshop includes a tasting; if you have allergies, write beforehand to reserves@museuxocolata.cat. Sessions are not advertised with a fixed timetable on the website: you see them when you buy in the museum's ticket shop.
If you prefer tasting to cooking, the same museum has a pairing of Penedès wines and cavas with chocolate for over-18s: also 90 minutes and €25, with four glasses and four chocolate medallions from its workshop.
An afternoon in Sant Pere and the Ribera
The museum is at Carrer del Comerç, 36, in the former convent of Sant Agustí. You get there from Arc de Triomf, line 1, or Jaume I, line 4, in about seven minutes on foot. It fits well with a stroll through the Born and the Parc de la Ciutadella, which is a few minutes away.
- **Corpinnat and Priorat tastings at Vila Viniteca, in the Born** (2 h · Adults who enjoy wine, from beginners to collectors · €79 per person; €69 for El Club members at the Corpinnat tasting): Vila Viniteca, the wine shop on Carrer dels Agullers, organises two-hour tastings led by its sommeliers, and among the upcoming ones there are two devoted to Catalan wines. On 24 November 2026 the sommelier Ferran Drudis pits three Corpinnat sparkling wines from the Penedès, from Recaredo, Torelló and Gramona, against three champagnes, from Gonet-Médeville, Veuve Clicquot and Delamotte. On 12 January 2027 it is A walk through the Priorat, the comarca of vines on slate terraces. Both start at 20:00 and finish at 22:00.
Six glasses to compare the Penedès with Champagne
In the Corpinnat tasting you try six wines in Riedel glasses, alternating a Catalan and a French one, and the group is about fifteen people. It costs €79, or €69 if you are a member of El Club de Vila Viniteca. The listing for the Priorat, also €79, does not yet say which wines are opened or who leads it. If a wine does not arrive, the shop replaces it with another of similar value and style.
Agullers, beside Santa Maria del Mar
The shop is at number 7, Carrer dels Agullers, in the Born. The nearest stops are Jaume I and Barceloneta, both on line 4, about five minutes away. Buy your place on the website: places are allocated in order of payment and you get your money back if you cancel two days ahead. If these dates do not suit you, the calendar has tastings almost every week, for beginners, on one region or on cheese.
- **Dinner and flamenco show at the Tablao Cordobés on La Rambla** (2 h 30 · Couples, groups of friends and families with children from age 4 who can sit through 70 minutes in silence · Buffet and show €82; tapas and show €72; show only with one drink €48): You have dinner first and the flamenco comes afterwards, in the same room: a venue on La Rambla decorated with plasterwork and tiles inspired by the Nasrid style. You sit down at the time of your session, you have an hour and a half for the buffet or the tapas, with wine, beer, sangria, water, juices and coffee unlimited, and then the lights go down for about 70 minutes of live singing, dancing, guitar and palmas, with no interval. All together it lasts about two and a half hours. If you have already eaten, the ticket with one drink costs €48.
Three dinner sessions and one tapas session in the afternoon
The tablao is open every day of the year. For dinner there are three sessions: at 18:00, at 19:30 and at 21:15, with the show at 19:15, 21:00 and 22:30. In the afternoon there is a tapas session at 16:30 that ends with the 17:40 show. Not every session runs every day: the calendar on the online sales page says which are left. The buffet and show costs €82, the tapas and show €72.
Tables are allocated in order of booking, with preference for diners. The sooner you book, the closer to the stage you sit. Children from age 4, as long as they can sit through the show in silence, and there is a children's menu.
From Liceu metro to La Rambla, 35
You are in the lower part of La Rambla, between the Liceu and the sea. Get off at Liceu or Drassanes, both on line 3, and walk two or three minutes. Arrive about ten minutes before your time: you cannot go in earlier, and if you are more than 15 minutes late your entry is not guaranteed. If anyone has allergies or follows a diet, say so when booking: they prepare vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose-free, nut-free and halal menus.
- **Early-morning group stand-up paddle lesson in Barceloneta** (1 h 30 · Anyone who wants to try stand-up paddle with an instructor, with no previous experience · Group SUP lesson from €30; SUP at sunrise from €25): You put on your wetsuit at the club, carry the board down to Barceloneta beach and, with a certified instructor, learn to stand up, to paddle and to keep your balance on the water. The group lesson lasts an hour and a half and, in November, starts at 9:00. Afterwards you have changing rooms and a shower. All the equipment is included: board, paddle and wetsuit.
Autumn mornings on the water
Molokai Club began in 2014 as a stand-up paddle school, and now gives SUP, surf and eFoil lessons. From June to September it is open every day from sunrise until 13:00; the rest of the year it opens when there are lessons or by appointment. In November its calendar has SUP lessons from 9:00 to 10:30 almost every day, Saturdays and Sundays included. The group lesson costs from €30.
If you like getting up early, the website also lists SUP at sunrise, a 90-minute outing from €25. And if you are after waves, the surf lesson is two hours, from €35.
On Carrer de Meer, a few steps from the beach
The club is at Carrer de Meer, 39, in the Barceloneta neighbourhood. Take the metro to Barceloneta, line 4, and walk about ten minutes towards the sea. Book on the website: the calendar shows each lesson with its time and whether places remain.
- **Escape room La Cervecería by Enigmik, near the Sagrada Família** (1 h 50 · Groups of 2 to 6 friends, colleagues or families; from age 14 without an adult · €25 per person with 5 or 6 players; €28 with 4; €33 with 3; €47 with 2. €40 is paid when booking and the rest at the venue): Mr Josep welcomes you to his brewery for a tasting, and the visit goes wrong: you have 80 minutes to find a lost recipe inside a secret brewery, with electronic mechanisms and sets built by Enigmik itself. It is a cooperative room, not a scary one, designed so that the whole group plays at once. At the end, everyone chooses their beer: Estrella Damm, Daura or Free Damm, because the room was made with the brewer. Counting the welcome and the finish, the visit lasts about 110 minutes.
The more of you there are, the lower the price
It is played by 2 to 6 people and the price is per group: €94 for two, €99 for three, €112 for four, €125 for five and €150 for six. That is, from €25 per person in groups of five or six. When you book you pay €40 online and the rest at the venue. Changing the date is free with 72 hours' notice; with less than 72 and more than 24 it costs €20. If you cancel with 72 hours' notice you are given a gift voucher, not the money.
From age 14 you can play without an adult; under-14s come in with a responsible adult, pay the same and do not have the final beer. You have to stoop or climb a small ladder at some point, although there are alternative routes: say beforehand if anyone has reduced mobility.
On Carrer del Rosselló, a stroll from the Sagrada Família
Enigmik is at Carrer del Rosselló, 508. Get off at Sagrada Família, lines 2 and 5, or at Sant Pau | Dos de Maig, line 5. Arrive in good time: a 15-minute delay may mean the session has to be cancelled.
- **Gothic Quarter photo walk with a local photographer, with a camera or your phone** (2 h 30 · Beginners and enthusiasts who want to come back from the trip with better photos and understand why · €40 per person in a group of 3 to 4; €80 in private for one person or a couple): Two and a half to three hours through the Gothic Quarter with a photographer who lives in Barcelona and who, instead of telling you the history of every stone, teaches you to look at it: where to stand in a three-metre alley, what to do with a shadow that cuts across the façade, when to lower the camera to ground level. There are three or four of you, each with whatever you have, from a reflex camera to a phone. It costs €40 per person, or €80 if you want it just for yourself or your partner.
What you learn in narrow streets
The Gothic Quarter is a good classroom because it forces you. The streets are narrow and the light comes in in patches, so you work on composition in enclosed spaces, the contrast of light and shadow, historic architecture without the lines falling over, and the textures and details that are lost by looking only upwards. You also practise urban visual storytelling: telling a neighbourhood in a series of photos, not in a single one, something that is useful for the rest of the trip.
From the cathedral to Plaça Reial
The route passes the cathedral, the Pont del Bisbe on Carrer del Bisbe, Plaça de Sant Jaume, Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, Plaça Reial and the medieval streets and hidden squares between them. The photographer decides the order by the light of the day. The meeting point is given when the booking is confirmed, which is made with the website form, where you state the date, how many of you there are, how many cameras you have and of what type. It does not include tickets or transport, and the website does not publish the cancellation policy: ask when booking.
If you prefer it private and longer
Aperture Tours, a photo-walk company with professional photographers in 26 cities, runs in Barcelona a three-hour private street walk that leaves from the Palau de la Música Catalana and passes through the Gothic Quarter, works by Gaudí and everyday neighbourhoods, from €200. It is the option for those who travel with equipment and want the photographer to themselves.
- **Guided tour of the Palau de la Música Catalana, from the concert hall to the foyer** (50 min · Anyone interested in Modernisme or music; children under 10 go in free with a family member · €24 guided tour; €20 for over-65s and under-35s; €14 residents of Catalonia; children under 10 free with a family member; at the box office, €1 more): With a guide, in 50 minutes, you walk through the spaces the public sees on concert days, with time to look at them up close: the monumental staircase, the foyer, the Lluís Millet Hall, with its balcony of columns, and the Concert Hall, under the great glass skylight. It was designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner as the home of the Orfeó Català and opened in 1908; it is the only concert hall declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A hall that keeps working while you visit it
Tours leave every day between 9:00 and 15:30, and you choose the slot when you buy. The guided tour costs €24 and is given in six languages; the version with a leaflet, without a guide, €20. Over-65s and under-35s pay €20, residents of Catalonia €14, and children under 10 go in free with a family member. At the box office each ticket costs €1 more.
The Palau is a hall with rehearsals and concerts almost every day, so some space may be closed on the day you go, and that does not entitle you to a discount. Be punctual: once the tour has started, you cannot join. There is no cloakroom or luggage storage, and you cannot take in food or drink.
From Urquinaona, five minutes on foot
Get off at Urquinaona, lines 1 and 4, and walk along Via Laietana to Carrer de Sant Pere Més Alt. From Plaça de Catalunya it is about five minutes. You are advised to enter by Plaça del Palau. There are lifts on all floors.
For something longer, the website sells small-group tours (Palau Exclusive, from €25), themed tours from €26 and the Palau Choir Experience, with choral activity on stage, from €35.
- **Introduction to cheese at Vila Viniteca, on Carrer dels Agullers** (2 h · Curious adults who want to learn to taste cheese methodically · €59 per person): Two hours to understand what you are eating when you taste a cheese: that is how Vila Viniteca presents its introductory tasting, led by Edgar Esteve and Maria Biurrun at the shop on Carrer dels Agullers. It is a food tasting in its calendar, at the same time as the wine ones, from 20:00 to 22:00, and costs €59. The listing does not say which cheeses are tried or whether they come with wine, so if you have any intolerance, ask beforehand.
Two dates, one already on a waiting list
The session on 18 November 2026 has no places left and only allows you to join the waiting list. The next is Thursday 21 January 2027, with places on sale. If you want to keep learning, the shop also schedules an introduction to Iberian ham and wine tastings for beginners. Next door, at number 9, is La Teca, Vila Viniteca's food shop, in case you want to buy what you like best.
How to sign up
You book on the Vila Viniteca website: you add the tasting to the basket with your name and telephone number and pay. Places are allocated in order of payment, and the money is refunded if you cancel at least two days ahead. The shop is at Agullers, 7, in the Born; the nearest metro is Jaume I or Barceloneta, on line 4, five minutes away.
- **Lost-wax ring or pendant workshop in a jeweller's studio in Gràcia** (2 h 30 · Couples, groups of friends and small teams, up to 14 people in the workshop; classes in English · Groups of 3 or more, €85 per person in bronze and €110 in sterling silver or gold-plated bronze; different price for one or two people): You begin with a glass of wine and a short explanation of lost-wax casting, one of the oldest casting techniques. You decide whether to make a ring or a pendant, take measurements and sketch the idea. Then comes the long part: carving, filing and polishing your piece in a block of jeweller's wax, with the second glass and the artist at your side when you need them. The wax will be cast into the metal you have chosen, and in two to four weeks you have the polished piece, ready to wear.
Bronze, silver or gold plating
The price depends on the metal. In groups of three or more, bronze costs €85 per person, and sterling silver or gold-plated bronze, €110. For one person on their own or for two, the rates are different and can be seen on its website. Everything is included: tools, wax, casting, polishing and the two glasses. A €10 deposit per person is requested three days beforehand. Silver and bronze are usually ready in about two weeks; gold-plated pieces take about four, because they need one more step.
Group sessions last about two and a half hours; private or couples' sessions, about two. They are given in English and no experience is needed.
In a Gràcia jeweller's working studio
You work in the workshop where the jeweller makes his pieces, at Carrer de les Tres Senyores, 18 bis, and the exact address reaches you when you book. The nearest metro is Joanic, line 4; you can also come from Fontana, line 3, in about ten minutes. Up to 14 people fit, which is why it works for birthdays, hen and stag parties or a small work group.
- **Night photography in Barcelona with a local photographer, from Montjuïc's blue hour to the seafront** (2 h 30 · Anyone who already shoots by day and wants to learn long exposure, artificial lights and reflections · €40 per person in a group of 3 to 4; €80 in private for one person or a couple): You start as the sun leaves, in the blue hour, and finish with the city already lit up. A Barcelona photographer teaches you to photograph at night without raising the ISO until the photo falls apart: tripod, long exposures, the light of the street lamps and the reflections on the water and on the wet ground. There are three or four of you and the walk lasts two and a half to three hours. It costs €40 per person, or €80 in private for one person or a couple.
What you practise

Stability: setting up the tripod and shooting without moving the camera.
The exposure triangle at night: ISO, aperture and speed.
Long exposure: car trails, water that turns to silk, people who disappear from the square.
Artificial light and reflections, and how to compose an urban scene when the sky is already black.

A camera that can be used in manual is fine, and so is a phone. A tripod is highly recommended; if you do not have one, ask when booking.
Montjuïc, the sea or the Gothic Quarter, depending on the night
The walk changes with the day. The usual start is Montjuïc, with the Palau Nacional, home of the MNAC, lit up, and continues along the seafront promenade, the Born and the Gothic Quarter or Diagonal Mar and its viewpoints. The photographer decides the order by the light and by whether the Font Màgica is running that night. The meeting point is given when the booking is confirmed, through the website form. It does not include tickets or transport.
To go big: private from Plaça d'Espanya
Aperture Tours runs a three-hour private night walk from Plaça d'Espanya, from €200, with the Font Màgica and the Sagrada Família lit up, which according to its website is lit from Thursday to Sunday. If you are interested in the basilica at night, choose one of those days.
- **Opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Right on La Rambla** (3 h · Adults and teenagers; evening performances, from age 5): The Liceu opened on Barcelona's Rambla and today is the city's opera house: a grand hall with an opera and ballet season, and concerts by other companies. It is at La Rambla 51-59, next to the metro station of the same name. If you are looking for a music building to visit inside, the Palau de la Música Catalana is the one that offers a daily guided tour; the Liceu, according to its official page, currently has no guided tour service.
Going to a performance
The website publishes the full calendar; as of 14 November 2026 it announced, for example, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, from 25 November to 1 December. The operas have surtitles in Catalan, Spanish and English, and most seats have an individual screen to choose the language.
The La Rambla box office is open Monday to Friday 10:00 to 19:00 and Saturdays 10:00 to 14:00 (no afternoon if there is no performance). On Sundays and public holidays it is closed, except on performance days, when it opens two hours before.
Rules worth knowing
There is no compulsory dress code. On gala nights, such as the season opening, a dark suit or evening dress is suggested, but entry is not refused for not wearing one. Once the performance has started you are not admitted to the auditorium: you have to wait for the first interval, and meanwhile you can follow it on screens in the Tenor Viñas room. Performances that start at 19:00 or later are for over-5s. Umbrellas, backpacks, helmets and suitcases are left in the cloakroom at the Atri de Sant Pau.
Discounts
The LiceUnder35 youth ticket is for those aged between 18 and 35, and there are rates for unemployed people and pensioners; in every case proof is shown at the entrance.
- **Paella cooking class with dinner and wine on La Rambla** (3 h · Adults and travellers with no cooking experience; there is a child price, although the school does not say from what age · €85 adults; €45 children): For three hours you cook as a group, with a chef, the five dishes of a Spanish dinner, and then you sit down to eat them in front of the windows overlooking La Rambla. You start with a seasonal cold soup, such as gazpacho or salmorejo, continue with the potato omelette and the bread with tomato, and the centrepiece of the evening is the seafood paella, which is made with chicken on Mondays and public holidays. It finishes with a crema catalana. Red and white wine and water are unlimited, and you take the recipe book home in digital form.
A paella at dinner time, four evenings a week
The class starts at 18:00 and ends at 21:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is given in English, with chefs who also speak Spanish, and groups are no larger than twelve people. It costs €85 per adult and €45 per child; the school does not publish a minimum age, so if you are going with children, ask beforehand. The menu changes with what is in the market and is adapted to allergies if you say so when booking.
If you would rather see the produce first, the same school has a morning version that starts at La Boqueria with a ham tasting: it lasts four hours, from 10:00 to 14:00, and costs €99.
Up to the first floor of number 58
The school is on the first floor of La Rambla, 58, on the Boqueria side. You get off at Liceu, on metro line 3, and you are two minutes away. Book on the school's website, which shows the free places; the money is only refunded if you cancel more than 48 hours ahead.
- **Photoshoot with a photographer in front of the Nativity façade of the Sagrada Família** (15 min · Couples, families, groups of friends and solo travellers who want to appear in their trip photos · Standard, 15 min and 10 photos, €69; Premium, 30 min and 25 photos, €99; VIP, 60 min and 50 photos, €179; golden hour, €35 more): A Barcelona photographer waits for you next to the Nativity façade, places you with the towers behind you and in a quarter of an hour, half an hour or a full one takes the photos that do not come out with an outstretched arm. Two days later you have the edited ones in a private gallery. It is run by Smiler, a travel photography company with its own team in the city, and the price is per group: €69 for the shortest session, for two.
Which package to choose

Standard: 15 minutes and 10 edited photos, for one or two people, €69. Enough for the couple's photo with the basilica.
Premium: 30 minutes and 25 photos, up to six people, €99. It suits a family, because there is time for photos of everyone and of each person.
VIP: one hour and 50 photos, up to twelve people, €179. It lets you change angle around the temple and the pond in the square.

The golden hour, near sunrise or sunset, costs €35 more. The calendar on the website shows the sun hours for each day and has morning, afternoon and night slots. The photographer chooses the photos that go in the package; if you want more, they are bought separately.
The meeting, at the shop on the Nativity façade
The meeting point is the official Sagrada Família shop on the Nativity façade, on Carrer de la Marina, the one by the basilica entrance. The photographer messages you through the app after you book to fix the exact spot. You are assigned one of the photographers from the Barcelona team, all with verified identity, who brings the equipment and does the editing.
The session is outside, on the pavements and gardens around the temple: entry to the basilica is not included. If you want to see it inside, buy the timed ticket for just after the session; from November to February it opens from 9:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and from 10:30 on Sunday.
Before nine, the square is yours
First thing, the morning light falls on the Nativity façade and the street has fewer people: it is the slot the company itself recommends, before nine. By mid-morning groups pile up in front of the entrance and the photographer has to look for gaps. If you choose the afternoon, the light falls on the Passion façade, on the other side.
- **Saturday tapas workshop with a walk through La Boqueria** (3 h · Adults; travellers who want to learn Catalan and Spanish tapas with no previous experience · €85 adults; €45 children): On Saturday afternoon you can start at 17:00 by walking through La Boqueria to see how produce is chosen, and at 18:00 you go up to the Barcelona Cooking kitchen, on La Rambla, to prepare five tapas. The sample menu brings together dishes from here and from all over Spain: meatballs with cuttlefish, the Catalan surf and turf; patatas bravas with handmade alioli; mussels in a citrus marinade; bread with tomato; and, for dessert, a custard millefeuille. By 21:00 you have eaten it all, with red and white wine from Rioja and the Penedès.
Three hours that end at the table
The workshop is sociable: the chef teaches the tricks of each tapa while the group cooks, and at the end you all sit down to eat together. No experience is needed. It costs €85 per adult and €45 per child, with no minimum age published, and is given in English. The group is no larger than twelve. The menu may change with the season and is adapted to allergies if you tell them.
From the market to the first floor, without crossing the street
The market and the school are on the same side of La Rambla, a couple of minutes apart. Come by metro to Liceu, line 3. Book on the school's website and, if you are interested in the market walk, confirm it when you do. You only get your money back if you cancel more than 48 hours ahead.
- **Shared sunset sailing boat from Port Olímpic, with cava and aperitif** (2 h · Couples, friends and families; small group on a 16-metre sailing boat · From €45 per person on the website; the Spanish-language page shows €55 in low season; discount for children): You board at Port Olímpic, the skipper takes the sailing boat out of the harbour and, with the sails up, you sail for two hours off the coast as the sun sets. From the water you see the W hotel, Barceloneta beach, the towers of the Vila Olímpica and, in the distance, the Sagrada Família and Tibidabo. On board there is cava, sangria, wine, beer, soft drinks, juices and water, with an aperitif, and you do not need to know how to sail: the skipper takes care of everything.
In November it sets sail at 16:30
The sun sets early in autumn, and the sunset departure moves earlier with it: at 16:30 from November to January, at 17:00 in February and at 18:00 in March. The boat is a 16-metre Beneteau Oceanis 48, the Amaris, and is shared by a maximum of 11 people. The website gives €45 per person as an offer price; the Spanish-language page for the same trip shows €55 in low season, so check the amount in the calendar when you book. Children get a discount.
You pay online when you book. If the sea or the weather does not allow departure, you choose between a refund or changing the day.
Moll de la Marina, berth 1421
The sailing boat is at Port Olímpic, at Moll de la Marina 11, berth 1421. From the Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica metro, line 4, it is about ten minutes' walk towards the sea. The Spanish-language page speaks of boarding at Port Vell; the booking confirmation brings the meeting point instructions, and if you get lost, call +34 620 024 757.
- **Specialty coffee cupping at the Nomad roastery in Poblenou** (1 h · Coffee-curious people with no prior training; adults and young people who want to learn to taste · €30 per person): In one hour, a Nomad barista explains what makes a coffee specialty grade, how a cupping is done, which is the professional tasting of coffee, and what the theme of the day is. Then the whole group tastes several specialty coffees from different origins, processes and regions at the same time, paying attention to appearance, aroma and flavour. It ends with a practical exercise. It takes place at Cal Nomad, the brand's roastery in Poblenou.
One Friday a month, at five in the afternoon
The workshop is called Fast Tast and is repeated one Friday a month, from 17:00 to 18:00. The published dates run from 13 November 2026 to 17 December 2027, with a break in August. It costs €30 and is given in Spanish. It needs a minimum of ten people: if that is not reached, they offer you another date or refund the amount. Be on time: there are five minutes' grace and after fifteen you cannot enter. If you cancel with less than fifteen days' notice you get half back, and with less than 48 hours, nothing.
To Carrer del Marroc
Cal Nomad is at Carrer del Marroc, 160, in Provençals del Poblenou. The nearest stop is Selva de Mar, on line 4, about ten minutes' walk. Buy your place in Nomad's online shop: you choose the date and it is reserved when you pay. For questions, email info@thecoffeeacademy.es.
- **Spotify Camp Nou Experience, the Barça stadium under construction and its museum** (Football fans and people curious about the stadium refurbishment · Spotify Camp Nou Experience from €69; museum only with audio guide and viewpoint over the works from €28): While the Spotify Camp Nou refurbishment lasts, the visit that takes you into the stadium is the Spotify Camp Nou Experience. You enter with a guide through a reserved access to the pitch area, normally closed to the public during the works, and get a panoramic view of the stands. Then you walk round the museum at your own pace, interactive and with an audio guide, with the moments, the players and the trophies of the club's history, and you look out from the viewpoint over the works. The museum visit lasts around an hour; the club does not publish how long the stadium part lasts.
Which pass to book in November
From 19 October until 19 March the museum is open from 10:00 to 18:00, with last entry 45 minutes before. It closes on 1 January and 25 December, and in November it closes early on two days: the 17th, at 17:00, and the 22nd, at 14:00. The guided passes in Spanish, Catalan and English run from 10:00 to 12:00 and at 14:00; the rest are in English. The ticket costs from €69 and cannot be changed, so fix the day carefully.
If you only want the museum, the ticket with audio guide and viewpoint costs from €28, and the Total Experience, with virtual reality and the robot goalkeeper challenge, from €52.
Getting to Les Corts without a car
The museum is on Carrer d'Arístides Maillol: the main entrance is gate 15, and you can also enter by gate 9, on Avinguda de Joan XXIII. With the Espai Barça works there is no parking for visitors. Go by metro: Les Corts or Palau Reial, on line 3, and Collblanc or Badal, on line 5, leave you a short walk away.
- **Three hours at the wheel at La Torratxa, a ceramics school in Gràcia** (3 h · Beginners who want to try the wheel for a morning, without signing up for a course · €65 per person; table cup workshop, €50): You sit down at the wheel without ever having touched clay, and in three hours you learn the basics: how to position yourself, centre the lump and raise it to make small pieces, bowls or cylinders. There are six of you at most. The pieces stay at the school, which glazes them with a glossy finish. It is a way to find out whether you like the wheel before signing up for a course.
A neighbourhood school that opens its tables to people who just turn up
La Torratxa is a ceramics school in Gràcia where most students come every week for a two-hour session, for €85 a month. It also organises one-day workshops, and this three hours at the wheel, from 10:00 to 13:00 for €65, is the shortest way to start. The dates are not fixed: they appear in the course calendar on its website, and that is where you book your place.
If you prefer to work at the table, without a wheel, look at the Make a cup at the table workshop: two hours, from 17:00 to 19:00, using the slab technique, for €50 and with 8 places. At the end you choose the handle, paint it and decide whether the glaze is glossy or matt. To go further, the Introduction to the wheel takes up a weekend and costs €150.
From Joanic to Carrer de la Providència
The workshop is at Carrer de la Providència, 64, in a ground-floor space in the Gràcia neighbourhood. Get off at Joanic, line 4, or at Fontana, line 3, and walk about ten minutes. At weekends the school only opens for these workshops, so do not turn up without a booking.
- **Vermouth tasting and make-your-own bottle in Sant Antoni** (Adults who like vermouth and the aperitif; a good plan for groups of friends · From €35 per person): First you try several vermouths and hear where the drink comes from that sets the rhythm of Sunday midday in Barcelona. Then you move to the work table: with a dropper and a collection of botanicals you adjust your own blend until you are happy with it, and you bottle it. You leave with a 250 cc bottle of vermouth made by you. It is run by Las Vermudas, a Barcelona project devoted entirely to vermouth, at its base on Carrer de Viladomat.
A vermouth to your taste, from €35
The masterclass costs from €35 per person. The Las Vermudas website does not publish how long it lasts, what language it is given in or whether there is a minimum age, beyond the fact that alcohol is served; nor does it have a fixed timetable, but scheduled dates that you buy on its activities page. Before booking, if you need to know any of those details, message them on WhatsApp at +34 617 894 779. There is another version, called essential products, and for private groups they offer vermouth and cheese pairings or vermouth tapas workshops.
Between Rocafort and Urgell
The base is at number 107, Carrer de Viladomat, in the part of Sant Antoni near the Gran Via. The nearest stop is Rocafort, on line 1, about three minutes away; Urgell, on the same line, is five. When you come out, the Sant Antoni market and the area's bar streets are a few minutes away, good for continuing with the aperitif.
- **Visit to the Fàbrica Moritz microbrewery with a six-beer tasting** (2 h · Adults who enjoy beer; over-18s only · €24 per person): The tour goes round the Fàbrica Moritz on Ronda de Sant Antoni, the building where the brand says it began brewing more than 160 years ago, and goes down to the basement, where the microbrewery produces every day the unpasteurised beer served upstairs. Then, with one of the house's brewers, you taste six varieties made right there. It lasts two hours and you take away a small souvenir gift.
Sessions in Spanish and in Catalan
The tour, which Moritz calls Master Tast, runs from Thursday to Sunday and each session has its language. In Spanish: Thursdays at 18:00 and Saturdays at 17:00. In Catalan: Fridays at 18:00, Saturdays at 12:00 and 20:00, and Sundays at 12:00. It costs €24 and is only for over-18s; minors are not admitted, even accompanied. When you buy on the website you see which days have places.
Booking with no room for regrets
Moritz does not accept cancellations. The only thing it allows is changing the date, with 48 hours' written notice to fabricamoritz@moritz.cat. The factory is at Ronda de Sant Antoni, 39. Get off at Sant Antoni, on line 2, about four minutes away, or at Universitat, on lines 1 and 2, five. In the same building there is a restaurant and a brewery bar if you want to stay for dinner.

## Dónde comer
- **Bar Cañete** (Restaurant, Barcelona, €€€). Qué pedir: at the bar, a Barceloneta bomba, salt cod fritters and the house fried fish; if there is time, the rice of the day
- **Bar del Pla** (Bar, Barcelona, €€). Qué pedir: some bravas and a croquette to begin, then the tripe or the rustido cannelloni, and crema catalana
- **Can Solé** (Restaurant, Barcelona, €€€). Qué pedir: to start, salt cod fritters or clams; then the seafood paella or the house soupy rice, minimum for two
- **Morro Fi** (Bar, Barcelona, €). Qué pedir: the house vermouth with some crisps and a tin of anchovies or mussels
- **Taverna El Glop** (Restaurant, Barcelona, €€). Qué pedir: some bravas and escalivada to share, grilled butifarra or half a chicken, and grandmother María's cannelloni

## Car-free: Metro, Aerobús and on foot between workshops
In Barcelona a car is a nuisance: parking in the centre is expensive and everything we suggest is by the metro. You arrive by train at Sants or by Aerobús at Plaça de Catalunya, sleep near a stop on L1, L2 or L3 and link the plans by neighbourhood.
Presupuesto orientativo: 60–160 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Casa Fuster** (Hotel): A night inside a Domènech i Montaner building
Casa Fuster is Lluís Domènech i Montaner's last great work in Barcelona, built in 1908 at the end of Passeig de Gràcia, where the boulevard meets the Diagonal and the Vila de Gràcia begins. Since 2004 it has been a five-star Grand Luxury hotel, with 105 rooms and suites, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Inside it mixes the building's Modernisme with contemporary furniture and warm tones.
It is the place for a special night in the city: an anniversary, a couple's getaway or the finishing touch to an architecture weekend. Down the boulevard you have La Pedrera, at number 92, and Casa Batlló, at number 43; up it, the squares and bars of Gràcia.
Rooftop, jazz and services
On the roof are the viewing terrace, with Passeig de Gràcia at your feet, and the pool with sun terrace, open to guests from 9:00 to 21:00, from March to November weather permitting. The gym is open 24 hours and the Finnish sauna is free with a reservation, from 7:00 to 23:00. Massages and hairdressing are available on request, and wifi is free.
The hotel's Café Vienés hosts the jazz club on Thursdays from 21:00 to 23:00, with tickets on sale, and the Aleia restaurant completes the offer. The hotel has no garage of its own: reserve spaces at a special price in the public car park next door. Its website does not publish check-in and check-out times or its pet policy: ask when you book.
L3 and L5 at the door
Diagonal station (L3 and L5) comes out a few steps from the door. On the L3 you are two stops from Plaça de Catalunya, and on foot you enter Gràcia along Carrer Gran de Gràcia.
- **Hotel Market** (Hotel): Sleeping in Sant Antoni, next to the market
Hotel Market opened in 2004 in a Modernista building on Carrer del Comte Borrell, in the pedestrian part of Sant Antoni, next to the market. It is an unpretentious three-star with a renovated interior, and its distinctive feature is the ground-floor restaurant, with the same entrance as the hotel: local cooking from 13:00 to 22:00 with no afternoon break, with a set menu of the day. For a weekend of vermouth, market and dinners around the neighbourhood, it puts you right in the thick of it.
Rooms, breakfast and car
There are single rooms, doubles with a balcony or a terrace, junior suites and suites. All have air conditioning, a safe and a hairdryer; the minibar is only in the suites. There are adapted rooms: ask for them when you book. Cots are free and, in some rooms, an adult extra bed fits for €50 a night, or a child's bed for under-13s.
The buffet breakfast is served from 7:30 to 11:00 and, if it is not in your rate, costs €13.95. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00. The tourist tax, €7.70 per person per night, is paid at the hotel. If you arrive by car, the hotel works with Garatge Tamarit, a minute away, at €20 per 24 hours.
Getting around without a car
Sant Antoni (L2) and Urgell (L1) stations are a few minutes away. The Aerobús stops at Carrer de Sepúlveda, 125, less than five minutes' walk. To Plaça de Catalunya or La Rambla it is about 20 minutes on foot.
- **Hotel Praktik Bakery** (Small hotel): The smell of bread from reception
Praktik Bakery is a small hotel on Carrer de Provença, in the Dreta de l'Eixample, between Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer de Pau Claris. What sets it apart is the artisan bakery on the ground floor, with specialty coffee, where the breakfast bread and pastries are baked. From the door you can walk to La Pedrera, Casa Batlló and, across the Diagonal, to the Vila de Gràcia.
The doubles are small, 12 m², with a rain shower, air conditioning, heating and a safe; the economy room faces an inner courtyard and the exterior one has light and views of the street or the park. For families there are six family rooms for four: two rooms joined by a corridor, with two bathrooms. There are no extra beds or minibar, and cots are free.
Oven-fresh breakfast and a door that never closes
The buffet breakfast is served every day from 7:30 to 10:30, with the house bread, cold meats, cheese, fruit, yoghurt and unlimited coffee; you can add it during your stay at the same price. Gluten-free only if you let them know beforehand. Reception is open 24 hours and the door never closes. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00; if you book on its website, late check-out is free if there is space. Pets are not allowed, except assistance dogs. There is a laundry service every day except public holidays.
From the airport to the hotel
Diagonal metro (L3 and L5) is five minutes' walk, and Passeig de Gràcia seven. The hotel explains three ways to get here from the airport: the train to Passeig de Gràcia, the Aerobús to Plaça de Catalunya and then the L3 for two stops, or the L9 Sud with a change to the L5 at Collblanc. It has no car park of its own, but it has an arrangement with a car park on Carrer de Pau Claris.
- **TOC Hostel Barcelona** (Hostel, desde 25 € / bed): A cheap bed two stops from everything
TOC Hostel occupies a building on the Gran Via, on the sea side, between Plaça Universitat and Sant Antoni. It is a well-kept hostel, with enclosed wooden bunks in dormitories of six to eight beds and also private suites for two or for four. There are women-only rooms. A shared bed is advertised from €25 a night; the double suite from €110, and the quadruple from €150.
It is chosen by people who come to Barcelona to do things and not to spend the afternoon in their room: from here you can walk to La Rambla, the Raval and Sant Antoni, and Universitat metro is two minutes away.
Kitchen, pool and a night-long reception
Reception is open 24 hours and access to the rooms is by fingerprint. Each bed has a safe. The shared kitchen is open from 7:00 to 23:00 with a microwave, toaster and kettle, so you can have dinner with what you buy at the market. Buffet breakfast costs €12 and is served from 8:00 to 11:00. There is a bar, a laundry and luggage storage for the day of arrival and departure. From April to October the pool opens in the courtyard of the block, with a terrace.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out at 11:00. In shared rooms, towels can be rented at reception for €2.50. Under-18s only stay in a private room and with an adult, and pets are not allowed, except guide dogs in private rooms. If you book on its website, you can cancel free up to 48 hours before.
Universitat round the corner, Aerobús in the square
Universitat metro (L1 and L2) is two minutes' walk. From the airport, the Aerobús stops at Plaça Universitat.
### Servicios
- **Aerobús, from the airport to Plaça de Catalunya**: Two express lines, A1 for T1 and A2 for T2, between the airport and Plaça de Catalunya · 24 hours, all year · 30 to 35 minutes
- **Barcelona Sants Station**: Barcelona's main railway station: high-speed, long- and medium-distance trains and Rodalies, with metro L3 and L5 in the same building

## By plane: From El Prat airport to Plaça de Catalunya
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport receives direct flights from almost every Spanish airport with a mainland or island connection. You do not need a car: the Aerobús drops you in the centre in 30 to 35 minutes, at any time of day or night.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Hotel Casa Fuster** (Hotel): A night inside a Domènech i Montaner building
Casa Fuster is Lluís Domènech i Montaner's last great work in Barcelona, built in 1908 at the end of Passeig de Gràcia, where the boulevard meets the Diagonal and the Vila de Gràcia begins. Since 2004 it has been a five-star Grand Luxury hotel, with 105 rooms and suites, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Inside it mixes the building's Modernisme with contemporary furniture and warm tones.
It is the place for a special night in the city: an anniversary, a couple's getaway or the finishing touch to an architecture weekend. Down the boulevard you have La Pedrera, at number 92, and Casa Batlló, at number 43; up it, the squares and bars of Gràcia.
Rooftop, jazz and services
On the roof are the viewing terrace, with Passeig de Gràcia at your feet, and the pool with sun terrace, open to guests from 9:00 to 21:00, from March to November weather permitting. The gym is open 24 hours and the Finnish sauna is free with a reservation, from 7:00 to 23:00. Massages and hairdressing are available on request, and wifi is free.
The hotel's Café Vienés hosts the jazz club on Thursdays from 21:00 to 23:00, with tickets on sale, and the Aleia restaurant completes the offer. The hotel has no garage of its own: reserve spaces at a special price in the public car park next door. Its website does not publish check-in and check-out times or its pet policy: ask when you book.
L3 and L5 at the door
Diagonal station (L3 and L5) comes out a few steps from the door. On the L3 you are two stops from Plaça de Catalunya, and on foot you enter Gràcia along Carrer Gran de Gràcia.
- **Hotel Market** (Hotel): Sleeping in Sant Antoni, next to the market
Hotel Market opened in 2004 in a Modernista building on Carrer del Comte Borrell, in the pedestrian part of Sant Antoni, next to the market. It is an unpretentious three-star with a renovated interior, and its distinctive feature is the ground-floor restaurant, with the same entrance as the hotel: local cooking from 13:00 to 22:00 with no afternoon break, with a set menu of the day. For a weekend of vermouth, market and dinners around the neighbourhood, it puts you right in the thick of it.
Rooms, breakfast and car
There are single rooms, doubles with a balcony or a terrace, junior suites and suites. All have air conditioning, a safe and a hairdryer; the minibar is only in the suites. There are adapted rooms: ask for them when you book. Cots are free and, in some rooms, an adult extra bed fits for €50 a night, or a child's bed for under-13s.
The buffet breakfast is served from 7:30 to 11:00 and, if it is not in your rate, costs €13.95. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00. The tourist tax, €7.70 per person per night, is paid at the hotel. If you arrive by car, the hotel works with Garatge Tamarit, a minute away, at €20 per 24 hours.
Getting around without a car
Sant Antoni (L2) and Urgell (L1) stations are a few minutes away. The Aerobús stops at Carrer de Sepúlveda, 125, less than five minutes' walk. To Plaça de Catalunya or La Rambla it is about 20 minutes on foot.
- **Hotel Praktik Bakery** (Small hotel): The smell of bread from reception
Praktik Bakery is a small hotel on Carrer de Provença, in the Dreta de l'Eixample, between Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer de Pau Claris. What sets it apart is the artisan bakery on the ground floor, with specialty coffee, where the breakfast bread and pastries are baked. From the door you can walk to La Pedrera, Casa Batlló and, across the Diagonal, to the Vila de Gràcia.
The doubles are small, 12 m², with a rain shower, air conditioning, heating and a safe; the economy room faces an inner courtyard and the exterior one has light and views of the street or the park. For families there are six family rooms for four: two rooms joined by a corridor, with two bathrooms. There are no extra beds or minibar, and cots are free.
Oven-fresh breakfast and a door that never closes
The buffet breakfast is served every day from 7:30 to 10:30, with the house bread, cold meats, cheese, fruit, yoghurt and unlimited coffee; you can add it during your stay at the same price. Gluten-free only if you let them know beforehand. Reception is open 24 hours and the door never closes. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00; if you book on its website, late check-out is free if there is space. Pets are not allowed, except assistance dogs. There is a laundry service every day except public holidays.
From the airport to the hotel
Diagonal metro (L3 and L5) is five minutes' walk, and Passeig de Gràcia seven. The hotel explains three ways to get here from the airport: the train to Passeig de Gràcia, the Aerobús to Plaça de Catalunya and then the L3 for two stops, or the L9 Sud with a change to the L5 at Collblanc. It has no car park of its own, but it has an arrangement with a car park on Carrer de Pau Claris.
- **TOC Hostel Barcelona** (Hostel, desde 25 € / bed): A cheap bed two stops from everything
TOC Hostel occupies a building on the Gran Via, on the sea side, between Plaça Universitat and Sant Antoni. It is a well-kept hostel, with enclosed wooden bunks in dormitories of six to eight beds and also private suites for two or for four. There are women-only rooms. A shared bed is advertised from €25 a night; the double suite from €110, and the quadruple from €150.
It is chosen by people who come to Barcelona to do things and not to spend the afternoon in their room: from here you can walk to La Rambla, the Raval and Sant Antoni, and Universitat metro is two minutes away.
Kitchen, pool and a night-long reception
Reception is open 24 hours and access to the rooms is by fingerprint. Each bed has a safe. The shared kitchen is open from 7:00 to 23:00 with a microwave, toaster and kettle, so you can have dinner with what you buy at the market. Buffet breakfast costs €12 and is served from 8:00 to 11:00. There is a bar, a laundry and luggage storage for the day of arrival and departure. From April to October the pool opens in the courtyard of the block, with a terrace.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out at 11:00. In shared rooms, towels can be rented at reception for €2.50. Under-18s only stay in a private room and with an adult, and pets are not allowed, except guide dogs in private rooms. If you book on its website, you can cancel free up to 48 hours before.
Universitat round the corner, Aerobús in the square
Universitat metro (L1 and L2) is two minutes' walk. From the airport, the Aerobús stops at Plaça Universitat.
### Servicios
- **Aerobús, from the airport to Plaça de Catalunya**: Two express lines, A1 for T1 and A2 for T2, between the airport and Plaça de Catalunya · 24 hours, all year · 30 to 35 minutes

## As a family: Chocolate, a sailing boat and flamenco from age 4

With children, in Barcelona a short plan with something to touch or eat works better than a long queue. Put a workshop or a boat trip in the middle of the day and leave the monuments with timed tickets for the morning.

### What works best
The cookie workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata, from age 6, with an adult who also does the workshop

The shared sailing boat at sunset from Port Olímpic

The visit to the Palau de la Música: under-10s go in free with a family member

The Tablao Cordobés, from age 4, if they can sit through 70 minutes of show in silence

### Where to sleep
Hotel Praktik Bakery, with family rooms for four and two bathrooms, and free cots

### Where to eat
Taverna El Glop, in Gràcia, with a grill, large rooms and open every day

### Bear in mind
Park Güell has uneven paths and steep ramps: a baby carrier is better than a pushchair

The Sagrada Família sells tickets by time slot; the tower is from age 6

The chocolate workshops for adults are from age 16: choose the cookie one

### Qué hacer as a family
- Sagrada Família Basilica, with or without the tower
- Mercat de la Boqueria, first thing in the morning
- Park Güell, monumental zone with timed ticket or free with the Passi Verd
- Butter and chocolate cookie workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata
- Dinner and flamenco show at the Tablao Cordobés on La Rambla
- Guided tour of the Palau de la Música Catalana, from the concert hall to the foyer
- Shared sunset sailing boat from Port Olímpic, with cava and aperitif

## With teenagers: Escape room, stadium and paddle for 14-year-olds

Teenagers get hooked on whatever has a challenge or a bit of independence: an escape room, a stadium, a board on the sea. Let them choose one of the plans and negotiate the rest.

### What works best
The escape room La Cervecería by Enigmik: from age 14 they can play without an adult

The Spotify Camp Nou Experience, with the stadium under construction and the Barça museum

The cookie and chocolate workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata

The flamenco at the Tablao Cordobés, with dinner beforehand

### Where to sleep
TOC Hostel Barcelona, with beds from €25 next to Plaça Universitat

### Where to eat
Bar del Pla, tapas to share in the Born

### Bear in mind
The tasting at the Fàbrica Moritz is for over-18s only

The stand-up paddle lesson is at 9:00: do not put it after a late night

### Qué hacer with teenagers
- Sagrada Família Basilica, with or without the tower
- Mercat de la Boqueria, first thing in the morning
- Park Güell, monumental zone with timed ticket or free with the Passi Verd
- Butter and chocolate cookie workshop at the Museu de la Xocolata
- Dinner and flamenco show at the Tablao Cordobés on La Rambla
- Escape room La Cervecería by Enigmik, near the Sagrada Família
- Guided tour of the Palau de la Música Catalana, from the concert hall to the foyer

## With friends: Vermouth, Tapas, Sailing and a Night of Flamenco

Barcelona works well for a group of friends because almost everything is done sitting at a table, with something in your hand and plenty to talk about. Here are plans for four or six, the kind you book together and end up at dinner.

### What works best
The vermouth tasting and blending in Sant Antoni: you taste, each of you blends your own 250 cc bottle and takes it home

The tapas workshop with a walk through the Boqueria on Saturdays, or the paella class with dinner and wine: you cook as a group and eat what you have made

A sommelier tasting at Vila Viniteca, two hours, with Corpinnat against champagne or a tour of Priorat, or the introduction to cheese

The visit and six-beer tasting at the Moritz Brewery, over-18s only

The Enigmik escape room: up to six players, and the price drops to €25 per person if there are five or six of you

The paddle surf lesson at Barceloneta, at 9:00, and the shared sailboat at sunset with cava and an aperitif

The flamenco dinner at the Tablao Cordobés for the big night, and the Boqueria market first thing to start the day

A pottery wheel workshop or a lost-wax ring workshop, with two glasses of wine, for those who prefer to make something with their hands

### Where to sleep
TOC Hostel Barcelona: quadruple suite from €150 a night, shared kitchen and a pool from April to October, next to Plaça Universitat

Hotel Praktik Bakery: six rooms for four, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, in the Eixample

### Where to eat
Bar del Pla, in the Born, with an open kitchen all day and dishes to share

Taverna El Glop, in Gràcia, with a charcoal grill and rooms for groups

Morro Fi for the vermouth before lunch, and Can Solé for a seafood rice (minimum for two) in Barceloneta

Bar Cañete, tapas until midnight near the Liceu

### Keep in mind
In a group of six, book each plan in good time: workshops and tastings have limited places

The Moritz Brewery does not accept cancellations, only a change of date with 48 hours' notice

Paddle surfing starts at 9:00: don't schedule it after a long night

Can Solé closes on Mondays and Bar Cañete on Sundays

### Qué hacer with friends
- Mercat de la Boqueria, first thing in the morning
- Corpinnat and Priorat tastings at Vila Viniteca, in the Born
- Dinner and flamenco show at the Tablao Cordobés on La Rambla
- Early-morning group stand-up paddle lesson in Barceloneta
- Escape room La Cervecería by Enigmik, near the Sagrada Família
- Introduction to cheese at Vila Viniteca, on Carrer dels Agullers
- Lost-wax ring or pendant workshop in a jeweller's studio in Gràcia
- Paella cooking class with dinner and wine on La Rambla
- Saturday tapas workshop with a walk through La Boqueria
- Shared sunset sailing boat from Port Olímpic, with cava and aperitif
- Spotify Camp Nou Experience, the Barça stadium under construction and its museum
- Three hours at the wheel at La Torratxa, a ceramics school in Gràcia
- Vermouth tasting and make-your-own bottle in Sant Antoni
- Visit to the Fàbrica Moritz microbrewery with a six-beer tasting

## Consejos

### Book the workshop before dinner
Workshop and tasting places are few; restaurants are easier to change.

### Check the calendar, not just the price
Several tastings and courses are on separate dates: Nomad's, one Friday a month; Vila Viniteca's, one or two a month.

### Group by neighbourhood
El Born with El Born, Gràcia with Gràcia, Sant Antoni with Sant Antoni: that way you link two plans without the metro.

### Bring a jacket on the sailing boat
In November the sunset departure is at 16:30 and it gets cold quickly on the water.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What can I do in Barcelona on a Saturday afternoon?
A tasting at the Fàbrica Moritz at 17:00 and a vermouth in Sant Antoni, or the Barcelona Cooking tapas workshop at 18:00 with a walk through the Boqueria beforehand.

### What plans are there with children?
The Museu de la Xocolata biscuit workshop, from age 6; the visit to the Palau de la Música; the sailing boat; and the tablao, which admits children from age 4.

### What do I do if it rains?
The Palau de la Música, the ceramics and jewellery workshops, the tastings and the escape room are all indoors.

### Do you need to book?
Yes, for almost everything. The Palau visit and the tablao are bought by time slot on their website; the workshops have limited places.

### How much does a plan like this cost?
Between €16 for the biscuit workshop and €85 for the paella class with dinner. Most are between €25 and €70 per person.

### Do you need a car?
No. Everything is next to a metro station, and from the airport you arrive by Aerobús.