SuperBorn - best burgers i've ever tasted - in a very funky little environment.

But i'm sorry, i can't remember where it was. Well worth looking up tho

When I was in Barcelona last September, a friend suggested this ice cream shop: Turrones Sirvent. It's a slow day at work and took me a while to find that (considering I forgot the name between then and now). A little extra searching, and here is the location.

(actually it was your comment about having a Moleskine notebook in Barcelona that attracted my attention -- I've not paid any notice to the city notebooks -- I just had a plain ol' pocket Moleskine while I was there)

I think you should visit super sleek clothes shop Snö, which also carries jewelery and home accessories, all from Scandinavian brands. www.snobarcelona.com

And RAS Gallery & Bookstore, well worth a visit! It's at C/Doctor Dou 10, and besides showing cool art, they sell books about design, architecture and art, and some strange stuff like wrestling hoods...

Eating

Tapioles 53.
http://www.tapioles53.com/ [a very personal restaurant run by an Australian Lady] very special need reservation....watch it, NYTimes wrote an article on it..

Inopia (Tamarit, 104; 34-93-424-52-31) great restaurant run by one of the so known Adria's brothers.

Comerc 24, Carrer Comerc 24 [el born]

Origens 99,9% Carrer Vidriera 6-8

Arcano, Mercaders 10

Bestial [Italian by the beach, amazing views]
C.R. Trias Fargas 2-4

Hoffman [cheff school + restaurant]
Carrer Argenteria 74-78

Las Fernandez [Home made cooking]
Carrer Carretas 11 [El rabal]

CDLC Barcelona [restaurant lounge]
Passeig Maritime 32 [ by the beach...and while by the Barcelona visit of the famous chiringuito]

Bars

Big Band Bar [underground after full of real local and dirty good after 4 am]
Carrer D'en botella

La Macarena [good place if into dj and electronic music]
Carrer Nou de Sant Francesc 5

Moog
Carrer Arc del Teatre3

El Xampanyet [a place just to drink champagne]
Carrer Montcada 22

if into clubs

Danzatoria
Avinguda del Tibidabo 61, torre 1
Dot Club
Carrer Nou de FRancesc 7

If you go to Barcelona, go to "El bosc de les fades", a cool bar near "las ramblas".

I know the "pilot guides" guides, they are great, i made an interrail in Italy with it, and it's very complete.

If you have time to travel, take a train and go to Valencia!! The America's Cup is there ;)

If you are into clubs you must visit: La Paloma and Pacha, especialy Pacha. Another fancy place is CocoBongo.

You must visit the Camper store and FoodBall near the Macba. In foodball they only serve food shaped as a ball.

Lots of record stores near the macba. You must see la Ovella Negra is very near plaza catalunya in the Ramblas.

Wow! Keep 'em coming, this is great stuff.

Oh, and Gio, I will definitely be hitting the Camper store. In fact, our hotel is very close to one.

As for the Barcelona Moleskine, I can't wait to use it, especially because it will allow me to look at a map without looking like a tourist. Now only my pasty complexion will give me away!

Try Googling some of these places - I'm awful at addresses and can't remember any of the street names (I lived there a few years ago).

Go hear some jazz music at Jamboree (close to La Rambla - sort of touristy but good fun). Also, visit www.Barcelonarocks.com for music info. I pretty much relied on that website for all my night entertainment. They have everything from free student flamenco performances to huge concerts listed.

The Travel Bar (just off of La Rambla) does a pub crawl, which is completely English-speaking and not cultural at all but is a great way to walk through the city drunk (supervised!) and see its night life, as well as make some friends to travel with throughout your time there.

The cafe H Original (at the MACBA) has a great Menu del Dia. Eat a Menu del Dia everyday - there's no point in not doing it. Also by the MACBA is CCC - a great cafe that has live music from time to time.

If you need a prostitute go to Carrer de Sant Pau - incidentally quite close to where I lived.

Clubbing - La Paloma is where the Catalan students like to go, Space is more of an international club but it's CRAZY. Catwalk is pretty much a sketchy tourist club but good if you need to hear some rap music (I lived there a year and I'm American - I HAD to hear rap music). Catwalk is located under the Gehry fish at Port Olympica.

There are TONS of record stores near the MACBA. You can also find some great boutiques close to there. Carrer de Elisabeths (try alternate spellings if that one is incorrect) has some of the best cafes that I found while living there - I think that might be the street the Camper store is on, but I can't exactly remember. There is also a pretty cool bookstore behind the MACBA - it is geared toward the design sudents of the El Savi school.

It's touristy, but take the cable car up to the top of Montjuic and watch the Magic Fountain. Whenever people came to visit me I took them there and it was a good way to start off an evening.

And the tip about Valencia - I'm going to second that! Calatravas Cuidad de las Artes y Sciences is worth visiting - not worth paying to go in, though. When we were there, too, there was some random paella cookoff going on in an alley we got lost in and we spent the whole afternoon with some crazy Spaniards who invited us to join.

As for your pasty complexion, you could always claim to be North European!! I pretended to be German all the time for fun. I'm so jealous of you, getting to go. You'll have an awesome time. Again, sorry I can't give any addresses. I used to sort of just wander around and bump into places and remember my route - this is how I tend to function.

BINGO SHOP Roger de LLúria 45
Here's a link with photos of this brilliant shop: http://www.mimoloco.com/blogs/blami/comentarios_1207.html

Have a look at this weekly guide of good things to do:
http://lecool.com/barcelona/

Loreak Mendian (Great clothing shop): Sant Joan de la Salle 8

It would be great to meet you here, however, I think i'll be in Madrid. Anyway, if you need any help email me maganto@gmail.com

Barcelona, lucky you!

Just walking for ages is a wonderful thing to do, the various neighbourhoods are all so different and your neck will be sore from looking in all directions. The street art is INCREDIBLE, especially in the Barri Gotic, Raval and Born areas. And a quiet stroll through the old quarter of Barceloneta, by the beach, can be restorative after being over-stimulated by the constant eye candy. Then sit on a rock and look out to sea.

I, too, cheer for El Xampanyet, where the cava is flowing. It is just as you step out of the Picasso Museum.(Born)
Els Quatre Gats, for a great mealtime setting, and a lotta history (Barri Gotic)
El Raco d'en Balta (Eixample)
El Salon (Barri Gotic)

Favorite shoe store - Como Agua de Mayo (Born)

sigh.

Hi Jw,
there is a must for tapas and incredible wine:
quimet & quimet
let us know when coming and we will be more than glad to take you to a little gourmet tour..
best wishes from bcn,
alex

La Champañeria is a CAVA bar with the best tapas in town, get there at 4pm or else it will be very crowded. This is a must in BCN. Its in Carrer de la Reina Cristina near the Pla del Palau wich is near Parc de la Citudella.

ps: bring a case of the pink cava...!

If I were you i would definitevely have a Gin and Tonic at Hotel Omm's bar. I believe its Majorca with Passeig de Gracia, the hotel has a really cool facade!

And would grab a bite at PIM PAM BURGER, on Carrer Sabateret between carrer Rec and carrer Flassaders , in the Born neighborhood!!!

This week you have SONAR FESTIVAL (Advaced Music and Multimedia Festival) around the city!!

Just got back from BCN where i toted my little city notebook around. use it well. i intend to send in the suggestion card requesting they revamp their map concept. other than that, enjoy.

I highly recommend you stay at the Chic&Basic in the Born district. it is the sexiest hotel you have ever seen, guaranteed...and completely mod. Hit up the White Bar at the base of the hotel regardless. The Born district is on a bounce back with lots of young hipsters dining late and drinking later. There is a great little bar/restaurant on Princesa called 'Iggy's'(thats the Ferran-Jaume-Princesa street perpendicular to Las Ramblas). Try the frozen Mojito.

Cheers.

if you like candy then go visit http://www.papabubble.com/start.htm at carrer Ample: you won't regret !

As for eating you could pay a visit to La Paradeta (Born, Sants or Sitges) for some fresh fish (http://www.laparadeta.com/)
Or have a treat at La Balsa http://www.labalsarestaurant.com/ (not cheap).

If you stil have 3 hours left then you must book one at http://www.barcelonasegwayglides.com/

I could go on and on, must get back to work....

Hi, I live here in Barcelona and this are my suggestions:

Food:
- restaurant Habaluc -www.habaluc.com- c/enric granados 41. tel: 934.522.928. Vegetarian and biologic food, you will love it. They love art and design and you can see it.
- Happy yoga, it's a center of yoga but you can have breakfast and diner for not much money and there's people for all over the world. Vegetarian, simple, small but very good. c/torres i amat 5. near plaza cataluña.
- Near from them there is the best bakery of Barcelona for me. It's called "Mistral". Ask for an "ensaimada de cabello de angel"... c/torres i amat 7 or Ronda sant antoni 96.
-El japones:Ultra fashion japonese food. Paseo de la Concepcio , 2. Barcelona
Tel: 934872592 - 934870196. (perpendicular of Paseo de gracia)

Design Stores:
- "L'appartement", in the same street of Habaluc. c/enric granados 44,-www.lappartement.es- they have the newest designs of barcelona and europe.
- "Thinking things": design store and interior design, it's of a friend of mine. We now have a exposition there of designs made by us. c/calvet 66. 93.209.31.11 . www.thinking-things.com
- Of course Vinçon. Paseo de Gracia 96.
- THE store of lightning: Biosca y Botey. Rambla catalunya 125 / c/diagonal 458.

If you arrive on sunday you will miss the sonar festival but next week it's San Joan and there is festivity in every where.
Mail me when you will be here at -damaris@damarisymarc.com- and if I have some news I will tell you. Maybe we can meet and go to take something around there.

Well, it's hard to synthesize all the places to visit from Barcelona in just one comment. So I'll recommend you just a Japanese restaurant: "El Japonès del Tragaluz".

It is placed almost arriving to Passeig de Gràcia with Avinguda Diagonal. Here's the exact location. If you love design, it's a really nice place and it's not very expensive (30€ more or less).

And to go out to drink some beers, in the surroundings of Fontana metro station there are lots of small pubs with sofas to have a drink with quiet music.

I hope you enjoy this! ;)

Inventive food Like Beer foam and pop rock desert and one of if not the only street/underground art galleries in town near each other Near the Borne and near the zoo. Plus a great place for a vacation rental... Modern apartments for less than a hotel...usually with wi-fi. Oh and Taller de Tapas.. walked in here thinking tourist trap but was hungry...turns out great food.

http://www.santamania.biz/sites/santamania.biz/
http://www.iguapop.net/
http://www.destinationbcn.com/
http://www.tallerdetapas.com/

ops! you are back already :(

here some reviews from CoolHunting
http://www.coolhunting.com/fastsearch?tag=Barcelona

Can you give some tips on where to eat with two children, aged 14 and 8.
They are not crazy on tapas, unfortunately. Also, any other tips on where to visit i.e. any quirky places off the beaten track. They both love art. All comments gratefully received. Is the temperature unbearable in August?
We are due to travel on 7th August for 10 days, stopping off in Valencia for a while. Thanks in advance. Susan M.