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Situated on Spain’s northeast coast of the Mediterranean, the Catalan capital of Barcelona is a stylish and energetic city with a medieval heart, known for avant-garde fashion, music, theatre and some eccentric festivities.
10:00 Checking in
Located in the well-heeled Diagonal area, Granados 83 Hotel is a popular haunt for media and fashionista types. Rooms are splendid, as are the cocktail bar, restaurant and rooftop pool.
Carrer Enric Granados 83
+34 93 492 9670
www.derbyhotels.com
Rooms from 105 Euro
Metro: Diagonal
12:00 Museums
Barcelona’s eccentricity includes museums devoted to funeral hearses, mechanical toys and perfume bottles. The Museu Frederic Marès in the Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) houses curiosities collected by the obsessive hoarder and sculptor Frederic Marès. From Romanesque crucifixes to smoking equipment, luggage tickets, fans and nutcrackers.
Plaça de Sant Lú 5-6
+34 93 256 35 00
Tue-Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 10am-3pm.
4.20 Euro
Metro: Jaume I
The nearby Museu Picasso occupies a row of medieval mansions in the Gothic Quarter.
Carrer Montcada 15-23
+93 256 30 00
Tue-Sun 10am-8pm
9 Euro
Metro: Jaume I
18:00 Absinthe minded
Bar Marsella opened its doors in 1820 and specializes in the narcotic brew of absenta (absinthe). Past patrons include Dali, Picasso, Gaudi and Hemingway to name a few.
Carrer de Sant Pau 65
+34 934 427 263
Daily 6pm-2am
Metro: Liceu
07:00 Morning rummage
The Els Encants (Vells) is a huge open-air flea market where wily characters hawk antiques and bric-à-brac at bargain prices. You never know what you might find here from valuable paintings to old leather couches, stamps and chandeliers.
Plaça de les Glòries on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat from sunrise to sunset.
Metro: Glòries
09:00 Go to church
Gaudi’s unfinished Sagrada Familía is the city’s most striking landmark.
+34 932 080 414
October-March 9am-6pm;
April-September 9am-8pm
10 Euro
Metro: Sagrada Familía
