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Gràcia, about 1 km north of the center of Barcelona at the north end of the Passeig de Gràcia, is the most distinctively Catalan neighborhood to be found in easy walking distance of the center. A prosperous neighborhood, Gràcia nonetheless has more a local than a cosmopolitan feel to it, with much of life lived on the many public squares.
It's also a very good place to start (or finish) a walk through the most important modernist buildings.
A good place to stay in an hotel.

Contents 1 Get in 2 See 3 Do 4 Buy 5 Eat 6 Drink 7 Sleep 8 Contact

Get in

See

Do

If you are in Barcelona around August 15th, you should go there during all the day and night to its major parties. There is a contest about "street decoration", live music, popular food in the streets, dancing, games for kids, and lots, lots of people. It is a really popular celebration.

Buy

Eat

• La Rosa del Desierto Plaça Narcís Oller, 7. The first Moroccan food restaurant in Barcelona. The quality is excellent, with a quite special decoration. The amount of food is very important. About 18€ each person.
• Flah-Flash C/Granada del Penedès, 25. Not really in Gràcia, but next to it, it's one of the rests of the Tuset street years, when the Gauche Divine was the most cool group in the city. This restaurant was made as a cool bar during the late 60's and it remains with no change. The food's good (omelettes is the speciality and the cheapest option). About 15€.
• Botafumeiro. Very expensive.

Drink

Lately Gracia has become a very popular place among students, and offers a lot of nice restaurants and bars. The plazas in the area, as Plaça de Sol for instance, are filled with nightlife and youngsters drinking in the streets and partying.

• ELDORADO Plaça del Sol, 4 (map) This mythical bar is located in the heart of the Barcelonian district of Gràcia since 1987, ELDORADO stills being in the edge of the wave like the first day. A self-assured atmosphere that agglutinates many-colored people enjoying the best music of now and always from the hand of Romy, its resident DJ. With an ample dance floor, it also has an American pool, 'futbolín' and a pair of recreational machines like Trivial Pursuit. The giant video screens and the monitors over the bar are other icons of this Music Bar. Drinks are very well-taken care of and the staff is professional, likeable and friendly. The hivernal service of wardrobe becomes an outer bar during spring, summer and autumn that takes care of the terrace of the Plaça del Sol. There are known anywhere in the world its Caipirinhas, specially during the Festa Major de Gràcia. Recently they have opened a Restaurant, ELDORAD2, in the street Ramis, 2-4 (between Milà i Fontanals and Quevedo, 2 streets below Travessera de Gràcia, next to the Plaça John Lennon) (map), also in Gràcia; that shares the principles of quality and service of the main house. In their web page you can enjoy photographic galleries of the abundance of parties that organize (anniversary, new year's eve, halloween, carnival, Sant Joan...).

• Plaça del Sol Has a lot of bars, such as Sol Soler, Woody's

• Plaça Rius i Taulet This nice square with the old city hall and the clock tower in the middle has also many bars.

• Plaça de la Revolució Is not as crowded as the others, but has an Ice cream bar, owned by two Italian sisters, that serve the best ice creams in Barcelona. The problem is that you may have to wait a long time.

• The Dubliner Not just a bar but a cultural association. Features Irish classes, intercambio and has the feel of being in somebodies living room. Unique place to check out.

Sleep

Contact

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