Barcelona
Modernisme, the sea and the world's best bars. 15 places, chosen and checked for 2026.
Barcelona has two of the world's five best bars, four three-star restaurants and a sea view from almost everywhere. It eats late and goes out later.
El Palace Barcelona
Opened in 1919 as the Hotel Ritz, Barcelona's classic grand hotel on the Gran Via, a short walk from the Passeig de Gràcia.
Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona
A modern palace on the Passeig de Gràcia, among the modernist houses of Gaudí and his contemporaries, with a rooftop terrace and pool.
Hotel Casa Fuster
A modernista house of 1908 by Lluís Domènech i Montaner at the top of the Passeig de Gràcia, with a rooftop terrace and the Café Vienés.
Disfrutar
Run by three chefs who met in the kitchens of elBulli, Disfrutar is regularly ranked among the best restaurants in the world. Long, playful, astonishing tasting menus.
ABaC
Jordi Cruz's restaurant and boutique hotel at the top of Avinguda del Tibidabo. Creative, highly technical Catalan cuisine in a garden setting.
Lasarte
Martín Berasategui's restaurant in the Monument Hotel on Passeig de Gràcia, the first in Barcelona to win three stars.
Cocina Hermanos Torres
Twin brothers Sergio and Javier Torres cook in a vast, theatrical former industrial space, with the kitchen at the centre of the room.
Sips
The world's best bar in 2024 and ranked 16th in The 50 Best Bars 2026: a bright, theatrical room in the Eixample.
Paradiso
A speakeasy reached through the fridge door of a pastrami bar in El Born. Ranked 17th in The 50 Best Bars 2026, when it also received the Legend of the List award.
Boadas
Barcelona's oldest cocktail bar, opened in 1933 at the top of Las Ramblas, with waiters in white jackets. Ranked 52nd in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
Foco
Opened in 2023 by Tom Godfrey and Theo Quinn, formerly of Paradiso and Two Schmucks: classic cocktails reworked with kitchen techniques, in the spirit of the old foreign correspondents' clubs. Ranked 90th in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
Círculo Ecuestre
Founded in 1856 by riding enthusiasts, Barcelona's grand private club now occupies the Casa Pérez Samanillo, a modernista mansion at the corner of Balmes and the Diagonal. It counts more than 2,400 members.
Soho House Barcelona
Soho House's Barcelona house, opened in 2016 on a quiet square in the Gothic Quarter near the port, with bedrooms, Cecconi's and a rooftop pool.
