Locations

Rising 288 metres above the Tibidabo hillside, the Torre de Collserola is visible from virtually every corner of Barcelona — a slender needle of concrete and steel that punctuates the…

In the Sant Andreu neighbourhood, far from the tourist circuits but very much alive with Barcelona's creative community, the Fabra i Coats complex rises from the streets in a magnificent…

High on the plateau of Montjuïc, the Anella Olímpica (Olympic Ring) preserves the main venues of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics — an ensemble of buildings that together represent one of…

Built for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and transforming what had been an industrial wasteland into a vibrant waterfront district, the Port Olímpic remains one of the most significant urban regeneration…

At the far end of Barceloneta beach, a curved glass sail rises from the sea — the unmistakable silhouette of the Hotel W Barcelona, known to locals simply as the…

Built for the 1929 International Exposition and intended as a temporary exhibition, the Poble Espanyol has somehow survived for nearly a century and become a permanent fixture of Barcelona's cultural…

A minute's walk from the Boqueria market, through an arched gateway in the Raval, lies one of the most peaceful and least-visited spaces in central Barcelona. The Antic Hospital de…

Everyone knows La Rambla. But Barcelona has another rambla that the guidebooks rarely mention — a tree-lined promenade that serves its neighbourhood rather than the tourist industry, and gives an…

Of all the squares that give the Gràcia neighbourhood its character, Plaça del Sol is the liveliest and most social. Surrounded by terrace bars on all sides, it functions as…

If Gràcia is Barcelona's village-within-a-city, then Plaça de la Virreina is its village square. Flanked by the 18th-century church of Sant Joan, lined with terrace cafés, and filled with local…