WHAT ELSE TO DO IN BARCELONA? Children Nightlife Shopping Online Leisure Guides More Travel Tips... When you are staying in a city for several days and it’s your first time there, sometimes you can feel a bit lost organizing your agenda. This section will give you plenty of ideas to plan your stay in Barcelona making the best use of your time. Children WALKS & SIGHTS… A walk down la Rambla enjoying the birds market and the mimes is always a safe bet! Play hide-and-seek in the cypress tree maze of the Park del Laberint d’Horta (Subway: line 3, Mundet). Enjoy a boat ride in the port or along the city seafront with the classic Golondrinas, departing from the Columbus Statue (end of la Rambla). SPORT… Go ice-skating! In the famous Football Club Barcelona facilities. Go cycling! Rent a bike. Row the boats in the Ciutadella Park (Subway: line 4 Barceloneta or line 1 Arc de Triomf). FUN… Discover the local amusement park at the top of the Tibidabo hill. Remember to take the Blue Tramway and then the Funicular to get there! Or take a day trip to Port Aventura, a theme park owned by Universal Studios! Have fun with the wax people at the Wax Museum. Have a delicious time at the Museum of Chocolate. CULTURE… Be a scientist at the Cosmocaixa Science Museum. Feel like a pirate at the Maritime Museum. Play instruments and learn about them at the brand new Museum of the Music. ANIMALS… Say hi to the sharks at the Aquarium. Learn from the animal world at the Barcelona Zoo. CHEETAH GIRLS 2, THE BARCELONA ITINERARY: this is some of the settings where Cheetah Girls 2 was shot. Your kids might want to check them out! The balcony at the entrance of the MNAC museum. It’s the first place they visit when they get to Barcelona. Great views of the city!!! Montcada street. The street of the Picasso Museum and the Palau Dalmasses, where they first meet Angel, the guitar player. Passeig del Born, and area around it. That’s where Angel takes them around, and where Aquanette loves going shopping.

Park Güell. Tha famous Gaudí park, Angel is the first to take them there, and later they’ll come back with Marisol and his mum Lola.

Palau de la Música Catalana. In this magnificent concert hall they have to pass their audition!

Restaurants of the Garraf seaside village. Beach party!!!

Estaci de Frana. The train station where Galleria wants to take the train to meet her father, before the girls stop her.

Plaça del Rei. That’s where the stage of the Music Festival is set up. There you’ll also find the Museum of History of Barcelona: its Chapel of Saint Agatha is the backstage and changing room where the Cheetah Girls prepared for the show.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to tell your kids that the Dancing Cat club and Joaquin’s dance studio aren’t real places…

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Finding an appealing activity for your evenings in a foreign city can make you feel pretty disoriented. But apart from walking down la Rambla or the seaside, in Barcelona there are plenty of options other than staying in your hotel room! CHECK SOME OF THEM OUT!

Concert Halls / Opera / Dance Jazz Clubs Flamenco Salsa dancing Clubbing Undubbed cinema Cabaret Theater

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Concert Halls / Opera / Dance

Palau de la Música. The most beautiful concert hall in town, built by one of our best modernist architects, Domènech i Montaner, programs music concerts almost every day.

Gran Teatre del Liceu. The city’s opera hall, a meeting point of Barcelona’s upper class.

L’Auditori. This modern building by Rafael Moneo is the largest concert hall in town.

L’Espai de Música i Dansa. Travessera de Gràcia, 63. Your opportunity to discover local musicians and choreographers.

Jazz Clubs

JazzSí Club - Taller de músics. This school for young professional musicians programs jazz and latin music concerts almost every night in their dusty dark bar: MON - Jazz Masters, TUE - Jam Session (Rock, Pop, Blues), WED - Hot Jazz, THU - Cuban, SAT - Jam Session (Jazz), SUN - Jam Session (Rock).

JazzRoom - Cova del Drac. One of the most emblematic jazz clubs in town, meeting point for the local musicians.

Jamboree. Another must for jazz lovers in Barcelona. Here performed Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Chat Baker and many more.

Harlem Jazz Club. Latin jazz, rhythm & blues, swing…

Bel-luna. Jazz concerts & dinner.

Flamenco

Although Flamenco isn’t a genuinely Catalan activity, Barcelona has a large population of Andalusian immigrants that are proud to have founded in our city renowned flamenco schools.

Tarantos. Pure flamenco life music for those who want to avoid tourist traps.

El Tablao de Carmen. Located in the Spanish Village, here the famous Carmen Amaya started her way to fame. Dinner & Show or Drink & Show.

El Cordobés. The second most famous tablao in Barcelona, centrically located in la Rambla. Dinner & Show or Drink & Show.

Palacio del Flamenco. The newest flamenco venue, opened in 2007. Dinner & Show or Drink & Show.

Tirititran. Not a “tablao” but a “colmao”, life flamenco music & tapas in a welcoming true local atmosphere.

JazzSí Club - Taller de músics. This school for young professional musicians programs flamenco concerts every Friday in their dusty dark bar.

Flamenco OB Sessions. The Apolo Ballroom offers music nights with “duende” every Monday, from 22:30 to 4AM.

Salsa Dancing

Antilla. Maybe the most emblematic salsoteca in town.

Mojito Club. Another must in the local salsa scene.

HBN BCN (Habana Barcelona). Restaurant & dancing. Authentic Cuban ambience, they often program life music. La Máquina del Saborrrrr!

Sugar Club. This trendy restaurant becomes a salsa venue Sunday evenings and some Fridays after dinner. Its amazing views over the port will make you feel like you are in Miami.

Clubbing

CDLC. Restaurant & Lounge, a meeting point for the city’s beautiful people.

Budha Barcelona. Trendy restaurant and dance in a Zen setting.

Bikini. Life music, three different ambiences.

Luz de Gas. Another classic of the Barcelona night for life music and dancing.

Mirablau. Pl Doctor Andreu 2. Drinks and dancing with spectacular views over the city.

Danzatoria. Elegant dance club and lounge in a modernist mansion.

Rosebud. Exclusive disco in a house with garden.

Razzmatazz. A wilder option…

Undubbed Cinema

Cines Verdi & Verdi Park. The first movie theatres in town to offer undubbed cinema with subtitles. European and Asian author films.

Renoir Les Corts & Renoir Floridablanca. Minority as well as commercial movies.

Icaria Yelmo Cineplex. Commercial movie theatre.

Filmoteca. Avinguda de Sarrià, 33. Classic and cult films in their original version.

Cabaret

Barcelona City Hall. Dinner & Show / Cabaret.

Casino Barcelona. Dinner & Cabaret & Casino.

Theater

Most theater plays in Barcelona are performed in Catalan, and there is only one venue for amateur theater in English. For the brave who still want to experience our stages, here is a list with the best recommendations:

Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. The largest theater venue in town, managed by the Government of Catalonia. The smaller rooms also program dance shows and children shows.

Teatre Romea. One of the oldest theaters in Barcelona.

Teatre Poliorama. Another classic of the local scene.

Teatre Victoria. Large theater programming commercial plays by well-known local companies, and one of the few to offer musicals.

Teatre Tívoli. Another emblematic room for commercial plays and also sometimes musicals.

Club Helena. Ros de Olano, 6. Amateur theater, sometimes in English.

Llantiol. C/ Riereta 7. Club offering from time to time stand-up comedy in English and other shows for English-speakers.

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Montjuic Magic Fountain. An outdoors free water, music and light show, a classic of the Barcelona summer nights.

Shopping

DESIGNERS

Passeig de Gràcia: The upper part is hold by the high couture temples, while the lower part has all the more affordable prêt-à-porter brands. Don’t miss the Boulevard Rosa commercial gallery.

Rambla Catalunya: Mostly for shoes, bags and leather, as well as some good design houseware.

Diagonal Avenue: the top designers are also located in the area of the Diagonal Avenue between Passeig de Gràcia and Plaça Francesc Macià.

Born quarter: the so-called Barcelona SOHO, creative young local designers.

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Pelai Street: teens and youngsters fashion, and good price/quality shoes.

Portal de lngel: Women fashion and shoes.

Portaferrissa: teens and youngsters fashion and shoes.

SHOPPING MALLS & DEPARTMENT STORES

Corte Inglés: the most famous Spanish Department Store in Spain has several stores in town. Two of them are in Plaça Catalunya, but they’re packed with tourists. For a local and more relaxed atmosphere, go the one in the “posh” neighborhood: Corte Inglés Diagonal (subway: Maria Cristina).

The Posh District: Right next to the Corte Inglés Diagonal you’ll find another commercial gallery, Pedralbes Centre, and two blocks further the fancy shopping mall Illa Diagonal. And just a couple of blocks more and you’ll be able to link your shopping itinerary with the Diagonal Avenue and continue down to Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla Catalunya… if your credit card isn’t burnt yet!

Diagonal Mar: probably one of the largest and nicest shopping malls in town, my favorite after Illa Diagonal.

Maremagnum: Only Sunday left for shopping? Hum… not a good thing: almost everything is closed on Sundays in Barcelona! But don’t worry, this mall at the Old Port opens everyday!

AND REMEMBER I can also unveil for you the shopping secrets of the city with my FASHION TOURS!

Online Leisure Guides

- Metropolitan Barcelona. The first magazine for the English Speaking local community, lists the best events of the month.

- BCN-Inside. Another English magazine on what’s on in Barcelona.

- This week. Download their weekly updated PDF with the latest news on what’s on.

- Guia del Ocio. The most complete listings in town unfortunately only in Spanish!

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