The centre of Barcelona is strangely devoid of glamorous nightspots, or at least it was until Buda came along. The place has lots of throne-style furniture and gilded...

Carpe Diem Lounge Club, to give the venue its full name, remains at the forefront of Barcelona's splash-the-cash, see-and-be-seen celeb circuit - the white beds flanking the...

With an interior designed by local tastemaker Silvia Prada, a fashionable postcode and a menu of delicate finger foods, Mix attracts a professional, stylish crowd who enjoy...

Make your way past the flash restaurant upstairs - we're talking white sofas swinging from the ceiling - and down on to the brick-walled, loud dancefloor. With no entry charge...

The basement of a Greek restaurant is the unlikely setting for this cosy and wildly popular club. There's no plate-throwing but instead, from Thursday through Saturday nights,...

Small, grungy and loud, Dr Astin has been hammering out the house and techno beats for years. Its no-pretension, watering-hole-plus-dancefloor formula attracts neighbourhood...

Gusto doesn't fall in line with the neighbourhood's favoured shabby-chic aesthetic - it opts instead for a minimalist look, with sleek furnishings and a high-design interior...

Opium offers a break from the norm. For a start, the club is housed in a converted 1950s cinema, which means the projections are actually watchable. There are three bars,...

More good news for those missing the legendary Café Royale: DJ Fred Guzzo is the man in charge at this stylish bar, blending funk, latin and rare groove for a mix of music...

Its entrance is easily missed; go in through the bar at street level and descend to this low-ceilinged, bare-brick cavern to hear all nature of jamming and live music on a...

Run by an affably hip family, Vinilo seems like an artist's den masquerading as a neighbourhood bar. The walls are papered with original prints and concert posters; a silent TV...