The opening hours, the chemist and the unbeatable location make up for the slight shabbiness, the confusing layout and the agonising checkout queues.

Colmados - old-school grocery stores - are relics of the old way of shopping before the invasion of the supermarkets. This is one of the few surviving examples in the...

This three-level mall at the sea end of Avda Diagonal has an airy marine theme and a sea-facing roof terrace filled with cafés and restaurants of the fast-food variety. As well...

The mother ship of Spanish retail, this giant white monolith sits on Plaça Catalunya and stocks all the major international brand names, along with plenty of Spanish labels....

This monolithic mall is designed to look like the Rockefeller Center fallen on its side, stretching 334m (1,100ft) along Avda Diagonal. It features all the usual fashion...

Thronged with tourists searching for a little bit of Barcelona's gastro magic, and usually ending up with a pre-sliced quarter of overpriced pineapple, Europe's biggest food...

When Viaplana and Piñon's black-mirrored shopping and leisure centre opened in 1995, it was the place to hang out. After years of declining popularity, it's ditched most of the...

When this black Rubik's Cube of a building opened in the early '90s, it caused such excitement that it even inspired a short-lived TV soap of the same name. The mall's focus is...