DIY-stylish, low-lit and cheap. Aurora's regulars chat over cañas during the week and bounce around the wee dancefloor downstairs at weekends. The smiling, chatty bar staff...

Looking a tad jaded, Bucaro's white leather sofas and pouffes still manage to pull a crowd of glamour pusses, who stalk their prey from the mezzanine. There's chill-out and...

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...

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,...

For a club on La Rambla, Fellini draws a remarkably mixed and local crowd to its two floors of tech-house and the Red Room, where you might find rock, '80s or hip hop. The...

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...

Loved by habitués of the Gràcia arts scene, this low-key bar and performance venue is filled to bursting with neighbourhood cutie pies in cool T-shirts who just really adore...

KGB is a cavern-like space that was, in its heyday, the rock 'n' roll disco barn capital of the city and 'un after' where Sidecar heads would bolt at 6am on the weekend. It...

Possibly Barcelona's only reliable girl bar for a little weekend glam. Early on, the music is beach house; as the crowd starts to roll in, pop and commercial house take over....

La Macarena is smaller than your apartment but has big-club pretensions in the best sense: the music is excellent - minimal electro selected by resident DJs and the occasional...

Gorgeous, glamorous, popular (with the young, hair-gel-and-heels brigade), La Terrrazza is a nightclub that Hollywood might dream of. Wander through the night-time silence of...

A white awning over terrace tables heralds the entrance to this decidedly louche bar behind the Palau de Mar. Inside, a North African harem look seduces a young and up-for-it...

Formerly a strip club, this place was recently reborn as the city's hottest, biggest, newest, most over-hyped nightspot. Its former incarnation hasn't been forgotten - the...

This lovingly renovated old music hall, garnished with chandeliers and classical friezes, is a mainstay on the live music scene and one classy joint. In between visits from...