A true retreat, this small and friendly bed and breakfast offers a home-style experience and is ideal if you're looking for a more peaceful city break. The centre is about 20...

Artkuisine's French credentials do not leap out sporting berets and strings of onions. Instead, they make themselves known in other, more subtle ways: the buttermilk Regency...

This small venue in the unlikely setting of L'Illa, a monolithic shopping centre, hosts concerts about once a month. The Schubert cycle (93 290 11 02, www.schubertiada.com) and...

From their heyday in the 1980s, when the stars of Barça's basketball team were as famous as the footballers and matches were played at the massive Sant Jordi stadium, Barcelona...

The Base Nàutica hires out catamarans and windsurf gear to those with experience. There's a proficiency test for windsurfing held on Fridays at 4 or 5pm (€20 fee). You can hire...

Bikini lost some muscle in recent years, with the big-name stars it once booked replaced by little-knowns and ageing rockers. However, it showed a few signs of new life in...

This comfortable four-screen cinema has recently made the move from dubbed films and now shows crowd-pleasers in their original languages.

There are 14 lanes to try for that perfect 300, in an alley that hosts international tournaments. Early afternoons are quiet; otherwise, sit at the bar and wait to be paged....

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...

Downstairs in the basement, the low sofas fill up with amorous couples, while upstairs everything is sleek and light, with brushed steel, dark leather and a Klimt-like mural. A...

Alongside the tents there's space for camper vans, plus a swimming pool, restaurant and bar.

Maybe it's the name or maybe it's the location, but most of the Catwalk queue seems to think they're headed straight for the VIP room - that's crisp white collars and gold for...

Said to be the biggest science museum in Europe, CosmoCaixa doesn't, perhaps, make the best use of its space. A glass-enclosed spiral ramp runs down an impressive six floors,...

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...