Inside this stone-walled and smoke-filled lounge, Raval denizens dig the jazz jam on Wednesdays, the flamenco on Sundays and, in between times, DJs playing a genre-defying...
C/Robador 23If you're having one of those nights when you just have to keep going (or you haven't picked up yet), stagger to this recently reopened 'after-hours'. It claims to have the...
C/Joaquin Costa 61The girly outpost of the Arena group is the city's largest lesbian club and as such sees a decent variety of girls (and their male friends, by invitation) head down to shoot...
C/València 236This Caribbean cultural centre hosts exhibitions, publishes its own magazine (Antilla News) and offers classes to Latin dance enthusiasts. But when the sun goes down all...
C/Aragó 141The four Arena clubs are still packing them in every week with a huge variety of punters. The USP is that you pay once, get your hand stamped and can then switch between all...
Classic & Madre C/Diputació 233DIY-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...
C/Aurora 7The watchword is moody (not least among the waiting staff) in this stark, monochrome space, with punky artwork from celebrated graffiti artists. It comes alive with DJs and...
C/Pintor Fortuny 3Still number one with the hirsute - despite the fairly stiff competition in the city - this late-opening, spacious and well-designed bar has a good-sized dancefloor with...
Ptge Domingo 3Bikini 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...
C/Déu i Mata 105Looking 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...
C/Aribau 195The 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...
C/Pau Claris 92Not much more than a hole-in-the-wall with a handful of zinc tables outside, Casa Paco is the improbable nerve centre for a young and thrusting scene that attracts DJs from the...
C/Allada-Vermell 10Carpe 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...
Passeig Marítim 32City Hall ain't big, but it is popular. The music is mixed, from deep house to electro rock, and there's an older post-(pre-?) work crowd joining the young, tanned and skinny...
Rambla Catalunya 2-4Maybe 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...
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