This Caribbean cultural centre hosts exhibitions, publishes its own magazine (Antilla News) and offers classes to Latin dance enthusiasts. But when the sun...
C/Aragó 141The watchword is moody (not least among the waiting staff) in this stark, monochrome space, with punky artwork from celebrated graffiti artists. It comes...
C/Pintor Fortuny 3Looking 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....
C/Aribau 195
Not 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...
C/Allada-Vermell 10With an interior designed by local tastemaker Silvia Prada, a fashionable postcode and a menu of delicate finger foods, Mix attracts a professional, stylish...
C/Comerç 21
Make your way past the flash restaurant upstairs - we're talking white sofas swinging from the ceiling - and down to the brick-walled, loud dancefloor. With...
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 604
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...
C/Marquès de l'Argentera 27
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...
C/Alegre de Dalt 55
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...
C/Consell de Cent 280
Completely alfresco, high up in a clearing among the pines, this is a magical space, scattered with deckchairs, hammocks and candlelit tables. Rather...
Mirador del MigdiaLa Macarena is smaller than your apartment but has big-club pretensions in the best sense. The music is minimal electro selected by resident DJs and the...
C/Nou de Sant Francesc 5
Gorgeous, glamorous and popular (with the young, hair-gel-and-heels brigade), La Terrrazza is a nightclub that Hollywood might dream of. Wander through the...
Poble Espanyol
Las Guindas is a long narrow bar with a crimson-hued retro look, a deeply funky mural and DJs fighting for turntable space to show off their vinyl...
C/Sant Pau 126A 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...
Plaça Pau Vilà (Palau del Mar)
Formerly a strip club, this place was reborn a few years ago as the city's hottest, biggest, newest, most over-hyped nightspot. Its former incarnation...
C/Bailen 22