TOURISM FOR PLEASURE

Visiting the city: Beeing located on the border between the neighbourhoods Gràcia, Eixample and Sarriá-Gervasi, everything is just a step away either walking or in public transportation. We are only four subway stations from Plaza Catalunya, La Rambla and the gothic district. Two steps from the neighbourhood Gracia, and very close to the marvelous Parque Güell, symbol of the city (Gaudí, world heritage site). Sleep a step away fromTibidabo (the best views in Barcelona) or close to the CosmoCaixa (an excepcional museum of science), and only ten-fifteen minutes walking from Paseo de Gracia (with famous buildings of Gaudí like La Pedrera or the Batlló house). Our lodging gives you an easy access to everything that you are interested in seeing in Barcelona.

To eat: Barcelona, for the quantity, multitude and quality of the restaurants, is a city to enjoy the gastronomy. Next to our hostal you will find places that offers all kinds of food for all types of budgets. Just infront we have a shop- restaurant of catalan delicatessen where you can have breakfast or lunch to a good price or buy a different gift, and we are only two blocks away from the famous restaurant Racó d´en Freixa, rewarded with one Michelin star. Very close you have also got the minimalistic Brilliant, the tapas restaurant TapasBar, the typical restaurant of catalan food Can Massana, and many others. We recommend you the guide LA NETRO for further information.

Going out at night: we are very close to the famous Otto Sutz or Luz de Gas and also the Sutton Club, the Get Back, the very elegant Danzatoria Restaurant & Club, the KGB, the disco Almo2bar or the Jazz Room de la Cova del Drac. There are several bars and cocktailbars close to the hostal. To live the night as the people from Barcelona live it, in the select area of Sarriá-Sant Gervasi, larded of the hip bars and a “chic” atmosphere, or in Gracia, the “hippie” area, where you will loose yourself in the narrow streets filled with small bars. In the Eixample there are also plenty of bars and clubs, beeing the main district of gay bars in Barcelona.

Shopping: you dispose of two markets quite close to the hostal (Mercat de Sant Gervasi, Mercat e Galvany). There is a El Corte Inglés (a 9-storey department store) at a 10-15 minutes walking distance (Plaça Francesc Macià) or at 5 minutes with bus distance (Catalunya square). But if what you want is to stroll around looking in shops, you are in the right city... Barcelona has got the peculiarity of not having a concentrated comercial area, it is scattered in a more than 5 kilometres long shopping line, a big part of it beeing pedestrian street, letting you stroll along the most beautiful streets of the city. The best thing to do is to take Avenida Diagonal (five minutes from the hostal) and then take Passeig de Gracia: you will find famous brands like Gucci, Armand Bassi, Lacoste, Loewe, Cartier, Vogue, Mango, Zara, Podivm, Regia, Conti, Felgar, Furest, Gonzalo Comella, jewellery Roca... next to small shops from the city. It is a very nice walk, and the surroundings are completed with beautiful unknown buildings and famous buildings as the Pedrera (Gaudí), the Batlló house (Gaudí) and many others. Finally, you can keep shopping in thearea of Plaza Catalunya-Portal de l´Àngel-Pelai, keep strolling along la Rambla, and go back towards the hostal along the beautiful Rambla de Catalunya or go directly back to the hostal by public transportation. Whether you buy something or not, you will not have noticed time passing....Enjoy!

Conciertos y eventos deportivos: l Concerts and sport happenings: the big concert and sport arenas are very well communicated, so you will not have any problems getting to the happenings you like, whether it is to see the Futbol Club Barcelona, or going to the big concerts in the Pavelló de la Vall d´Hebron or in the Palau Sant Jordi, or going to see classical music or opera in the Liceu or in the Palau de la Música Catalana. They are all very close by subway or by bus. Do not doubt to consult us.

Flamenco: flamenco is not typical in Catalunya, but if you are not going to visit the south of Spain and you would like to dine or have a drink in a “tablao” with show, we recommend you to escape from the ones in La Rambla (for tourists) and visit the ones where the people from Barcelona goes when they want to see flamenco: El Patio Andaluz or the Tirititran, both worth visiting and at a five-ten minutes walking distance from the hostal.