Lokale in Barcelona

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

Jordi Vila's Catalan cuisine inside the Moritz brewery

Slow-food vermut terrace at the foot of Montjuic

Born's restored 1852 pastry house

Reborn Gothic classic for honest Catalan cooking

Ten-table owner-run seafood and rice locals' room

Barcelona's centre for contemporary culture and ideas

Belle-epoque cotton-guild palace turned design hotel

A Born cocktail laboratory of ferments and distillates

Raval's serious taqueria and mezcaleria, late and loud

Barrel-table wine taberna with serious Catalan bottles

Albert Adria's 25-course labyrinth, the El Bulli idea reborn

Anna Bellsola's fourth-generation Barceloneta bakery

A foundation devoted to Iberian photography

Tapies's foundation in a Domenech i Montaner landmark

Miro's own museum on Montjuic, by Josep Lluis Sert

Century-old bodega turned surrealist vermut den

The serious business base of the Les Corts belt

A Port Vell waterfront stay where Picasso once worked

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Catalonia's house of contemporary dance on Montjuic

Roman-walled boutique hotel with a cathedral-view roof

Domenech i Montaner's UNESCO Modernista concert hall

A speakeasy behind a pastrami-shop freezer door, Born

Landmark hall and Nitsa, a DJ Mag Top 100 club

Baranowitz+Kronenberg-designed hotel a step off Passeig de Gracia

Creative-district stay with strong social spaces

A 22-room adults-only hideaway down a Gothic alley