Στέκια in Barcelona

Jordi Cruz's three-star flagship in an uptown garden estate

Jordi Vila's Catalan cuisine inside the Moritz brewery

Two-star modern Catalan from Canadian-Catalan chef Jordi Artal

Three Michelin stars in a theatre of open kitchens

Belle-epoque cotton-guild palace turned design hotel

Three-star elBulli alumni at the creative peak of Spanish gastronomy

Michelin-starred Asian-Spanish tapas behind a Raval bar

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

The serious business base of the Les Corts belt

A Port Vell waterfront stay where Picasso once worked

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Martin Berasategui's three-star Basque temple inside the Monument Hotel

Roman-walled boutique hotel with a cathedral-view roof

Two-star cooking served at a counter, not a white-tablecloth room

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

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

Belle-epoque grand classic where moneyed Barcelona has dined since 1967