Places in Barcelona

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

Born's restored 1852 pastry house

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

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

A foundation devoted to Iberian photography

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

Morning bar for specialty coffee and house viennoiserie

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

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

Slow-food vermut terrace at the foot of Montjuic

Tapies's foundation in a Domenech i Montaner landmark

Creative-district stay with strong social spaces