Barcelona - Nightlife : Bars - Clubs

BARCELONA - Nightlife

Barcelona is increasingly gaining a reputation as one of Europe's real party cities and deservedly so. Things may start slowly with some food and a few drinks after siesta finishes (at about 1700), but they soon gather pace and by 2300 the city is buzzing. Friday and Saturday nights are when the city is at its liveliest, but the drinking and dancing keeps going throughout the week. Bars are usually open until 0200 or 0300, while clubs and discos keep going until 0500 or 0600. Port Olímpic is particularly buzzing on summer nights, as is Port Vell, where the Maremagnum shopping complex bizarrely metamorphoses into a nefarious collage of cafés, bars and nightclubs and

even a mini-golf course open on the roof late into the night. In the last few years, bars modernos with music and designer decor have been popular with a young ultra-hip clientele across the city.

Bars
Xampanyerías (champagne bars) serving sparkling Catalan wine (cava) are a speciality of the city. Good places for cava include La Folie, Carrer Bailén 169, La Cava del Palau, Carrer Verdaguer I Callis 10, and El Xampanyet, Carrer Montcada 22 ...

Casinos
Gran Casino de Barcelona, Carrer de la Marina 19-21 (tel: (93) 225 7878; website: www.casions-catalunya.com), is open 1300 to 0500 daily ...

Clubs & discos
Bizarre night-time adventures can be enjoyed at Sub 34.3, Maremagnum, Port Vell - it may be expensive but admission includes the chance to go underwater in the club's own submarine ...

Live music
Large-scale rock and pop concerts by international stars can be heard at the Palau Sant Jordi, the Estadi Olímpic and Camp Nou ...

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© Pierre Babin

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