La Boqueria

The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, often simply referred to as La Boqueria is a large public market of Barcelona, and one of the city's most visited points, with an entrance from La Rambla. The market has a very diverse selection of goods.

This is an ancient public market. The first mention of the Boqueria dates from 1217, when tables were installed near the old city gate to sell meat. It had been growing and finally, in 1826 the market was legally recognized and a convention held in 1835 decided to build an official structure.

In this market you can find meat, vegetables, fruit, spices, nuts, fish and a lot of other goods. Are you looking for something rare or special? La Boqueria has it.

How to get there?

You can reach the market easily as it is in the Ramblas street. The metro stop is Liceu (L3).

We like La Boqueria because it is a different market. It is very colorful and crowded, and you can find whatever you want.

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El Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, más comúnmente conocido como La Boqueria es un gran mercado público de Barcelona, y uno de los puntos más visitados de la ciudad, con una entrada desde La Rambla.  El mercado tiene una muy variada selección de los productos.

Se trata de un antiguo mercado público. La primera mención de la Boqueria se remonta a 1217, cuando se instalaron unas mesas cerca de la antigua puerta de la ciudad para vender carne. Fue creciendo y, finalmente, en 1826 fue reconocido legalmente como mercado y una convención celebrada en 1835 decidió construir una estructura oficial.

En este mercado puedes encontrar carne, verduras, frutas, especias, frutos secos, pescado y un montón de productos más. ¿Estás buscando algo raro o especial? La Boqueria tiene.


¿Cómo llegar?

Se puede llegar fácilmente al mercado, ya que está en la calle de las Ramblas. La parada de metro es Liceu (L3).

Nos gusta la Boquería, ya que es un mercado diferente. Es muy colorido y lleno de gente, y puedes encontrar lo que quieras.

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Sant Antoni Market

Sant Antoni is a hidden market of Barcelona, where people can buy fresh products. Some say that this market is like the Boqueria market but larger and without tourists. Colorful stalls for alimentation, fruit, vegetables, fish and seafood, the Mercat de Sant Antoni at the southwestern edge of the Raval is one of the largest market halls in Barcelona still in activity. The steel-skeleton building (1872-82) – now is being repaired - by Antoni Rovira i Trias occupies the area of a complete block of streets and the market offers also tapas bars.

Curious fact: on Sunday from 8.30am to 2.30pm just around the outside of the building there is a book and coin market for all the collectors out there. You will find a tremendous assortment of old books, magazines, comics, postcards, records, coins, stamps but also textiles..

The opening times of the market are:

Monday to Thursday: 7-14:30 and 17-20:30
Friday, Saturday and vigils: 7-20:30

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Sant Antoni es un mercado oculto de Barcelona, donde la gente puede comprar productos frescos. Algunos dicen que este mercado es como el mercado de la Boquería, pero más grande y sin turistas. Coloridos puestos de alimentación, frutas, verduras, pescados y mariscos, el Mercat de Sant Antoni en el borde suroeste del Raval es uno de los mayores mercados en Barcelona todavía en actividad. El edificio de acero esqueleto (1872-1882) - está siendo reparado - ocupa el área de un bloque completo de las calles y el mercado ofrece también bares de tapas.

Dato curioso: los domingos de 8:30 a 14:30 a la vuelta de la parte exterior del edificio hay un mercado de libros y monedas para todos los coleccionistas. Encontrarás una gran variedad de libros viejos, revistas, cómics, postales, documentos, monedas, telas...

Los horarios del mercado:

Lunes - Jueves:  7-14:30 y 17-20:30
Viernes, Sábado y festivos: 7-20:30

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Granja la Pallaresa

“La Pallaresa” is a cute café next to La Rambla of Barcelona. Here you can have a nice cup of coffee or a hot chocolate cup while being in the centre of Barcelona. 

You should taste the churros, which are very common in Spain and can be a sweet breakfast! What’s more, people from Barcelona say that in this café they serve the best chocolate of Barcelona.

The waiters were very friendly and had always a smile on their faces.

As we said before, it is located in a street next to La Rambla. The name of the street is ‘Petritxol’. 

If you click HERE you can go to their Facebook page.

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"La Pallaresa" es una cafeteria encantadora al lado de las Ramblas. Puedes tomarte una taza de café o uno de los mejores chocolates calientes - según dice la gente.

¡Prueba los churros, están bueníssimos!

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El servicio es muy simpático y siempre llevan una sonrisa que te alegra el día.

Como hemos dicho antes, está al lado de las Ramblas, en la calle Petritxol.

Haz click AQUÍ para ver su página de Facebook.

These are churros with hot chocolate

EL CAMELL

Nowadays called 'El mercadillo', the antique shop known as 'El camell' especially for its camel sculpture on the entrance, is one of the hidden boutiques of Barcelona. It is a charming space, a secret garden full of vegetation, quiet, peaceful and perfect for spend time far from stress of Barcelona.

You can find from earrings to 'Green day' sweatshirts. Whatever you want, it’s on ‘El camell’. Besides, upstairs there’s a fantastic garden-bar where you can relax surrounded as if you were in a forest.

It’s located on the middle of Barcelona, between les Rambles and Portal de l’Àngel. You can get off the train at Plaça Catalunya, go down les Rambles and search the street Portaferrissa 17. It’s opened from Monday to Saturday, from 11.00 to 21.00.

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Hoy en día llamado 'El mercadillo', la antigua tienda conocida com 'El camell' por la estátua de un camello en su entrada, es una de las tiendas escondidas de Barcelona. Es un sitio tranquilo, con un jardín secreto pacífico y perfecto para pasar un rato alejado de la bulliciosa ciudad.

Puedes encontrar desde todo tipo de pendientes, hasta camisetas de 'Green day'. Lo que quieras, lo encontrarás. Además, arriba tiene un fantástico bar-jardín donde puedes relajarte como si estuvieras en un bosque.

Está en medio de Barcelona, entre las Ramblas y Portal de l'Àngel. Puedes bajarte del tren en Plaça Catalunya, ir hacia las Ramblas y buscar la calle Portaferrisa, nº 17. Está abierto de lunes a sábado, de 11:00 a 21:00.

Burger King

Burger King is well-known all over the world. If you need to have a cheap meal you know Burger King is one of the options you can choose. 

Everybody knows the menu and how Burger King works. This is why we are not going to explain that. 

You can find a great amount of this fast-food restaurants in Barcelona. There are more or less 24 locals. In this next picture you can see some of them:

If you want more information or want to know the menu and promotions click HERE.

La Rambla

La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, next to Plaça Catalunya and Portal de l’Àngel, popular with tourists and locals alike. It connects Plaça Catalunya with the Christopher Columbus Monuments at Port Vell. It forms boundary between the quarters of Barri Gòtic (East) and El Raval (West).

La Rambla is crowded because of its popularity. There you can find all kinds of shops where you can buy everything you wish: flowers, souvenirs, ice creams, newspapers... There are also street performers and pavement cafes and bars.

Walking along La Rambla you can find some historic buildings as the famous Liceu Theatre in which operas and ballets are staged. You can also find La Boqueria, the most famous market in Barcelona where you can buy exotic and rare goods.

To reach La Rambla is very easy. You can go with the metro:

L3 because it runs beneath the length of La Rambla. Stations: Catalunya, Liceu and Drassanes.

You can also go with the L1 and stop in Plaça Catalunya and reach La Rambla.

Personally, La Rambla is one of our favourite places in Barcelona. You can find anything you want and very different people take a walk in La Rambla and enjoy one of the best places of Barcelona.

Plaça Catalunya

 Today we are going to inform you about ‘Plaça de Catalunya’, meaning in English "Catalonia Square”. This plaça is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be its city centre. From this plaça we can go to ‘Portal de l’Àngel’, ‘Passeig de Gràcia’, ‘El Barri Gòtic’ or ‘Les Rambles’, two of the busiest places in Barcelona. (We will post more information about these places soon).

We can reach ‘Plaça Catalunya’ easily. We can go there by metro, bus… Nevertheless, we recommend the metro because it is very simple. You can take the following lines: L1, L3, L6 and L7.

Once we arrive to the plaça, we will be surrounded by high buildings, shops and restaurants. The plaça is round and it is surrounded by some benches and green areas, with some trees that provide shade and beautiful fountains.

In this plaça we will find some stands in which we can buy food for the big number of pigeons, which we can always find in the plaça. Children love buying birdseeds and running among the pigeons.

As we have said before, we can find shops and restaurants. The most recognized shops we can find are Desigual and Sfera, and there are two of the most important shopping centres, which are “El Corte Inglés” (one of the most prestigious department stores in Spain) and “El Triangle”, which is our favourite because inside we can find Urban Outfitters, FNAC, cafés (like Starbucks), restaurants like UDON and Buenas Migas and some more.

Personally, we think this place is one of the most beautiful of Barcelona. We love the atmosphere and, even though it can be crowded, it is lovely. We like the fact that ‘Plaça Catalunya’ connects everything important in Barcelona.

Curious fact: when it is Winter, people can go to a skating rink that is put there. It is beautiful and a different way to enjoy this place!


We truly recommend this site in Barcelona. You can’t leave Barcelona without having visited it!

Hotel Continental Barcelona***

Continental Barcelona is a hotel located on the Ramblas and just by the Plaza de Catalunya. This hotel offers charming rooms, with the Barcelona best views you would find. Rooms are so warm and cosy.

FACILITIES

       

• Free Wi-Fi 
• Pets are allowed 
• 24h free buffet 
• Close by the Ramblas 

To book or know more about it, click here.

HOW TO GET THERE?
FROM BARCELONA AIRPORT (BCN) TO HOTEL CONTINENTAL BARCELONA

TAXI: In the Airport of Barcelona BCN there is a great flow of Taxis at your disposition. The journey takes approximately 30. See amount in taxa meter. The Taxi will leave you at the entrance of the Hotel. Ask the driver to take you to: Hotel Continental Barcelona 138 Rambla de Canaletes.

AEROBUS: The AeroBus takes you directly from the Airport to Barcelona. Plaza Catalunya is the nearest stop to Hotel Continental Barcelona. The bus runs from 5:00am until 1:00am, every day, all year round. The bus stop is only a 5 minutes walk from the Hotel.

TRAIN: The TRAIN from the Airport takes you directly to Barcelona and Passeig de Gracia station. The schedule is from 6.00am until 23:30pm, with a frequency of 20 minutes. The journey lasts 20 minutes until Passeig de Gracia Station. The Hotel Continental Barcelona is only 10 minutes walking distance from the Psg. de Gracia Station.


SANTS TRAIN STATION

TAXI: At Sants Train station there are always taxis waiting. The journey takes about 15 minutes. Ask the driver to bring you to Hotel Continental Barcelona, Rambla de Canaletes, 138.

METRO:From Sants train station metro Line number 3 direction Canyelles, takes you to Plaça Catalunya which is within 5 minutes walking distance to the Hotel. If you plan to travel more than 5 journeys with the metro during your stay, we recommend buying the T10 that can be between people travelling together.

BUS: Bus number 66 Collblanc-Verneda takes you to the corner of Gran Vía with Rambla Cataluña, within 10 minutes walking distance.

Hotel Continental Barcelona - La Rambla, 138. Barcelona, Spain