Tag: Barcelona

Categories
Parks and Gardens

Jardí Botànic de Barcelona

The new botanic gardens take visitors through a range of habitats

Possibly you’re not visiting Barcelona to discover the native habitats of Australia, Chile, the Canary Islands, or South Africa, but the Jardí Botànic de Barcelona does it for you in some style. There is a theme that may not be immediately obvious: all these locations have a ‘Mediterranean-type climate’.

You do get to explore some vegetation native to the Mediterranean, however, and helpful signage along the way means you may learn something in the process.

Views over the Olympic buildings are a bonus.

Plants endemic to the Canary Islands at the Jardí Botànic de Barcelona

Entry is a reasonable €3.50, though the first Sunday of the month and Sundays after 3:00pm entry is free.

Web

Click here for more of Barcelona’s best attractions

Or here for Barcelona’s best restaurants and bars

Or here for Barcelona’s best hotels

Categories
Markets

Mercat de Santa Caterina

The iconic roof of the Santa Caterina market

Santa Caterina is Barcelona’s earliest covered market, which saw an upgrade from the late 1990s with an iconic new roof. Stallholders offer the wide range of produce you expect from local markets, while a couple of bars and Cuines Santa Caterina offer tapas and bigger plates. The old town location makes it an easy attraction for visitors.

Arguably Barcelona's widest range of tomatoes on display at Santa Caterina Market

Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Web (Catalan only)

Click here for more of Barcelona’s best attractions

Or here for Barcelona’s best restaurants and bars

Or here for Barcelona’s best hotels

Categories
Markets

Mercat de Sant Antoni

The recently restored Mercat de Sant Antoni definitely an attraction

After a multi-year restoration the Mercat de Sant Antoni reopened in early 2018. The focus was on serving the community, so there aren’t the vendors selling tubs of pre-prepared food you expect at, say, La Boqueria. Sadly, there are only a couple of dining establishments at all, which seems a missed opportunity.

Sant Antoni Market (produce): Monday to Saturday 8:00am to 8:00pm.
“Charms” Market (mostly clothes): Mondays and Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10:00am to 8:30pm.

Book market (outdoors) on Sundays.

Web (Catalan and Spanish only)

Click here for more of Barcelona’s best attractions

Or here for Barcelona’s best restaurants and bars

Or here for Barcelona’s best hotels