If you are on a tight budget and looking for great inexpensive places, this section is for you! We’ll be updating you weekly on places that are really worth visiting. For those of you who are fond of fine places with “fine” prices enjoy this local selection -these ones you won’t easily find in just any tourist guide!
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The Barcelona bars spread around the whole city. There are plenty of bars not only in the Barri Gotic ane the Ramblas but also Raval, Gracia, Eixample and Poblenou.
Eixample
El Cyrano (c/Aribau) - a self service bar where you can buy a drink for 3-4€ and you get popcorn for free. Not only do you make your own drinks but you can also refill the popcorn bowl as much often as you want.
Summum (c/Aribau, 66) – drink lounge with International Thursdays and Sunday Salsa Nights. On the special evenings the price of mojito only 4€ and a beer 1,50€.
Chupiteria Espit (c/Consejo de Ciento, 268) – an original shots bar (“chupitos” in Spanish). There are hundreds of interestingly mixed chupitos, full of colours and flavours. Prices range from 2,5€ up to 4€ for the most expensive drinks.
Gracia
Nymfas (c/Riera de Sant Miquel, 47) – a small but very nice disco bar with good electro music. The drinks cost 3,50-4 € and beer 2-2,50€. Open until 4 am.
St.Germain (c/Torrent de l’Olla, 113) – a bar that serves tasty food such as nachos, burritos, salads, tortillas. The price for a meal is around 8€ and the drinks around 5€.
Gato Negro (c/Sant Lluis, 35)– a cozy bar that serves drinks and tapas at very affordable prices. An ideal place to socialise with the locals. 0,25l beer for only 1€!
Barri Gotic and Raval
El bosque de las hadas – the forest of the fairies. A unique bar that really brings you into a fairytale. The super authentic decoration really has you expecting a fairy godmother to fly in and join you for a drink! Although, it is not the cheapest place, it’s definitely one of the most amazing bars in Barcelona! The price of a beer is around 3,5-4€.
Ovella Negra (c/ Sitges, 5) – One of the two famous “Black Sheeps”. A place with a minimalist design – stone floor, wooden tables and benches and no music, but the best and cheapest sangria in Barcelona – 2 litres for 10€.
Zelig (c/del Carme, 116) – a Dutch bar with a cozy back area screening film projections. 80s music, electro pop and indie by resident DJ. Beer every night between 7.30pm – 10 pm for 1,50€.
Bar Tequila (c/Escudellers, 28) - unique rock bar equiped with headphones where you can choose your favourite songs! Wide range of music from classic rock to indie and alternative.
Poblenou
El Sonora (c/Pamplona, 96) – sport tavern with an Irish spirit. Wooden chairs and tables, decoration with American sport motives and 0,5l beer for 2,5€. The food is served until 12pm. There is an Erasmus Night every Wednesday when the beer costs only 2€ and you can get “patatas bravas” for 1€ until 23.30.
Rockbar (c/Sancho de Avila, 84) – a disco bar for all rock fans. There are often live performances of young and alternative musicians. Very small and always full of people. Open on Fridays and Saturdays.
Ovella Negra (c/Zamora, 78) – the second of the two “Black Sheep” in Barcelona. Located in an old factory, has a very different atmosphere to the sister bar in Raval. Extremely big, with colorful walls, music and slightly cheaper sangria.
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Eixample
Sheng (Gran Via, 534) – a great Chinese buffet where you can eat as much you want, taking countless refills and paying only 8€! You have a very wide variety of food at your disposal – vegetables, noodles, fish, meat, sushi (!), salads, soups, fruit, pastry and ice- creams. You can eat as much as you want and will pay extra only for a drink.
Come una Volta (c/Roger de Flor, 246) – a traditional Italian spot with different pasta dishes and 20 types of pizza and homemade desserts. The 6,50€ lunch menu includes salad, pasta, drinks and coffee. Dinner menu for 10€.
Vitali Pizza (c/Paris, 109 & Gran Via, 931) – homemade pizza delivery with special offers like 15€ for three large cheese pizzas. Possibility of paying by credit card.
Barceloneta/Port Vell
Champañeria (c/Reina Cristina, 7) – this is a unique tapas bar where you can enjoy specialties of Catalunya such as different kinds of meat, sausages, and cheese, while drinking appetizing cava. The prices range from 1,50€ - 3,5€ per tapa, cava included!
Gracia
I Monelli (c/Torrent de l’Olla, 99) – tiny but cosy aperitif bar where you can have a drink and eat delicious tapas very cheaply. There is a tapas buffet, where you can refil your plate with all types of different snacks, ham, cheese, vegetables, fruit, pasta and desserts as well.
Shhh… No se lo digas a Nadie ( pl. Virreina) - Really nice, cosy place with delicious catalan tapas. On Sundays free flamenco shows. Beer for a price of 2€!
Barri Gotic and Raval
Margarita Blue (c/Josep Anselm Clave, 6) – stylish restaurant/bar with chillout music during weekdays and more of a party atmosphere at the weekends. Lunch menu (salad, taco and a drink) for 5,80€. Drinks every night for 6€.
Marmalade (c/Riera Alta, 4-6– a cocktail bar and a restaurant. A wide variety of warm and cold tapas, complete dinner plates and desserts. The tapas and desserts start from 3,5€ and the cocktails from 5€. Mostly recommended on Sundays for the special offers.
Rosa Negra (Via Laietana, 46) & Rosa del Raval (c/ dels Àngels, 6) – Mexican restaurant/bar which serves homemade guacamole, nachos, salsa, quesadillas, tacos and burritos. Happy Hour with margaritas and mojitos for 3,50€ from Monday to Friday at 18:00-20:00. Daily menu two-course lunch (drink included) for 9€ from Monday to Friday between 13:00 and 16:00.
Charley (c/Ample, 33) - popular students bar that serves big 200g burgers, meat sticks and sadwiches at prices below 10€. Special offer: anti-crisis menu for 5.10€! Possibility of take away. International staff. Following their slogan - quality, quantity and good price!
Ovni (Via Laietana, 32) - buffet-restaurant with minimalistic design. Wide range of healthy food, such as salad buffet for 10€ and take away for only 3€! For these ones who are not very big fans of salads - pastas and pizza. One slice of pizza for only 0.80€!
Mosquito (C/ Carders, 46) - maybe not the cheapest place ever, but still very affordable! Oriental tapas, ranging from vegatables and various dumplings to the soups and noodles. They serve special beverages, like Japanese ginger tea or Vietnamese coffee. Definietly worth visiting!
Pizza Paco/Casa Paco (Barri Gotic/Born) - lovely pizzeria located on a cosy square in a beautiful Gothic Quarter. They serve really delicious pizza in the affordable range of prices. Yummy!
Other
Subway – popular sandwich fast food:
A regular Spanish bar – these typically Spanish places are in every district, almost in every street. They are more like cafes where you can drink coffee and have a meal during lunch time – from a “bocadillo” (baguette) to a whole 3 course menu. The price of a sandwich: 2,5€ - 4,5€ and 3-courses lunch menu: 7-9€
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Razzmatazz (c/Almogàvers, 122) – probably the biggest club in Barcelona. There are 5 rooms with different music – electro, rock, indie, pop, britpop. Entrance: weekends - 15€ with one drink included; concerts 15-30€; Wednesdays for free.
Apolo (c/Nou de la Rambla 111) – 2-room club with electro and indie rock music. Entrance (with one drink included): Nasty Mondays 12€, Crappy Tuesdays 10€, Weekend 15€
Sidecar (Plaça Reial, 7) – smaller than Razzmatazz and Apolo, but very similar in style: electro, rock, indie and britpop music. The entrance depends on the event and artist: from 5€ up to 20€ (with 1 drink included)
Suborn (Passeig Picasso, 42) – popular place within the local community with a restaurant that serves Mediterranean cuisine. Minimal house, electro, soul, funk, and groove. Open Thursdays – Saturdays until 3am.
Magic (Passeig Picasso 40) – rock’n’roll club with the usual entrance of 10€.
JazzSi (c/Requesens, 2) - Taller de Musics. This is a great place for all music lovers! Jam Sessions with different music styles almost every day. Everyone is welcome to come and play! From 5€ with 1 drink included.
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Parc de la Ciutadella – beautiful park with a fountain, lake in the middle with boat hire, zoo and a museum. If you want to spend a nice afternoon, just hanging out, lying on the grass under a palm tree and feeling sun on your face – this place is ideal. There are always lots of young people around, lots of artists and just a pleasant atmosphere.
Parc Guell – one of the main tourist spots, amazingly beautiful and inspiring. Unfortunately, always full of people, but still worth going just to hang out.
Arc de Triomf – despite the tourist spot, a popular meeting spot for young people. You can see groups of people dancing, playing, roller-skating, reading or simply socializing. Worth going on Saturday when you can join local people passing their spare time.
Port Vell, Mare Magnum - if you are on the Ramblas, go a little bit down to the Colombus, and you will see many people chilling in the Port area. Mare Magnum is the shopping mall with the great area around. There’s nothing better than chilling in the sun at the water with spectaluar views of Montjuic, Marina and the city.
Plaza Lesseps - It is a Metro Station with a wide green zone with many benches and skating ramps. A hot spot not only for Barcelona’s skaters but for everyone who is looking for a chilling place in the neighbourhood of Gracia.
Bogatell/Marbella beaches - Barcelona has around 5km of beaches, but the tourists usually know only about Barceloneta. Bogatell and Mar Bella are located farther away from the centre, but are definitely quieter and less crowded. Just perfect for a chilling afternoon or Sunday picnic!
Districts of : Raval, Barri Gotic, El Born – You can see young people hanging out in Raval, Barri Gotic, El Born district (however, best to avoid it at night because it can be a little dangerous, especially for the tourists!). You will find people skating, sitting and playing music at almost every little square between all these small, beautiful, Spanish streets.
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