
nightlife
Dr. Stravinsky
A cocktail bar done up as a mad alchemist’s lab – test tubes, fermenting jars.
Barcelona nightlife at its best – the bars, clubs, parties and late nights that make this city unforgettable.

A cocktail bar done up as a mad alchemist’s lab – test tubes, fermenting jars.

One of Barcelona’s most exciting craft beer utopias.

The Barceló Raval’s 360° rooftop – pool, loungers and a full turn of the city, over a lounge doing Mediterranean tapas below.

The space is an embodiment of the founders’ passion for American craft beer and food.

This self-dubbed “cocktail bar and book collection” is the latest gem to appear in Les Corts.

Among the flurry of one of La Rambla’s many Gòtic tributaries, Sub Rosa would be everyone’s regular watering hole, if only there was enough space.

Revered Danish craft beer bar Kælderkold now has a younger sister.

Founded by Javier de las Muelas, Gimlet was the first of what is now a global empire of cocktail bars.

This tiny nightclub packs a mighty electronic punch.

Urban art, a soul kitchen plus live concerts and DJs.

This diminutive wine bar is revered as one of the city’s very best.

You’ll find one of Barcelona’s best music venues in the basement of a Greek restaurant.

Cannabis clubs are proliferating as readily as the weed itself.

Sants’ pioneering craft-beer bar – house brews on a hidden village square.

They serve no less than 10 versions of the much-loved drink.

Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.

This “five-star dive bar” is the result of Moe and AJ’s dedication and love for cocktail shaking.

This hidden cocktail bar in Gràcia offers coffee in the morning, vermouth in the afternoon and a killer cocktail by night.

A tiny Raval cocktail bar with no menu – tell Javier and Eduard what you like.

Paradiso serves up unusual and creative cocktails.

Naturally, you can sip all of Hemingway’s favorite tipples, from the simple scotch & soda to gimlets and martini.

Founded in 1943, this is one of the city’s premier live music venues and nightclubs.

A calm, old-school terrace seven floors above La Rambla, with a small rooftop pool.

Good music, strong cocktails and lots of locals at this Raval dive bar.

The order of the night is techno.

Electronic beats are eschewed in favor of funk, disco, soul and Afrobeat rhythms.

This lofty space boasts over 200 different brews from every corner of the globe.

Big Bang Bar has long been a mecca for local musicians and traveling tunesmiths looking to share music on an intimate stage.

Casa Bonay’s space has been designed with the assistance of audiophiles Amit and Aneesh Patel, owners of London bar Brilliant Corners.

This expat-owned bar sits in part of a 450-year-old Modernist palace.