Experience Barcelona cuisine

Explore Boqueria Market

Indulge your senses and feast your eyes on the myriad delicacies on offer at Boqueria Market. With everything from tropical fruits, olives and seafood to bakeries, tapas bars and cooking classes, this market is a must-visit for any foodie.

The market began in the 13th century as an open-air market in front of one of Barcelona’s old city walls, where local farmers set up tables to sell their fruits and vegetables. Many of the vendors are ancestors of the families that founded the market. Today, it is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions.

Try the grilled onion calçotada

Calçotada is a traditional Spanish dish made with a familiar ingredient: green onions. The onions are grilled fragrantly, when bitten, the natural sweetness oozes out, blending with the sweet and sour sauce, rich. The special pungent smell lingering in the throat makes people especially excited.

More than just a dish, Calçotada is also considered a big festival. The most famous Calçotada celebration is held in Valls in the last week of January. People will gather to roast onions together, organize onion eating competitions in a very bustling atmosphere.

Visit elBarri Adrià

Voted the number one restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine, elBullí is a three-Michelin-starred restaurant on the Costa Brava owned by world-renowned Catalan chef Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert. After elBullí closed in 2011, Albert Adrià opened several restaurants in the city in his brother’s style, known as elBarri Adrià – The Adrià Zone, most notably Tickets, Barcelona’s top tapas restaurant.

Taste patatas bravas at Bar Tomás

Perhaps the most popular tapas in Barcelona arepatatas bravassimple, a very special creation from potatoes of this bullfighting country's cuisine. "Patatas bravas" means "brave potatoes" - the name refers to the spicy tomato sauce served with cubed potatoes, fried, drained and sprinkled with alioli - a typical Catalan spice. In addition to the delicate sweet and sour, fatty taste, patatas bravas also has the strong aroma of garlic slices. To be more sophisticated, a fried egg is added on top to complete the flavor of this dish. Barcelona locals say that Bar Tomás in the Sarrià area serves the best patatas bravas in the city.

Cool off with horchata at Sirvent

After a day of touring sunny Barcelona, ​​there’s nothing better than stopping by Sirvent in Calle Parlament, famous for its horchata, ice cream and the Spanish nougat known as turrón. Made from chufa, a nut introduced to the region by the Moors, horchata is a pure milky white colour with a light aroma of cinnamon and vanilla. Horchata is a very popular drink in Barcelona.

Enjoy vermuteo culture

In recent years, vermouth – known as vermut in Catalan – has enjoyed a real revival in Barcelona. Often dark, spicy and slightly sweet, vermouth is distilled using a recipe so secret that it’s rare to find two bottles that look, smell and taste the same. While vermouth is an aperitif that can be drunk both day and night, on Sundays locals gather at their favorite taverns tovermuteo- drink vermouth together. Here vermouth is served with snacks such as canned seafood, olives and crisps. The Calle Parlament area of ​​Sant Antoni is famous for its vermuteo culture, while in neighbourhoods like Sants or Les Corts you will find a more traditional atmosphere.

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