Nightlife · Ciutat Vella
El Xampanyet
El Xampanyet is a bar on Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona's Born, opened in 1929 and known for its tiled walls, marble counter and house sparkling wine.

Why it matters
Included for its tiled interior and its position: it stands on the medieval palace street that also holds the Picasso Museum, and is one of the last pre-war bars on it.
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Sources & verification
- coordinates.latitude
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
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- coordinates.longitude
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- address.formatted
- Cens de locals en planta baixa amb activitat economica (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Address as recorded by the authoritative gazetteer that supplied the coordinate.
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Museums & galleries
Museu d'Historia de Catalunya
Ciutat Vella
The Museu d'Historia de Catalunya occupies the Palau de Mar, a converted nineteenth-century port warehouse on the Barcelona waterfront, and presents the history of Catalonia across two permanent floors.
Parks & gardens
Parc de la Ciutadella
Ciutat Vella
Parc de la Ciutadella is a public park in Barcelona's Ciutat Vella, laid out on the site of an eighteenth-century fortress and remodelled for the Universal Exposition of 1888. It contains the Catalan parliament, a lake and the Cascada monumental fountain.
Restaurants
Bodega La Puntual
Ciutat Vella
Bodega La Puntual is a restaurant on Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona's Born, in a ground-floor space within the street's run of medieval merchant palaces.
Shopping
Casa Gispert
Ciutat Vella
Casa Gispert is a dried-fruit and nut merchant on Carrer dels Sombrerers in Barcelona's Born, trading since 1851 and still roasting on the premises in a wood-fired oven at the back of the shop.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
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