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An Evening in the Old City

Four rooms that have served drinks in Ciutat Vella and Poble-sec for the better part of a century, arranged from the Born westward.

Assembled and reviewed by Global City Intelligence on 2026-09-07. The order below is a suggested route, not a ranking.

The route

  1. El Xampanyet

    Ciutat Vella

    A tiled 1929 bar on the medieval palace street of Montcada.

    Photograph of El Xampanyet in Barcelona
    El Xampanyet (Barcelona) This is a photo of a building listed in the Catalan heritage register as Bé Cultural d'Interès Local (BCIL) under the reference IPA-43048 . Enric · CC-BY-SA-4.0

  2. Bodega La Puntual

    Ciutat Vella

    A few doors along the same street, for a longer sit.

  3. Bar Marsella

    Ciutat Vella

    West across the Rambla into the Raval, largely unaltered.

    Photograph of Bar Marsella in Barcelona
    Bar Marsella, c. Sant Pau 65 - c. Sant Ramon 1 (Barcelona). Enric · CC-BY-4.0

  4. Quimet & Quimet

    Sants-Montjuic

    Further out in Poble-sec, a standing bodega run by one family since 1914.

4 of 4 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.