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Curated collection · Coffee & walk

Coffee and Modernisme

Modernista commercial interiors that are still businesses rather than museums, so the only way in is to buy something. Ordered from the Rambla up into the Eixample.

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

The route

  1. Pastisseria Escriba

    Ciutat Vella

    Casa Figueras on the Rambla, a 1902 shopfront of mosaic and stained glass.

  2. Els Quatre Gats

    Ciutat Vella

    Ten minutes north, the ground floor of Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Marti.

  3. Farmacia Bolos

    Eixample

    Up in the Eixample, a 1902 pharmacy interior still dispensing.

3 of 3 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.