I'm spending a week in Barcelona around Easter with my partner (both of us are early 30s). Would love to know what some of people's favourite restaurants, bars (not clubs), and activities to do are. We will be seeing all the typical things (Gaudí, etc) so anything off the beaten path is appreciated!

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La Boqueria market! Amazing market with lots of fresh, delicious produce!

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We did the free walking tour and found it super interesting and informative

Download Rick Steeves’ walking tour - interesting and not “touristy”

Definitely rent some bikes to get around.

We took a cooking class for making Paella, it was so much fun. Group of about 20 people. We went to the open market with instructor to purchase food ingredients then had appys and drank lots of Sangria! Then we made a huge pan of paella, ate and drank some more. Everything included was about 50.00 each. Great evening, many laughs! We went thru viator website, I think, very reasonable price!

Corinne we did this too and loved it!

We will be there soon too. Heard the Runnerbean free walking tours were great. The guide gets paid from the tips, so not actually free but my friend said it was great.

https://4gats.com/en/ was the 1st to exhibit Picasso when he was a teenager. It was owned by his friend Ramon Casas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Els_Quatre_Gats

Palau de la Musica, a beautiful old theatre. Recinte Modernista San Pau, an old private hospital and if you are there on the 1st Sunday of the month, it's free to get in.

I second Sant Pau as exquisite Art Nouveau and sits directly on the end of a boulevard with an incredible view of the Sagrada.

This is super cool, thank you for sharing! We will for sure check this out.

Jacob J Pope great place, utterly historic. Great food too.

Check out barcelonahacks.com for lots of good info on Barcelona.

Kait Greer. Any suggestions

Ovella negra was neat, underground caverny feelin kinda bar just off Las ramblas.

If you’re into this:
http://keepcalmandwander.com/botin-restaurant-world.../

You’ll find Mercado San Miguel few steps from here. Don’t miss it.

I took a tour bus and loved it, found out distances are long and with the buses you cover pretty much all of the attractions plus you get discounts to some others.

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Also Montserrat is very cool and easy to get to on the train.

Bilbao Berria for tapas in the Gothic Quarter

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Rubi Bar was very cool. Lots of great gin made in house. https://www.facebook.com/RubiBarRestaurant

Architecture walking tour

El forn neighborhood

Picasso Museum and Santa Maria Del Mar

We did a day trip to Girona which was lovely. We also enjoyed an sunset flamenco performance on the roof of one of the Gaudi buildings. Tickets are pricey, but they include the tour of the building and a couple of drinks on the roof. It was a unique and memorable experience.

Girona is beautiful! Worth a visit

Art shops in the Gothic Quarter down many of the little side streets. You can get a map of them. We bought these beautiful pieces there.

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Loved the food at El Quim in La Boqueria. Bar Bitcora for tapas.La Pepita. L'Arroseria Xatvia for paella. Love the food Barcelona and my favourite Gaudi work is Casa Batllo.

If you like the work of architect Llius Domenech i Montaner (Gaudi studied under), you might enjoy Hospital de Sant Pau or Palau de la Musica. The hospital was my favourite of those two.

El Asador de Aranda on Tibidado

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The Old Fashion Bar!

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http://www.tabernamilgritos.com

Yes, walking tours are great and very informative. You can book online, they are free. Look for the coloured umbrellas. After the tour you tip them.

Theres a little restaurant called Mosquito. Yum

Or Tallars de tappas

Bar Mut and La Pubila (hard to find but worth it) for great tapas and service. Casa Lolea and Llamber - a bit touristy but go during off-times and you will enjoy it. I ended up doing a 3 hour mid afternoon lunch at Llamber and a nice walk around the square. Pizzeria Giulietta near the Sagrada Familia. Enjoy this fantastic city! So easy to get around.

Do a tapas crawl in the Gothic district. So many great places you can’t go wrong. They eat super late in Spain around 10pm so have a siesta in the early evening.

We went to Montserrat. You can get a train ticket that include either the gondola up to the monastery or that another train upto the top. Its a basically a whole day excursion but well worth it and it is quiet cheap and easy to do it by yourself.