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Sunday Times Magazine INSTANTESCAPES BARGAIN BARCELONA Gaudí masterworks for nada, cava that’s cheaper than water, and stylish hotels for under £100… ou can do this Spanish city on a budget: just WHAT TO SEE & DO cost £19pp, which is still less than a day pass for Gaudí’s enchanting complex of pathways, Freewheeling: from left, cycling by the sea; you can l You can’t go bargain-hunting on the trafficky, Muzak-playing open-top bus (£20). sculptures, columns and viaducts, to the view the facade of Gaudí’s Casa Milà for nothing; shun its formal restaurants, open-top buses an empty stomach. Make a breakfast-time north of the city. strolling in the Gothic Quarter; Fundació Joan Miró beeline for one of three neighbourhood l To guarantee cut-price shopping success and gimmicky museums. Instead, go Gaudí- bakeries. At Forn de Sant Jaume in L’Eixample at Encants Vells, Barcelona’s most magnificent l Gather an extraordinary picnic lunch at l The Teleferico de Montjuïc 12 is one ticket Y (La Rambla de Catalunya 50; 1 on map), the flea market, arrive at 9am on a Monday, after the atmospheric Boqueria food market (www. worth paying for (£5.60, one-way) – the cable- spotting for free; choose plates of tapas shrewdly coca crema is a long bun with a chunky streak stalls have been replenished. You’ll find cheap- boqueria.info; 8 ) – take in the dangling hams, car glides up to the 17th-century castle 13 at of custard running through it. In beachy La cheap chandeliers, gilt frames, battered seafood on ice, masses of fruit, and the smells! the top of Montjuïc hill. The views are splendid, (sardines over octopus); and ramble from bed Barceloneta, Baluard (Carrer del Baluard 38-40; ‘vintage’ luggage, vinyl, old boots, ancient Mas Gourmets has a few stalls selling Manchego with the spikes of the Sagrada Família poking 2 ) bakes the best loaves; while in El Raval, Forn books, maracas and more (Plaça de les Glòries cheese, olives and Ibérico hams for all budgets. into the sky. While you’re up here, visit the to beach to bar. There’s no need to skimp on Mistral (Ronda de Sant Antoni 96; 3 ) sells Catalanes; Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat; until 3pm; 4 ). Fundació Joan Miró (www.fundaciomiro-bcn. hotels either: cheap boutique sleeps are where scoopfuls of tiny chocolate croissants. l Not many cities are able to reward diligent org; 14 ), where you can see more than 14,000 l Gaudí made an indelible mark on this city – sightseeing with a day at the beach, so make of the great Surrealist’s works for a mere £8.70. Barcelona easily outclasses its citybreak rivals… l Time to look around. Runner Bean Tours and you can see much of his output for free. the most of Barcelona’s choice positioning. (www.runnerbeantours.com) has a free daily On Passeig de Gràcia, Casa Milà (No. 92; 5 ) Barceloneta 9 is its longest sandy stretch, l For respite, the Gothic Quarter is packed with By Laura Goodman walking tour around the winding alleys of features petrified waves of stone and fantastic with the best selection of ice cream, paella lovely patches of shady serenity. The Cathedral the Gothic Quarter. Or try one of Walkabout chimneys, known as espanta bruixes (witch- and coconuts. To the north, try Nova Icària (Plaça de la Seu; 15 ) is free to enter – it has 10 Barcelona’s (00 34 620 700323, www.walk scarers). If you stump up £11 to see the interior Beach if you don’t mind port views – it tends awe-inspiring interiors and a pretty garden. aboutbarcelona.com) inspiring bike tours – of the Sagrada Família (www.sagradafamilia. to be a bit quieter. Bogatell 11 is the sporty Plaça del Rei 16 is roomy and frequented by heading to the coast, or the Collserola hills, cat; 6 ), skip the extra £2.20 for the elevator spot in between, popular among volleyball and musicians, while Plaça de Santa Maria 17 is filled past forest, rivers, farms and vineyards. They – there are better views from Park Güell 7 , table-tennis players, with a good cycle path. with the grand, Gothic shadow of its church.> 130 Sunday Times Travel January 2012 January 2012 Sunday Times Travel 131 INSTANTESCAPES BARGAIN BARCELONA Ask the local Juan Carlos Iglesias Carles Buïgas 1; every half hour at night; see runs Tickets (see www.bcn.es). I also get a lot of pleasure from Where to Eat) with La Rambla 34 – it’s an uplifting, hilarious place. the famous Adrià Inside the Boqueria 8 , I buy a cortado (espresso brothers with a little warm milk) at El Quim (www.elquim delaboqueria.com) – it sets me up for a good ‘I take guests to see shop. Barcelona is Europe’s best city for the (free) Magic eating out; of around 3,000 eateries, 500 are Fountain of Montjuïc wonderful. Dos Palillos is not the trendiest 33 ) – it’s a Disney-like display of water, light, restaurant, but it’s a classic (00 34 933 040513, BARGAIN BARCELONA MAP KEY colour and music, designed by Carles Buïgas www.dospalillos.com; 35 ). For a treat, I love Torre 1. Forn de Sant Jaume in the ’20s. Get there before the jets start de Altamar, which has great set menus for £42 shooting and grab a seat on the stairs of the and dazzling blue views of city, sky and sea (00 2. Baluard National Museum of Catalan Art (Plaça de 34 932 214460, www.torredealtamar.com; 36 ).’ 3. Forn Mistral 4. Placa de les Glories Catalanes (for Els Encants) 22 7 GRACIA 5. Casa Mila 6 4 6. Sagrada Familia 7. Park Guell 29 8. Boqueria L'EIXAMPLE 9. Barceloneta Beach 5 10. Nova Icaria BARCELONA 25 11. Bogatell 1 24 30 19 10 12. Teleferico de Montjuic 28 21 WHERE TO STAY go nuts at the Boqueria food market and unravel Pinotxo (Mercat de la Boqueria; 00 34 933 The price is right: from left, The 5 Rooms; pool 13. Montjuic Castle deck of Gran Hotel La Florida; Tickets tapas bar, Hotel Market (Pasatge de Sant Antoni it all on your dining table. The owners also run 171731; 8 ). The Boqueria market is all it’s 20 part-owned by culinary legend Ferran Adrià 32 14. Fundacio Joan Miro 3 GOTHIC Abad 10; 00 34 933 251205, www.market walking tours and cooking classes. Apartments cracked up to be, and eating on the premises QUARTER 15 EL BORN 35 16 15. Barcelona Cathedral hotel.com.es; 18 ). Two minutes from the sleeping two to six from £114, room only. is a delicious business. You’ll have to get Tickets (Avinguda del Paral.lel 164; www.tickets 23 17 innumerable sandwich options of the giant up early to nab one of 14 bar stools here; bar.es; 27 ). Not a bargain in the traditional 8 31 16. Placa del Rei EL RAVAL 34 2 11 Mercat de Sant Antoni, this place is excellent The 5 Rooms (Carrer de Pau Claris 72; 00 34 energetic owner Juanito will sort you out with sense, but a snip for foodies, Ferran Adrià’s La Rambla 17. Placa de Santa Maria 18 LA BARCELONETA value; its black, white and red rooms are sleek 933 427880, www.thefiverooms.com; 21 ). This a brunch of market-fresh tapas – chickpeas, tapas bar serves some of the gastronomic 18. Hostal Goya and large. Spend leftover pennies on garlicky is a proper pad, run by Jessica Delgado, whose inky baby squid, steamed clams and tripas jiggery-pokery made famous at El Bulli – and 9 shrimp and courgette salad in its brilliant Catalan background in fashion is obvious; the interiors (tripe). Tapas dishes around £4. you can feast for well under £50. Begin with 27 26 19. Hotel Market restaurant. Doubles from £60, room only. are glossy and gorgeous, with exposed brick the ‘olive’ – a smooth olive purée that bursts 36 20. Hotel Pulitzer walls, luxe white linen and the odd bit of velvet. Tapaç 24 (Carrer del la Diputació 269; 00 34 in your mouth. End with the candyfloss tree 33 21. The 5 Rooms Hostal Goya (Carrer de Pau Claris 74; 00 34 Breakfast is at a grand communal table, where 934 880977, www.tapas24.net; 24 ). You’ll be – real-life Willy Wonka. Dishes £5-11. 12 933 022565, www.hostalgoya.com; 19 ). This staff leave you to it. Doubles from £127, B&B. shoved while you wait – the atmosphere in this 22. Gran Hotel La Florida impeccably-run hostel has been in the same basement restaurant is brusquely casual – but WHERE TO DRINK 14 23. La Pallaresa family for three generations, and has more Gran Hotel La Florida (Carretera de Vallvidrera the goodies are gourmet. Even the humble Ubeda Gin Tapas (www.ubedagintapas. Mediterranean Sea 24 24. Pinotxo elegance than most of the city’s swankiest al Tibidabo 83-93; 00 34 932 593000, www. Russian salad is taken to new heights (tuna, com; 28 , 29 , 30 ). You can nurse one of Ubeda’s 13 addresses – that’s why business travellers hotellaflorida.com; 22 ). Elevate your citybreak potato, olives, boiled egg, £3). Lovely bottles bucket-sized G&Ts for hours – the chain of three 25. Tapac24 200m keep coming back. Two beautiful apartments to full-blown holiday status at this beauty on of wine start at £8.70. Tapas dishes around £5. bars in L’Eixample and Gràcia is owned by an Barcelona Airport 26. Alta Taberna Paco Meralgo have recently been added, sleeping four and six. top of Tibidabo hill.
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