Quick meals in Barcelona

From left: Lines form at lunch for the hot sandwiches at Conesa Entrepans; prepared dishes at Mauri; picnic fixings at La Boqueria market; tapas at Sagardi.

Where to eat on the run and get picnic fixings in Barcelona

In addition to an the classic tascas—evening tapas bars where the tables are laden with bite-sized samplers of delisicous nibbles—there are plenty of places to grab a quick bite to eat in Barcelona.

For a meal on the run in Eixample, Mauri has been turning out excellent pastries, sandwiches, and empanadas since 1929 at Rambla de Catalunya 103, at the corner with Carrer de Provença (tel. +34-932-158-146; www.pasteleriasmauri.com).

In the old city, local office workers line up for the excellent grilled sandwiches at no-nonsense Conesa Entrepans, a Barri Gotíc institution since 1951, at Carrer de la Llibreteria 1 at Plaça Saint Jaume (tel. +34-933 101 394; www.conesaentrepans.com).

The best picnic pickings by far are at the excellent La Boquería market on Las Ramblas; it’s loaded with produce, meats, fish, and cheeses.

Tips & Links

Barcelona food tours

• Tapas, wine, & chocolate
• Cooking & markets
• Dinners
• Daytrips

• Tapas Evening Walking Tour of Barcelona
• Context: Pica-Pica in Poble-Sec Tapas Walk
• Barcelona Tapas Tour “en el barrio”
• Barcelona Cycle & Tapas
• Spanish Wine Tasting in Barcelona
• Context: City of Chocolate
• Small-Group Barcelona Chocolate and Sweets Walking Tour

• Context: My Barcelona Kitchen
• Small-Group Barcelona Cooking Class
• Private Tour: Barcelona Cooking Class with Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Context: Farm to Fork, the Boqueria and Beyond
• Barcelona Gourmet Food and La Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Context: Modernista Menu: Avant-Garde Barcelona Cuisine

• Context: Modernista Menu: Avant-Garde Barcelona Cuisine
• Barcelona Gourmet Tapas and Private Flamenco Show in a Medieval Palace
• Barcelona Gourmet Dinner on a Deluxe Glass-Roof Bus
• Flamenco Night at Tablao Cordobes

• Small-Group Tour: Traditional Food and Wine Day Trip from Barcelona
• Small-Group Cava and Wine Day Trip from Barcelona
• Sitges and Freixenet's Cava Wine Cellars Day Trip from Barcelona
• Barcelona Super Saver: City Tour, Sitges and Freixenet Cava Day Trip
• Barcelona Super Saver: Sitges, Freixenet Cava Wine Cellars and Montserrat Tour
• Small-Group Montserrat Tour from Barcelona: Wine and Cheese Tasting with Optional Golf Round
• Catalan Culture Tour from Barcelona: Food Market, Montblanc and Human Tower Festival
• Small-Group Catalonia Tour from Barcelona: Alella Wine Tasting, Catalan Food and Human Tower Displays

 

 

Useful links & resources

SIGHTS

Barcelona tourist info: Barcelonaturisme.com (info office), Guiadelocio.com (events mag); Catalunya.com (regional info), Spain.info

Sightseeing passes: Barcelona Card (20+ sights; transport; discounts), Museum Pass (6 sights)

Tours & activities: Viator.com, ContextTravel.com, UrbanAdventures.com, City-Discovery.com, Intrepidtravel.com, Gadventures.com

LODGING

Hotels: Booking.com, Venere.com, Priceline.com, Hotels.com

B&Bs: Booking.com, Bedandbreakfast.com, Airbnb.com, Venere.com

Apartments: Rentalo.com, Vrbo.com, Booking.com, Airbnb.com, Interhomeusa.com, Homeaway.com

Hostels & campgrounds: Hostelbookers.com, Hostelworld.com, Hostelz.com, Booking.com

TRANSPORT

Airfares:

• Momondo.com
• AutoEurope.com
• Vayama.com
• CheapOair.com
• Cheapflights.com
• DoHop.com
• CheapTickets.com
• Priceline.com

Airports: Aena.es

Trains: Raileurope.com (throughout Europe), Renfe.com (within Spain), Bahn.de (throughout Europe), Seat61.com

Public transport: Barcelona Card (free transport; sightseeing); Search all public transit: mou-te.gencat.cat; Metro/Bus: Tmb.cat; Tram: Trambcn.com; Light rail: Fgc.cat; Taxi: Taxibarcelona.cat

Car rentals: Autoeurope.com, RentalCars.com, Momondo.com, Orbitz.com, Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, Kayak.com

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