Boqueria ★

Sweets stall in the Boqueria, Barcelona's central food market off La Rambla. (Photo by Fabio Alessandro Locati)

The central food market on Las Ramblas in Barcelona

Entrance to La Boqueria market. (Photo by Andrea Freepanguin)Barcelona's cenrtal covered food market lies just off La Rambla, packed with stalls filed with ranks of round fruit, stacks of string beans, boxes of earthy mushrooms, fish straight from the docks, bins of briny olives, hocks of serrano ham ready for carving, bags of Valencia oranges, bushels of woodland berries, and piles of dried salt cod.

Many of the stalls have been in the same family for three or four generations.

In fact, there have been meat sellers on or near this spot as far back as the Middle Ages, though the current market was only established in 1840 on the site of the former St Joseph's monastery (hence the "St. Josep" on the sign over the main entrance). The metal roof wasn't added until 1914.

If your Catalan is up to snuff, you can some for regular cooking classes—some for adults, others for adolescents or kids.

Tips & Links

Boqueria details

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ADDRESS

La Rambla, 89 bis–91 /Plaça de la Boqueria
[ Ciutat Vella ]

Tel. +34-933-182-584 or +34-933-182-017
www.boqueria.info

OPEN

Mon-Sat 8am–8:30pm

ADMISSION

Free

TRANSPORT

Metro: Liceu (L3)
Bus: 14, 59, 91
Hop-on/Hop-off route: South (red), North (blue)

TOURS

• Context: Farm to Fork, the Boqueria and Beyond
• Barcelona Gourmet Food and La Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Private Tour: Barcelona Cooking Class with Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Tapas Evening Walking Tour of Barcelona
• Barcelona Photography Walking Tour: Walk Thru The Ages

How long does the Boqueria take?

Planning your day: It's a food market, so spend as long as you'd like—just to take a quick peek in 5 minutes, or spend 20 minutes taking photographs of the colorful stalls, or stick around for lunch.

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Boqueria tours

Here are tours from our partners that visit the Boqueria market:

• Context: Farm to Fork, the Boqueria and Beyond
• Barcelona Gourmet Food and La Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Private Tour: Barcelona Cooking Class with Boqueria Market Walking Tour
• Tapas Evening Walking Tour of Barcelona
• Barcelona Photography Walking Tour: Walk Thru The Ages
• Private Tour: Barcelona Half-Day Sightseeing Tour
• Private Tour: Barcelona Full-Day Sightseeing Tour
• Context: Custom Walk

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

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

 

 

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