Gourmet shopping in Barcelona
Best Gourmet shops in Barcelona
What a city for gourmet! Barcelona is just horribly tempting but there, it is not a sin, it is an art of living.
Walk around and the city and let you go to taste chocolates, pastries, local ice creams and fresh drinks but try as well great wines (the local one is Penedès), charcuterie like the famous Jabugo ham, Butifarras (sausage).
Walk around the markets like Boqueria for colorful experience and finally buy cigars, Spain is the less expensive country in Europe for Habano’s amateurs.
Last detail, food shops often offer vacuum service for your take away victuals.
To know:
Opening times: most of the shops and shopping centers are open from 10.00 (10am) to 20.30 (8:30pm) or 21.30 hours (9:30pm). Traditional shops open from 10.00 (10am) to 14.00 hours (2pm) and from 16.30(4:30pm) to 20.30 hours (8:30pm)
Sales: the winter sales generally begin in the second week of January and last until the end of February and the summer sales begin on 1st July and last until the end of August.
How to pay: most people pay in cash or with a credit card, when you must show your passport or identity card.
Tax Free: residents from outside the European Union may have their Value Added Tax (VAT) returned for purchases of more than €90.15.
See also all the shops of Barcelona in our directory.
Bellart Chocolatery
Bellart Chocolatery: the best chocolate's shop in Barcelona
Boqueria Market
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Can Ravell
Can Ravell, founded in 1929 by Ignassi Ravell this dairy, delicatessen – one of the best of Barcelona for Jabugo and Spanish hams - and restaurant is one of the reference marks of the authentic inhabitants of Barcelona...
El Corte Inglés
El Corte Inglés is Spain's largest department store chain...
L’Estanc Laietana
L’Estanc Laietana: buy cigars in Barcelona
Florentine Cupcakes & Cookies
Florentine Cupcakes & Cookies, the very traditional American way!
Jamonísimo
Amateurs of the Jabugo ham (pata negra), the Iberian hams of Salamanca, in the Extremadura region can not miss this shop...
La Botifarreria de Santa María
La Botifarrería de Santa María, just behind the Santa Maria del Mar church. The specialty are the home made “Botifarras”, catalan sausages...
Reserva Ibérica
Reserva Ibérica is a very nice charcuterie restaurant...
Vila Viniteca
Vila Viniteca is the boutique of the wine connoisseurs..
Vinoteca Torres
In the heard of Barcelona, the Vinoteca Torres, a kind of wine bar and restaurant from the well known Torres winemaker..
Vinya-Roel
Vinya-Roel is a restaurant enoteca in Barcelona where you can enjoy traditional catalan recipes in combination with a full wide-ranging list of wines...
