Cafe Bar Top

This Long, thin bar has a wide scattering of chrome chairs and tables out front, spilling onto the wide pavement in a mess that stops an evening stroller and invites them to sit and drink. The friendly inhabitants of the so called cafe are its regulars but the bar staff don’t give 100per [...]

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Glaciar Irish Bar

Located in one of the top corners of this rather central square of Barcelona - just off the Ramblas, sits Glaciar bar. No one in our party seems to understand why exactly an Irish bar with a hint of American diner thrown in should have anything to do with ice caps but the [...]

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Groucho Bar - tapas

This is another Barcelona hidden gem, buried down one of the dodgiest looking backstreets I have ever had the honour of walking down. Stray dogs, abandoned shops and young men offering passing tourists “hashish” line the cobbled street as you approach what appears to be the only bar open for 300m, the [...]

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El Reloj Bar Restaurant

Bars open at 530am in the Barcelona are few and far between, but when driving an up-all-night bar crawl around one of the most prestigious cities in the world it is important that such a city has something to offer its morning drinkers as well as its evening drinks and el reloj [...]

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Castell Medieval Garden Bar

While the crowds dance the night away inside the ballroom of this great mock Spanish castle, the castle outdoor bar and mini disco is where jokes are to be had. Here you can get served quite quickly at a relatively empty, well stocked canopy covered bar with one member of staff needed [...]

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Centric Point Hostel Bar

For a youth hostel so embedded in the centre of a city as majestic and fantastic as Barcelona, you could do a lot worse than end up at Centric Point. One of the most compelling features of this establishment is its bar. There is no cash kept behind the counter so there is token [...]

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H-Top Hotel Amaika Bar

Getting in on the all-inclusive action on this hotel or in this hotel group on the Costa Brava means basically free drinks at the bar. Okay this does not account for all drinks but the majority of your basics (G&T, vodka, rum, schnapps, wine, whisky, beer) are all free with mixers. Unfortunately [...]

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Da Bruno Bar and Restaurant
Da Bruno keeps his whole chain of restaurants up and down the Marbella shore line one their toes when it comes to keeping things in order - or does he? We arrive to a garden scene where the restaurant, located in a largely glass-walled building greets us with an unfriendly female [...]

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Castell Medieval Ballroom Bar

A large ballroom with a central stage where flamingo dancers perform with more perspiration on their heads than a bomb diffuser. The rest of the ballroom is filled with ornate wooden furniture and when dancers are not dancing the room fills with classic live music from a band. Families in full force fill the [...]

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Dublin’s Fair City Pub

This pub looks like it took off from somewhere in the UK and landed slap-bang in the middle of Calella. The interior inside is exactly what would be expected from a traditional British pub including good quality Guinness, beer served in pints and a big screen showing sports for its punters. The [...]

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