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View all →Da Nanni Barcelona, the City's Own Neapolitan Pizza Chain
Ranked 45th in the 50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains 2025 and the only one of four Spanish chains on that list founded inside Barcelona. Six counters and trattorias, from €3.
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Romanesque Barcelona, the 2-Hour Walk Before the Gothic
Six buildings from the 12th and 13th centuries are all that is left of the city before the Gothic, and the distance between them is trivial. Opening hours are the real obstacle. A stop-by-stop route and why Santa Maria del Mar is not on it.
Scuba Diving in Barcelona, What Dive Shops Leave Out
A try dive on the city coast runs 40-85 €, an Open Water card 360-399 €, and Spanish law lets an eight-year-old dive to 6 m while no agency will take one under ten. Depths, rules, seasons and the 12-hour rule that ruins last-day dives.
Torre Bellesguard, Gaudí's Castle That Closes at 3pm
The only major Gaudí house in Barcelona with no queue, and the reason is a five-hour opening window rather than its hillside address. Transport from the centre, a step-by-step morning, and the roof walk that most visitors rush.
Barcelona in August, What's Open, What Shuts and When
What stays open and what closes for the holidays in August, how to use the Gràcia and Sants street festivals, and the booking and timing that decide your trip in the heat and crowds.
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View all →Da Nanni Barcelona, the City's Own Neapolitan Pizza Chain
Ranked 45th in the 50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains 2025 and the only one of four Spanish chains on that list founded inside Barcelona. Six counters and trattorias, from €3.
Barcelona in Winter, How to Use Five Hours of Sun
Two AEMET stations 404 metres apart disagree by 2.5 °C on December highs, February turns out to be the second driest month of the calendar, and the ski train takes three hours rather than the ninety minutes usually quoted. Plus an hour-by-hour winter day.
Casa Amatller, Which of the 3 Tickets Is Worth It
Three separate products share the Amatller name at Passeig de Gràcia 41, and only one takes you into the 1900 apartment with its original furniture. Prices from 16 €, what each ticket covers, and the two mix-ups that send visitors to the wrong door.