Citorah says

The Picasso Museum is here (book ahead in summer); the Santa Maria del Mar church is free and extraordinary.

From 3 Days in Barcelona 2026: The Perfect Itinerary, under “Day 1 — The old city: Gothic Quarter & El Born”.

Good to know

Booking
book ahead in summer

As the guide had it on 16 May 2026. Check prices and hours with the place itself before you go.

  • Citorah PickSight · El Born

    Santa Maria del Mar

    Citorah says The Picasso Museum is here (book ahead in summer); the Santa Maria del Mar church is free and extraordinary.

  • Citorah PickRestaurant · El Born

    Casa Delfín

    Citorah says This is the rice address locals send their cousins to when 7 Portes is full of cruise passengers being walked in two-by-two.

    The catch Wrong restaurant if you're solo, want under €20 a head, or are catching a 16:00 train.

  • Citorah PickRestaurant · El Born

    Llamber

    Best for if you're solo or in a pair where one of you hates committing to a wide pan for forty minutes

    Citorah says Fran Heras's Asturian-Catalan taberna has been running since 2012 and the rice it's known for is arròs negre amb allioli — squid-ink rice with a separate quenelle of garlic mayonnaise you fold in yourself, around €18-22 a head depending on whether you split it as a ración-format tapa or order the full pan.

    The catch Wrong for you if you want a wood-fired valenciana on a Sunday-lunch terrace by the sea — go to Barceloneta's Can Solé for that, not the Passeig Marítim photo-menu rank.

  • Citorah PickBar · El Born

    Paradiso

    Citorah says The speakeasy behind a pastrami shop.

The guide it’s in

  • Barcelona · Itineraries

    3 Days in Barcelona 2026: The Perfect Itinerary

    A day-by-day Barcelona itinerary balancing the big Gaudí sights with the neighbourhoods locals use — what to do, in what order, for a 2026 city break.

    Checked · 4 minResearch-led

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