Citorah PickSight · El Born

Santa Maria del Mar

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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”.

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Where it is

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All of El Born

  • Citorah PickBar · El Born

    Paradiso

    Citorah says The speakeasy behind a pastrami shop.

  • Citorah PickMuseum · El Born

    Picasso Museum

    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

    7 Portes

    Citorah says 7 Portes (sometimes written "Set Portes") at Passeig Isabel II 14 is the 1836 grande dame you want — two minutes from Barceloneta metro on the L4, vaulted dining room, marble columns, brass nameplates of dead writers above the booths.

    Wrong for Solo diners (rice is a two-pax floor, full stop), backpackers on €15 a meal, anyone with a 7pm flamenco ticket.

The guides 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

  • Barcelona · Food & drink

    Best Paella in Barcelona 2026 — 10 Places Worth the Metro

    Ten Barcelona paella spots worth crossing the city for in 2026 — with prices, dishes, neighbourhoods and the tourist-trap rice we tell you to walk past.

    Checked · 18 minResearch-ledSays what to skip

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