Indulge for a while in a daydream about the perfect city trip
Live like a Barcelonian among Barcelonians. Treat yourself to a stay at one of our stylish and comfortable holiday apartments...

DestinationBCN offers boutique accommodation in Barcelona Spain. Our modern, self-catering vacation rentals are more than a luxurious alternative to hotels in Barcelona, located in the neighborhoods of Eixample, Barri Gotic near Las Ramblas and Poble Sec.
Ghost | Plaça Catalunya 2 bedroom tourist accommodation
Relax and recharge in a wonderfully light oasis
Walden | family apartment rental near the University Gardens
Graceful 2 bedroom suite with glass covered balcony
Sant Jaume | Luxury penthouse overlooking the city center
A refuge from the outside world
Figi | Eixample accommodation on Ronda Universitat
One of 9 stylish Barcelona apartments in the same building
Paso Doble | 2 bedroom self-catering flat, Eixample
Warm browns and cool greys with great city views
Principal | Grand apartment with Lounge terrace
Elegant 2 bedroom and 3 bathroom suite near the Ramblas
Finn | Classy vacation rental in Eixample
Elegant condo with a spacious L-shaped livingroom
Cadaques | luxurious apartment just off Plaza Catalunya
Double bedroom / bathroom en suite with private terrace
Riva | Classy short term rental near Las Ramblas
Ideal city break destination in Barcelona
Cañadilla | Eixample apartment near Plaça Universitat
Serene and calm retreat
Reial | Exclusive duplex rooftop apartment with terrace
Liberating and stylish with an endless panorama
Blasco de Garay | Poble Sec attic with private terrace
Your Immaculate mediterranean hideaway
Molas | Tranquil duplex loft with terrace
Quiet and hidden in the upper part of Barri Gotic
Barcelona Highlights
Becoming a Boletaire
Hunting for wild mushrooms in Catalunya
Ask your average urbanite if they know where to find some mushrooms and they’ll direct you to their personal travel agent for the trip of a lifetime. Ask a local in Barcelona and they’ll check the nearest location of recent rainfall and pinpoint a field on a map. Hunting for wild mushrooms (sepas in Spanish, bolets in Catalan) is de rigeur for Catalans in autumn.
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Menú del día
Lunch in Barcelona´s restaurants
The menú del día is like the secret password to Spanish existence. Whisper ´aai-min-oe´ to the patron and you´ll be given a knowing nod and your expensive a la carte menu quickly whipped away to be replaced by a single sheet in Spanish, probably with regional terms.
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More than meets the eye…
The Montjuïc hill in Barcelona
Several thousand years ago, Iberic Celts settled on Montjuïc, a 213m high hill southeast of Barcelona’s current city centre. The hill was later used by the Romans as a ceremonial site, and then the 1800’s saw the crowning construction of the castle. Today Montjuic is full of sights and attractions, most of them originating from two major events that took place here: the 1929 International Exhibition and the 1992 Olympics.
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Look who’s talking
Original version cinemas in Barcelona
You never know, you might get bored wondering through all that history, exploring the many galleries or original clothes shops; you might get tired of drinking cortados and watching the world and its weirdos and wonderfulos go by; you never know, it might even rain. Fear not, Barcelona has an alternative pastime, and fortunately, it’s an alternative to watching beautiful films on the big screen doblado-ed badly into Spanish. The city has VO (version original) cinemas to suit all tastes, and many languages (but mostly English).
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Test of time
Barcelona’s oldest shops
In a bustling and cosmopolitan city like BCN, shops flower season after season but while most of them come and go throughout the years, there’s a handful that have stood the passage of time for not only decades, but centuries. In an ever-changing world, where cities have moods and seasons, these places are like ancient trees..
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Attention all chocoholics
A Chocolate Odyssey à la Barcelona
I would highly recommend that you do not read the following article. It could lead you far from the path of the righteous and through the swinging doors of various cocoa laden, sugar dusted boutiques that sprinkle the streets of Barcelona. If you wish to remain unstained and untainted, kindly click on close and go quietly and humbly back to your celery sticks and cottage cheese…. Now.
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Swish, swill and swallow
Monvínic Wine Centre
If you love wine, Monvinic will be your Eden. This macro-universe dedicated to the fruit of the vine opened in July 2008, following 5 years in the making and is in the words of its founders "…an international benchmark as a centre for the dissemination of wine."
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Sipping in Penedès
Wine tasting in and outside Barcelona
Whether you are content to sip fine wines in an elegant environment within Barcelona or would rather go for a full stomping ruta de vino in the hills beyond, Catalunya is certainly not off the world-class map when it comes to turning grape-growing into wine-tasting.
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Sushi
Tapas a la Japones
From healthy fast food alternative to respected culinary art form, sushi has spread like wild fire since it first appeared at a street stall in Tokyo in 1824. The Barcelonese certainly didn’t need much steering when the first sushi bar opened here in the early 1970s. Spaniards traditionally favour bite-sized morsels, convivial eating and the ready availability of that essential ingredient, fresh fish. So what could be better than a cosmopolitan port town? Barcelona and sushi soon saw each other as the perfect catch.
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