Nine locals recommend their favorite spots to eat, drink, and shop in the Spanish city.
is an exceptional one even at that. Over the last few years, the annual Barcelona festival has become one of the hottest international destinations for music lovers in the world, if not the largest. With over 400 artists descending upon the city each year in June, Primavera Sound has grown to become more than the sum of its two weekends of scheduled performances.
With such a vast and evening-concentrated itinerary, first-time attendees may find themselves with with a lot of extra time to fill, especially considering the actual festival also operates on a very European schedule: performances don’t start until 5 p.m. and last acts play as late into the night as 5 a.m. So what to do with all that daylight?
Luckily, the festival being located in the heart of Barcelona opens up a world of possibilities for filling up that dead time, from tourist must-dos, like visiting La Sagrada Familia, to having a beach day, a perk of staying so close to the city’s seaside. Up-and-coming neighborhoods and streets throughout the city, like Poblenou and Carrer del Parlament, have also become havens for standout restaurants and bars — the best places to fuel up before a long night of dancing.
Below, NYLON connected with nine Barcelona locals to get their favorite spots in the city to eat, drink, shop, and dance . From meticulously curated concept stores to some of the best Italian food in the city, their picks guarantee any trip to Primavera Sound — or Barcelona in general — won’t be incomplete.
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