The fashion hotspots in Barcelona
The Born is dynamic, but its yuppification in the last few years is reflected in mercilessly hip boutiques and escalating prices. On c/rec its nerve centre, established designers sit alongside shops.
The Barri Gotic features local legends like custo, young designers such as Daniela Yavich, funky boutiques and high-street players. C/avinyo makes a good starting point whatever your wallet's attributes, with inexpensive street fashion by Produit national brut.
Across the fashion vacuum of la Rambla lies the Raval, where gritty meets trandy and bohemian chic rules. It's home to a glut of second-hands outlets on C/rieira baixa, but is also a hotbed for innovative fashion.
Serious catalan money does not muddy its designer pumps in the downtown waters. The Eixample shopping map has two well-traipsed arteries: Rambla de Catalunya boasts lingerie shops, chains and supmarkets but Passeig de Gracia is where Spanish big guns such as Antonio Miro, Adolfo Dominguez and purification Garcia settle, along with countless international luminaries.
Gracia's leafy streets, café terraces and alternative boutiques make for a relaxed and enjoyable retail outing; C/Verdi is where you find the action.
All those districts are very central and well located. If you are looking for accommodation in Barcelona, many online booking agencies offer Barcelona apartments in those districts. The districts of El Born, Barri Gotic, and El Raval are the old part of Barcelona, near the Beach. The district of Gracia is up the avenue of Diagonal.
Whether you come with friends or with family, there is a wide choice of Barcelona accommodation, Barcelona apartments or Barcelona hotels, you choose!