Just off the main drag of La Rambla is Barcelona’s best-known food market. Opened in 1836, the grand, modernist hall is filled with vendors selling everything from snails to pigs’ trotters.

Lunch. Budget: The laid-back atmosphere makes bistronomía Embat a great place to linger. Try scallops with papada of pig and celery , €15.50, duck with warm pears and smoky aubergines, €10.10 ...