Hotels
A little gem of a hotel in the cool area of Born in Barcelona is the brilliantly named Chic & Basic. Located within ten minutes of the beach, the Ramblas and some of the best tapas in Barcelona, this 31 room hotel is ideal for the design, culture...
Shopping
BD Barcelona Design is a design heavyweight of significant repute. The Spanish company was founded in 1972, in a Barcelona brimming with creativity following four decades of Franco's repressive dictatorship, and has sold furniture and design objects...
Eating Out
Born is one of those areas of town that have undergone major transformations in recent years. You know the type of place, every city's got 'em - hookers and drug dealers moved along, in favour of chic spots for hipsters. But this is Barcelona -...
Hotels
Similarly anti-chic to East Berlin's gritty and creative Michelberger Hotel, Barcelona's Hotel Acta Mimic shares an unpolished vibrancy with its local surroundings, the infamously seedy, yet decidedly creative, El Raval district. Once home to...
Lifestyle
A new concept from the team behind the massively successful wine bar, Monvínic, Fastvínic pays - a particularly gastronomic - homage to the most humblest of snacks, the sandwich. Now, posh sandwich joints are nothing new, but throwing together the...
Culture
Casting aside any tendencies to nod towards the past of this historic cultural institution - El Molino was originally opened in 1898 - with retro or kitsch touches, Barcelona's Fernando Salas has thoroughly embraced futurist design with his...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
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Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
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Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...