Eating seafood in Barcelona

Eating seafood is a luxury within everyone’s reach. You just have to know how to prepare them at home and you’ll have a pleasure for all your available senses. Of course, in Barcelona there’s a long list of excellent restaurants where you can sample the best of Mediterranean cuisine and sea products. So, when you go to choose an option to go and eat out, don’t hesitate to explore the diversity of restaurants that the Catalan capital offers. With the Mediterranean Sea only a step away, the freshness of the sea products of this city is of an undoubtable quality and flavour. This might be one of the best qualities of the agitated Catalan capital, that carries on growing an expanding its octopus tentacles.

Of course, if you want to prepare seafood at home, there’s no better place than Boquería Market to find the most select and fresh products in all the city. Located right in the heart of the city, on the Ramblas, the Boquería is a place where buying food becomes an experience full of colour, human warmth and life. If, on the other hand, you want to eat out, here are some options that are worth taking into account.

El Arenal is located next to the sea, quite literally. Located on the sand of La Barceloneta, there you’ll be able to sample the best seafood with an intense beach feeling. The quality service and the variety of its dishes make of El Arenal a main option if you want to try seafood in Barcelona.

Located in the district of Eixample, De Tapa Madre is a restaurant where tapas and seafood cannot be missed. With the best Mediterranean cuisine and in the centre of Barcelona, De Tapa Madre offers delicious food at affordable prices, as well as a careful service that will make you go back, no doubt.

El Dopazo is in the district of Sant Andreu. It’s a classic seafood restaurant with the most exquisite Mediterranean cuisine. Its dishes are characterized for their freshness and flavour, as well as a service and friendliness that will make you feel like if you were at home.

Another place that you can’t miss if you’re looking for the best seafood is La Vianda. Located strategically in the district of Sant Antoni, next to Avinguda Paral·lel, it offers Mediterranean dishes, salads, meats and, also, Argentinian cuisine. You can’t leave La Vianda without trying one of its exquisite desserts.

Next to the sea you can find the famous restaurant El Cangrejo Loco. With five terraces at your disposal, the views towards the sea in the summer are truly beautiful. Here the seafood and the Mediterranean cuisine that they offer will seem recently pulled away from the sea while you enjoy yourself in an exclusive and modern atmosphere. Don’t miss out on trying this food if you visit Barcelona, it’s a pleasure that you have to try. You’ll be more than fascinated by the large variety of dishes and options to try.

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