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Barcelona on a Budget

October 9, 2006 at 11:31 AM | by | Comment (1)


Yesterday's Times turned on the bore with its shocking exposes of wine tours, walking tours, and--gasp!--archictecture. Matt Gross, the "Frugal Traveler," a.k.a. that guy you're still jealous of, provided some respite from the yawn-fest, however, with his Barcelona report.

Gross stayed at Hostal Gat Raval, a surprisingly hip hostel in Barcelona's "equivalent of Manhattan's East Village." At €42 a night, he got shared showers, a "functional and clean" room with a mini-balcony, and choice people watching outside the joint. He escaped the crowds, at Irati, a tapas bar, and by checking out La Boqueria in the wee hours of the morning before regular market swarms arrive. He also describes a sublime experience at Inopia, a restaurant run by Albert Adrià, brother of El Bulli superchef Ferran.

The total for his weekend in the city? €341.10, including lodging, transportation, food, and shopping. Not bad, and it actually sounds like a trip we might want to repeat ourselves.

[Photo: misarco]

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Interesting artacle although his idea of untouristy must be very different from mine - I see Irata as an overpriced tapas bar/restaurant right on the tourist trail. And he obviously didn't visit the Ramblas at night, which he claims has been cleaned up - sure it has, but you can't move for working girls at 3 a.m. and it remains one of the crime hotspots of Barcelona.
barracuda on October 10, 2006 at 4:19 AM #Permalink

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