Delicatessen in Barcelona

Bread rubbed with ripe tomato, olive oil and salt: the Catalan basic, served with almost every meal and topped with ham or cheese.

Cured ham from Iberian pigs, sliced paper-thin by hand. 'De bellota' means the pigs ate acorns: the finest. Shops vacuum-pack slices to take home.

🛍️ Find it at: Colmado Quílez, La Botifarreria de Santa Maria

Catalonia's pork sausage, grilled and served with white beans ('amb mongetes'), or cured to slice. Butchers make many flavours.

🛍️ Find it at: La Botifarreria de Santa Maria

A custard flavoured with lemon and cinnamon under a crust of caramelised sugar, burnt just before serving. The classic Catalan dessert.

Almond and honey nougat: hard (Alicante) or soft (Jijona), plus many modern flavours. A Christmas sweet that shops sell all year.

🛍️ Find it at: Torrons Vicens

Small marzipan balls rolled in pine nuts, eaten around All Saints' Day (1 November) with a glass of sweet wine. In season from late October.

🛍️ Find it at: La Colmena

Roaster and nut shop in the Born: toasted almonds, hazelnuts, saffron and coffee beans.

• 🕗 Hours: Mon–Sat 09:30–20:00
• 💡 Tip: Ask for the toasted almonds and saffron: light, cheap and easy to pack.
• 📍 Address: Carrer dels Sombrerers 23, 08003 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Santa Maria del Mar: 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk

Nougat maker from Agramunt since 1775: artisanal torrons, carquinyolis and stone-ground chocolate.

• 🕗 Hours: Daily 10:00–20:30
• 💡 Tip: On chocolate street: combine it with a cup at a granja next door.
• 📍 Address: Carrer del Petritxol 15, 08002 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Mercat de la Boqueria: 🚶 0.3 km · 3 min walk

Pastry family since 1906 in a modernist corner building: chocolates, cakes and the red-lips Llavi cake.

• 🕗 Hours: Daily 08:30–21:00
• 💡 Tip: Buy chocolates boxed for the journey; the shop is right on La Rambla.
• 📍 Address: La Rambla 83, 08002 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near La Rambla: 🚶 0.2 km · 2 min walk

Pastry shop of 1849 on Plaça de l’Àngel: candies, yemas, carquinyolis and seasonal panellets.

• 🕗 Hours: Daily 09:00–21:00
• 💡 Tip: Panellets are an All Saints season treat (late October to early November).
• 📍 Address: Plaça de l'Àngel 12, 08002 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Barcelona Cathedral: 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk

Barcelona wine merchant with a huge Spanish and Catalan selection, plus cheese and charcuterie nearby.

• 🕗 Hours: Mon–Sat 08:30–20:30
• 💡 Tip: They pack bottles for flights and ship abroad: ask at the counter.
• 📍 Address: Carrer dels Agullers 7, 08003 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Santa Maria del Mar: 🚶 0.3 km · 3 min walk

Classic colmado near Casa Batlló: Iberian ham, cheeses, conservas, spices and spirits.

• 🕗 Hours: Mon–Sat 09:00–14:00 and 16:00–20:30
• 💡 Tip: Tinned seafood (conservas) travels best of all.
• 📍 Address: Rambla de Catalunya 63, 08007 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Casa Amatller: 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk

Butcher by Santa Maria del Mar with house-made Catalan botifarra sausages, ham and cheeses.

• 🕗 Hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–14:00 and 16:00–20:30, Sat 12:00–20:30
• 💡 Tip: Ask for vacuum packing if you carry it home by plane or train.
• 📍 Address: Carrer de Santa Maria 4, 08003 Barcelona
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• 🚶 Near Santa Maria del Mar: 🚶 0.1 km · 1 min walk