Local rule for Barcelona: lunch is the deal, not dinner. Find a spot doing a 'menú del día' (3 courses + drink ~14€) and eat like a king at 2pm. 🍷

Gràcia is the Barcelona I came for — tiny plazas, zero chains, neighbours playing ping-pong at midnight. Skip the Ramblas, sleep up here instead. 🌿

Sunrise swim before the beach fills up. 6:30am, water to myself, then a coffee on the boardwalk. Best free thing in the city. 🌊