Places Kap980 Wants to Go

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

Feast on cuttlefish ink-stained paella by the beach.

These 2000 year old remains of a Roman aqueduct are hidden inside a hotel lobby.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.