Planelles Donat is distinguished by the scent of toasted almonds and honey that often lingers near its storefronts on Avinguda del Portal de l’Àngel and Carrer de la Cucurulla. This family business began in eighteen fifty, when ancestors…
Historic Chocolate and Sweet Shops
We will trace Barcelona's century-old sweet tooth through the historic bakeries, chocolate shops, and cozy granjas that have fueled the city's afternoons for generations.
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1. Planelles Donat
2. Granja M. Viader
Granja M. Viader is identified by the vintage signage and the original butcher-counter display cases that remain inside this dairy shop turned café on Carrer d'en Xuclà. Established in eighteen seventy by Rafaela Coma, the business was…
3. Granja Dulcinea
Granja Dulcinea is recognizable by its narrow, two-story facade on Carrer de Petritxol, featuring dark wood trim and large windows that reveal marble-topped tables and interior walls lined with original hydraulic tiles. It began as a…
4. Xocolates Fargas
Xocolates Fargas sits on Carrer del Pi within the Gothic Quarter, identifiable by its vintage storefront and an interior that retains elements from a renovation in the nineteen twenties. Established in eighteen twenty-seven, this…
5. Caelum
Caelum, a name meaning heaven in Latin, is a café and shop located at number eight Palla Street in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. You can identify the shop from the street by its display windows, which are filled with monastic…
6. La Colmena
La Colmena is marked by its nineteenth-century storefront, distinguished by intricate gold leaf detailing that was added during a nineteen fifty renovation by the architect César Martinell. This pastry shop, located on the Plaça de…
7. Brunells
Brunells on Carrer de la Princesa is identifiable by the glossy, polished floor that runs throughout the shop and the steady stream of people arriving for its butter croissants. This pastry shop has occupied this same corner since eighteen…
8. La Campana
La Campana on Carrer de la Princesa is recognized by the traditional storefront that has occupied this space since eighteen ninety. It operates as an artisanal workshop and shop, specializing in sweets and frozen treats rather than…
9. Casa Gispert
Casa Gispert sits on Carrer dels Sombrerers, identifiable by the scent of woodsmoke and roasting nuts that drifts from its doorway. Founded in eighteen fifty-one by Josep Gispert, the shop originally functioned as a purveyor of colonial…