Barcelona help

[Kangaroo495]

Deal all,

I'm going to Barcelona on Thursday and need to find a decent place to buy cigars while I'm there (unfortunately there is no CC in Spain!)

Anyway, just wanted to pick up a couple of singles for smoking while I'm there, don't want any boxes or anything serious. Don't have a potable humidor, so I can't take my own smokes with me unfortunately.

Would appreciate your help on that.

Cheers.

[android]

Deal all,

I'm going to Barcelona on Thursday and need to find a decent place to buy cigars while I'm there (unfortunately there is no CC in Spain!)

Anyway, just wanted to pick up a couple of singles for smoking while I'm there, don't want any boxes or anything serious. Don't have a potable humidor, so I can't take my own smokes with me unfortunately.

Would appreciate your help on that.

Cheers.

Roo...the one and only Gimeno! Located on the Ramblas opposite the market of "La Boqueria".

Address : Ramblas 100,

Zip code : 08002

Area : Ciutat Vella

City : Barcelona - Spain

Email : [email protected]

Website : Gimeno cigar shop in Barcelona

Opening hours : From 10 am to 7pm every day from monday to saturday.

Prices : Like in all Spain, about the most interresting for Havanos in Europe..

Phone : 00-34933184947

Phone 2 : Fax : 00-34933184947

Metro/Bus : Ramblas

[laficion]

Hi Kangaroo495,

If going to Barcelona, you owe yourself a visit to these 2 places,

great welcome & service and you can go every day just for a few sticks

CASA GIMENO

Rambla de les Flors,100

08002 Barcelona

At Gimeno's, ask for Marco Lopez, you'll get a fine welcome.

you can also ask to visit the cigar walk in cellar, downstairs, just beautiful

L'ESTANCO de LAIETANA

Via Laietana, 4

08003 Barcelona

Also great service and great choise of Habanos downstairs in the cellars.

Have a great time, Barcelona is a fun city.

[Kangaroo495]

Excellent, thanks guys! As far as I can see, Gimeno is a short walk from the apartment where I'm staying. That'l be my first stop.

While we're on the topic, any suggestions for good restaurants/bars?

[laficion]

Hi again,

In Barcelona, you have Bodegas all around the city, you can go to any and

I'm sure you'll have a great time. you have quit a few in and around la rambla.

If you're on the Rambla and going down towards the sea port, on the left side

of the st, look for a sq. that is called "plaza REIAL". nice place to hang out and have a cigar

and drinks.

If you're looking for some places to eat not far off the Rambla, here are a few.

I have been to all and I came highly recomend them.

LA VAQUERIA

Deu i Mata, 141

08029 Barcelona

Tel/ 93 419 07 35

RESTAURANT EMPERADOR

Edificio Palau de Mar

Pau Vila, 1

08003 Barcelona

Tel/ 93 221 02 20

LA GAVINA

Placa Pau Vila 1

Palau de Mar- Port Vell

Tel/ 93 221 05 95

Cheers

[cigarros]

L'ESTANCO de LAIETANA

Via Laietana, 4

08003 Barcelona

Also great service and great choise of Habanos downstairs in the cellars.

Hi everybody - Roger & Guy! I agree compleatly with Guy - L'Estanco de Laetana - the best choice! I've been there last year. Don't forget ask vendors about what you're lookin' for

Cheers!

[stargazer14]

GIMENO is where i buy when I am there, nice shop, the only problem I have had is rude service.

Downstairs is nice, but i'd ASK before walking down.

There is also a small shop on the opposite side of the Ramblas about 2 or 3 blocks down.

[stargazer14]

another thing - dont go to bed to early.

You think the town is fading about 9 or 10, but walk outside at 2 or 3am and the place is like a whole new city.

[Ken Gargett]

Excellent, thanks guys! As far as I can see, Gimeno is a short walk from the apartment where I'm staying. That'l be my first stop.

While we're on the topic, any suggestions for good restaurants/bars?

comerq 24 is absolutely superb but if you can wangle the time, head north to girona - about 90 k's - to el cellar can roca. i know people who have flown from australia to spain for no other reason than to eat there. it is one of the great's in the world. extraordianry wine list which is criminally cheap. and the new one - they re-did it all at a nearby site a few yars ago - has a magnificent lounge with an amazing walk in humidor. has some cigars i'd never been able to see anywhere else.

some conde naste or other mag recently rated it number five on the planet (el bulli which is nearby, number 1, though you need to book decades in advance unless you know someone). definitely worth it for lunch or overnight. my fave restaurant on the planet.

also in barcelona is cal pep, a famous tapas bar. no bookings so get there early - think it opens at 12 - as there'll be a queue and if you don't get a seat first up, you just hover around behind someone till they leave.

xampenet is also famous for tapas, especially the anchovies. supposedly the best in the world, though there are a few places in madrid that are sensational as well. el valencia, a dirty brown sherry bar, is a must. love it.

very envious.

[Ken Gargett]

another thing - dont go to bed to early.

You think the town is fading about 9 or 10, but walk outside at 2 or 3am and the place is like a whole new city.

very true. last time i was there, a wine company was holding a party. printed invitations said it was to start at midnight. for a corporate do! imagine trying that here.

[Kangaroo495]

Thanks everyone! I've put all these places on the list of things to do. Also found a very interesting activity called "Cook and Taste". I'm gonna try that out too.

Should post my thoughts on all these places when I get back.

Adios!

[Ken Gargett]

Thanks everyone! I've put all these places on the list of things to do. Also found a very interesting activity called "Cook and Taste". I'm gonna try that out too.

Should post my thoughts on all these places when I get back.

Adios!

look forward to it.

and try hard to get to can roca - you'll never eat better and the cigars are an amazing range.