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Poble Sec (Pose) and Poble Nou (Pono)

Quimet & Quimet

25 Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes
Barcelona
Spain 08018
Tel: 34 93 442 31 42

Torre Agbar

Plaça de les Glòries
209–211 Avinguda Diagonal
Barcelona
Spain 08018
Tel: 34 93 439 5454

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Concierge.com's insider take:

Few visitors venture into Poble Sec, the largely residential "dry village" (it lacked any water supply until the 19th century), with narrow streets and 18th-century buildings that back up the east-facing side of Montjuïc (the mountain wedged between the city and the sea). There's not much in the way of sights—for years, the main draw was tapas at Quimet & Quimet. Yet slowly but surely, it's developing a reputation as a cozy neighborhood studded with clandestine bars and "members only" dinner clubs (you need only eat to join) such as Tapioles 53. You need only eat to join.

Poble Nou is flat, with wide boulevards and low-rise housing. Gentrification of this former industrial neighborhood has come in the form of Diagonal Mar, a gated residential community, and 22@, a dot-com business precinct, both of which have gobbled up a fair amount of Poble Nou's grittier charm. The area, however, has spawned a number of decent clubs and restaurants (most notably Razzmatazz and Oven), and a couple of the defunct factory buildings have been revived as art and design studios. This is also home to the city's other Ramblas—Rambla del Poble Nou—an infinitely more genial alternative to the rowdy Ramblas in town. Another Poble Nou landmark: French architect Jean Nouvel's gigantic, phallic Torre Agbar.