{"id":64969,"date":"2016-03-23T07:26:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T06:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=64969"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:08:33","slug":"the-greatest-bakeries-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-greatest-bakeries-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest bakeries in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have noticed during your time in Barcelona that bakeries<\/strong> and pastry<\/strong> shops<\/strong> (just like hair salons, corner coffee shops and pharmacies) are a very central element of daily life here. This means that Barcelona has\u00a0a huge selection\u00a0of baked products for a variety of situations, and within the shops\u00a0you can find different types of bakeries – luxury ones included.<\/p>\n

\"bak1\"<\/a>Bread<\/strong> and sweeter bakery\u00a0products play an integral role in Catalan culture<\/strong> – as the clich\u00e9 goes, bread is extremely important in all Mediterranean countries in general. Whether you want to make simply toasted bread with tomato and olive oil, or buy a delicious piece of actual pastry art, where you buy your products and how the process is repeated\u00a0daily is a big thing for many people.<\/p>\n

In Spain the attitude to bakeries may not be as refined as for example in France, but there are still some very special places in this city. Festive\u00a0pastries<\/strong> are a story of their own, and you will see the most elaborate windows being created for certain holidays such as Catalan festivities. With touristic life and ethics-conscious tastes getting more visible, the offer of ecological products<\/strong> is also huge in areas such as Gr\u00e0cia.<\/p>\n

Take the following hints for your next grocery shopping trip, or give a present that is not only edible but a piece of art!<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the good everyday<\/strong> choices. A very popular and large chain of everyday bakeries is called Bold\u00f9<\/a> – you will spot these shops all over town, and their cafeteria spaces serve very decent and affordable salty and\u00a0sweet baked products. Bold\u00f9 actually specializes in donuts, and they come in many\u00a0joyful shapes according to different festivities! Santa Gloria is a good alternative and a similar everyday bakery chain. Turris<\/span> is a slightly posh-feeling same type of chain, and it has a quality-based concept worth experiencing.\u00a0Another everyday choice (which is communicated\u00a0by the name already) is 365<\/a>, a large chain of affordable baked goods. The cafeterias are a pleasant and modern setting for informal eating.<\/p>\n

\"bak4\"<\/a>On the luxury<\/strong> and specialty side, there is an impressive offer as well, and some shops have reached a level comparable to food art. Mauri<\/strong> on Rambla de Catalunya is a more traditional one with a large selection of elaborate and festive goods, and Escrib\u00e0<\/strong> offers a highly creative and refined modern pastry experience. This latter chain is a real heaven for those after the sweeter stuff. Farga<\/strong> is focused on the sweet creations, but this chain is worth checking out for its fantastic products and pleasant cafeterias.<\/p>\n

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You may have noticed during your time in Barcelona that bakeries and pastry shops (just like hair salons, corner coffee shops and pharmacies) are a very central element of daily life here. This means that Barcelona has\u00a0a huge selection\u00a0of baked products for a variety of situations, and within the shops\u00a0you can find different types of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":65252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3751,3752,891],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64969"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108982,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64969\/revisions\/108982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}