Antilla BCN

L'Eixample


The salsateca in town, this is the place to come for Cuban son, merengue, salsa and a whole lot more, across a couple of spaces. The free bachata (Wednesday 10pm and Thursday 11pm) and salsa (Wednesday 11pm) classes are popular.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby L'Eixample attractions

1. Casa Golferichs

0.28 MILES

Designed by Joan Rubió i Bellver for businessman Macari Golferichs, this quirky 1901 Modernista villa is an oddity of another era on one of the city’s…

2. Universitat de Barcelona

0.51 MILES

Although a university was first set up on what is now La Rambla in the 16th century, the present, glorious mix of (neo) Romanesque, Gothic, Islamic and…

3. Mercat de Sant Antoni

0.53 MILES

Just beyond the western edge of El Raval, this glorious iron-and-brick market was originally completed in 1882, but reopened in 2018 with 250 stalls…

4. Parc de Joan Miró

0.54 MILES

This palm-filled park is worth a look for its massive phallic 1980s Miró sculpture, Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird), whose red, yellow, blue and green tiles…

5. Museu del Modernisme Barcelona

0.54 MILES

Housed in a stuccoed, red-washed 1902 Modernista building by Enric Sagnier, this museum seems like a big Modernista-furniture showroom. Several pieces by…

6. La Model

0.55 MILES

Over 100 years old, this imposing prison finally closed its doors to inmates in 2017, but has now reopened for tours and exhibitions. The entrance patio…

7. Dona i Ocell

0.62 MILES

Rising 22m from a reflecting pool, Joan Miró's phallic Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird) sculpture was installed in the early 1980s in the Parc de Joan Miró…

8. Sala Fundación MAPFRE

0.63 MILES

Originally built for a rich banking family by Enric Sagnier in 1902–05, the stunning, carefully restored Modernista Casa Garriga i Nogués has been taken…