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Flores NavarroFLOWERS
de València 320; icon-hoursgif
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You never know when you might need flowers. What better way to follow up the first night
of a new romance than with a bunch of roses? No problem, because this florist never closes!
Joan MúrriaFOOD
Llúria 85; icon-hoursgif
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9am-2pm & 5-9pm Tue-Thu, 9am-9pm Fri, 10am-2pm & 5-9pm
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Passeig de Gràcia)
RamonCasasdesignedthecentury-oldModernistashop-frontadvertisementsfeaturedatthis
culinary temple. For a century the gluttonous have trembled at this altar of speciality food
goods from around Catalonia and beyond.
El Bulevard dels AntiquarisANTIQUES
Passeig de Gràcia 55; icon-hoursgif
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9am-6pm Mon-Thu, 9am-2pm Fri & Sat; icon-metrogif
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Passeig de Gràcia)
More than 70 stores (most are open from 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 8.30pm) are gathered un-
der one roof (on the floor above the more general Bulevard Rosa arcade) to offer the most
variedselectionofcollector'spieces,rangingfromoldporcelaindollsthroughtofinecrystal,
from Asian antique furniture to old French goods, and from African and other ethnic art to
jewellery.
Casa Del LlibreBOOKS
Gràcia 62; icon-hoursgif
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9.30am-9.30pm Mon-Sat; icon-metrogif
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Passeig de Gràcia)
With branches elsewhere in Spain, the 'Home of the topic' is a well-stocked general book-
shop with reasonable sections devoted to literature in English, French and other languages,
as well as a good number of guidebooks. Check the website for Spanish literature if the shop
is a walk too far.