Directory A–Z - Barcelona - page 493

The Travelex Cash Passport ( www.travelex.com ) and Thomas Cook Travel Moneycard
( www.thomascookmoney.com ) are prepaid cards. You can load funds onto them before you
travel and use them like any card in ATMs, restaurants or shops worldwide.
Opening Hours
Standard opening hours are as follows:
Restaurants lunch 1pm to 4pm, dinner 8.30pm to midnight
Shops 9am or 10am to 1.30pm or 2pm and 4pm or 4.30pm to 8pm or 8.30pm Monday to
Saturday
Department stores 10am to 10pm Monday to Saturday
Bars 6pm to 2am (closing at 3am on weekends)
Clubs midnight to 6am Thursday to Saturday
Banks 8.30am to 2pm Monday to Friday; some also 4pm to 7pm Thursday or 9am to 1pm
Saturday
Museums & art galleries Opening hours vary considerably, but generally fall between
10am and 8pm (some shut for lunch from around 2pm to 4pm). Many museums and galler-
ies are closed all day on Monday and from 2pm on Sunday
Post
Correos is Spain's national postal service. Barcelona's main post office ( GOOGLE MAP ;
Plaça d'Antoni López; 8.30am-9.30pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat; Jaume I) is a lovely fresco-
filled building just opposite the northeast end of Port Vell at Plaça d'Antoni López. Another
handy post office branch ( GOOGLE MAP ; Carrer d'Aragó 282; 8.30am-8.30pm Mon-Fri,
9.30am-1pm Sat; Passeig de Gràcia) lies just off Passeig de Gràcia at Carrer d'Aragó
282. Many other branches tend to open between 8.30am and 2.30pm Monday to Friday and
from 9.30am to 1pm on Saturday.
Segells/sellos (stamps) are sold at most estancos (tobacconists' shops) and at post offices
throughout the city.