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Home to Barcelona’s Symphony Orchestra, the modern and clean-lined Auditori is a large concert venue with the best acoustics in the city. In addition to the orchestra’s regular season, L’Auditori puts on a steady flow of other concerts and events.

 

Sex, nudity and lewdness are frequent themes in the often disturbing, surely polemic and resoundingly popular shows of the experimental theatre group that calls itself The Fury of the Sewer Rats. It may not be family entertainment, but this is vulgarity with a purpose—La Fura sends strong social messages through its antics.

 

Barcelona isn’t the best place to see flamenco (for that head to Andalucia), but if you’re interested in the art, this is a useful place to see all three elements of it: singing, guitar and dance.

 

Barcelona isn’t the best place to see flamenco (for that head to Andalucia), but if you're interested in the art, this is a useful place to see all three elements of it: singing, guitar and dance.

 

This sprawling indoor/outdoor pool complex was built for the 1992 Olympic Games and is now one of the city’s best places to get a few laps in.

 
 
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