Cosmo

L'Eixample


Set on a pedestrian strip just behind the university, this cool cafe/cultural space has bicycles hanging from high, white walls and bright splashy murals, and even makes a feature of its fire hose. Along with fresh juices, hot chocolate, teas and pastries, it serves arty brunches and Nømad coffee, not to mention beer and wine. All ingredients are sourced within 100km.

Cosmo also runs Cafè Cometa in Sant Antoni.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby L'Eixample attractions

1. Universitat de Barcelona

0.09 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…

2. Museu del Modernisme Barcelona

0.11 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…

3. Sala Fundación MAPFRE

0.17 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…

4. Fundació Antoni Tàpies

0.28 MILES

The Fundació Antoni Tàpies is both a pioneering Modernista building (completed in the early 1880s) and the major collection of leading 20th-century…

5. Casa Lleó Morera

0.29 MILES

Domènech i Montaner’s 1905 contribution to the Illa de la Discòrdia, with Modernista carving outside and a bright, tiled lobby in which floral motifs…

6. Museu del Perfum

0.31 MILES

At the back of the Barcelona-founded Regia perfume shop, this museum tells the story of the scent world through the ages, with 5000 bottles of infinite…

7. Casa Amatller

0.31 MILES

One of Puig i Cadafalch’s most striking flights of Modernista fantasy, Casa Amatller combines Gothic window frames and Romanesque flourishes with a…

8. Casa Batlló

0.32 MILES

One of Europe's strangest residential buildings, Casa Batlló (built 1904–6) is Gaudí at his fantastical best. From its playful facade and marine-world…