infy JETSETTING: Secret Bars of Barcelona
“El Mariachi is a drinking den, one of an estimated 40 clandestine bars that have sprung up in recent years in Barcelona. They have been set up by okupas - squatters who have taken possession of empty buildings because a generation of Spaniards have been unable to buy or rent their own homes due to spiralling housing costs.
A little way from here, off Calle Princessa is perhaps one of the hardest bars to find. Take a map or a local to pin down the dimly lit Carrer de la Neu de Sant Cugat, which is off a larger street, Carrer dels Assaonaders. Search for a little metal doorway, daubed with what could be either a painting or graffiti.”
photo by moonique
underground spanish speakeasies? yes please. i recently spent time in one of our own. there’s something to be said about a shifty door man, a thick haze of smoke, and stiff drinks into the early morning.
