El Poble Espanyol

A taste of Spanish village life

Noteworthy for: It was built as an exhibit for the Barcelona International Exhibition in 1928 and was only meant to last six months.
Word to the wise: Stop by one of the 40 different craft workshops in the area and pick out a unique handmade souvenir.

This open-air faux village has 117 buildings, streets and squares that were reproduced to scale and represent the 'ideal' Spanish village, pulling architectural styles from 15 different regions of Spain.
It sits on top of Montjuic Hill in the southwest corner of the city, and has everything you would find in a regular village, including several schools. There are nearly 20 restaurants serving everything from tapas to Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine and even two nightclubs - including the fabulous La Terrrazza - so you can easily spend half a day here.