Located just a stone’s throw from La Rambla, Los Caracoles is a traditional Spanish restaurant with a rustic but cosy dining room lined with all kinds of memorabilia. The restaurant, open since 1835, is famous for the dish which gives it its name – the snails – but also for its large spit-roast fire grill which produces delicious roast chickens. You’ll also find a wide selection of seafood and fish on the menu, as well as paella dishes and traditional tapas.

The authentic and charismatic restaurant Los Caracoles with traditional high quality cuisine was founded in 1835 by Bofarull family in the most emblematic part of the Gothic Disctrict, near Las Ramblas in Barcelona. With the history counting for more than 180 years the restaurant has a well-earned fame and remains as authentic as it was back to that time. It has been characterized for being a place frequented, always, by outstanding personalities of the world of art, entertainment, politics and finance, attracted not only by the good culinary pleasure, but by the charm of its many corners full of history.

Venture into the heart of the city and discover Los Caracoles, a place oozing with tradition and delightful surprises. Famous for their house specialty of the same name and their equally iconic sangria, Los Caracoles has been wowing locals and tourists alike since 1835, even hosting an impressive lineup of celebrities over the years. I mean, as everyone from Robert De Niro to Jimmy Carter has stopped by, you know that there’s got to be something here worth trying!

Welcome to Casa Bofarull, convincing and conquering palates since 1835. Los Caracoles is a “charismatic and historical” restaurant, with “high quality traditional cuisine”. It was in that year, the 35th of the 19th century, when the Bofarull family decided to found what is now one of the most charismatic and charming corners of Barcelona.

Los Caracoles has been operating for over 180 years, and as authentic as you can get. The restaurant is traditionally decorated, and, in addition to its sangria, specializes in seafood dishes such as snails, clams, and shrimp. And if you're also looking for a good place to try a real paella, Los Caracoles can check off both at once.

Sight, smell and taste converge when you see the large wall of roasting chickens at one of Barcelona's most famous restaurants. Dine on incredible Catalan dishes of roasted meats, fresh fish dishes and snails all for fairly reasonable prices. It's hard to pass by Los Caracoles without gawking at the chicken skewers in the window.

Wonderful Catalan restaurant in the heart of the gothic quarter, a little pricey but definitely worth a visit even if it’s just to sit at the bar and drink a few beers, chat to the very friendly waiters and watch the desserts being prepared. Calle Escudellers 14, 08002 Barcelona. Tel: 93 301 2041 Website: www.loscaracoles.es

In Ciutat Vella, you will find several places that were born in the 19th century and that are still in great shape: Bar Marsella – where they still serve their famous absinthe liquor –, Los Caracoles, 7 Portes, where you can try a Parellada rice dish and have pajamas for dessert, Casa Almirante and 4 Gats, among others.

The Bofarull family has been welcoming visitors to this classic establishment since 1835. The menu has barely changed since Los Caracoles featured in the inaugural edition of Frommer’s Spain on $5 a Day—though the prices have. To enter its sprawling dining rooms you must walk through…

Many visitors to Spain have not tried this bar’s house specialty, but their caracoles will surprise you. The fifth generation of the Bofarull family now runs the bar, which opened in 1835. Los Caracoles is also famous for serving some of the best sangria in Barcelona.

From the moment, you enter Los Caracoles, it feels like stepping back into time. The decor hasn’t really changed since their opening in 1835 and they serve the best authentic Sangrias. It is both a restaurant as a bar, located in Barri Gothic.

Walking into this restaurant is like going back in time to witness and taste the original, most authentic sangria in town. Los Caracoles opened in 1835 and has since had people raving about their sangria.

This makes it a legend and a rarity in the hospitality world. Los Caracoles first opened in 1835, and their sangria has been dubbed the best and most authentic by some visitors.

Since 1835 the Bofarull family runs one of the most emblematic restaurants in Barcelona that is beloved by locals and visitors alike. Over the time and from generation to...

Los Caracoles has been there for over a hundred years and has not changed much. You walk in through the kitchen and there are multiple levels with rooms off either side.

Los Caracolesa name that might mislead “Snails” for a restaurant with the seafood Paella (14€) as specialty... Barrio Gótico - Escudellers 14. www.loscaracoles.es/