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If the glistening pastries and towering chocolate creations aren’t enough of a lure, then the Modernista store-front certainly is. Buy goodies to go, or enjoy them on the spot in the small café.

This warehouse-sized store has a vast array of colourful hand-made ceramics from all over Spain. Take your pick from a superb selection of Spanish wines and cured hams in the wine cellar.

Housed in the 15th-century Palau Castanyer, this enormous shop stocks posters, photos, oil paintings, souvenirs and prints of works by well-known Spanish artists.

This shop’s delicate, hand-painted silks are created in an on-site workshop. Unusual designs include a Klimt-inspired, gilded silk.

What do the Pope, Jack Nicholson and legions of Barcelonins have in common? They buy their espadrilles (alpargatas ) here.

Sink your teeth into torró , the Spanish nougat-and-almond speciality. Casa Colomina, established in 1908, offers a tantalizing array.

Founded in 1761, this is Barcelona’s oldest shop. Today you’ll find it crammed with every kind of candle imaginable.

Amazing antique clothing from flapper dresses to boned corsets, silk shawls, puff sleeved shirts and pin-tucked shirt fronts. There’s also a selection of antique dolls and fans.

Survive Barcelona’s summer heat the old-fashioned way: buy a fan. From antique to hand-painted and contemporary fans, there are plenty to choose from. Also featured are original paintings by Catalan artists.

A neon-lit mini-mall, with vintage clothes, records and trendy accessories, all housed in a stately 18th-century palace.

Exterior, El Mercadillo