Insomniacs guide to clubbing in Barcelona

Barcelonins are still in front of the mirror by the time you're usually in full flight, bars are barely getting into their stride at 10pm and clubs (best on Thursday to Saturday nights) don't come alive before 2am.

The lower end of the Barri Gòtic and the hip El Born area are all busy, with bars of all descriptions. In L'Eixample, the main axis is along Carrer d'Aribau and into the chichi Zona Alta area around Carrer de Tuset and Carrer de Marià Cubí. The squares and some streets of Gràcia also hop