STAY
Spend a long weekend at the Barcelona Edition in El Born. This area is the Brooklyn of Barcelona, and the newly opened Edition, a chic boutique hotel with 100 rooms, is cool-kid central. Libations are a top priority here. There are four hangouts on-site: the Cabaret supper club, the lobby’s Bar Veraz (try a Manhattan with locally made vermouth), The Roof (with romantic views of the city) and—our favourite—the Punch Room, a speakeasy-style lounge. Since going out for dinner in Spain before 9:30 p.m. is verboten, every night around 8 p.m. we’d head to this spot for some olives and Catalonian cheese (okay, we were starving) and a glass or two of punch. The menu switches up seasonally, but you can’t go wrong with the house punch, a blend of gin and jasmine- and orangeflower water. If you (or your liver) need a break, the rooms at the Edition (with their Scandi-meets-Spanish influence, soothing woods, crisp white linens and soft throws) are the ultimate place for a time-out. Put on your robe and kick back; you’ll feel like you’re at a country retreat rather than in the middle of the city.