For the September 2026 issue of GQ, we shot Tony star Dominic Sessa all over Barcelona. We also hit up Daniel Borrás, GQ Spain’s head of editorial content—who calls the city the sort of freewheeling place where you can “wear whatever you want, be whatever you want, and do whatever you want.” Here are his exceptionally stylish picks for where to shop, eat, drink, and stay for the next time you find yourself over there.
Terranova
“The best bookstore in Spain,” according to Borrás, is housed in a former 19th-century shoe shop. Come for the veritable gold mine of art and fashion books—Borrás recently grabbed a photo collection of 600 bar napkins from all across Spain. Then stay for the store’s offbeat zines and volumes turned out by its in-house publisher.
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Canvis Nous
This bar cofounded by Nacho Alegre—the taste guru behind the arty interiors mag Apartamento—is, Borrás says, “something very real, from people that are doing creative things.” Some of those creative things? A best-in-class natural-wine list and inspired tapas, like a pork rib with rhubarb chutney.
