Must-Buy Souvenirs

Jute-soled canvas shoes stitched by hand in a Gothic Quarter workshop open since 1941. Plain flats, ribboned styles for dancing, and made-to-measure pairs if you have time.

Tiles, trays and small lizards finished in the broken-ceramic mosaic technique Gaudí used across the city. The official monument shops fund conservation; street stalls sell imported copies.

Bottle-fermented sparkling wine from the hills an hour west of the city, made the same way as champagne but from local macabeu, xarel·lo and parellada grapes.

Boiled sweets pulled, rolled and cut by hand in the shop window, with the picture running right through each piece. Founded in Barcelona in 2004 and now copied worldwide.

Almond and honey nougat from Agramunt in inland Catalonia, sold year-round in Barcelona rather than only at Christmas, in everything from classic hard slabs to odd modern flavours.