Finding the ideal place to celebrate your birthday is not easy. Whether you’re thinking of an idea for yourself or looking for a gift for someone special, lighting up isn’t always easy. That’s why this list comes in handy.
From immersive experiences to beautiful hotels for a getaway away from Barcelona, or beautiful hotels with spa to spend a day of vacation in your own city. And, of course, there are also cool stores where you can buy a nice gift.
In the end, the goal is the same, to give yourself a tribute, celebrate a birthday in style and give yourself the experience that you don’t have time to enjoy the rest of the year.
Table Of Contents
- Nobu, enjoy panoramic views of the city.
- Eat in a dinner service worthy of Philip II at the Rilke Restaurant.
- Bubble Planet
- Art Gallery and Multifunctional Space
- Alfa 5, the largest XR Sports center in the world.
- Play Point BCN, laser warfare
- Piñata Cantina, Mexican Brunch
- AIRE Ancient Baths
- MasSpa, at Mas de Torrent Hotel & Spa
- Nomading, camping burburja
- Gastronomic getaway to Nomo Far de Sant Sebastià
- Parador de Cardona
- Merendero de Les Planes
- Vegues Valparaíso Barbecue
- Can Jané, in case you don't feel like cooking.
- Unusual
- Vila Viniteca, gourmet paradise
- Diacaciones, one-day vacations
- Casa Bonay, the home hotel
Intimate birthday in a nice restaurant in the city
Intimate or not, a visit to these restaurants is worth it. Finding a nice place to celebrate a birthday is not easy, and that’s why it’s a good idea to look at this list and find one that seduces you. From places with a retro and classic air to charming terraces or restaurants with exquisite decoration and sea views. And of course, all with delicious food to blow out candles in style.
Nobu, enjoy panoramic views of the city.
It is located on the 23rd floor of the Nobu Hotel and offers panoramic views of the city and the sea. For that alone it deserves to be on this list. But there is more, of course. It is inspired by the classic gastronomy of Tokyo and the trips that its chef, Nobu, made in South America. The end result is an extensive menu that includes innovative dishes and bold cocktails. Some of the most popular are yellowtail sashimi with jalapeños and black cod with miso.
It is possible to dine at the sushi bar and in the dining room, depending on the diner’s preferences. Both spaces are worthy of admiration.
Av. de Roma, 2
Eat in a dinner service worthy of Philip II at the Rilke Restaurant.
What would it be like to eat in a Versailles salon? That is the question that Rilke Barcelona has wanted to bring to the 21st century with its dining room full of red velvet and wallpaper. In addition, the restaurant offers a menu based on simplicity signed by chefs Rafa Peña and Jaime Tejedor.
Carrer de Mallorca, 275
Give the gift of an immersive experience
In Barcelona they have become fashionable, and once you visit them you understand why. Immersive experiences are the Chiqui Park of adults, a different way to have fun and an original place to celebrate a birthday, where traditional gymkhanas reach another level thanks to technology, becoming 3D rides through imaginary (but very real) worlds or interactive trips.
Bubble Planet
Birthday parties are a perfect excuse to reminisce about those times when the main concern was deciding what to have for a snack. In this spirit we can go to Bubble Planet, an immersive experience to have fun like kids in a world of bubbles.
Also, if you want intimacy and something more special, the venue offers the option of reserving a room so you can have your own personalized party from seven guests. They take care of everything: catering, drinks, organizing activities, decorations… So that you and your family (little ones… or not) only have to worry about having fun.
📍 Espacio Inmersa. c/Llull, 119
Art Gallery and Multifunctional Space
After its success in cities like London and Berlin, opens its doors in this gallery dedicated to the promotion of art and creativity, the original and fluorescent dark painting workshop known as Neon Brush.
A cozy and versatile environment that you will find in the Ciutat Vella neighborhood and where, with brush and glass in hand, you will unlock your artistic skills. This fun and interactive workshop awaits you with fluorescent paint, neon lights, music and, for a limited time, unlimited drinks. Take advantage!
📍 Carrer de Buenaventura Muñoz, 6, Barcelona
Get pitted with friends in a team game.
Download adrenaline, burn some calories and, above all, compete in a good mood is a fun group activity and a good idea if you are looking to celebrate an active birthday. Barcelona has a variety of experiences that combine physical activity
Alfa 5, the largest XR Sports center in the world.
In Poblenou we find this space, which through 9 activities of different levels of physical intensity makes us enjoy XR Sports, traditional sports with a new layer of reality thanks to technology. If we go with friends we can enjoy a game of Flatball (the jewel in the crown, an exclusive game of space), a soccer game where the goal moves or a first-person shooter-style war with virtual reality goggles, among other game mechanics.
📍 Alfa5 XR Sports. c/ Almogàvers, 169
Play Point BCN, laser warfare
In Barcelona there are two centers specialized in laser tag and few simpler dynamics. You enter with your friends, put on your vests, load your weapons and run through the mazes looking to conquer the opposing base. A hilarious plan to celebrate your birthday with all your friends and make the group that loses the game pay for the beers afterwards.
📍 Compte Borrell Center, 88 (Barcelona), Cartagena Center, 329-331 (Barcelona)
Try an exotic brunch to celebrate a birthday morning.
Brunches are already a religion in Barcelona, and if you haven’t tried one, it’s not long before you’re looking for a weekend morning to try one of these authentic tributes to gluttony.
There are many brunches in Barcelona, so many that the classics are already familiar to us, and some new, original and thematic proposals have begun to emerge . From the Peruvian brunch at Tasseta Verda to the Latin brunch at Aprada, any option is good for a birthday tribute in the morning to cure the hangover from the night party.
Piñata Cantina, Mexican Brunch
An authentic Mexican cantina (one of the many good ones in the city) that now also offers, every Sunday, a brunch from 12h. 16h. with both sweet and savory dishes such as enchiladas (tacos dipped in sauce), Chilaquiles (totopos accompanied by egg and chicken) and Crepes with cajeta (sweet goat milk) and coffee in the pot.
Treat yourself to the pampering you deserve at a spa.
There is nothing like ending or beginning a birthday day by giving ourselves the pampering we would like to receive every day of the year. There are few places to celebrate a birthday for adults than a spa where the water games of the hot springs, massages and baths help us get rid of the stress of the other 364 days of the year.
AIRE Ancient Baths
Since we discovered them, we fell in love with them. The first one emerged in Barcelona, in the Born neighborhood. Under one of the portals of Passeig Picasso, in an old warehouse of the late eighteenth century, hide these baths that perfectly combine modern character and traditional essence. A place that oozes beauty and where you will find massages, aromatherapy and all kinds of body and facial care to pamper you.
Inspired by the tradition of the baths of the ancient Roman, Greek and Ottoman civilizations, AIRE is always located in restored historic buildings located in the center of the cities. In addition to water, AIRE always recreates an atmosphere of magic and sophistication.
Passeig Picasso, 22, Barcelona
Riera de Vallromanes, s/n, 08188 Can Salagros, Vallromanes
MasSpa, at Mas de Torrent Hotel & Spa
We dare to say that MasSpa is, in our opinion, one of the three best spas in Catalonia. For the quality of the spa, the place where it is located and the environment that surrounds it. Nothing more and nothing less than a 5* Hotel, the Mas de Torrent Hotel & Spa, a few kilometers from Begur, on the Costa Brava.
The space in which MasSpa is located has more than 600m2 dedicated to sport, relaxation, wellness and calm. In short, a place designed for holistic care that houses a heated pool, treatment rooms, dry sauna and hammam, water circuit and activities such as yoga, meditation, pilates…
In addition, the menu of treatments and massages go hand in hand with Natura Bissé and Comfort Zone, pioneers in cosmetics and wellness products.
Afores de Torrent s/n, Torrent (Girona)
A getaway
As cheesy people say, getting lost is often the best way to find yourself. For that reason, few better places to celebrate a birthday than those far away from our usual environment. A getaway outside Barcelona is already a good plan, but if we accompany it with some fun experience, the birthday is round.
Nomading, camping burburja
It’s a couple of hours away from Barcelona, but it’s worth it. The Nomading Camp is a campsite where you can sleep in bubble rooms that leave the roof of the sky for us. The bubbles, conditioned, with private bathroom and breakfast included and even a telescope to see the stars. A luxury experience to celebrate a birthday in style.
📍 La Farga de Moles, Lérida
Gastronomic getaway to Nomo Far de Sant Sebastià
Getting out of Barcelona is good. Going out to eat is even better. But going out for sushi dinner in an old lighthouse literally sitting on the sea is priceless. This place, one of our favorite restaurants on the Costa Brava, is wonderful and the food has the seal of quality of the Nomo group, regulars of Japanese food in Barcelona. There are few better places to celebrate a great birthday.
📍 Passeig de Pau Casals, 64 17211 Llafranc
Parador de Cardona
Barbecue with friends in the countryside
The title says it all: any better idea than going to grill some meat or some calçots in the middle of nature to celebrate a birthday with friends? Low-cost, self-made and wow, anglicisms aside, a lot of fun.
Merendero de Les Planes
The most classic. The only picnic area of Collserola with easy access by train is also the most requested, so it is best to book. Of course, booking in advance will allow you to enjoy a space with barbecues and tables surrounded by trees and some open ground to have a few touches. Music, atmosphere, barbecue and return by train so that no driver has to miss the toast.
📍 BV-1462, Carrer Vallvidrera to Sant Cugat, Km. 6.5
Vegues Valparaíso Barbecue
Further away, but in an idyllic setting.If you haven’t been to Begues yet, it’s your turn, and by the way, you can celebrate your birthday at a barbecue Valparaíso, a great place in the middle of the Garraf natural park, with a huge circular barbecue in the center, and with a reasonable cost of 15 euros per car (with firewood included).
📍 By the N340 freeway, exit Avinyó Nou, direction Begues on the BV-2411.
Can Jané, in case you don’t feel like cooking.
Their specialty is Catalan cuisine and grilled meats, and what a grill! In addition, the vegetables are from their own garden and seasonal. All this in a natural environment, in a family farmhouse of the eighteenth century located in the Serra de Collserola and only 10 minutes from Barcelona. In the middle of nature, next to the Ermita de Sant Medir, it is the perfect setting to disconnect from the city without having to go far away. It is also the perfect excuse to take advantage and climb Tibidabo.
Camí de Can Jané s/n 08196 Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona)
Calçotada menu, from 39,50€.
Give yourself a gastronomic treat (or not)
Buying something nice or tasty is clearly an unbeatable way to treat yourself on your birthday. Barcelona is full of great concept stores and original stores where you can find authentic gifts, but it is also a good idea to assemble the basket dreamed by any foodie by going to one of the gourmet stores in the city.
Unusual
Its name already prepares you for what you are going to find. The most unusual objects. I’m talking about rings carved in stone or plates with drawings so beautiful that it would even make you angry to eat on them.
Unusual* opened its doors in 2019, becoming one of the first concept stores in the Poblenou neighborhood, one of the most avant-garde neighborhoods and with projection in the field of design in Barcelona. It is a concept store based on the sale of unusual and original products. Among them, shoes, furniture, magazines and fanzines…
Ramon Turró, 147
Vila Viniteca, gourmet paradise
The dream store of any gulafre. Vila Viniteca has a small empire in the lower part of the Borne, in Agullers street, where it has several premises in which stand out on the one hand, the viniteca, with more than 10,000 references and a locked section where the most special bottles are kept.
On the other, the gourmet store, with all kinds of premium foods and a jewel in the crown, a cheese chamber with more than 200 names from around the world, which is a place to get lost and never come back.
📍Carrer dels Agullers, 7
Vacations in your own city
We can think of few better plans. Rediscovering our own city as if we were those tourists that sometimes overwhelm us so much is a great plan, another way to see the city, as if you were looking at your house from the table. There are many options to do so, but we leave you a few for you to choose the one you like the most.
Diacaciones, one-day vacations
There is a company that is dedicated to facilitate as much as possible this concept of vacation in the city itself, the “diacaciones” they call them. It’s called Hotel Break, and we already told you about it because we liked that one day you can wake up at home and then go to the spa of a hotel and sleep in your room to sleep the next day back to sleep at home. A complete experience that can be a fantastic gift.
Casa Bonay, the home hotel
A hotel that seeks to integrate into neighborhood life and succeeds. There are not so many. Beyond its rooms, its cocktail bar The Libertine, its micro-bookstore, its music sessions or its gastronomic initiatives are a perfect excuse to spend a night there.
Concerts and festivals
Nothing like going to a concert or festival to celebrate your birthday. Listening to live music and partying with your friends is probably one of the best plans you can celebrate, so we leave you a list of concerts and festivals held in the city so you do not miss anything and go get your tickets.