Bosc de les Fades

Bosc de les Fades
Pasaje de la Banca, 08002 Mon-Thurs, Sun: 10.30am-1.30am Frid-Sat: 10.30am-2.30am
Recommended: Malty black beers.

There’s an equation that sums up Barcelonan nightlife culture. Something along the lines of: Inscrutability of bar entrance x (kitsch levels + daft paraphernalia) = fun factor. El Bosc de les Fades, measured by these highly scientific parameters, scores top marks. Tucked away down a dark alleyway behind the Museu de Cera (Wax Museum), the windowless El Bosc is the sort of OTT eurotrash concept-joint that locals bring visitors to, reliant on its immediate wow! factor. As you might have guessed, the bar is fairy-forest themed: but why the forest constructed of gnarled tree trunks, Secret Garden paper foliage and running water sound-effects and the fairies being anyone’s guess.