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Snack 55, also known as “The Cubalirto-Bar”, or “Cubalitros”, is a bar around 5 minutes away from the metro stations Tetuan (L2 purple line) and Girona (L4 yellow line), located on Passeig de Sant Joan 55.
As a lot of bars in Barcelona, Snack has a small entrance and if it is not a Friday or a Saturday, it is possible that you pass the entrance without noticing it. On weekends, on the other side, you won´t even find a free seat near the bar to sit down. Even though, you can hang around the bar, sit outside (which is not that advisable in the winter), or, if lucky, snatch a table with chairs at the back, away from the every-minute-cubalitros-buying crowd. There it is also possible to watch a football game, or play table football.
But what the bar is most known for, are their Cubalitros. For 4,- Euros you can buy 1 liter of rum with cola, vodka with fanta, etc.. All in all, they offer more or less 5 different Cubalitros. As you can expect, for 4 Euros you won´t be getting the best rum, so they have the same offer with popular brands for 8 Euros. Another special is the 1 meter chupitos line. Ordering this one, you will get 1 meter =15 shots for 12 Euros. Not a bad deal, considering that a chupito usually costs around 2 Euros.
Hungry people can try different plates on moderate prices too.
Drink responsible. Cheers!
The Torre Agbar, is a 21st century skyscraper situated at Barcelona’s Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. It was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, opening in June 2005. The King of Spain officially inaugurated it on 16 September 2005 . The tower has been named after its owners, the Agbar Group, a holding company whose interests include the Barcelona water company. Details
The National Museum of Catalan Art (MNAC) is, without doubt, one of the best sights of Brcelona. It is located across the Fountaing of Montjuic. The museum is among the seven most important museums in the city, along with CCCB, MCBA, Antonio Tapies Foundation, La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya, the Picasso Museum and the Joan Miró Foundation.
A legend says that, about 400 years before Rome was build, Hercules founded the city of Barcelona and named it “Βαρκινών”. According to another legend, in the third century BC, a Carthaginian called Hamilcar Barca named the city “Barcino” after his family. The most credible version is the fact that in 15BC the Romans staked the city out as a military camp, or “castrum”, and named it “Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino”, with its centre being on a small hill near the modern day Plaça de Sant Jaume.
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