El Corte Inglés Plaça Catalunya

• 9th-floor food hall with self-service stalls, an ice cream counter, and window tables and a terrace facing the plaza, an easy stop with kids
• Kids' department for clothes, shoes, and toys, plus stroller-friendly elevators between floors
• Reliable air conditioning all summer, a quick escape when the plaza outside is baking

The flagship El Corte Inglés fills a whole side of Plaça de Catalunya across nine floors, with a children's department for clothes and toys, a basement gourmet supermarket, and a top-floor food hall, La Plaça Gastro Mercat. Stalls there serve paella, sushi, pizza, and ice cream, and the dining room and outdoor terrace look out over the plaza toward the Sagrada Família and Tibidabo.