From an Ibiza-style beach club to an underground gem, here's where to party after dark (and even later) in Barcelona.

There are few places on earth as festive-feeling as Barcelona's chocolate-box medieval heart over the Christmas period (which here runs until Epiphany, or Twelfth Night).

Although New York is called “the city that never sleeps,” that moniker really belongs to Barcelona, which could just as accurately be labeled, “the city that naps in the afternoon and then parties till sunrise.”

Barcelona has become the capital of jazz, thanks to its friends at the International Jazz Festival and many venues who have supported the genre. Discover the universe of jazz in the city with this selection of the top places to see and hear it live in all its splendour.

Ocaña pays tribute to the brilliant José Pérez Ocaña, painter, activist and defender of freedom during Spain's Transition and in the 1970s. The ample space sets out to rediscover the transgressor spirit of the artist, so little recognised by civic institutions.

When night falls, Shôko transforms, bringin the best nights in Barcelona that continues until dawn with the best beats from international Dj’s such as Rawliquor Dj’s, Dj D-Wayne, Nouveaubeats Dj’s, DVBBS, Sebastián Gamboa, Quintino, Borgeous, Tom Swoon and our resident Dj’s Tony Storella, Dj Muly, Dj Papis..

At times life in Barcelona can seem like one long fiesta, especially during summer when every barrio in the city celebrates its own patron saint days and a Bacchanalic carnival vibe takes over the entire town one district at a time.