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The Camper shoe company opened its first hotel and restaurant in Barcelona's El Raval neighborhood. Here, a few of the best local destinations.

Hotel

Casa Camper This stylish new 25-room boutique hotel offers each guest two separate rooms: a bedroom and, across the hall, a private "minilounge" with a flat-screen TV. DETAILS Doubles from $270; Elisabets 11; 011-34-933-436-280.

Restaurants

FoodBall Camper's new organic fast-food restaurant specializes in rice balls with a choice of fillings and dipping sauces. Customers sit on enormous steps built to resemble a stoop rather than at tables and chairs. DETAILS Elisabets 9; 011-34-932-701-363.

Casa Leopoldo A neighborhood classic, this cozy restaurant is at the end of Rambla del Raval, a wide promenade that runs through the center of El Raval. Earthy Spanish dishes like juicy baby squid and green beans with chunks of jamón (ham) are served in a dining room decorated with tiled murals and bullfighting paraphernalia. DETAILS Sant Rafael 24; 011-34-934-416-942.

Escribà This pâtisserie and café in an Art Nouveau building is known for its cakes and elaborate chocolate figures. The shop's late owner, Antoni Escribà, dreamed of being a sculptor but ended up taking over his family's chocolate business, and was dubbed "the first avant-garde figure of Spanish cooking" by superchef Ferran Adrià. DETAILS Rambla de les Flors 83; 011-34-933-016-027.

Granja M. Viader Cacaolat, Catalonia's popular hot chocolate drink, was reputedly invented at this café, an intimate space with marble-topped tables, centuries-old tiles and vintage posters on the walls. Granja also makes terrific flan. DETAILS Xuclà 4-6; 011-34-933-183-486.

Museum/Art Exhibit

Foment de les Arts Decoratives (FAD) At the city's oldest design association, visitors can view exhibits, attend lectures or look over a roster of design-related events around Barcelona. DETAILS Plaça dels Àngels 5-6; 011-34-934-437-520.

Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) This contemporary-art museum is in a striking grid-faced white building designed by Richard Meier. The permanent collection includes numerous works by modern Spanish and Catalan artists. DETAILS Plaça dels Àngels 1; 011-34-934-120-810.