Buildings guarded by high archways and antique doors, adorned with balconies of wrought iron, tumble down to one of the prettiest urban river frontages in all of Catalonia.

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You won't find anything mind-blowingly different here: avoid the stalls that run along the street and venture to the dedicated shopping buildings behind which are filled with antique and handicraft stores.

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Big enough to accommodate a couple of hundred dancers, the club boasts huge antique glass windows that look out on the colonial-era buildings dominating the Bund.

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