Rents are lower in Eixample Left than in Eixample Right, and start at around 1, 200 euros a month for a two-bed flat.

BBC: Living in: Barcelona

Lighting is also decisive in another new Michelin-star restaurant interior in the Eixample district, where Catalan-Canadian chef Jordi Artal relaunched Cinq Sentis, his 8-year-old restaurant, last fall.

WSJ: In Barcelona, Putting Cutting-Edge Design on the Table