Barcelona is NOT at all the best place to see authentic flamenco, as it’s not remotely an art form in Catalunya, but if you won’t be traveling to Madrid or Seville, there is a brand new venue created by the Cacheiro restaurant group that is destined to change the city’s poor flamenco scene.

Palacio del Flamenco - in a renovated theater on tony Balmes, 139, in the Eixample, handy to hotels and recommended by the top desk staffs. It has a regular cast of 15 artists who perform true flamenco and flamenco fusion on the original theater stage while the orchestra seats have been turned into an upscale restaurant. It just opened in January ’07 (palaciodelflamenco.com)

Soniquete - There’s also a lively new flamenco bar that attracts the young and hip on Carrer Milans, 5, near the Placa Reial in the Gothic quarter and only open from Thursday - Sunday.

Try to avoid the touristy and unauthentic Los Tarantos on Placa Reial.