Tablao Flamenco Cordobés
The most reviewed flamenco house in Barcelona (361 reviews, 8.9): a 70-minute show with drink, tapas or buffet dinner.
- Price
- from €48
- Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Guest rating
- 8.9/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Flamenco in Barcelona
Flamenco show in Barcelona: which house to book
Seven flamenco rooms in Barcelona, set side by side on price, length, seating, dinner and cancellation terms.
- Show sheets
- 7
- Cheapest
- from €24.65
- Most reviewed
- Tablao Flamenco Cordobés
Checked on 4 October 2026
Barcelona
Spain
Verdict
Our pick, by who is going
First time in the city
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés
Tablao Cordobés has 361 reviews, over three times as many as any other house on this page, with a score of 8.9. It also has the longest show (70 minutes), four start times and free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
from €481 h 10 min8.9/10Free up to 24 h before
Seen one before
Tablao Flamenco El Paraigua
We cannot verify which room locals rate, so this rests on format: El Paraigua has one show a night at 21:00, a single ticket with no dinner upsell, and the highest score here (9.8). That score comes from 22 reviews, and the house does not publish its capacity.
from €24.651 h9.8/10Free up to 36 h before
A night for two
El Duende by Tablao Cordobés
El Duende lets you buy a specific zone, including the front row, so you know where you will sit. It has a 21:30 show that fits around dinner elsewhere, a drink in three of the four zones, and a 9.3 score from 35 reviews.
from €2555 min9.3/10Free up to 24 h before
With children
Los Tarantos
Los Tarantos has no minimum age, the set lasts about 40 minutes and the first one starts at 17:30. Children under 7 enter free and ages 7 to 10 have a reduced rate. The venue says it has access for pushchairs.
from €3040 min8.9/10Free up to 48 h before
At a glance
The numbers before the words
Starting price
Room size
Not published: Los Tarantos, Tablao Flamenco El Paraigua, Teatro Flamenco Barcelona, Tablao de Carmen, Casa Sors
Usual start times
- Tablao Flamenco Cordobés17:4019:1521:0022:30
- Los Tarantos17:3018:3019:3020:30
- El Duende by Tablao Cordobés19:0020:1521:30
- Tablao Flamenco El Paraigua21:00
- Teatro Flamenco Barcelona17:0019:0020:45
- Tablao de Carmen18:4521:15
Each bar runs from the start to the end of the show. Not published: Casa Sors
Picking a flamenco show in Barcelona is mostly a question of format. Seven houses are bookable through the catalogue we checked, and they differ in ways you can measure: a 40-minute set on Plaça Reial from €30, a 70-minute show on La Rambla with an optional buffet, a dinner-only evening on Montjuïc from €88. Scores run from 8.5 to 9.8, but the number of reviews behind each score varies from 4 to 361, and that matters more than the decimal. So the best flamenco show in Barcelona depends on who is going, and the verdicts below pick one house per type of visitor.
One thing to know before you book. Flamenco comes from Andalusia, in the south of Spain, and it is not a Catalan tradition. Barcelona does have a flamenco history of its own, built by Andalusian families who moved here in the twentieth century (the dancer Carmen Amaya was born in the city), and its oldest tablao has been open since 1963. In practice, though, the rooms listed here are run for visitors, in the old town and around La Rambla. That is fine. It simply means you choose on facts such as room size, length and price, and not on the idea that one address is the local favourite.
Side by side
The shows compared
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| Venue | Tablao Flamenco Cordobés | Los Tarantos | El Duende by Tablao Cordobés | Tablao Flamenco El Paraigua | Teatro Flamenco Barcelona | Tablao de Carmen | Casa Sors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest rating | 8.9/10 · 361 reviews | 8.9/10 · 116 reviews | 9.3/10 · 35 reviews | 9.8/10 · 22 reviews | 9.0/10 · 4 reviews | 8.5/10 · 4 reviews | 9.7/10 · 6 reviews |
| Type of room | Tablao | Tablao | Tablao | Tablao | Theatre | Tablao | Tablao |
| Price | from €48 | from €30 | from €25 | from €24.65 | from €26.10 | from €88 | from €45 |
| Duration | 1 h 10 min | 40 min | 55 min | 1 h | 1 h | 1 h 45 min | 1 h 30 min |
| Room capacity | 130 seats | Not published by the venue | 120 seats | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue |
| Dinner | Optional extra | Optional extra | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Optional extra |
| Drink | Included | Optional extra | Optional extra | Included | Optional extra | Included | Optional extra |
| Usual start times | 17:40 · 19:15 · 21:00 · 22:30 | 17:30 · 18:30 · 19:30 · 20:30 | 19:00 · 20:15 · 21:30 | 21:00 | 17:00 · 19:00 · 20:45 | 18:45 · 21:15 | Not published by the venue |
| Minimum age | 4 and over | All ages | 4 and over | All ages | All ages | All ages | All ages |
| Dress code | Smart casual | None | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | None | Not published by the venue |
| Seating | Assigned by the venue | First come, first served | By ticket category | Not stated | First come, first served | Assigned by the venue | Not stated |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 48 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 36 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 48 h before | Free up to 24 h before |
| See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet |
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Show sheets
One sheet per show
Los Tarantos flamenco show
A 40-minute set on Plaça Reial, four times an evening from 17:30, with no minimum age and under-7s free.
- Price
- from €30
- Duration
- 40 min
- Guest rating
- 8.9/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 48 h before
El Duende by Tablao Cordobés
A 55-minute show in a 120-seat room on La Rambla, sold in four seating zones from €25, with no dinner.
- Price
- from €25
- Duration
- 55 min
- Guest rating
- 9.3/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Tablao Flamenco El Paraigua
One hour-long show a night at 21:00 with a drink included, scored 9.8 from a small base of 22 reviews.
- Price
- from €24.65
- Duration
- 1 h
- Guest rating
- 9.8/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 36 h before
Teatro Flamenco Barcelona
A one-hour show in El Born with the earliest start in the city (17:00), from €26.10, but only 4 reviews so far.
- Price
- from €26.10
- Duration
- 1 h
- Guest rating
- 9.0/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Tablao de Carmen dinner show
Dinner is part of every ticket here: a set menu and a one-hour show inside Poble Espanyol, from €88.
- Price
- from €88
- Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- Guest rating
- 8.5/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 48 h before
Casa Sors flamenco show and guitar museum
A flamenco show with a guided guitar museum visit in the Eixample, from €45. No English listing in the catalogue.
- Price
- from €45
- Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Guest rating
- 9.7/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
You book on Civitatis, the ticket platform, under its own terms.
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Before you choose
How the houses differ here
Start with length, because the range is wide. Los Tarantos runs about 40 minutes, four times an evening. El Duende is 55 minutes, El Paraigua and Teatro Flamenco Barcelona an hour, and Tablao Cordobés 70 minutes. A shorter show is not a worse one, and it is easier with children or before a late dinner, but you should know what you are paying for per minute.
Then look at how seats are given out. Tablao Cordobés assigns seats in booking order and gives priority to dinner guests. El Duende sells four zones, from the back row to the front row, so you pay for position. Los Tarantos and Teatro Flamenco Barcelona seat people in order of arrival, and Los Tarantos also has standing areas, so turning up at the last minute has a cost there.
Food is optional almost everywhere. Only Tablao de Carmen sells every ticket in the catalogue with a set dinner. Tablao Cordobés offers a drink, a tapas session or a buffet dinner as three separate rates. Los Tarantos sends its tapas ticket holders to a café next door, before or after the set. El Duende and El Paraigua do not serve dinner at all, which leaves you free to eat where you like.
Two gaps to be honest about. Only two houses publish a room size we could cite: Tablao Cordobés (up to 130 guests) and El Duende (120). The others describe themselves as small without giving a number, so we leave capacity blank, and no house states on its own site whether the performance is amplified. And several well-known Barcelona flamenco nights, including Palau Dalmases, the City Hall theatre, the Gran Gala Flamenco at Teatre Poliorama and the flamenco evenings at the Palau de la Música, were not in the catalogue on the day we checked, so they are not compared here. If you are also visiting Seville, Granada or Jerez on the same trip, the choice of houses is wider there.
Plan
The evening, step by step
Before the show
The early sessions, from 17:00 to 19:30, are done by 20:30 and leave dinner for afterwards. Los Tarantos lasts about 40 minutes, so it fits before a table booked elsewhere. For the starts at 21:00 or later, eat first or take a dinner rate. At Tablao de Carmen dinner comes with every ticket.
Arriving
Los Tarantos and Teatro Flamenco Barcelona seat people in order of arrival, and Los Tarantos has standing areas, so come well ahead there. Tablao Cordobés and Tablao de Carmen assign seats, and El Duende sells by zone. El Paraigua opens its doors at 20:30 for the 21:00 show.
During the show
Between 40 and 70 minutes of performance, depending on the house. Tablao de Carmen lists 105 minutes because the dinner is counted. We found no published interval or photo rule at any of the seven, so ask at the door.
Getting back
Five of the seven houses are in the old town, near Liceu or Drassanes (line 3) or Jaume I (line 4). The metro runs until midnight from Sunday to Thursday, until 2:00 on Fridays and the eve of holidays, and all night on Saturdays. The 22:30 session at Tablao Cordobés ends at about 23:40, which is tight for the last train on a weeknight. From Tablao de Carmen, buses 13, 23 and 150 stop outside Poble Espanyol, or it is about ten minutes on foot to Plaça Espanya (lines 1 and 3).
Where
Where the houses are
La Rambla
Tablao Cordobés at number 35 and Tablao El Duende at number 33 are two doors apart, between Liceu and Drassanes metro. Both are tablaos of 120 to 130 places, with seats assigned or sold by zone and several sessions each evening.
Barri Gòtic and El Born
The old streets on the east side of La Rambla. Los Tarantos is on Plaça Reial, El Paraigua is a single 21:00 show near the town hall end of the Gòtic, and Teatro Flamenco Barcelona is in El Born, closest to Jaume I metro. None of the three publishes a capacity.
Montjuïc
Tablao de Carmen is inside Poble Espanyol, on the hill above Plaça Espanya, and every ticket includes dinner. It is not a walk from La Rambla, so count the journey both ways.
Eixample
Casa Sors is on Carrer del Consell de Cent, in the grid of the Eixample and away from the old-town cluster. The venue does not publish showtimes, so the time on your booking is the one to plan around.
Guides for this city
Is flamenco with dinner worth it?
Twelve of the 28 flamenco houses we compare sell food with the ticket, and only one of them makes you take it.
Tablao or theatre: how to read a flamenco room
The word on the door says less than three lines on the sheet: how many seats, how they are given out, and whether the room is amplified.
Which city for flamenco: Seville, Madrid, Barcelona or Granada?
If your route covers more than one of the four, the catalogue gives clear reasons to book in the south.
Common questions
How long is a flamenco show in Barcelona?
Between 40 and 70 minutes for the performance itself. Los Tarantos is the shortest at about 40 minutes, Tablao Cordobés the longest at 70. With dinner, allow about two and a half hours at Tablao Cordobés, and an hour and three quarters from doors to final applause at Tablao de Carmen.
Is flamenco from Barcelona?
No. Flamenco is Andalusian, and Catalonia has its own music and dance traditions. Barcelona has had flamenco rooms for decades because of migration from the south, and Los Tarantos has been open since 1963, but most houses here work mainly for visitors. You can still see a full show with singer, guitarist and dancers. Just choose on the facts in each sheet.
Is the dinner worth paying for?
It is optional at most houses, so compare before adding it. At Tablao Cordobés the dinner rate is a buffet with drinks served before the show, and dinner guests get priority when seats are assigned, which is a practical reason to take it. At Tablao de Carmen dinner is part of every ticket in the catalogue, from €88. If food is not the point, El Duende and El Paraigua sell the show with a drink and nothing else.
Do I need to book ahead?
For a particular time or zone, yes. El Paraigua has a single show at 21:00, and the two documented rooms hold 120 and 130 people, so popular slots can fill. Where seating is by order of arrival (Los Tarantos, Teatro Flamenco Barcelona), booking secures entry but you still need to arrive early for a good seat.
Can children go?
Yes at most houses. Los Tarantos, El Paraigua, Teatro Flamenco Barcelona, Tablao de Carmen and Casa Sors state no minimum age in the catalogue. Tablao Cordobés and El Duende do not admit children under 4, and El Duende charges the adult price from age 4. The earliest starts are 17:00 at Teatro Flamenco Barcelona and 17:30 at Los Tarantos.
What should I wear, and can I cancel?
No house asks for formal dress. Tablao Cordobés recommends smart casual, Tablao de Carmen suggests avoiding caps, sportswear and swimwear at dinner, and Los Tarantos refuses football shirts, flip-flops and beachwear. Every show on this page had free cancellation when we checked: 24 hours before at four houses, 36 hours at El Paraigua, 48 hours at Los Tarantos and Tablao de Carmen.
Sources
Price, duration, what is included, minimum age and cancellation come from the Civitatis catalogue. Room capacity, dress code and start times come from each venue's own website. Everything on this page was checked on 4 October 2026. Prices are starting prices and move with the date. How the sheets are built
The same kind of show elsewhere
Seville
Prices from €20 to €36, rooms from 50 to 500 seats, and only two houses that sell dinner. Here is how they differ.
Madrid
Five Madrid flamenco houses on one sheet: price, length, room size, dinner, minimum age and refund terms, checked on 4 October 2026.
Granada
Eight houses, split between the Sacromonte caves and the tablaos of the centre and the Albaicín, with the same facts for each.