The best is to leave a city and visit an old castle. Lucky if there is a hilltop cafe! The Palador de Cardona was the most perfect setting. While reading on the breezy terrace all day long (there is a cafeteria on the 6th floor), they would leave you alone and just bring tea and water when you asked.
In the Old Town of Barcelona, there were also two nice cafes. One was hidden in a nice small plaza (Placa de Santa Just) that suddenly popped up after meandering into the small alley. It was called Bliss, and they had good gazpacho.
The other cafe that was even more peaceful was inside the museum MFM (you can reach this place through its courtyard). Their Aroma Tea was very nice. Good tea in continental Europe is sometimes hard to find, so it was a definite added bonus and well worth visiting twice.
As for tapas, there are tons in this town, but unfortunately none of them that had outside seats were that excellent in terms of food quality. My favorite was a place in Old Town that was most crowded and the food quality EXCELLENT.
It was around the corner from, and an alternative to the popular Cal Pep that was closed due to summer holiday, but I need a moment to remember the name! It probably specializes in Spanish ham but everything else was really good too.
On the way back to the hotel, there was a guitar concert so stopped by. Awww, Europe is nice...
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