Flamenco Show BarcelonaTablao de Carmen: Flamenco with Dinner, Poble Espanyol
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The Tablao de Carmen Barcelona dinner show opened in 1988 in tribute to Carmen Amaya, the Roma dancer born on Barcelona's Somorrostro beach who became one of the greatest flamenco performers of the century. The room is laid out as an Andalusian amphitheatre so tables face the boards, and it is the one venue in this comparison where dinner is the evening rather than an add-on. It is the dinner option among the six flamenco shows in Barcelona compared here.
About This Flamenco Show
One hour of show, after dinner service
$102 per adult with dinner, a drink and village entry included
4.8 from 2,262 verified bookings
Served at your table facing the stage; sangría, house wine or coffee included
Inside Poble Espanyol on Montjuïc, entry from 16:00 with your ticket
Andalusian amphitheatre, tables around the stage
Listing at a Glance
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- Show Flamenco and Dinner at Tablao de Carmen
- Venue Tablao de Carmen, inside Poble Espanyol
- Address Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 13, Poble Espanyol
- Neighbourhood Montjuïc, above Plaça Espanya
- Operator Tablao de Carmen
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 231887
- Starting price $102 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.8 out of 5
- Review count 2,262 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Format Tablao built as an Andalusian amphitheatre
- Duration 1 hour
- Show times Doors 18:00 for the 18:45 show; doors 20:30 for the 21:15 show
- Doors 45 minutes before each show
- Room size Amphitheatre seating around the stage
- Seating Dining tables facing the stage
- Sound Close-quarters tablao staging
- Drink included Sangría, house wine or coffee
- Dinner option Dinner is in the price on this listing; menu tiers run from tapas to a full Spanish dinner
- Photography No restriction stated on the listing
- Getting there Eight minutes uphill from Plaça Espanya; search Porta d'Ávila, not the tablao, in map apps
- Arrive by No pickup, enter through the Poble Espanyol main gate
- Ends One hour of show after dinner service
- Transport included None, you make your own way to the venue
- Audience Shared dining room
- Language English on the booking; no commentary in the show
- Minimum age None stated
- Difficulty Easy, but the walk up from Plaça Espanya is uphill
- Accessibility None stated on the listing, ask the venue before booking
- Cancellation 24 hours before the show
- Reserve now, pay later Yes
- Weather Indoors; the walk up through Poble Espanyol is open-air
- Good to know Opened 1988 as a tribute to Carmen Amaya, the Barcelona-born Roma dancer; the shows are billed as unchoreographed
- Founded 1988, in tribute to the dancer Carmen Amaya
- Included extra Poble Espanyol entry from 16:00 on the day of the booking
Check Dates and Availability
Live dates and prices for this show, straight from the booking platform.
Quick answer Two sittings, dinner at the table, and the free village entry
The dinner venue. Two sittings a night, doors 18:00 for the 18:45 show and doors 20:30 for the 21:15, with the meal served at your table in an amphitheatre built to face the boards. Your ticket also opens Poble Espanyol from 16:00, an open-air village that normally charges around €12 to enter, so arriving early is free.
Key takeaways
- Opened 1988 in tribute to Carmen Amaya, born in Barcelona's Somorrostro
- Dinner, a drink and the show are one price on this listing
- Two sittings: doors 18:00 for 18:45, doors 20:30 for 21:15
- Poble Espanyol entry from 16:00 is included, worth about €12 on its own
- Search map apps for Porta d'Ávila, not for the tablao, or you land on the wrong side of Montjuïc
- Want the show without the meal? Tablao Cordobés sells the seat alone
Carmen Amaya, and Why This Room Exists
The venue is named after a dancer who was born a fifteen-minute walk from where you are sitting.
From the Somorrostro to Hollywood
Carmen Amaya was born into a Roma family in the Somorrostro, the shack settlement that stood on Barcelona's beach until the 1960s. She danced in the street as a child, toured the Americas, appeared in films, and changed what the art expected from a woman on a stage by dancing in trousers with a force previously reserved for men.
The tablao opened in 1988 as a tribute to her, and the connection is the reason a serious flamenco room exists inside what is otherwise a tourist attraction.
Why flamenco in Barcelona at all
Because families like hers came here. Flamenco is Andalusian, listed by UNESCO in 2010 with Andalusia named as its heartland, but the twentieth-century migration that brought Andalusian and Roma families north brought the art with it. The homepage guide goes into what you are actually watching.
How the Evening Works
This is the one venue where the timings need planning, and the one where arriving early pays.
Arrive at 16:00, not at 18:00
Your ticket admits you to Poble Espanyol from 16:00 on the day of the booking. The village is an open-air museum of Spanish architecture built for the 1929 exhibition, with craft workshops and squares to walk, and entry normally costs around €12. Turning up two hours early converts a dinner booking into an afternoon.
Finding the door
The tablao is inside the village, so map apps looking for it can send you around the wrong side of the hill. Search instead for Porta d'Ávila, the two-tower gate at Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 13. From Plaça Espanya it is about eight minutes uphill past the fountains: through the red towers, up to the steps below the fountains, right at the T-junction and on up the main road.
Two sittings
Doors open at 18:00 for the 18:45 show and at 20:30 for the 21:15 show, 45 minutes ahead in each case, because the meal is served before the curtain. The early sitting suits anyone with children or an early start; the late one lets you spend the afternoon in the village first.
The Food, Honestly
The reason to book this venue is that the meal is part of the show rather than a queue upstairs beforehand.
What is on the table
Regional Spanish cooking with an Andalusian accent, served at tables facing the stage, with sangría, house wine or coffee included. The venue's menu tiers run from a tapas selection to a full Spanish dinner and a Star Evening package.
Reviewers are consistent about the shape of it: the atmosphere and the performance rate higher than the cooking, and the selection is narrower than a restaurant would offer. One recent booker called the food 7 out of 10 and the show lovely, which is a fair summary of what you are buying.
Is it worth it against the alternatives
Against Cordobés with the buffet, Carmen wins on the room and loses on the drinks, since Cordobés pours unlimited wine, beer and cava during dinner. Against eating in the Gothic Quarter and going to a show afterwards, Carmen wins only if you want the two things to happen in the same room. The village entry is the thing that tips it, and only if you arrive early enough to use it.
Where It Is
Inside Poble Espanyol on Montjuïc, eight minutes uphill from Plaça Espanya through the Porta d'Ávila gate.
All six venues are mapped on the flamenco show Barcelona homepage.
Questions About This Show
What time are the shows at Tablao de Carmen?
Two a night: doors 18:00 for the 18:45 show, doors 20:30 for the 21:15 show. Doors open 45 minutes early because dinner is served before the curtain.
Is dinner included at Tablao de Carmen?
On this listing, yes: the meal, a drink of sangría, house wine or coffee, and the show are one price, and the venue also sells tiers from a tapas selection up to a full Spanish dinner.
Does the ticket include Poble Espanyol?
Yes, free entry to the village from 16:00 on the day of your reservation. Poble Espanyol normally charges around €12, so arriving early is worth doing.
How do I find Tablao de Carmen?
Search map apps for Porta d'Ávila, the main gate of Poble Espanyol at Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 13, rather than for the tablao itself. It is about eight minutes uphill from Plaça Espanya, past the fountains and right at the T-junction.
Is Tablao de Carmen better than the other tablaos?
It is the best of the six for an evening built around a meal, and the amphitheatre layout means the tables face the stage rather than each other. If the priority is the flamenco itself, the acoustic room at Cordobés is the stronger booking and costs less without dinner.
What Travellers Said
The show was very good, the dancers, the musicians and the singers created a great atmosphere. The food was good too.
Great show, food was 7/10, wine and sangria was alright, intimate atmosphere. Lovely show.
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews for this show, with their original dates. Full reviews sit on the operator's listing.
Dinner at your table, the stage in front of it, and Poble Espanyol open from four in the afternoon.
Only two sittings a night, so weekend dates close early
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the show.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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