
Located in Barcelona´s new business zone and close to the overlooked Fórum, stands the cubic entryway leading to an annexed edifice, the principal building of the hotel. It is tall and slender, a partition in front of the sea. Priceless views from some rooms and the swimming pool of this towering structure, which is practically in the water, like a ship anchored in the Mediterranean. This hotel of...


Mature and essential Catalonian design. Contemporary and cosmopolitan style, also recognizable in the interior architecture proposals of London, Berlin and New York. Every corner of this hotel can be seen as praise for minimalism and an invocation of aesthetic originality that steers clear from the easy geometric and floral forms from the Far East.This hotel stands out from the impersonal establ...


Previously owned by the chain Habitat under the name of Capital, this hotel does not need a post-card-horizon-line to develop its effective minimalist design, which articulated above all in simplicity and luminosity. The structure is a landmark in this zone of the grand Barcelona. Two concrete cubes stand in front of each other; one is clear and the other dark. They are connected by way of a glass...


The old Palacio de Vedruna recovered by the Egyptologist Jordi Clos, enjoys a luxury location on one of the most elegant streets the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona, between the streets of Pau Clarís and Valencia, very close to the Paseo de Gracia. The architecture, endorsed by names such as Bohigas, Mackay and Martorell, has a stunning neoclassic façade, decorated with diverse floral ornaments...



One of the most dignified areas of Barcelona encloses one of the most renowned hotels, which is sited on a 16th-century construction that was rehabilitated in 1850. Originally owned by the Cardona family in a time when Catalonian lineages housed the court in their ancestral homes, three centuries later the building came into the hands of more common folk who embossed a look of neoclassical inspira...



With their most recent establishment, the hotelier chain Derby returned to their Barcelonese origins and opened a hotel in the Eixample neighborhood. It stands on 83 Enric Granados, the street named after the most ingenious piano composer of Spanish Romanticism in the 19th century. This early 20th century construction that was once occupied by the Pujol i Brull clinic, features neoclassic touches....


Grand Hotel Central stands right in the middle of Via Laietana, in front of the Gothic neighborhood, and beside the Santa Caterina Market with its soaring, undulated roof –masterpiece of the architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue. The hotel was built as residency for the former president of the Catalonian government, Francesc Cambó, and was transformed into a hotel by his grandson, Pau ...


Located on las Ramblas, far from the zone where the city´s most prestigious hotels stand, the grand old hotel Manila has a striking neoclassic façade. Having undergone continuous reforms, its interiors are outfitted with designer fabrics by Kenzo that boast tones of red, yellow and terracotta. The crème of the crème in the international music scene has stayed here, including Sting, Michael Jackson...


A 19th century palace houses this hotel located in the heart of Barcelona, right next to the Catalonia Plaza and the famous street, Las Ramblas. In the past it was the location of the Royal Artists Circle of Barcelona, and for a time was the office for two newspapers no longer in print: Las Noticias and El Correo Catalán.Now entirely renovated, the hotel combines classic and modern styles, toget...


Even though Barcelona has the traveler accustomed to the always-attractive blend of tradition and modernity, that doesn’t detract merit from latest experiment developed by the chain Habitat. This hotel is concealed behind the restored façade of an 18th palace right in the heart of the Gothic neighborhood, amid the lively streets and next to the tranquil plaza of San Felipe Neri. To enter this esta...


One needs a thousand eyes to take in this splendid hotel snug between the facades facing the Plaza de Catalunya. The vital rhythm of the heart of Barcelona passes by the hotel´s stylized profile and its tremendous 19 that indicates its position. It is no place for diminutives, seeing that the building stands ten stories high and encloses over one-hounded bedrooms. To enter inside is to penetrate a...


The nature of the Pyrenees pervades the idiosyncrasy of this country house with modern and simple interiors. A wide range of open air leisure activities is complemented by more than satisfactory facilities for life in the hotel: a gym, a reading room with a chimney and a terrace, private convention halls and a swimming pool with a garden area. The rooms are each explained from their unique origina...
