
The west Eixample district is the setting for this contemporary hotel with a cosmopolitan ambiance. Inaugurated in the fall of 2004, it is one more example of how modernity coexists and appropriates traditional Barcelona, reinforcing its essence. Pilar Líbano and Jaume Pons are the names behind the elegant and artistic interior rehabilitation that indulges in the exhibition of works by names that ...


Accustomed to heroic endeavors, Emilio Hernando, a mountain climber, has undertaken with his wife, Kata, and the rest of the family, an expedition in rescuing from oblivion an old blacksmith workshop in Etxebarría. With the same impulse that drove him to reach, not once but twice, the legendary summit of Everest, Emilio Hernando has been able to revive the forgotten trade and pay tribute to the sw...


Within the walls of this 14th-century country building that served as the main hospital in the Empordà area back in 1350 and in the annexed rounded glass-walled gallery, guests find a pastoral hotel, inspired in contemporary design now fashionable in urban settings, introduced here by the architects LLuís Alonso and Sergi Balaguer. This establishment combines leisure, nature and culture. The decor...


Almost in Kurfürstendamm, opposite the zoo and the Gedachtniskirche church, a discus thrower appears on the top of a building front, under which we find this hotel, built in homage to Spanish-German artist Wolf Vostell, a key figure in the art called Fluxus, rara avis of cultural expression based on the author’s attitude. This conceptual design pervades the hotel’s appearance in its colorist corri...


A Mudejar delight, the luxury and local color of Andalusia, an oasis in the mountainous countryside. A thousand and one unrepeatable sensations pour from this rural estate designed by the architect Jesús del Valle, a native of Granada. Distinctive traces Lorca´s essence are perceived on this property with 350 hectors of oak, almonds and olive trees. The natural surroundings are worthy of the Moori...



Aside a racecar track, there is an 18-hole golf course designed in its day by Jack Nicklaus. Here, the World Motorcycling Championships are celebrated one weekend every year; an event that attracts 100,000 fans, some of who stay in this hotel offering an ambitious proposal for vacations and congresses. It is a delight to have breakfast on the outdoor terrace, with views of the greens and the lakes...


Opened in the new century, its renovated walls incarnate other eras in the district of St. Germaain des Prés, right next to the cafes Flore and Les Deux Magots. The structure is reminiscent of the Industrial Revolution, but it’s the religious connection that gives it even more character. The two angles carved on the façade remind us that it once was the old west doorway to the old abbey of St. Ger...

This 16th-century country home in Mallorca was recovered from ruins in 1996 by a postimpressionist artist and fashion designer, Lindsay Mullen and Verónica Moreno. In a peaceful spot to the south of the island, they confided in the perpetuity of the original elements, in the arches, and exposed stone and wood of the walls and ceilings. They have taken advantage of the garden to convert it into an ...


Very much to image and likeness of its creator, the designer Anouska Hempel, Hotel Blakes represents splendid and baroque luxury in the south of Kensington, near the gardens and not very from the Thames. Movie stars and musicians, as well as renowned is the result of a decorative display so opulent, it is hard to a passage way amid so much antiques and figurines from the far Orient, from China, fr...


Along Bleibtreustrasse Street, under the influence of the perpendicular Kurfürstendamm Avenue, a vital hotel plush with blue details develops. The color scheme was elected to decorate the common areas of the hotel, while bedrooms reserve an independent and unexpected personality. Number 31, the hotel’s street address number, is the name given to the restaurant, bar and deli; all have a New Yorker ...


This construction was reformed in June of 1996, date in which it recovered its hallow of opulence and the gardens, One Thousand and One Nights. Bedchambers are equipped to the detail and conceived with the highest standards of luxury. Modern and comfortable installations with advanced technology. There are five conference rooms, but the center of attention here is the beautiful lake with a great v...


A 16th-century country house in the Tramuntana Mountains sited on a highland from where the extension of inland Mallorca can be seen. It was hands of the church since the reign of don Jaime I of Catalonia and Aragon, and later acquired by the González-Moro family. Today C´an Torna de San Quint conserves the aged value of good materials and the formal aspect of a grand construction built with fragm...