Ohla Hotel

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Classic Catalan cool
• Setting Beside Barrio Gotico

Behind its Neoclassic façade, Ohla Hotel in downtown Barcelona combines muted, minimalist interiors with a show-stealing rooftop pool and Michelin-starred restaurant.

Alma Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Sleekly minimal
• Setting A pace from Passeig de Gràcia

Elegant Alma Barcelona boutique hotel in the Eixample district is a stylish little number, wrapping its minimally chic interior within a fab Forties building.

Grand Hotel Central

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Slick city lookout
• Setting A ramble from Las Ramblas

This luxury city-centre hotel offers an elegant respite from the Barcelona bustle, with tapas restaurants, designer bars and boutique shopping on Grand Hotel Central's doorstep.

Neri Hotel & Restaurante

Barcelona, Spain

• Style 18th-century palace
• Setting Shady square by the cathedral

Housed in an 18th-century palace, the dramatic interior of this Neri Hotel & Restaurante combines Gothic architecture with contemporary flourishes.

Murmuri

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Hoppen and jumpin’
• Setting Exciting Eixample

Located in the upscale Eixample district on the busy promenade of Rambla de Catalunya, Barcelona boutique hotel Murmuri is a place to see and be seen. It hits all the right notes for well-heeled locals and visitors alike.

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ABaC Restaurant & Hotel

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Modern, minimalist and Michelin-starred
• Setting Hip heights of Zona Alta

‘Restaurant with rooms’ doesn’t do justice to ABaC Restaurant & Hotel – despite the fact that the two-Michelin-starred eatery is its headline act – there’s also the teched-up rooms, pristine interiors and gorgeous spa to consider…

Primero Primera

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Fifties family home
• Setting Upmarket Tres Torres

Run by the same family who’ve lived here since 1955, Primero Primera is a snug, stylish B&B in a quiet corner of Barcelona with Fifties glamour and expert staff.

Hotel Omm

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Architect-designed detail
• Setting Art nouveau side street

At Barcelona's breathtaking Hotel Omm, the straight lines and plain materials are in themselves art. All this is capped off by a superb restaurant with a silly name (Moo), and an elegant rooftop swimming pool looking out across the city against the gorgeo

Hotel Pulitzer

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Graphic designers’ playhouse
• Setting Close to Plaça Catalunya

Situated just a hop, skip and jump from Plaça Catalunya, and within easy reach of the city’s Gothic and El Born quarters, Hotel Pulitzer in Barcelona is a design-conscious delight. A laid-back, arty feel pervades throughout.

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ME Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Glassy glamour, fashion-shoot chic
• Setting Popular, party-people’s Poble Nou

Slicing the blue skyline with its glossy glass heights, ME Barcelona is a 29-floor expanse of stylish luxury, offbeat cool. Designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, it’s fit for rock stars and Hollywood A-listers.

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El Palauet

Barcelona, Spain

• Style Art nouveau beau
• Setting Popular Passeig de Gràcia

El Palauet’s PA-equipped apartments are bright white beauties; housed in a 1906 art nouveau building with soaring ceilings, stained glass windows, opulent frescoes and a rooftop spa.