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Ohla Hotel

Barcelona, Spain

Behind its neoclassical façade, Ohla Hotel combines minimalist interiors with a red-hot rooftop pool and Michelin-starred restaurant. This former department store on the site of an old palace was renovated with assistance from artist and sculptor Frederic Amat, whose surreal ceramic ‘eyes’ adorn the building.

Need to know

• Rooms 74, including 24 junior suites and one suite duplex.
• Rates Double rooms from $277.86 (€222), excluding tax at 8 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional government tax of €2.50 per person per night on checkout.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (€222), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include buffet breakfast.
• Facilities Gym and wellness centre, sauna, hair salon, library, DVD library, terrace and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Prija natural toiletries, flatscreen TV, iPod dock and minibar.
• Poolside The glass-sided unheated rooftop pool is surrounded by white leather loungers and cabanas, offering unparalleled views of the city.
• Check-out Midday. Earliest check-in 2pm.
• Children Kids are welcome. Extra beds (€40 per night in a junior suite) and cots (free on request, subject to availability) can be added to rooms. Babysitting is available with a local nanny, subject to availability.
• Eco-friendly Solar panels are fitted in the hot water system; all food is locally sourced and seasonal.
• Also In-room massages are available on request. Two standard rooms are adapted for wheelchair users.

Food and drink at Ohla Hotel

• Hotel restaurant

  Ohla Hotel has two restaurants, each with a singular style and menu. On the ground floor, the relaxed Ohla Gastrobar serves creative tapas dishes and has an industrial, slightly masculine feel, with high ceilings, concrete pillars and huge slate tiles lining the bar and open kitchen. Even the locals are getting excited about award-winning chef Xavier Franco’s innovative tapas plates – try the baked cod croquettes. For more formal dining, cross the suspended walkway over the lobby to reach low-lit and intimate Saüc Restaurant and discover why Xavier Franco’s reinterpreted Catalan cuisine has earned it a Michelin star.

• Dress code Saüc deserves your finest frock, but understated Spanish chic is fine for everywhere else.
• Top table For a view of Ohla Gastrobar’s bustling open kitchen, ask for a bar-side stool at the counter. Saüc’s window-side tables are best for people-watching.
• Last orders Ohla Gastrobar is open from 7am until 1am daily. Saüc Restaurant serves lunch between 1.30pm and 3.30pm; dinner from 8.30pm until 10.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Reservations are required.
• Room service Room service is available 24 hours a day and includes appetisers, sandwiches, fish and meat plates, desserts and cheeses.
• Hotel bar

  Sink into one of the quirky lipstick-red tulip chairs with a dry martini or signature G&T lovingly crafted by Max or Giuseppe, Ohla Boutique Bar’s award-winning barmen. Open every day until 2am (3am on Fridays and Saturdays). During the summer months, the rooftop terrace is perfect for an al fresco twilight sundowner – try a Mulata Mojito, made with Havana 3, mint, lime, vanilla sugar, yellow Chartreuse, pure chocolate liquor and soda. Oh, and gold dust.

Ohla Hotel Via Laietana, 49, Barcelona, 08003