Barcelona, Spain

Borneta

Price per night from$169.30

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR164.54), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Cool Cat(alan)

Setting

El Born identity

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Locals and out-of-towners go together like tapas and cava at Borneta, a boutique stay in the creative El Born quarter. A taste of Catalan culture laces rooms, each warmed with work from Barcelona-based creatives and backdropped by inspiring city vistas. And there’s more native skill to be savoured at Volta restaurant — where provenance takes centre stage. In the surrounding streets, indie stores and family-run eateries only add to this sleek hotel’s neighbourly outlook.

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A drink each at Volta Bar; GoldSmith also get an in-room bottle of wine and selection of locally made chocolates

Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

92, including seven suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability, and there are refresh rooms with showers that you’re welcome to use at the hotel.

More details

Rates don’t usually include breakfast, but a fresh spread of baked goods, toast, eggs, granola and quinoa bowls are available daily for €30 a person.

Also

The ground floor restaurant and common areas are all accessible for wheelchair users; three of the Classic Rooms (205, 305 and 405) have been adapted and there’s lift access up to the rooftop.

At the hotel

Public beach nearby, lounge, library, fitness centre and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: HD TV, air-conditioning, minibar, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water and Le Labo bath products.

Our favourite rooms

If you’re looking to maximise on Catalonian cityscapes, the Corner room delivers with its duo of balconies, admiring Passeig de Picasso and Carrer de la Fusina. Bag a Junior Suite Terrace or the Borneta Suite for fifth-floor alfresco spots and generously sized living spaces.

Poolside

There’s an outdoor pool up on the rooftop, flanked with sunshine-yellow daybeds, dining areas and sweeping city views between each abutting olive tree.

Packing tips

Bring your appetite — this is not the place to stint on tapas. And a pen or two and your address book will set you up for romantic postcard-penning at pavement cafés (beret, optional).

Also

The hotel’s cosy library is filled with English and Spanish books from El Born’s local bookshop, Casa Fahrenheit.

Pet‐friendly

Your pup is welcome to join you in one of the three dog-friendly rooms for €30 a night. See more pet-friendly hotels in Barcelona.

Children

Welcome; though there aren’t any special facilities for them. The Junior Suite and Boneta Suite both have sofa-beds for one additional guest, and all but the Classic and Terrace rooms accommodate a free-of-charge cot.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Watch plates in progress and bag a central seat by the open kitchen.

Dress Code

Sometimes standing out is best, but here you’ll want to look like one of El Born’s in-the-know locals, so opt for city-based brands (we’d go for Gimaguas) and creative, colourful combos.

Hotel restaurant

Volta stands in strong stead with El Born’s locals — and trust us, that’s the highest praise around these food-loving ends. The restaurant’s name is Catalan for to go around and head chef Andrea de Benedictis’ philosophy reflects just that. Plates are a fusion of Mediterranean flavours — stand-outs include braised ossobuco served with celeriac and crispy corn, tomato and shaved halloumi salad, and tender ribeye with a truffle mash and padron peppers — but the produce is impressively Spanish. All ingredients come from the region’s organic farmers, fish is market-fresh, and Barcelona-based fromagers are to thank for moreish cheese boards.

Hotel bar

Just through the restaurant, Volta Bar makes for convivial evenings courtesy of its cosy palette and soft lighting. Naturally, Catalan-created wines are the biggest hitters, but barkeeps are also deft at shaking up creative cocktails — we’re drawn to the Brisa Ahumada, a punchy combo of Volcan tequila, chipotle-infused liqueur, lemon juice and grapefruit soda. There’s also an easygoing bar up by the rooftop pool, if you prefer your nightcaps be poured with a view.

Last orders

Breakfast is 7am–10.30am (11am on weekends); lunch is noon to 3.30pm (4pm on weekends) and dinner is dished 7pm–11pm (11.30pm, Friday and Saturday; 10.30pm on Sundays). The bar pours till 10.30pm (11.30pm on Friday and Saturday).

Room service

Bites can be brought to your room between noon and 10pm.

Location

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Address
Borneta
Passeig de Picasso, 26, 30 Ciutat Vella
Barcelona
08003
Spain

Borneta sits on Passeig de Picasso in Barcelona’s eastern El Born neighbourhood, just across the street from Parc de la Ciutadella.

Planes

Most European hubs have direct flights to Barcelona’s international Josep Tarradellas airport, which is around 30 minutes away from the hotel by car. Staff can arrange private transfers for €65 each way.

Trains

Trains from Paris, Madrid and Valencia all arrive into Estación de Francia, which is a five-minute walk away from Borneta. If you’re catching the metro around the city, your closest stations are Barceloneta and Jaume I.

Automobiles

You won’t need a set of wheels round here, but if you are bringing them along, there’s a carpark on Plaça Comercial Subterráneo — a few minutes’ walk from the hotel — that you’re welcome to use for €32 a day.

Worth getting out of bed for

Borneta is your introduction to El Born’s creative credentials, and once you’re done admiring your in-room artwork, there’s plenty more to see on your doorstep. Start at Museu Picasso, host to over 4,000 pieces from the storied Spanish artist, before taking your inspiration down to Born to Clay — a ceramics workshop where daily guided classes will have you potting like a pro. If nature is your impetus, the 18-hectare Parc de la Ciutadella is just across the street. Gaudí is said to have found his muse for La Sagrada Familia at Santa Maria del Mar — a cultural pitstop that pairs well with the 19th-century Palau de la Música Catalana and El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria. 

Food is the keystone of this vibrant neighbourhood, but drift from the main drag and you’ll be rewarded with its quieter, locally loved shops. Magatzem Escolà has a biblical selection of vintage wines, and Mercat de Santa Caterina — first opened in 1846 — is where Catalans call for their fresh produce and artisanal treats.

Local restaurants

Tapas lovers, you’re in luck, there are plenty of raved about restaurants within wandering distance from the hotel. If you’re looking for an intro to all-things Catalan, Bar del Pla is a trad tapas bar with a laidback spirit and fish-focused menu that changes by the day. There’s plenty of sharing plates to go around at Bar Pimental — a more modern take on the classic tasca, but just as well-loved for its patatas bravas, stuffed croquettes and fried fish. For something fancier, seafood spot Estimar offers fine dining in a boutique setting; try chef Rafa Zafra’s famed fish carpaccio.

Local cafés

You wouldn’t know Nømad Coffee was there unless you went looking for it. But tap into your explorative side, elbow through a botanical entrance and you’ll be rewarded with rich, home-roasted blends, brewed in an edgy setting by expert baristas.

Local bars

Named for its homemade brand of sparkling white wine, El Xampanyet is an old-school, no-frills bar on Carrer de Montcada, where carafes and sharing bites are served to tables that teem with locals. L’Anima del Vi has a similarly relaxed approach, with behind-bar sommeliers on hand to recommend only the finest of labels.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this Catalan crashpad in El Born and unpacked their ceramics and cava, a full account of their city break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Borneta in Barcelona…

Barcelona-born photographer Oleguer Junyent said you can go around the world, but you’ll always return to El Born. And now, with boutique stay Borneta landing in this beatnik quarter, his claim rings all the more true.

The hotel’s rooms and suites are adorned with a carefully considered collection of pieces by the city’s emerging artists (as well as private balconies, or fifth-floor terraces, as your budget allows), and a cosy downstairs library is laden with titles from nearby bookstore, Casa Fahrenheit. 

It’s tempting to spend every evening hitting this district’s hip hangouts and time-honoured tapas bars, but sometimes the finest things are (quite literally) right under your nose. Evoking family tradition, sharing plates are at the centre of the restaurant’s concept — inspired by whatever produce the chef picks up from the markets that morning, and delivering Mediterranean flavours. Finish days with panorama-paired nightcaps by the rooftop pool, and you’ll be as sold on your return as Junyent once was.

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