The best hotels of Barcelona

Some visit this building just as a sight, others use it as a scenery for movies such as Woody Allen for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". And then there are the ones who have the privilege to accommodate themselves here during their stay at Barcelona. The hotel is located at the heart of the city at Paseo de Gracia, and is one of the most emblematic buildings of Modernism in Barcelona. It was built in 1908 by the famous architect "Luís Doménech i Montaner", and both the facade and the interiors boast the elegance and extravagance of the period. (more info >>>)

Salvador Dalí used to live for years in room 110, and also Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra and Ernest Hemingway stayed here. This great hotel, a work of the architect Eduardo Ferres Puig, was inaugurated in 1919, and its façade, the marble floors and the huge crystal chandeliers have remained untouched since then. Being one of the"Leading Hotels of the World", it offers well-equipped rooms as well as suites with Roman marble baths and mosaics from Seville.
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At Barcelona's Port Olimpic, next to the metal fish of Frank O. Gehry, stands this 154 meters high tower of steel and glass, one of the most remarkable examples of avant-garde architecture. It was designed by Bruce Graham, also responsible for the Sears Tower in Chicago. The ultra-modern and unusual style is continued into the hotel rooms.
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When you enter this neoclassic palace, located in one of the most elegant streets of the district L'Eixample, you might think you are at a musuem. The great arts collections includes extraordinary pieces, such as a statue of a Hindu-goddess which is over 1600 years old, ancient Roman mosaics from 4th century, English furniture from 17th century and an original drawing of Napoleon from 1812. The amenities and comfort of the rooms however meet of course the most modern expectations for a 5-Star Hotel.
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The facade of this hotel, which is located in a modernist building from 19th century in the district "Barrio de L'Eixample", is illuminated each night. So far, so good, that's nothing unusual. Unusual is, however, that the hotel guests decide on the color of the lighting. Depending on their mood which they enter into a computer system, the color of the countless lamps changes.
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