High culture, a beach and the perfect climate – Spain’s coolest city is the dream mini-break destination, especially if you check in to one of the best hotels in Barcelona.
Up there with chic Parisian hotels and the best hotels in Rome, Barcelona’s most stylish hotels provide the perfect base for a city break packed with amazing food, art and shopping.
Culture lovers to Barcelona will enjoy a Picasso pilgrimage – there’s a museum dedicated to the artist, who spent his formative years here. Other highlights include the famously unfinished Gaudi masterpiece, the art nouveau La Sagrada Familia; and the architect’s equally impressive work Park Güell.
Hang out with the cool kids in El Born, Barcelona’s hippest hotspot, or while away your days in the Gothic Quarter, both of which have narrow medieval lanes that are now lined with lively places to eat and drink.
Many of the best hotels in Barcelona have a rooftop to help you keep cool in the heat – among our favourites are those at the city’s Mandarin Oriental outpost and at Grand Hotel Central.
We’re also fans of the dark and decadent Wittmore, which feels like a stylish speakeasy; and the classic El Palace, where a new restaurant has opened this summer.
Here’s our pick of the most stylish hotels in Barcelona…
