Barcelona Hotels

In June and August 2008 (exact dates to be confirmed), music, dance and art lovers staying in Barcelona shouldn't miss "The Grec". This Barcelona festival offers a great mix of entertainment with music highlights. Each year the organisers suprise the international audience who attend the Barcelona Grec Art Festival by bringing up something new and completely different. That is why visiting "The Grec" is a unique experience every year.
As it attracts many tourists interested in the arts and is one the most important events in Barcelona's cultural calendar, you might want to consider accommodation offers of Barcelona hotels or Barcelona apartments for this amazing summer highlight.
Teatre Grec is a theatre in the Montjuïc Mountain, which was built in 1929 by the Catalan architect Ramon Reventós as the ancient Greece theatres due to the 1929 International Exhibition in Barcelona. Today its main use is in summer festivals like the internationally well-known Festival Grec de Barcelona.
Art and literature, flamenco and classical music, ... - there truly is something
There are 84 guestrooms at B-Hotel. Guestrooms have balconies. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations with handheld showerheads. They also offer phones, bidets, and complimentary toiletries. Guestrooms offer direct-dial phones and in-room safes (accommodate laptops). Televisions have cable channels. Air-conditioned rooms also include desks, minibars, remote lighting/drapery/curtain control, and electronic/magnetic keys. Guests may request irons/ironing boards, extra towels/bedding, and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is available. Cribs (infant beds) are available on request.

























The Arts Barcelona, or to give it its full name the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Arts Barcelona, overlooks the magnificent Port Olimpic and is an incredible sight in itself. With 5 different dining areas ranging from the ‘Chic informal’ Bites to the ‘Jacket and Tie’ Enoteca there is something for everyone’s tastes. Full housekeeping twice a day, babysitting on request and a complimentary overnight shoeshine and morning paper give the Arts an air of extravagance and the terraced gardens, outdoor swimming pool and numerous bars combine to make this a reassuringly expensive hotel to stay in during your trip to the beautiful Barcelona.

Opened in October 2005 in an old Philippine tobacco-company headquarters, the 169-room Hotel 1898 takes its name from the year the Philippines gained independence from Spain. This high-end hotel's old-fashioned approach to hospitality is an antidote to the overdesigned swarm of boutiques that have colonized the city in recent years; it attracts a fortysomething crowd that's in touch enough to want to be based in the center of town.
Catalan designer Rosa Rosselló's vision is firmly rooted in the 18th century, and draws on the building's original carved wood and plasterwork and evocative black-and-white photos of tobacco plantations. Rooms and corridors are striking in black, red, and green candy stripes; the best are the suites, which have private terraces, plunge pools, grass lawns, and views of the Ramblas from the hotel's perch on the Plaça Catalunya end of the street. Expansive views are also to be had on the roof terrace; it's an ideal spot for a glass of cava (Catalan sparkling wine) at sunset. In the basement, the guests-only spa revives the jet-lagged in a faux-Roman bathhouse with arched ceilings over a turquoise pool.



























Hotels in Barcelona Spain come in two, decidedly different, flavors. Hotels in the Ciutat Vella, mainly the Gothic Quarter and along La Rambla, are centrally located and convenient for sightseeing, though sometimes short on peace and quiet. Cheap hotels in Barcelona are generally found in and around this district. Beyond the Gothic Quarter, in the wider and cleaner streets of the Eixample neighborhood, travelers will find the nicest (and most expensive) Barcelona Spain hotel options. The Gracia district, though farther from the city center, offers a middle ground between the sometimes noisy Gothic Quarter and the four-star Barcelona hotel options in the Eixample district.