Hotel Cotton House Hotel Located in the former Cotton Producers Guild, the hotel features a sophisticated and layered environment with whispers of a gentlemen’s club from the era when fiber was king.
Hotel Cotton House Hotel Located in the former Cotton Producers Guild, the hotel features a sophisticated and layered environment with whispers of a gentlemen’s club from the era when fiber was king.
Hotel Soho House The 57 rooms are done up in Spanish textiles and antique fixtures; a Cecconi’s in the lobby and an on-site cinema promise lots of onsite entertainment.
Hotel Soho House The 57 rooms are done up in Spanish textiles and antique fixtures; a Cecconi’s in the lobby and an on-site cinema promise lots of onsite entertainment.
Hotel The Serras In a building that once housed Pablo Picasso’s first studio now sits The Serras, with a tapas restaurant helmed by acclaimed chef Marc Gascons, a plunge pool on the rooftop terrace, and spacious loftlike rooms.
Hotel The Serras In a building that once housed Pablo Picasso’s first studio now sits The Serras, with a tapas restaurant helmed by acclaimed chef Marc Gascons, a plunge pool on the rooftop terrace, and spacious loftlike rooms.
Hotel Mandarin Oriental Designed by Patricia Urquiola, the 120 rooms are housed in an art deco building on Passeig de Gracia. Highlights include the two-Michelin-starred Catalan restaurant, Moments, and a serene state-of-the-art spa.
Hotel Mandarin Oriental Designed by Patricia Urquiola, the 120 rooms are housed in an art deco building on Passeig de Gracia. Highlights include the two-Michelin-starred Catalan restaurant, Moments, and a serene state-of-the-art spa.
Hotel Hotel Yurbban Here, the charcoal-colored rooms are compact and crisp, if a little spare, and the groovy Midcentury-inspired lobby and patio garden feels more like Trancoso, Brazil, than downtown Barcelona.
Hotel Hotel Yurbban Here, the charcoal-colored rooms are compact and crisp, if a little spare, and the groovy Midcentury-inspired lobby and patio garden feels more like Trancoso, Brazil, than downtown Barcelona.
Hotel W Hotel The Ricardo Bofill-designed hotel started the beachside building boom with a sail-shaped tower on the water when it first opened. Join the stylish crowd at the beach club for cocktails and a robust burger menu right on the Mediterranean.
Hotel W Hotel The Ricardo Bofill-designed hotel started the beachside building boom with a sail-shaped tower on the water when it first opened. Join the stylish crowd at the beach club for cocktails and a robust burger menu right on the Mediterranean.
Hotel Hotel Brummell A tropical, modernist aesthetic in the public spaces, though the 20 clean-lined rooms hew Scandinavian. Head to the all-day Kitchen for Spanish staples such as buñuelos de bacalao (salt-cod pastries) and toasted Andalusian bread with Iberian ham.
Hotel Hotel Brummell A tropical, modernist aesthetic in the public spaces, though the 20 clean-lined rooms hew Scandinavian. Head to the all-day Kitchen for Spanish staples such as buñuelos de bacalao (salt-cod pastries) and toasted Andalusian bread with Iberian ham.
Hotel Hotel Vincci Mae With 1930s actress Mae West as its muse, the hotel portrays her elegance through geometric lines and works by artist Antonio García-Yanes, while the cocktail in her name is served on the hammock-strung roof terrace.
Hotel Hotel Vincci Mae With 1930s actress Mae West as its muse, the hotel portrays her elegance through geometric lines and works by artist Antonio García-Yanes, while the cocktail in her name is served on the hammock-strung roof terrace.
Hotel Casa Bonay With an unfussy look from Brooklyn firm Studio Tack, a team of local craftsmen were assembled to fabricate everything from Alt Empordà’s natural, plant-based products to geometric furniture in the rooms by Marc Morro of local shop AOO. Argentine chef Estanis Carenzo is in charge of the two restaurants, where almost all the ingredients are organic and the wine list is biodynamic.
Hotel Casa Bonay With an unfussy look from Brooklyn firm Studio Tack, a team of local craftsmen were assembled to fabricate everything from Alt Empordà’s natural, plant-based products to geometric furniture in the rooms by Marc Morro of local shop AOO. Argentine chef Estanis Carenzo is in charge of the two restaurants, where almost all the ingredients are organic and the wine list is biodynamic.
Hotel Hotel Praktik Bakery With a working bake shop led by breadmaker Anna Bellsolá as its centerpiece, this spot has quickly become a favorite bolthole for its 74 simple monochrome rooms offset by blue mosaic bathrooms.
Hotel Hotel Praktik Bakery With a working bake shop led by breadmaker Anna Bellsolá as its centerpiece, this spot has quickly become a favorite bolthole for its 74 simple monochrome rooms offset by blue mosaic bathrooms.
Culture Picasso Museum The collection of the Picasso Museum has been completely reinstalled with a string of brilliant acquisitions as well as hundreds of documentary photographs showing the artist at work.
Culture Picasso Museum The collection of the Picasso Museum has been completely reinstalled with a string of brilliant acquisitions as well as hundreds of documentary photographs showing the artist at work.
Culture Galeria Toni Tàpies Shortly after painter Antoni Tàpies died in 2012, his eponymous Galeria Toni Tàpies ceased to show work by other artists. It's now entirely devoted to highlighting the career of this towering figure of 20th-century painting.
Culture Galeria Toni Tàpies Shortly after painter Antoni Tàpies died in 2012, his eponymous Galeria Toni Tàpies ceased to show work by other artists. It's now entirely devoted to highlighting the career of this towering figure of 20th-century painting.
Culture Tàpies Foundation Created by artist Antoni Tàpies in 1984 in a stunning modernista building that was once a publishing house, the foundation showcases a selection of his works in addition to smaller contemporary art exhibitions.
Culture Tàpies Foundation Created by artist Antoni Tàpies in 1984 in a stunning modernista building that was once a publishing house, the foundation showcases a selection of his works in addition to smaller contemporary art exhibitions.
Culture Design Museum of Barcelona The building, designed by MBM Architects and known as la grapadora (the stapler), hints at just the type of everyday item one might find inside, where the collections reveal how design has affected humanity from ancient times to the present.
Culture Design Museum of Barcelona The building, designed by MBM Architects and known as la grapadora (the stapler), hints at just the type of everyday item one might find inside, where the collections reveal how design has affected humanity from ancient times to the present.
Culture Palau de la Musica Catalana Here, concerts are staged almost every day inside one of the city’s architectural gems, designed by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
Culture Palau de la Musica Catalana Here, concerts are staged almost every day inside one of the city’s architectural gems, designed by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
Culture Galeria Senda The space shows everyone from Robert Mapplethorpe to up-and-coming Spanish talents such as Anna Malagrida.
Culture Galeria Senda The space shows everyone from Robert Mapplethorpe to up-and-coming Spanish talents such as Anna Malagrida.
Culture Barcelona Pavilion Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, among the most iconic of modernist structures, was designed by the architect for the city’s 1929 International Exhibition and re-created on the same site in the 1980s.
Culture Barcelona Pavilion Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, among the most iconic of modernist structures, was designed by the architect for the city’s 1929 International Exhibition and re-created on the same site in the 1980s.
Culture Sagrada Familia What would Barcelona be without Antoni Gaudí’s iconic structure? Due to be completed in 2026, the massive basilica and top tourist site continues its slow rise over the city.
Culture Sagrada Familia What would Barcelona be without Antoni Gaudí’s iconic structure? Due to be completed in 2026, the massive basilica and top tourist site continues its slow rise over the city.
Culture Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site The early-20th-century campus of exuberant buildings and pavilions is adorned with gothic tracery and has been reopened with a new gallery space.
Culture Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site The early-20th-century campus of exuberant buildings and pavilions is adorned with gothic tracery and has been reopened with a new gallery space.
Restaurant Enigma The 40-course tasting menu, concocted by famed chef Ferran Adrià, can take up to four hours, and the wine list has been pared back to subtle, low-alcohol vintages, in deference to the food.
Restaurant Enigma The 40-course tasting menu, concocted by famed chef Ferran Adrià, can take up to four hours, and the wine list has been pared back to subtle, low-alcohol vintages, in deference to the food.
Restaurant Disfrutar While the fare evokes some of the theatrics of El Bulli, at Disfrutar—run by three of its former head chefs—the informal interiors provide a fresh new backdrop.
Restaurant Disfrutar While the fare evokes some of the theatrics of El Bulli, at Disfrutar—run by three of its former head chefs—the informal interiors provide a fresh new backdrop.
Restaurant Gresca The first solo endeavor from former El Bulli chef Rafa Peña, Gresca offers an enticing menu of simple and fresh cuisine.
Restaurant Gresca The first solo endeavor from former El Bulli chef Rafa Peña, Gresca offers an enticing menu of simple and fresh cuisine.
Bar Gresca Bar Next door to Gresca, expect small tapas like eel toast with sour cream and onion, and anchovy marinated with lemon at this wine bar.
Bar Gresca Bar Next door to Gresca, expect small tapas like eel toast with sour cream and onion, and anchovy marinated with lemon at this wine bar.
Bar Mary Boone Bar Inspired by the well-known New York art dealer, Mary Boone Bar offers a fun dose of uptown attitude along with cocktails named for modern artists in an art-filled environment meant to evoke Boone’s imagined Barcelona apartment.
Bar Mary Boone Bar Inspired by the well-known New York art dealer, Mary Boone Bar offers a fun dose of uptown attitude along with cocktails named for modern artists in an art-filled environment meant to evoke Boone’s imagined Barcelona apartment.
Restaurant Servicio Continuo At photographer Nacho Alegre’s Servicio Continuo, interior designers Cristina Carulla and Cristina Mas conjured a British member’s club that jibes with the Prohibition-era drinks and abbreviated menu of global classics.
Restaurant Servicio Continuo At photographer Nacho Alegre’s Servicio Continuo, interior designers Cristina Carulla and Cristina Mas conjured a British member’s club that jibes with the Prohibition-era drinks and abbreviated menu of global classics.
Restaurant The Green Spot An airy room lined in textured timber and lush atrium by São Paulo-based Isay Weinfeld complement a seductive vegetarian menu that includes sweet potato tagliatelle with macadamia nuts and black truffles.
Restaurant The Green Spot An airy room lined in textured timber and lush atrium by São Paulo-based Isay Weinfeld complement a seductive vegetarian menu that includes sweet potato tagliatelle with macadamia nuts and black truffles.
Restaurant Solomillo The charcutería in the Hotel Alexandra is an ode to beef: Diners choose the breed, weight, and cooking point of their carefully aged sirloin, which has been heralded as some of the best in the city.
Restaurant Solomillo The charcutería in the Hotel Alexandra is an ode to beef: Diners choose the breed, weight, and cooking point of their carefully aged sirloin, which has been heralded as some of the best in the city.
Shop Santa Eularia A compact department store on Passeig de Gracia with a fantastic edit of coveted niche brands.
Shop Santa Eularia A compact department store on Passeig de Gracia with a fantastic edit of coveted niche brands.
Shop Jaime Beriestain The sprawling concept shop of Chilean interior designer Jaime Beriestain, where visitors will find Spanish furniture brands and curios, a floristería, and his grandma’s onion soup recipe at the café.
Shop Jaime Beriestain The sprawling concept shop of Chilean interior designer Jaime Beriestain, where visitors will find Spanish furniture brands and curios, a floristería, and his grandma’s onion soup recipe at the café.
Shop Bel An old-school haberdashery famed among the Catalan gentry for their bespoke shirts, pajamas, and boxer shorts, all made onsite.
Shop Bel An old-school haberdashery famed among the Catalan gentry for their bespoke shirts, pajamas, and boxer shorts, all made onsite.
Shop Antique Boutique A go-to for vintage décor pieces, offering both Midcentury pieces and custom designs in gleaming brass. (It also houses the photography collective Anonymus.)
Shop Antique Boutique A go-to for vintage décor pieces, offering both Midcentury pieces and custom designs in gleaming brass. (It also houses the photography collective Anonymus.)
Shop Galeria Miquel Alzueta Visitors arrive through an arched, steel-clad tunnel into an expansive vaulted space where Alzueta champions younger artists and unsung design pioneers.
Shop Galeria Miquel Alzueta Visitors arrive through an arched, steel-clad tunnel into an expansive vaulted space where Alzueta champions younger artists and unsung design pioneers.
Shop La Commercial On Carrer de Rec, which reigns as a can’t-miss fashion-and-design destination, visitors can pop into any of the five La Commercial boutiques, which carry a tautly selected array of housewares.
Shop La Commercial On Carrer de Rec, which reigns as a can’t-miss fashion-and-design destination, visitors can pop into any of the five La Commercial boutiques, which carry a tautly selected array of housewares.
Shop Issue Ten David Vivirido and Francesco, founders of the cult men’s lifestyle magazine Hercules Universal, have applied their sharp editing to an eclectic inventory of edgy art, underground fashion pubs, and special-edition tees from local label Shon Mott.
Shop Issue Ten David Vivirido and Francesco, founders of the cult men’s lifestyle magazine Hercules Universal, have applied their sharp editing to an eclectic inventory of edgy art, underground fashion pubs, and special-edition tees from local label Shon Mott.
Travel Sketches of Spain A craftily conceived hotel arrival in Barcelona sits at the center of an artisan renaissance.
Travel Insider: Julian Jaramillo’s Guide to Bogotá The multimedia designer can’t resist the allure of the Colombian city he grew up in.