Hotels with character
The romantic hotels here are rarely the international towers: they are the restored townhouses of the Eixample and the small properties hidden behind doors in the old city.
Eixample townhouses
Boutique hotels occupying full modernista residences, with stained glass, tiled floors and staircases left as they were built. Ask for an interior room if you want quiet.
Rooftop pools and bars
A shortlist of Eixample and Gothic Quarter hotels put a small pool and a bar on the roof, which handles both the August heat and the sunset drink without leaving the building.
The waterfront
For sea views and a different pace, with the harbour walk on the doorstep and the old city ten minutes away on foot along the quay.