Hotel
Hotel Arts Barcelona
A Ritz-Carlton tower hotel on the Port Olímpic seafront, with two outdoor pools, a fourth-floor spa and the two-Michelin-star Enoteca Paco Pérez.
An eco-minded Eixample hotel built around a working artisan bakery, a block from Passeig de Gràcia and La Pedrera.
Good to know
The idea behind Praktik Bakery is simple and appealing: the ground floor is a real artisan bakery, so the smell of fresh bread greets guests in the morning. The hotel describes itself as the world's first hotel-bakery, and it is part of the Praktik group of design-conscious, good-value hotels.
Rooms are compact and practical, ranging from economy doubles facing the interior to exterior doubles and family rooms made up of two connecting doubles. The real selling point is location, on Carrer de Provença, just a block from Passeig de Gràcia and a short walk from La Pedrera. Breakfast from the bakery is the obvious choice.
Reviewed by Lifestylemetro · Details checked October 23, 2026
Yes, the hotel has its own artisan bakery on site.
Yes, family rooms combine two connecting doubles for up to four people.
Restaurant
Three-Michelin-star restaurant in the Eixample run by former elBulli chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas, serving long, playful tasting menus.
Thing to do
Barcelona's best-known food market, entered from La Rambla under a wrought-iron arch, packed with produce stalls, fishmongers and busy counter bars.
Café
The original coffee bar of Nømad, the Barcelona speciality roaster founded by Jordi Mestre, tucked into a quiet passage near the Palau de la Música.
Bar
An El Born speakeasy reached through a fridge door at the back of a pastrami bar, named number one in The World's 50 Best Bars in…