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.
A tailoring-themed design hostel from the Pars Hostels group in Sant Antoni, offering a sociable, budget base close to the old town.
Good to know
Tailor's Hostel, run by the Barcelona group Pars Hostels, leans into its name with a design built around a tailoring theme. It is aimed at budget travellers who want more character than a standard hostel, with a sociable atmosphere and shared spaces for meeting other guests.
The location in Sant Antoni puts the neighbourhood's market, cafés and bars on the doorstep, and Ciutat Vella is a short walk away. It suits solo travellers and groups of friends on a budget. The group says direct bookings on its own website get the best prices, so check there first.
Reviewed by Lifestylemetro · Details checked October 23, 2026
Pars Hostels, which also runs Teatro Hostel in Barcelona.
On Carrer de Sepúlveda in Sant Antoni, close to the old town.
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…