Best boutique hotels in Barcelona to stay in 2022

Barcelona is one of the world’s most visited cities, and its tourism boom back in 2016 brought with it a rise in accommodation options across the board, from the new breed of savvy youth hostels to skyscraping business hotels.

But where it really excels is in that particular combination of quirky and stylish that encapsulates the spirit of the city itself and needn’t always break the bank.

Here’s the pick of Barcelona’s best boutique hotels.

The best boutique hotels in Barcelona are:

Neighbourhood: Barri Gòtic

Hidden away down the smallest alleyway imaginable, this adults-only hotel has a cosy country-house feel, with a roaring log fire and stacks of board games in the library, and vintage touches in the bedrooms, such as old-school dial telephones and porcelain rotary light switches. Rooms face the internal light well, which does mean there’s no view to speak of – but there’s a roof terrace with a diminutive pool and a vista over the Old City.

Price: Doubles from €335 (£286)

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Neighbourhood: Poblenou

Millennial-favourite The Hoxton made its debut in the Catalonian capital for 2022, setting up its stall in – where else? – one of the city’s coolest neighbourhood’s, eastside, beach-adjacent Poblenou.

Design-wise, it oozes the contemporary, bougie brand of chic that’s now synonymous with the Hoxton: cool rattan floors, salmon-hued corridors, chilled out rooms accented with mint and sea greens, marble inlays and wood, with statement lamps and bold, abstract hessian wall hangings behind the beds.

Downstairs sits a trendy, high-ceilinged restaurant and bar with bold pops of colour splashed across the walls, brown leather banquettes and a buzzy outdoor terrace serving up insanely decadent deep-dish pizzas; head to the top for sundowners with fabulous views alongside the rooftop pool and bar. Helen Coffey

Price: Doubles from £183

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