Here are four hotels we’ve chosen while traveling in Barcelona for those who are looking for the perfect pampering stay.
Photo courtesy of Hotel Arts Barcelona
Hotel Arts Barcelona
Welcome to the Hotel Arts (http://www.hotelartsbarcelona.com/en) , a luxury Barcelona property that employs a team of florists who display a thousand different flowers every week. The hotel has even created its own ?Flower Friday Facebook? for Nature-lovers.
Other design elements set Hotel Arts apart from others. Hugging the multi-story, metal and blue glass structure, is a manicured 1,000 square meter garden ? one of the reasons officials term the hotel a ?city resort? ? part of which is used as an open-air, cinema-on-grass.
Assorted sculptures create other attractions including a huge goldfish sculpture by Frank Gehry, installed in 1992 as the seafront was being transformed for the Olympic Games. Fifty-six meters long and thirty-five high, of intertwining gilded stainless steel strips, its subtle form is marked by an intense gold color. Interplay between the sun?s rays and its metallic ?skin? creates an impression of scales, making this iconic sculpture seem swimming on air. Nearby are tinkling waterfalls with bamboo groves and an aromatic garden of herbs. We stayed in a duplex apartment on the highest floor, feeling we were floating in air. Floor-to-ceiling windows bathe the room in natural light highlighting a spacious dining area and kitchen where hotel?s chefs can prepa...