There are few cities in the world I enjoy as much as Barcelona. It has everything I like in a city: a great beach, art, history, fabulous restaurants and tapas bars, amazing night life, good bookstores, eccentric characters. I have stayed in different parts of town: once at the base of Tibidabo and another time on the Plaza Santa Maria del Mar. I used to swim everyday at the Club Natacio Barcelona on the beach at Passeig Joan de Borbo 93 and indulged in sinful artistic pastries at Bubo (one needs a lot of calories after a long swim).

There are a lot of new hotels and B&Bs in Barcelona to accommodate people like me who love the city and enjoy the Catalan lifestyle (which means eating out late at night, hanging out in football cafes with the locals to cheer on FC Barcelona, shopping in markets such as the Boqueria).

Here are a few of my favorite hotels in Barcelona. If you want to stay outside the city on the beach, head to Sitges or Vilanova i la Geltru. I recently posted favorite restaurants

Hotel Pulitzer Barcelona
C/ Bergara 8
Barcelona, Spain
+34 934 816 767
www.hotelpulitzer.es

Hotel Prestige Paseo de Gracia
Paseo de Gracia 62
Barcelona, Spain
+34 93 272 41 80
www.prestigepaseodegracia.com

Hotel Vincci Maritimo
C/ Llull 340
Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 562 600
www.vinccihoteles.com

Hotel Market
Passatge de Sant Antoni Abat 10
Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 251 205
www.markethotel.com.es

Hotel CRAM
C/ Aribau 54
Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 938 128
www.hotelcram.com

Casa Camper
C/ Elisabets 11
Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 426 280
www.camper.com

Hotel Omm
C/ Rosselló 265
Barcelona, Spain
+34 934 454 000
www.hotelomm.es

Hotel Actual
C/ Rosselló 238
Barcelona, Spain
+34 935 520 550
www.hotelactual.com

Hotel Constanza
C/ Bruc 33
Barcelona, Spain
+34 932 701 910
www.hotelconstanza.com

Hotel 54 Barceloneta
Passeig Joan de Borbó,54
Barcelona, Spain
+34 93 225 00 54
www.hotel54barceloneta.com

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Here is a Google map of my favorite hotels in Barcelona.