Hotel Barcelo Raval: designer chic in Barcelona’s Raval disrict 5 July 09
If you were in Barcelona ten years ago and came back for a visit, you’d never recognize the Raval district. Once populated by squatters, prostitutes and drug dealers, it’s now a trendy, up-and-coming area, and like the neighboring El Born, it is attracting designer boutiques, wine bars and expats buying expensive apartments.
But because El Raval had always been the home of Barcelona’s “alternative scene”, it still retains a gritty, bohemian character. So I’m not surprised to find a new 186-room design hotel called Hotel Barcelo Raval in the neighborhood that locals and visitors once shunned.
The location is perfect: it is on a beautiful tree-lined street and is within walking distance from El Born, which has a lot of good restaurants, tapas bars and wine bars, especially around the Plaza Santa Maria del Mar. The hotel is close to the Plaza Catalunya and the Boqueria market (which one must not miss). They have a swimming pool and bar on the roof, so if you don’t feel like hanging out on the beach (which is only 20 minutes away), you can sip cocktails and take a plunge while enjoying a 360-degree view of the city.
Hotel Barcelo Raval
Rambla del Raval, 17
Barcelona, Spain
+34 93 320 1491
www.barceloraval.com
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