Venues similar to Grand Hyatt Barcelona (Hotel SOFIA)

Roman-walled boutique hotel with a cathedral-view roof

Belle-epoque cotton-guild palace turned design hotel

Baranowitz+Kronenberg-designed hotel a step off Passeig de Gracia

A 22-room adults-only hideaway down a Gothic alley

A Port Vell waterfront stay where Picasso once worked

Creative-district stay with strong social spaces

Direct-trade espresso from a 1972 Citroën inside a design studio

Three Michelin stars in a theatre of open kitchens

Three-star elBulli alumni at the creative peak of Spanish gastronomy

Martin Berasategui's three-star Basque temple inside the Monument Hotel

Two-star cooking served at a counter, not a white-tablecloth room

Two-star modern Catalan from Canadian-Catalan chef Jordi Artal

Jordi Cruz's three-star flagship in an uptown garden estate

Belle-epoque grand classic where moneyed Barcelona has dined since 1967

Michelin-starred Asian-Spanish tapas behind a Raval bar

Albert Adria's 25-course labyrinth, the El Bulli idea reborn

Jordi Vila's Catalan cuisine inside the Moritz brewery

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Catalan-meets-London fusion with a Bib Gourmand

Valencian rice mastery in a former textile factory