Where is El Palace Barcelona?

At Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 668, in the Eixample district of Barcelona. The nearest metro station is Urquinaona, on lines 1 and 4, about five minutes away.

Which museums and sights are near El Palace Barcelona?

Palau de la Música Catalana is 550 m away, Casa Batlló is 550 m away, La Pedrera (Casa Milà) is 900 m away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Does El Palace Barcelona have a swimming pool?

Yes. It has an outdoor pool in the garden on the roof, kept for the hotel's guests.

When did El Palace Barcelona open?

In 1919. It has 120 rooms and suites.

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El Palace Barcelona

The hotel opened in 1919 as the Ritz, the fourth of César Ritz's hotels, and kept the name for most of the century. It is El Palace now, with rooms of 1919 and a garden on the roof.

Class: Five-star hotel
Opened: 1919
Rooms: 120 rooms and suites
Area: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes

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What sets El Palace Barcelona apart

The Ritz of 1919
It opened in 1919 under César Ritz's name, a year after his death. The classic rooms keep the chimneypiece he chose for them.
The Civil War
In July 1936 the hotel was taken over by a union of the food trades and renamed Hotel Gastronómico No. 1. Its basement became a shelter, and some of its rooms a hospital.
The garden on the roof
About 1,500 square metres of pergolas and terraces on the roof, with views to the Sagrada Família, a pool and a bar.
Suites for its guests
Six suites are named for people linked with the hotel or the city: César Ritz, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Joséphine Baker, Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Ronnie Wood.

What it has

Rooftop pool
Spa
Rooftop garden
Restaurants
Bar

Where El Palace Barcelona is

Address

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 668
08010 Barcelona, Spain

Nearest metro

Urquinaona, on lines 1 and 4, about five minutes away

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Opened in 1919

The hotel opened in 1919 as the Ritz of Barcelona, and calls itself the city's first five-star hotel.

It has 120 rooms and suites, some with the marble bathrooms of 1919.