“A hip Catalonian hotel located in a small residential lane just minutes from the city centre. Chic rooms offer high ceilings, local furniture and original mosaic tiled floors. Downstairs finds a buzzing bar and cosy tapas restaurant, and a shaded roof terrace offers a quiet space to unwind.”
“A hip Catalonian hotel located in a small residential lane just minutes from the city centre. Chic rooms offer high ceilings, local furniture and original mosaic tiled floors. Downstairs finds a buzzing bar and cosy tapas restaurant, and a shaded roof terrace offers a quiet space to unwind.”
Hotel Review
Seldom do you stay at a place where every centimetre is stylish and cool, but that’s what we’re dealing with here. Housed in an elegant apartment building dating from 1869, it is located in the trendy l’Eixample neighbourhood, which is pleasingly central yet away from the tourism hotspots. The hip, buzzing lobby bar offers inventive cocktails and sometimes an evening DJ, and there’s a characterful tapas restaurant as well as summer barbecues on the lovely roof terrace. The delightful guest rooms have a Mediterranean feel with Catalonian touches. The use of lots of natural materials, the retention of original encaustic floor tiles, and the abundance of natural light from the big windows plus uber-tasteful decor with bursts of colour ensure this is an uplifting place to stay.
Written by Ben West
Recommended For
- Boutique
- In-room MUBI movie-streaming service, yoga kits, and cosmetics by Malin+Goetz show the level of attention to detail
- City Style
- A chic urban space in a reassuringly untouristy part of the city.
- Local markets
- A trip to Barcelona would be incomplete without visiting La Boqueria, possibly the world's most famous food market
- Sights nearby
- A 10 minute walk in either direction will take you to the Sagrada Familia or the Plaça de la Catalunya
- Cycling
- Hire a bicycle and explore the city on two wheels
- Restaurant
- There's a chic cafe and a roofterrace restaurant serving tapas and barbecue
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Courtyard Large Terrace rooms have private terraces
- Contemporary
- Sit-out Terrace
- Quiet
- Romantic
- Charming
- Traditional
- Disabled access
- Child friendly
- Pet friendly
- Chic
Facilities
- Roof terrace
- The cool roofterrace features sun-beds, outdoor showers for cooling off, city views, and food service
- Restaurant
- There's a chic cafe and a roofterrace restaurant serving tapas and barbecue
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Courtyard Large Terrace rooms have private terraces
- Wifi
- Shops
- Bar
- Airport transfer
- Cots available
- Sit-out Terrace
- Concierge
- Air conditioning
- Disabled access
- Room service
- Child friendly
- Pet friendly
Activities
- Local markets
- A trip to Barcelona would be incomplete without visiting La Boqueria, possibly the world's most famous food market
- Sights nearby
- A 10 minute walk in either direction will take you to the Sagrada Familia or the Plaça de la Catalunya
- Cycling
- Hire a bicycle and explore the city on two wheels
Map & Location
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Why do people love staying in your hotel? For the sense of a local place as well as the community.
What is there to do in the area? Lot of things, in the same neighbourhood you can enjoy the old architecture from Barcelona. Apart from that a great variety of restaurants like Norte, Parking Pita, Sato i Tanaka or shops like Si Vas Descalzo. Next to the hotel we have also Born neighborhood which has plenty of bars, restaurants and shops.
What kind of breakfast do you offer? We have a very complete breakfast with a la carte menu with local products from the area, amazing bread from our friends at Pa de Kilo and coffee from Right Side Coffee Corners.
Do you offer other meals? And can you recommend good places to eat out locally? Yes, we have Bodega Restaurant, Libertine and Chiringuito.
Which are your most popular room types, and why? All of them are special as they belong to one part of the house, each one has it’s own character.
What facilities do you have for children and can you fit extra beds in your rooms ? Yes, we have 15 rooms that can fit children.
What message would you like to give The Hotel Guru readers? We wait for them at Casa Bonay.
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A lively hub where ‘collective’ and ‘collaborative’ are the mots du jour, Casa Bonay delivers cool, classy, creative vibes with a quirky Catalonian edge, and boasts a passion for showcasing local independent talent. It’s a great alternative choice for those averse to the more hectic tourist-traps.
Originally published by The Telegraph (view article)
Hotel Review: Casa Bonay
Enter Casa Bonay, a hotel made for the people of Barcelona. It's the opposite end of the spectrum from the walled luxury of brands such as W, Mandarin Oriental and Renaissance that have sprouted here in the past decade to accommodate swelling tourist numbers of almost 10 million a year.
Originally published by The Independent (view article)
