City hoppers used to view city hotels as just a place to retire at for the night after exploring the destination. But this attitude is set to change with more hotels offering better onsite facilities, more enticing food and beverage options or simply, more luxurious rooms. With all these reasons, it would be hard not to stay in. Below, a new crop of hotels for your Little Black Book.
The Barcelona Edition
When the founder of Studio 54 opens a hotel, you can expect it to be anything but conventional and predictable; it will be full on with the wow factor and trendsetting. Just opened in Q3 this year in the historic and bohemian Barri GotÃc (the Gothic Quarter) area in Barcelona, the 100-room hotel puts Ian Schrager’s penchant for quirky details on display.
How does this manifest in the Spanish outpost? Besides the sweeping spiral staircase – a signature feature at Schrager’s hotels so far, there is the salt water-filled swimming pool on the roof top and a cabaret restaurant that is both flamboyant and fun. We can’t wait for the Bali and Bangkok hotels to open.
The Barcelona Edition is at Avinguda De Francesc Cambo 14, Barcelona, Spain, T: +34-936-26-33-30.
Visit www.editionhotels.com for more information.
