Seventy Barcelona

Seventy Barcelona

Seventy Barcelona meets the street through windows seven metres tall, floor-to-ceiling glass at ground level that turns The White Hall into a lit stage for whoever is walking Paseo de Gracia after dark. The hotel opened in 2019 with 152 rooms across seven floors, positioned between the elegance of Paseo de Gracia and the closer-grained streets of Gracia, near Casa de les Punxes and Palau Robert. What it has that plenty of central hotels don't is The Patio, a garden of aromatic plants and olive trees in the heart of the city, alongside a rooftop that pairs an outdoor pool and sundeck with an indoor pool for the months when Barcelona isn't cooperating. The spa runs a sauna, steam room, solarium and massage, though treatments need booking ahead. Breakfast is a full buffet with gluten-free and diet-menu options, and the bar and restaurant carry the same Mediterranean register as the rooms, which come with minibars, slippers and, in some categories, an indoor fireplace. This suits someone who wants a central address without the trade-off of a generic tower block, and who will actually use a gym, a business centre or a rooftop swim rather than just admire them. It suits less well anyone travelling with a pet, since none are allowed, or anyone allergic to house rules: a 150 euro deposit per stay, a 2,500 euro cap on cash transactions, and pool hours fixed at nine to nine. None of that undoes the fact that behind that glass wall on Paseo de Gracia, this is still a house pretending to be a hotel, and mostly succeeding. Seventy Barcelona sits behind seven-metre street-level windows between Paseo de Gracia and Gracia, a 2019 build with 152 rooms, an olive-tree patio, and both an indoor and outdoor pool. Book the spa treatments ahead and leave the pet at home.