Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The Top 72 Hotels Near Les Magnòlies


  1. A baroque palace in Girona's old town, opened as a hotel not long ago, with Romanesque ramparts framing the pool and a three-meter ceramic sculpture by Catalan artist Frederic Amat anchoring the courtyard. Rooms run from wood-lined Mediterranean warmth to dusty pink suites with stone detailing and contemporary art. The rooftop bar surveys the old city walls, hosts jazz nights, and the hotel brews its own beer, which feels like a flex no one asked for but everyone appreciates.


  2. A boutique hotel inside a restored hilltop fortress outside Girona, built by the three brothers behind El Celler de Can Roca. Suites run to cork ceilings, raffia rugs, and freestanding tubs aimed squarely at the Empordà panorama. The terraces and L-shaped pool make the most of 360-degree views. A dessert-focused tasting menu handles dinner, because of course it does. The hotel holds a Michelin Key.


  3. Stone terraces step down through century-old pines to a private beach at this adults-only five-star hotel on the Costa Brava. The building started life as a summer residence, and the old fireplace and a door to the original wine cellar survived the renovation intact. Rooms have exposed stone walls and sea-facing balconies in the upper categories. The restaurant leans into DO Empordà wines and local Costa Brava cooking, and has become a quiet reference point for the area.


  4. A medieval castle outside Girona, long abandoned and then rebuilt by Dutch owners with a very clear opinion about rust-colored parasol roofs. The hotel keeps the stone walls and atmospheric Tower rooms of the original structure while threading in contemporary furnishings and a modern wing for anyone who wants more space. Every shared space, from the wine-cellar bar to the rooftop terrace, commits fully to the drama. Closes mid-November through April.


  5. Every room comes with a balcony, and most of those balconies face the marina or the Mediterranean beyond. This hotel sits right at the water's edge, and the design inside leans maximalist, all bold lines and glossy surfaces. The pool deck turns into a full social scene by afternoon, and the beach is steps away for late-night cocktails. It is the kind of place that makes every other hotel feel like it's trying too hard to be calm.


  6. Stained glass on the grand staircase, parquet floors, antique chandeliers, and a marble fireplace in the reading room: this Art Nouveau mansion a block from the Palamós waterfront takes the boutique hotel format seriously. Rooms run white, olive, navy, and mustard. Breakfast comes with locally made jams, and the pool sits on a lawn green enough to make barefoot sangria feel like the obvious plan.


  7. The honey-colored stone walls belong to an old farmhouse, but the interior runs to antique-furnished rooms with arched doorways, hardwood floors, and deep-soak tubs in black stone bathrooms. This is a Michelin two-key luxury hotel in the Costa Brava countryside, with bungalows in the grounds and garden suites with private terraces and pools. The restaurant draws its own crowd. An easy drive from Barcelona, and a plausible one from rather further away.


  8. A 14th-century stone farmhouse an hour up the Costa Brava from Barcelona, tucked inland just enough to dodge the beach crowds while keeping the coast within reach. The boutique hotel pairs weathered original walls with graphic wallpapers and modern furniture, so a handful of rooms feel genuinely old and visually sharp at the same time. Breakfast goes outside when the weather cooperates, and the on-site bistro can handle dinner with advance notice.


  9. Part hotel, part co-working space, and very aware of both, The Social Hub sits in Poblenou, Barcelona's old industrial quarter that has since rebranded itself as the city's creative district. Rooms come with proper desks and lounge areas built for longer stays, and the ground-floor café serves as informal office for whoever's passing through. A rooftop pool and round-the-clock gym are there when the laptop closes.


  10. The Hoxton landed in Poblenou, Barcelona's old industrial quarter now colonized by design studios and late-night bars, as a hotel tribute to Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, which explains why it looks sharper than its siblings. Expect 240 rooms, including apartment-style Homey rooms with kitchenettes, plus an Italian-American restaurant downstairs and a Mexican rooftop taqueria. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.


  11. Most Barcelona hotels dare you to sleep through the city. Mirlo, a converted villa up in the quiet greenery near Tibidabo, holds a Michelin Key and does the opposite, positioning itself as the nest you return to after a day exploring. Suites come with private spa features, gardens, a courtyard pool, and a library. The restful atmosphere has a way of making Parc Güell, ten minutes away, feel ambitious enough.


  12. Fifteen rooms is the entire hotel, which tells you something about the atmosphere before you've even unpacked. ABaC is a small luxury property on the quiet end of Avda. Tibidabo, where the restaurant built around Jordi Cruz's three-Michelin-starred kitchen is the clear headline act. The rooms run contemporary and comfortable, with Bang & Olufsen throughout, and a spa with thermal and cold pools rounds things out for a place this compact. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.


  13. The lobby reads as a bookstore, coffee shop, art gallery, and co-working space simultaneously, which is a lot to ask of a lobby. This Michelin Key hotel sits just off the Passeig de Gràcia, and the fashionable locals who drift through the ground floor never quite make it to the rooftop pool and striped chaises, which are kept for guests alone. Industrial-chic, floor-to-ceiling windows, big ambitions, smaller crowds upstairs.


  14. Perched where Eixample meets Gràcia, this five-star hotel puts you on locals' turf while keeping the Sagrada Família and Parc Güell within walking distance. Designer Jaime Beriestain layered marble, mirrors, and gold across 89 rooms without tipping into gaudy, and the near-floor-to-ceiling windows frame the neighborhood like a painting. The rooftop plunge pool offers an unobstructed sweep of the Barcelona skyline. It holds a Michelin Key.


  15. A former 19th-century textile factory in El Born, now a boutique hotel holding a Michelin Key, with a rooftop pool that looks straight out over the Gothic Quarter. The industrial bones survive in the design, while the common spaces lean into the fun: photo booth, shuffleboard, juice bar. Loaner bicycles and wooden longboards for exploring are a nice touch, and the organic spa keeps things from feeling like a hostel that discovered mood lighting.


  16. Fingerprint-activated door entry, dark bedrooms that feel like sleeping inside a good idea, and bathrooms done in bright white stone that make you forget you were ever tired. This boutique hotel sits just off Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample, all minimalist hardwood and leather with none of the cathedral-scale drama Barcelona tends to promise. The rooftop terrace helps, as does the midnight room service when the city finally gets around to ending its evening. Holds a Michelin Key.


  17. Custom Austrian beds and marble bathrooms clad in the kind of white that refuses to apologize for itself set the tone at this Eixample design hotel, steps from the Passeig de Gràcia. The interiors by Jaime Beriestain move comfortably from Art Deco to mid-century to now without feeling like a mood board in revolt. Floor-to-ceiling windows pull in serious Barcelona light, and the rooftop bar looks out over a skyline that earns the view. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.


  18. The curving ceilings and soaring vertical beams inside this five-star hotel on the Passeig de Gràcia are a deliberate nod to Gaudí, and you're a short walk from Casa Batlló and La Pedrera to compare notes. The 84 rooms come with wood paneling, free-standing tubs, Jo Malone products, and soundproofing thoughtful enough to survive the boulevard. The hotel shares its address with Martín Berasategui's Lasarte, which most guests already know before they book.


  19. A restored building in the medieval center of Palafrugell, about a mile from the Costa Brava shore, which is precisely the point. This 15-room eco-hotel skips the sea views and the televisions in favor of natural materials, organic textures, and the kind of quiet that comes from actual thick old walls. The attached eco-apothecary selling organic snacks and skin care is either charming or a lot, depending on your tolerance. Michelin awarded it one Key.


  20. The geometric façade on Carrer de Còrsega makes a promise, and the interior keeps it: this is a boutique hotel in the Eixample where Scandinavian cool meets Barcelona sun, and somehow neither blinks. Rooms are lean and considered rather than lavish, with rain showers visible from the bed because modesty is apparently optional. The rooftop pool and bar are the real social contract with the city. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.


  21. A Roman defense tower with a rooftop pool is a pretty good pitch for a hotel, and Mercer Barcelona delivers both without making you choose between the centuries. Set deep in the Gothic Quarter, the 28 rooms weave exposed medieval brickwork into a palette of cream and dark wood that somehow never feels like a museum. The fourth-floor terrace looks straight at the Gothic Cathedral, and there's a bar up there too. It holds a Michelin Key.


  22. No children, no photos, and the hotel will not apologize for either rule. The Wittmore is a small boutique hotel tucked into a narrow Gothic Quarter alley, and it leans hard into the neighborhood's dim romanticism: red velvet loveseats, wood paneling, a fireplace, and French doors onto a courtyard. Rooms soften the mood with botanical wallpaper and vintage telephones. The rooftop terrace at sunset is a different world entirely. It holds a Michelin Key.


  23. A 37-meter pool, half of it open to the sky, with Barcelona spread out a thousand feet below you and the Mediterranean somewhere beyond that, is a reasonable argument for staying on a hill. METT is a boutique-ish luxury resort on Tibidabo that runs a free shuttle to Passeig de Gràcia so the city doesn't feel out of reach. Rooms lean into pale neutrals and heavy furnishings, and the Valmont Spa handles anything else you didn't know you needed.


  24. A Soho House tucked into an 18th-century building in the Gothic Quarter, with Catalan architectural bones doing quiet battle with the brand's signature bohemian interiors. Rooms run from Tiny to Medium, and they mean it, but the square footage is beside the point. Guests get temporary membership status, which unlocks Cecconi's, a rooftop bar over Marina Port Vell, and the run of a spa that holds its own against dedicated clubs. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.


  25. Mosaic and terracotta tiles, cream walls with teal accents, and laundry lines visible from the courtyard: Casa Bonay is a boutique hotel in the Eixample that makes a point of feeling like it belongs here. Rooms are compact but cleverly arranged, and most have outdoor space. The building holds a rooftop barbecue spot, a natural wine restaurant, a lounge, and an outpost of Satan's Coffee Corner, which is a real café and a great name.


  26. A family restaurant that quietly became a boutique hotel, sitting at the seam where El Raval meets L'Eixample. The rooms mix Barcelona's modernist past with clean contemporary lines, and bathrooms come stocked with Natura Bissé products, which feels like a reasonable trade for the compact footprint. Some rooms spread across two levels; some have balconies. The in-house Casa de Comidas opens onto a terrace near Plaza Goya. Michelin awarded it one Key.


  27. A boutique hotel on the edge of Parc de la Ciutadella in El Born, housed in a 19th-century building whose interiors were reimagined by a former Soho House design director. Rooms have Catalan timber floors, hand-crafted beds, and private terraces overlooking the park. The rooftop pool comes with a bespoke egg sculpture, because of course it does. Spanish wine and cheese from small organic producers, a chic library, and a Refresh Room for early arrivals round things out.


  28. A 48-room boutique hotel in the Eixample, sitting on the same block as La Pedrera, which is either a selling point or a reminder that your neighbor will always outshine you. The building is a late 19th-century Modernista structure, kept handsome through a thoughtful renovation, with rooms that lean toward confident simplicity, a lobby bar, and a rooftop terrace with a plunge pool for when Barcelona in summer gets to be a lot.


  29. A 19th-century palace shell with a modern glass tower dropped inside it like a ship in a bottle, the Claris is a grand hotel in the Eixample that doubles as an art collection. Pre-Columbian pieces fill the ground floor, Egyptian carvings and Turkish kilims turn up in the rooms, and a Roman mosaic greets you at reception. Rooftop pool, panoramic terrace, polished hardwood floors throughout, and not a beige carpet in sight.


  30. The façade does the talking first: limestone panels that curve open like turning pages, designed by Juli Capella. Inside, this boutique hotel just off Passeig de Gràcia keeps things remarkably quiet, literally so, with rubber-lined corridors muffling the city. Rooms lean warm rather than cold-minimal, with art and natural materials doing the work. The rooftop pool bar looks straight at the Sagrada Família, which is either thrilling or a lot, depending on your mood.


  31. Six suites, all two-bedroom, on Passeig de Gràcia, so the building essentially dares you to stay a week. This is a boutique hotel that operates closer to a private residence than a lobby-and-lift operation, with each suite assigned its own personal assistant and a fully equipped kitchen for when room service feels too humble. Baroque bones meet modern control panels, and the ornate period ceilings and the spa both pretend the other doesn't exist.


  32. A rooftop plunge pool with views across Barcelona is the hook at this design-forward boutique hotel in the Eixample, and it earns its keep. Rooms come in sizes up to and including "Tiny," their word, though efficiently laid out beats genuinely cramped. The gray-and-yellow palette runs through every category, and most rooms can add a private terrace. Breakfast means a short walk next door to the sister property, which is either charming or annoying depending on the morning.



  33. Named after the Tenenbaum daughter you'd most want decorating your apartment, this nine-room boutique hotel on Passeig de Gràcia operates more like a private residence than a place with a front desk. Spanish designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán filled it with lacquered screens, African masks, and mismatched furniture that shouldn't work together but does. Everything is for sale at the ground-floor shop, and the wet-room bathrooms come stocked with Aesop. Casa Batlló is directly across the street.


  34. The wrought-iron balconies and oversized ground-floor windows of this boutique hotel belong to the former home and studio of Modernist architect Enric Sagnier, Gaudí's prolific but lesser-famed contemporary. Rooms run pale parquet and leather, a good number have private balconies, and the top ones get terraces with sun loungers. The rooftop lounge and street-level bar add reasons to stay put on Rambla de Catalunya, which is already a solid reason on its own.


  35. A refurbished modernist building on Via Laietana, dressed inside with the vivid, layered interiors that made designer Lázaro Rosa-Violan famous, this boutique hotel sits squarely in the middle of Barcelona's ongoing argument about who does design-forward lodging best. Full-length windows flood the rooms with light, rain showers and Bluetooth speakers handle the comfort side, and a rooftop tapas bar with a plunge pool handles everything else.


  36. A boutique hotel on Via Laietana where the Gothic Quarter does all the atmospheric heavy lifting outside while the rooms stay firmly in the present, all black, white, and charcoal with oak floors and freestanding tubs. The personalization runs deep: pillow firmness, linen scent, the works. Whether that reads as thoughtful or fussy probably depends on how your flight went. The rooftop pool and terrace sofas are harder to argue with.


  37. The skeleton of a 19th-century theater and cinema underlies this sleek design hotel, which keeps the bones and ditches the velvet. Its real calling card is over 100,000 square feet of terraced outdoor space across multiple levels, with restaurants and a cocktail bar where DJs spin nightly, which means the party comes to you. The Gothic Quarter, El Born, and Gaudí's greatest hits are all within ten minutes on foot.


  38. The rooftop infinity pool, hovering above El Born with cathedral views, is the clearest argument for booking here over anywhere else. This city-center hotel sits where the Gothic Quarter meets one of Barcelona's coolest neighborhoods, and the 147 rooms lean into minimalist chic without losing the thread, particularly the suites with their high ceilings and cathedral-facing windows. Soundproofing is borderline aggressive, which most guests consider a compliment.


  39. A restored residential building in the Gothic Quarter, with gem-toned public spaces giving way to warmer, more neutral rooms upstairs. The rooftop terrace runs seasonally, with cocktails, tapas, and a plunge pool above the medieval roofline. A ground-floor restaurant and bar handles the rest. The Picasso Museum and the 13th-century cathedral are both a short walk away, which is either a selling point or a warning, depending on your feelings about tourist density.


  40. The mosaic floors and baroque columns belong to a 19th-century palace; the guest rooms belong firmly to the present, done in spare, minimalist style. This boutique hotel sits on Rambla de Catalunya, and morning starts with coffee and fresh croissants before you're released into a neighborhood thick with cafés. The courtyard garden and terrace give you somewhere to land at the end of the day, which you'll need.


  41. The Catalunya metro stop is literally steps from the front door, which tells you everything about where this hotel sits: dead center, with the Barri Gòtic, El Raval, and L'Eixample radiating out in every direction. Rooms run from compact and functional to Catalan Art Nouveau apartments with multiple balconies, but all land on the same formula of pillow-top beds and good natural light. The terrace bar, candlelit and strung with warm lights, does the rest.


  42. A 19th-century industrial building on Rambla Catalunya, redesigned by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, the self-styled "urban archaeologist" whose fingerprints are all over Barcelona's cooler interiors. The 85 rooms are quiet despite the address, with carved-wood headboards and marble bathrooms. Two pools, including a rooftop plunge pool with chaises, take care of the afternoon. Good luck finding it among the other H10 hotels on the same two blocks, but it's worth the navigation.



  43. A boutique hotel designed with a local studio to mirror the Gothic Quarter it sits in, the Kimpton Vividora manages the Kimpton trick of feeling like a neighborhood place while quietly being quite luxurious. Rooms come standard with yoga mats and Bluetooth speakers; suites add a freestanding soaking tub and a terrace. The rooftop bar, Terraza de Vivi, earns its crowd on views alone.


  44. A former neoclassical hospital building, converted into a 77-room boutique hotel a short walk from the La Rambla chaos. Raw brick walls, leather headboards, and African zebrawood floors in the loft suites give it texture, while Buddhist art and a sliding panel hiding the flat-screen keep things from feeling like an airport lounge. Breakfast runs until 1pm, dogs are welcome, and the small pool is better suited to a sundowner than actual swimming.



  45. The Twenty One rooftop terrace with sunset views over the city center is the reason to book this sleek, minimal hotel on Ronda Universitat, steps from Plaça Catalunya and a short walk from the Gothic Quarter. Rooms lean compact and efficiently designed, as city-center rooms tend to. A vertical garden anchors the ground-floor restaurant, and guests can use the pools at the nearby H10 Metropolitan, a five-minute walk through the Eixample.


  46. A wrought-iron Art Deco staircase still anchors the lobby of this hotel near Plaça de Catalunya, a survivor of a 1917 original that got a careful refresh a couple of years ago. Rooms have high ceilings, white drapes, and wooden furnishings that feel settled rather than staged; corner rooms open onto private balconies above the city's spires. The ground-floor café pours vermouth and coffee all day, and a bistro around the corner handles local wines and Catalan food.


  47. Velvet sofas, lacquered bookshelves, and a collection of antique and contemporary art fill the public spaces of this upscale hotel sitting just off Plaça Catalunya. The Art Deco-influenced interior hides behind a preserved period facade, so first-timers often do a double-take at the lobby. Rooms run to rich woods and aqua-tiled bathrooms. The rooftop terrace handles sunset cocktails with style, though the real draw is the address, right at the center of everything.


  48. The legend around the Font de Canaletas says anyone who drinks from it will come back to Barcelona, which suits this boutique hotel on Las Ramblas just fine. Rooms are compact and minimalist, with parquet floors and jewel-toned accents, but the rooftop terrace with hammocks and skyline views gives everyone a reason to linger. An honesty bar, co-working space, and breakfast with pa amb tomàquet round out the quietly considered whole.


  49. An 18th-century building in the Gothic Quarter where the original sgraffito is still on the facade and three-century-old brickwork lines the lobby. This aparthotel's 31 rooms pair exposed beams and floor-to-ceiling windows with kitchenettes, so you can live like a local rather than a tourist, which is a fine ambition two minutes from Las Ramblas. Top-floor suites add private terraces and hydromassage baths for anyone who needs convincing.


  50. The building once housed the Philippines Tobacco Company, which explains the colonial brickwork, aged wood, and seafaring details still running through every room. It's a full-service hotel on La Rambla with two pools, one outdoor and one tucked into the vaulted spa below, which feels like a lot for a city-center address. Rooms run quiet despite the boulevard outside, and some suites come with private gardens.


  51. The rooftop plunge pool sits at the hinge of El Raval and the Eixample, which gives you a sense of how central this 56-room boutique hotel actually is. The Edwardian exterior has been kept; the inside is contemporary and calm, with navy-and-white rooms, a handful of terraces, and one suite with a freestanding bath in the bedroom. Public spaces are minimal, but the all-day rooftop bar picks up the slack nicely.


  52. Bedside tables made from banana-tree trunks set the tone at this eco-conscious boutique hotel tucked into the Raval. Every material choice is deliberate, from organic mattresses to salvaged mirrors and responsibly sourced wood floors, yet nothing reads as hair-shirt austerity. Services are minimal beyond a lounge for wine or coffee, so Barcelona does the heavy lifting. The hotel loans out bikes, which is probably the right answer anyway.


  53. A 19th-century facade in the Eixample hides a hotel interior that reads more like a design manifesto than a place to sleep. The rooms lean toward the futuristic end of livable, with platform beds and enough natural light to remind you Barcelona exists outside. A rooftop pool handles the midday heat, and the cocktail bar Mareva eases you into what the city considers a reasonable start time for going out.


  54. Madagascar ebony floors and gold-leaf accents set the tone at this luxury boutique hotel on La Rambla, where the design walks a careful line between Gothic Barcelona and something quieter and more restrained. The better rooms look over the Ramblas, and the sixth-floor Jewel Suites open onto private terraces. The in-house restaurant, El Regulador, runs from breakfast through cocktails in a handsome double-height room.


  55. The family that opened this boutique hotel has lived on the first floor since day one, and the place runs accordingly: honesty bar where guests tally their own tabs, complimentary snacks around the clock, reading lamps that actually work. Mid-century furniture and a spiral staircase anchor rooms quiet enough to make you forget Las Ramblas exists, which, after a day on Las Ramblas, is the whole point.


  56. The first floor is a full tribute to Barcelona's "gauche divine," the creatives who pushed back against Franco while looking extremely cool doing it. This boutique hotel on a passage just off Las Ramblas layers pop art and murals over sleek, compact rooms with retro tile showers and hardwood floors. Some have balconies. There's a billiards room, a cocktail bar, and bike rentals for when the Michelin-selected novelty of it all wears off.


  57. Ricardo Bofill's sail-shaped glass tower rising over Barceloneta is what put this hotel on the map before anyone had even checked in. It's a full-service beachfront resort where the rooms lean hard into the view, with floor-to-ceiling windows and the Mediterranean as wallpaper. Suites get private terraces and Jacuzzis. There's a spa, a rooftop Japanese restaurant on the 26th floor, and a beach club below for the crowd who found the nudist beach next door a little too committed.


  58. A boutique hotel where the restaurant clearly came first and the rooms are the responsible adult keeping things together. Fifty-eight monochrome and hardwood rooms sit in the Eixample, close enough to the Sant Antoni market that you feel like a local and far enough from Las Ramblas that you won't get trampled. The Michelin Guide has it in their Selected Hotels list, and the price holds up even against that kind of scrutiny.


  59. The architect Oscar Tusquets bolted a striking modern wing onto a 1920s palace on the Montjuïc hillside, and somehow it works beautifully. This 75-room luxury hotel sits inside a city park with views down to the port, which sounds too good to be true but isn't. Rooms run to heated floors and a palette of grays and creams, the outdoor pool dissolves into the landscaping, and the whole place feels one remove above the city without being actually inaccessible.


  60. A 20-room boutique hotel in Poble-sec, where the Sri Lankan-inflected decor and bespoke furniture manage not to take themselves too seriously. The rooftop pool is where you'll end up regardless of your intentions, and yoga classes are free for guests, which either sounds like a perk or a mild accusation depending on the morning. Balcony rooms face the neighborhood's tapas-and-galleries streets, with Montjuïc sitting quietly in the background.


  61. A 44-room boutique hotel in Eixample that earns its reputation through restraint rather than spectacle, which in Barcelona takes a certain nerve. The design is quietly elegant, the service scaled to actually feel personal, and the location, just off Parc de Joan Miró and a short walk from the old city, does a lot of heavy lifting in place of an in-house restaurant. Stylish enough to draw both road-warriors and design-conscious leisure travelers without catering too obviously to either.


  62. A 1970s tower repurposed into a Nobu hotel means you get Matsuhisa's Peruvian-Japanese brand logic stacked 23 floors over Sants, one of Barcelona's faster-changing neighborhoods. Rooms blend Japanese and Spanish design cues, and the views stretch far enough to forgive the walk to the Gothic Quarter. The restaurant on the top floor folds Catalan flavors into the house style, and the roof terrace above it holds what's said to be the city's highest plunge pool.


  63. The rooftop pool sits above Montjuïc with unobstructed views over the Mediterranean, which is the kind of thing that makes unpacking feel worthwhile. This luxury hotel has the full card: white marble common areas, a subterranean spa, a lobby cocktail bar, and a restaurant helmed by a celebrated young chef. Rooms follow the same clean, modern line as the rest of the building. Guests who never leave the property still manage to feel smug about the neighborhood.



  64. A Victorian manor tucked into the Catalan Pyrenees feels like a continuity error, but here it is. This small hotel keeps its original architecture intact, with 20 rooms overlooking either the courtyard or the hills beyond. The restaurant occupies a former stone church and runs a live-fire Catalan menu under the vaulted ceiling. The swimming pool sits atop an arched structure with unobstructed views, and on clear nights the surrounding dark is serious stargazing territory.


  65. Terracotta floors, lime-washed walls, and hand-thrown ceramics run through this restored Catalan villa just above Sa Riera beach in Begur. Finca Victoria is a small boutique hotel where some rooms come with private terraces, outdoor showers, or plunge pools, and the saltwater pool sits close enough to the coast that you'll feel appropriately smug about staying here. Seasonal Catalan cooking is served across two sunlit dining rooms.


  66. A 17-room boutique hotel in a stone convent, old enough that the beamed ceilings are an original feature rather than a design choice, sitting among vineyards and olive groves near the French border on the Costa Brava. The infinity pool photographs absurdly well at sunset. Dinner leans on produce grown on the property, and the library exists for the afternoons when the Dalí museum in nearby Cadaqués feels like too much effort. It holds a Michelin Key.


  67. A bluff perch above Bonifaci Beach at the north end of the Bay of Roses, and the hotel has been a jet-set address since the Sixties without looking like it. Vistabella is a boutique resort with 34 rooms, a Nuxe spa, and enough restaurants to skip town entirely for days. Rooms run from frilly Mediterranean suites to monochrome ones with egg-shaped freestanding tubs. The Surrealist Suite nods to Dalí, whose nearby Cadaqués house-museum is an easy excursion.


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