Established in 2005, this luxury hotel was designed by British architect Richard Rogers and offers a total of 280 rooms on 27 floors, including 34 suites and 4 wheelchair-accessible rooms. The hotel features a restaurant serving Mediterranean dishes prepared with wine. The hotel's most dominant feature is the glass dome ""Evo"" restaurant at the top of the Tower. Guests can also eat in the Axis Bar and the café. The hotel has a lobby, a 24-hour reception, a safe, a currency exchange facility, a cloakroom, a lift, a TV room, a conference room, WiFi and a garage (charges apply). An auditorium, shops, room and laundry services (charges apply) are also on offer. The hotel offers complimentary transfer service to and from airport and Plaza Catalunya (check timetable withe the hotel).
Rooms
The rooms have been tastefully decorated with rich fabrics and deep colours, such as aubergine and burgundy, with cream carpets throughout. Well-balanced lighting means the room can be used for working or relaxing. Fittings include a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, an Internet connection, a minibar, a hire safe, ironing equipment, and individual air conditioning and heating. The rooms also come with an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, a lounge area and a terrace.
Restaurant & Food
The hotel offers The Azimut can be hired for Private Dining for Lunch and or Dinner. The Bouquet restaurant specialises in wine-based dishes and boasts of one of the best wine cellars in Barcelona. Set Executive Menus are available for Lunch, as well as À la Carte dishes. The EVO restaurant is one of Chef Santi Santamaría's famous Michelin star establishments, widely know for its exquisite menu de degustation. It is recommended to reserve in advance for dinner reservations.
Activities & Sport
Guests may use the nearby 4,000-m² health club (for an additional fee), where there is an indoor swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a sun terrace, a steam room, a massage service and a solarium. Many different sports are on offer there. The nearest golf course lies some 5 km away (charges apply).
Comments
There is a complimentary shuttle service between the hotel and the airport. Please check timetable with the hotel before arrival.
Directions, How to get there
From El Prat Airport - Barcelona, from C-246 road (direction to Barcelona), continue along the same way until finding the exit Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, city center. Next exit on your right: Hospital de Bellvitge, turn all round about and cross the motorway, when you finish it you will find the hotel in front of you. Approx. cost by taxi: 16? From Plaza Catalunya - City Center, direction to Aragon street at the north of this square, when you arrive at this street turn on your left, continue along the same way until the end of it you arrive at Tarragona street, turn on your left and it arrives at Espanya square, turn on your right and exit in the second main street, called Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, continue the same way and exit in Bellvitge until finding the hotel in front of you.