Housed in a palace from the beginning of the 20th century in one of the most fashionable areas of the city centre of Barcelona, just a few meters away from Passeig de Gràcia, the Hotel Claris has just been refurbished in May 2012. This grand luxury five-star hotel is one of Barcelona’s most emblematic edifices and ideal for a few days of relaxation or work. Indeed, combining comfort and high-quality service, the hotel enjoys the best location for discovering Barcelona and taking advantage of all the tourist and leisure activities the city has to offer.
Its 124 luxury rooms including Superior Rooms, Executive Rooms, Junior Suites Duplex, Junior Suites, Suites and Suite Duplex, have been completely refurbished and personalized housing unique pieces of Pre-Columbian art. Indeed, art plays a major role in the new Claris and guests can also enjoy a collection of more than 70 pieces on loan from the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona that illustrate the better part of the history of Egypt.Throughout the hotel, you will discover a juxtaposition of luxury and art from the Old Kingdom (2686 BC – 2134 BC) to the Roman era (2nd century AD) with thousand-year-old pieces from ancient Egypt, 18th-century English furniture, Turkish kilims from the 19th century, engravings from the Description de l’Egypte produced by the Napoleonic expedition to the country in 1821 and Indian and Burmese sculptures from the 5th to the 13th centuries.
The Hotel Claris also offers a terrace over Barcelona at the top floor and a swimming pool with views of the whole city. This is the ideal place to enjoy the spanish dolce vita. The terrace has its restaurant open all year round, with live music events during the summer months. It proposes a broad array of culinary mediterranean delights, as well as tasting menus. Moreover, on the ground floor of the hotel, you will certainly enjoy the East 47 tapas bar and its cuisine based on a selection of a wide variety of tapas and cocktails.
With all its assets, the Hotel Claris is the ideal place to plan meetings, presentations, cocktail parties, lunches, gala dinners, etc. A multitude of events can be organized in this incomparable venue, inside a museum, in a glass cube or under the stars! 7 meeting rooms are available in total with capacities for groups from 10 to 150 people.
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