Charming Hotels Near Barcelona
You don’t need to go far to find charming hotels for escaping the big city. Here are some exceptional hotels near Barcelona, perfect for a spa break, an in-room jacuzzi, locally sourced cuisine, and much more.
Charming getaways near Barcelona
Hotel-Monument Can Garay
Hotel-Monument Can Garay is a 1906 Modernist building of heritage interest—a wonderfully charming hotel located at the gateway to the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park and less than two hours from Barcelona. It combines unique architectural beauty with immediate access to a wide variety of routes.
Routes such as the natural pools of Les Planes d’Hostoles, the Hostoles Castle or the Santuari del Far. What’s more, the hotel is just 100 metres from the Carrilet Greenway, a cycling route that connects Girona and Olot, making Can Garay the ideal starting point for discovering Garrotxa’s natural treasures.
Can Garay’s cuisine reflects a deep connection with nature, making the most of seasonal produce grown in its volcanic-soil vegetable garden. Most ingredients come from this garden, while the meats are selected from a nearby family butcher. Meals can be enjoyed beneath the garden’s centuries-old trees or, in winter, by the fireplace.
Hotel Can Garay is an Art Nouveau hotel built in 1906 and is listed as an architectural heritage site being declared as a “Hotel-Monument” by the Catalan government in 2007.
It is a family-run hotel with 6 double rooms and a family suite . All the rooms look out onto the large, centenary gardens and feature all modern-day comforts. The hotel is located just 100 meters from the Greenway (Vías Verdes) bike trail, which runs from Olot to Girona and has a secure bike parking space equipped with tools and cleaning facilities.
The hotel is situated in the village of Les Planes d’Hostoles on the edge of the Volcanic Park of La Garrotxa and the Park of Special Natural Interest, Collsacabra. Visiting this unknown part of La Garrotxa, you will discover the pleasure of walking through the magnificent oak and beech forests and stopping off to contemplate the Brugent river, its beautiful natural pools, spectacular waterfalls and the wonderful array of the colours of the forest...
Good food "garrotxina" for breakfast and dinner.
Mas Albereda
Fancy a rural getaway near Barcelona with great food? We recommend Mas Albereda. Just one hour from the city, this hotel is set in an old farmhouse documented since 1337, located in Sant Julià de Vilatorta, between the Pyrenees and Montseny. With a unique charm, it blends the farmhouse’s traditional character with a sophisticated touch.
With twenty rooms—including three suites with an in-room jacuzzi—Mas Albereda stands out for its gastronomic offering. The restaurant, led by Nandu Jubany, serves a cuisine that balances tradition and modernity, using local products and reinventing recipes with the finest ingredients. The hotel also features a lounge with a fireplace, an indoor pool, and a wide range of treatments.
Hotel Mas Albereda, in Sant Julià de Vilatorta, is a historic farmhouse turned into a boutique hotel that combines rustic charm with modern amenities. It offers unique rooms and suites with jacuzzis, set in a rural location between the Montseny and the Pyrenees. Its restaurant, led by chef Nandu Jubany, stands out for its creative Catalan cuisine with local and seasonal products.
Hotel Urbisol
Just one hour from Barcelona, in the heart of Moianès, you’ll find Hotel Urbisol, a beautiful luxury hotel—ideal for switching off and surrendering to tranquillity. The hotel has 9 rooms, all equipped with a hydromassage bathtub for maximum comfort. Its signature suite offers an unforgettable experience, with a cosy in-room fireplace and a telescope for stargazing as a couple.
The hotel restaurant showcases an exquisite culinary proposal that fuses traditional Catalan cuisine with modern, avant-garde touches—making Hotel Urbisol the perfect place for a gastronomic getaway near Barcelona.
Ours is a modern luxury hotel with every type of facility to ensure that your stay will be pleasant and memorable. Our facilities will help you make the most of your time with us. You can enjoy the benefits of the SPA, the restaurant, the bar, the terrace, the residents' lounge with open fire, the childrens' play arera, the gymnasium or the outdoor pool. The hotel is situated in an idyllic location in the centre of Catalonia.
The hotel has 9 double rooms, 2 superior rooms, 1 suite with canopy bed and another suite with open fireplace and private terrace. All rooms have a double bed, fully equipped bathroom with hydro massage bath, bath robes, slippers, mini-bar, safe, TV, DVD, heating and air conditioning, Internet connection, telephone, views of the Pyrenees and parquet flooring throughout.
The restaurant was opened in 1972, incorporated into the hotel and specializing in home cooking which combines traditional Catalan cooking with modern cutting-edge cuisine. Our facilities lend themselves to romantic dinners, family meals or the celebrating of special occasions where you will be attended in a professional manner in elegant and comfortable surroundings.
Hotel La Vella Farga
Hotel La Vella Farga is a luxury hotel near Barcelona where historic charm merges with the luxuries of modern life. This majestic Catalan farmhouse, dating back to 1036, has been renovated with great care while preserving all its splendour.
Just an hour and a half from Barcelona, in Lladurs, you’ll discover a spectacular heated overflow pool, surrounded by a relaxation area and large green spaces with panoramic views over the valley and woodland. The rooms are stunning and equipped with all the comforts of a luxury hotel, including some with an in-room bathtub.
The hotel restaurant offers creative cuisine based on local products and natural ingredients. It also features a massage room with body and beauty treatments.
A charming hotel located in the Solsonès, Lérida, in the middle of Catalonia, the Hotel La Vella Farga, is a luxurios charming establishment in a large farmhouse originally built in 1036. It has been refurbished but still preserves the charm of large rooms to favour comfort and relaxation in the heart of nature.
It has 13 rooms, a magnificent large outdoor heated swimming pool, a massage room in which body treatments are offered and a restaurant that serves signature prepared using local products.
Hotel Vila Arenys
Just half an hour from Barcelona, in the heart of Arenys de Mar, lies Hotel Vila Arenys, a 4-star boutique hotel on the Maresme coast. Close to Arenys beach and the marina, this hotel lets you enjoy watersports and discover the beauty of Barcelona’s coastline.
This elegant hotel, with an avant-garde and sophisticated style, offers rooms with a very distinctive design—some with a terrace and private pool—and an impressive suite with a private jacuzzi and fireplace. The gastronomic experience at the El MOT del Vila restaurant is unforgettable, with dishes that awaken the senses, while the SkyBar with pool is an idyllic spot to unwind as you watch the sunset with a signature cocktail.
Vila Arenys Hotel is a 4-star boutique hotel of sophisticated style, located in the heart of the village of Arenys de Mar. It has 15 bright spacious rooms, two of them with private terrace and pool, and a wonderful suite of 55 m2 with private jacuzzi and fireplace. El MOT del Vila, the hotel’s restaurant, serves innovative and extremely chic cuisine.
Hotel La Masia del Solà
Looking for a rural hotel near Barcelona that blends tradition and gastronomy? Hotel La Masia del Solà is an excellent option. Just one hour from the city, you can enjoy the charm of a traditional Catalan farmhouse—originally a renowned restaurant run by the Jubany family—now transformed into a magnificent charming hotel in Monistrol de Calders.
True to its gastronomic legacy and its connection to the land, the hotel restaurant offers dishes made with the best ingredients of each season. Every season brings new surprises with dishes that change throughout the year, following the philosophy that every food has its optimal moment of natural ripeness. The hotel has 9 fully renovated junior suites, with a hydromassage bathtub and a spectacular setting that invites pure rest.
Restaurant and Fonda La Masia del Solà. La Masia del Solà is a restaurant founded in 1946 by the family Jubany. Initially, it began offering the traditional dishes of catalan cuisine with a friendly and trustworthy. Our customers has enabled us to reach the present day, offering dishes from time ago but updated, with special care in selecting the products we use for processing. Innovation and tradition combine seem difficult, but these are two basic pillars of philosophy of the restaurant La Masia del Solà.
In September 2009, La Masia del Solà recovered the old Fonda. La Fonda is small, we have 8 junior suites with bath, hidromassage, and all the comforts for make you feel comfortable enough to relax our guests during their stay, receiving a friendly, and attention required to leave the memory of a pleasant break in our village. We even have a pool for the summer months.
La Garriga de Castelladral
La Garriga de Castelladral is a carefully restored medieval farmhouse transformed into a charming EcoHotel. Located just one hour from Barcelona, in Castelladral, La Garriga offers an ideal setting to connect with nature.
The farmhouse restaurant sits in an idyllic spot by the Era, with spectacular views over the natural landscape. It offers a varied gastronomic proposal, where fresh, local, and organic products take centre stage. Some of the delicacies served come straight from its own organic garden.
La Garriga de Castelladral is a charming boutique hotel located in the middle of nature, one hour from Barcelona, in the Bages region. The hotel occupies an old 19th century farmhouse that was once dedicated to the production of wine and oil, elements that today are still reflected in its architecture and historic spaces. The farmhouse has been restored by the Roca Barbé family, who have maintained its authentic character and created a welcoming atmosphere with spaces such as the old oil mill converted into a reading room, a barn transformed into a restaurant, and a boutique SPA located in the old wine production area.
With 20 spacious and welcoming rooms, La Garriga de Castelladral offers a perfect refuge for relaxation, with ideal spaces for reading, quiet conversations, or even work meetings in an environment that combines comfort with serenity of nature. The hotel emphasizes values such as love for nature, dedication to excellence, and respect for people and the environment, making each stay a unique and memorable experience.
L'Espinalt Espai Eco Rural
L'Espinalt Espai Eco Rural is an eco-friendly hotel just one hour from Barcelona, in Moianès, with origins dating back to the 11th century. It’s completely surrounded by forests and fields, where nature is the star of the show.
The farmhouse offers a variety of spaces designed for every occasion. Enjoy its cosy lounge with fireplace and board games, or relax by the eco pool and outdoor areas. In L’Era and L’Alzina, you can host barbecues, enjoy live music, or simply connect with nature. What’s more, L’Espinalt’s cuisine perfectly completes the experience, with locally sourced produce from its own crops and vegetable gardens.
Welcome to L'Espinalt, a farmhouse that has its beginnings in the eleventh century.
The hotel has been restored under a sustainable architecture, on a building dated 1897 with environmentally friendly materials.
The hotel operates 100% with renewable energies.
L'Espinalt is located in Santa Maria d'Oló, in the heart of Catalonia, in a wooded and quiet environment, with privileged views, ideal to enjoy walks or bike rides, for couples or families.
The hotel has 4 rooms, 3 of which are standard double rooms and one spacious double room.
Each one of them symbolizes an essential part of the farmhouse. The rooms are fully equipped with all the details to enjoy a stay of disconnection.
In the living and dining room you will find another fireplace and a rest area ideal for your gatherings or to enjoy a good read.
Hotel-Boutique Casa Granados
Looking for a hotel near Barcelona and the Costa Brava beaches? The Hotel-Boutique Casa Granados, just one hour from Barcelona, is an excellent option.
Set above the Mediterranean Sea and surrounded by the walls of Tossa’s medieval castle, the hotel is just steps from the stunning Cala Es Codolar and Tossa de Mar’s main beach.
Along with its privileged location, the hotel features an outdoor pool and exquisite gardens designed by Adam Martí, where romance appears in every corner. In these gardens you’ll find the Wellness area, with sauna and a massage room, where you can enjoy a complete wellbeing experience in a space of tranquillity and beauty.
Its Can Sophia restaurant is a space designed in glass and wrought iron, evoking the old display cases from the 1930s in Paris’s Jardin des Tuileries or Kensington Park.
The location of Hotel-Boutique Casa Granados is excellent for exploring the best coves near Barcelona.
Casa Granados Boutique Hotel is perfectly located in a 200 years old mansion house in the village of Tossa de Mar. Surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and forests of pines and oaks, the hotel will offer you a warm welcoming.
Casa Granados Boutique Hotel is a unique and exclusive place, consisting of seven rooms that surround the swimming pool, designed by Adam Martí, and romantic gardens around. Inside these gardens there is a spa where you will be able to relax in the sauna or the treatments area.
Hotel Boutique Torre Barcelona
Located in Valldoreix, just 10 minutes from Barcelona city centre, Hotel Boutique Torre Barcelona is an oasis of tranquillity in the heart of the Collserola Park. This charming hotel, surrounded by a large garden, combines the character of a former Modernist manor house with a warm, relaxing atmosphere. From the hotel you can enjoy routes through Collserola, Tibidabo and its amusement park, or visit Barcelona’s most famous landmarks.
Its restaurant serves Italian cuisine made with local, fresh, and mostly organic products. It also features an exclusive Roof Bar with spectacular panoramic mountain views.
Hotel Boutique Torre Barcelona, located in Valldoreix, right in the heart of the Collserola Park, 10 minutes from the city center of Barcelona. It is a stately home cataloged in 1932, heritage site, house converted into a small hotel. It is a place of disconnection, surrounded by a large garden, and tranquility.
It has nine rooms, each with unique features and a distinctive character. All rooms are exterior, decorated with neutral colors, in accordance with the modernist personality of the house.
The rooms have the names of the trees that are in the garden, a tribute to the vegetation of the area.
Its philosophy is to offer clients, disconnect, flee agglomerations and seek tranquility, surrounded by nature.
The hotel is respectful of the energy consumption and the environment. Soaps and shampoos are ecological,
Enjoy breakfast with local products, fresh and mostly organic, with a very Italian personality, sausages and cheeses from the area to the buffet.
The proximity to Barcelona is ideal for hiking in the Collserola and Tibidabo park, or visit the most emblematic places in Barcelona.
Hotel La Freixera
Hotel La Freixera is an excellent option for exploring one of the prettiest towns near Barcelona. Set right in the medieval quarter of the town of Solsona, an hour and a half from Barcelona, this boutique hotel combines modernity and comfort in a welcoming setting.
At the hotel, you can enjoy delicious breakfasts made exclusively with artisanal local products and explore a variety of hiking and cycling routes.
Small great hotel boutique, modern and comfortable, situated in the medieval centre of the hospitable, quiet city of Solsona, the doorway to the Pyrenees from Lleida. Its charm lies in the tranquillity that pervades the stone walls, the wooden beams, the fireplace, the garden room and so on... There are ten spacious rooms with natural daylight and fully equipped with all kind of conveniences. The breakfasts we serve only contain local, traditionally-prepared products. The Hotel La Freixera is a hotel who respects the environment by introducing ECO shower heads in some rooms.
Hotel Cal Sastre
Hotel Cal Sastre is a great choice for a getaway near Barcelona. Located opposite the majestic medieval castle of Santa Pau, in La Garrotxa, less than two hours from the city, this hotel offers an unbeatable location for discovering the village’s historic centre and enjoying spectacular landscapes.
In the Garrotxa region, you can enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities—from walking, cycling, or horse riding along trails that wind through the volcanic area, to taking a hot-air balloon flight over the region or rowing on Lake Banyoles.
Located in front of the Medieval Castle of Santa Pau, this property is ideal for exploring the old town and enjoy beautiful landscapes.
The bedrooms at Cal Sastre, decorated in a traditional style with antique furniture. are the result of an elaborated and technical renovation of two cozy houses from the XV Century. It has been maintained a perfect harmony between the architecture and the exceptional environment of Sant Pau’s old town. All the rooms are exterior with views of the “Santa Margarita” and “Puig de Mar” volcano, as well as views of the “Sant Julia” Mountains or of the Santa Paula medieval Castle from the 13th century.
In the region of the Garrotxa you can practice outdoor activities discovering volcanic scenery and the natural park.
ECO Turisme Can Buch
Located in Sant Aniol de Finestres, in La Garrotxa, ECO Turisme Can Buch is an excellent option for a weekend getaway near Barcelona.
Less than two hours from the city, this eco hotel offers an immersive stay in a spectacular natural setting. It’s a rural house that fuses sustainability and comfort throughout its facilities, including a plant-based restaurant that uses produce from the estate, a natural outdoor pool with a chill-out area, and a hammam spa. Its connection with nature and commitment to the environment make Can Buch the perfect option for both a couples’ getaway and a family holiday.
Can Buch is a rural farmhouse located in the Garrotxa, in the beautiful valley of Llémena, and restored in 2020 by artisans and natural materials.
The farmhouse is ecological and works 100% with renewable energies of the place.
We transport country life with all its traditions but with all the luxuries and comforts of the 21st century.
Plant-Based, ecological and local restaurant with an author’s menu where most of the products are made by us in the farmhouse.
The hotel consists of 12 different rooms each with high quality finishes.
The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a chillout, a reception, a dining room and a private indoor hot water pool (Hammam).
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