Hotel Gran La Florida (jnr suiten), Barcelona

Hotel Gran La Florida (jnr suiten), Barcelona - Description

Location

The hotel is located on the top of Mount Tibidabo, dominating the city of Barcelona with spectacular views over the town and the Mediterranean sea and close to Parc Guell. The centre is about 9km away. A complimentary morning-evening shuttle bus on request can take guests until Passeig de Gracia. If you get there by car you will be arriving into the city on the A-7 motorway. From there take the Ronda de Dalt. Get off at exit number 6, if coming from Llobregat, or exit number 5 or 6 if coming from Besos. Follow the signs indicating Tibidabo, or search for L'Arrabassada road, since hotel is on the left before the park.

Rooms

Impressive and spectacular. Many of the rooms and suites offer private jacuzzi, balcony, terrace or garden with breathtaking panoramic views of Barcelona and the surrounding countryside. As a deluxe hotel all rooms are equipped with the necessary 5* standards as well as generous marble bathrooms, with in-floor heating, heated towel racks and satellite large screen plasma tv. Complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access throughout the hotel.

Restaurant

The splendid gourmet restaurant L'Orangerie has won numerous international gastronomic awards. Meticulously decorated for delicate palate. It's closed on Sunday nights and Mondays all day. The outdoors Miramar bar caters for light dishes.

Exterior

This is an historic chateau, first opened in 1925 as a luxurious hotel until the beginning of the Civil War in 1936. White painted, revamped, restructured and enlarged since then, it is now an exclusive landmark with 5 levels sun terraces and gardens overlooking the city and the sea.

Lobby

Spacious, luxurious, throughly decorated as the rest of the hotel.

General

Ideal for romantic nights, honeymooners and quiet stays, this hotel is one of the most beautiful places of Barcelona due to its astonishing perspectives, strategic position, the comfort, and its facilities such as indoor/outdoor stainless steel infinity swimming pool heated, 24h complimentary fitness-centre. There is also complimentary steam rooms (hammam and caldarium), sauna, hydrotherapy tub and pressure showers as well as the Zen Zone Spa with treatment rooms and therapeutic massages and a free shuttle bus to the city center. (01/10 dv)