The Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola is responsible for the interior design of the recently opened Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona. The project reflects the open, cosmopolitan character of the great Mediterranean city where the hotel stands, along with the unmistakeable seal of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The linear simplicity of the building, which was once the head offices of a bank, lends itself perfectly to the clean, balanced interior design by Urquiola.

Housed in the re-development of an elegant mid-20th Century building, Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona is within easy access to the city’s finest shopping, dining and cultural venues. The 98 rooms and suites hotel offers highly stylized and spectacularly creative interiors by internationally renowned Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. Each of its stylish guest rooms and exquisitely designed suites showcase enduring contemporary design which incorporate subtle reflections of the Group’s oriental heritage. Views are either over Barcelona’s most stylish boulevard, Passeig de Gràcia or the hotel’s landscaped interior garden. A number of guestrooms have a balcony or terrace, from which to admire the surrounding modernist façades.

Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona offers fashionable, stylish dining with culinary flair in a choice of restaurants, Blanc and Moments, and Banker’s Bar that are destinations in their own right. Guests will also be able to take advantage of the temperate Mediterranean climate and enjoy al fresco dining in the hotel’s 660 sq metre spectacular Mimosa Garden or relax by the Terrat rooftop dipping pool with panoramic view over the city’s famous architectural skyline.

The 1,000 sq metre Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona offers the embodiment of serenity in the bustling city, incorporating the most comprehensive range of wellness, beauty and massage treatments in Barcelona, as well as life-enhancing signature programmes created exclusively by Mandarin Oriental.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most prestigious hotels, resorts and residences. Mandarin Oriental now operates, or has under development, 42 hotels representing over 10,000 rooms in 26 countries, with 17 hotels in Asia, 14 in The Americas and 11 in Europe and North Africa. In addition, the Group operates, or has under development, 14 Residences at Mandarin Oriental, connected to the Group’s properties.

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