Hotel Facilities

Gourmet Plaza is the Catalonia Plaza restaurant, and there is also a café called La Oca and a sultry black upholstered Piano Bar where you can enjoy live music and a cocktail every night. The buffet breakfast includes food for those on special diets. There is a heated pool on a roof terrace which is heated so there’s no excuse even in winter. Near the pool there is also a gym, a sauna and massages are available at a price. The Catalonia hotel plaza also has parking facilities There are computers with internet in the lobby and Wi-Fi all over the hotel. The hotel will also help you rent a car for a special rate if you want.

Business Facilities at Catalonia Hotel Barcelona Plaza

The conference centre comprises of 9 rooms which can be arrange to suit any occasion. The largest is 610 metres squared and has a maximum capacity of 700 people. The hotel will hire out any audiovisual equipment you might need. The reception has a fax service as well, and the hotel offers a babysitting service if you need a night off.

Rooms

The Catalonia Hotel Barcelona Plaza has 338 standard rooms and 8 suites that have the advantage of a lounge area and a round bathtub! The rooms all have air-conditioning and heating, a minibar, room service, satellite TV as well as canal plus and pay per view movies. There is also a safe and some of the rooms have amazing views over Placa Espanya towards Montjuic. The bathrooms are marble and have a hairdryer.

Hotel Location and Facilities

The location of the Catalonia hotel Barcelona Plaza is very good, just out of the centre of town but very well connected to the centre and all the sight-seeing spots. The Placa Espanya metro stop is on the doorstep of the hotel and will take you to La Rambla in less than 10 minutes. Closer to home you have Palau Nacional in front of which are the Magic Fountain which is a must-see spectacle. Just to the side of the fountain, a 10 minute walk away there is the Mies Van de Rohe Pavilion which is interesting for those who like architecture, and a bit further up there is Poble Espanyol. This was built in 1929 and is a small village with styles of architecture to represent all the different parts of Spain. Under the hotel there is a cash point which is accessible from inside the hotel and out. On the other side there is a travel agency. If you go up either of the roads on the side of the hotel you will find newsagents and restaurants. Sants station is also a 15 minute walk away, and from there, there are direct trains to the airport or out of town places like Sitges.

How to travel from the airport to the hotel

Via Taxi A taxi from the airport should take about 25 minutes and cost around 25 - 30 euros depending on traffic and luggage.

Via Train The RENFE train leaves the airport every half an hour and will take you to Barcelona Sants (Estacio de Sants) , in about 25 mins and costs 2.60 Euros for a single ticket. Then change at Sants for the Green line Metro and get off at Espanya. The hotel is about 2 mins walk from the metro.

Via Bus You could take the Aerobus cost 3.90 Euros from the Airport and get off at Placa Espanya from here you have a 2 minute walk to the hotel