Hotel Constanza: Entrance
So, you want to chill out and curl up on a comfy bed after a day at the beach or hours of jumping on and off the Bus Turístic? Hotel Constanza, located a few blocks from Plaça Catalunya off Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, may have what you're looking for. Its spacious lobby area is an ideal place to catch your breath, and elegant touches of sangria red accents and dark wood tones create a soothing, relaxing vibe in its rooms.

Hotel Constanza opened in 2004 with 14 rooms on two floors of a charming modernist building in L'Eixample Dreta. Following the trend-setters in the Barcelona hotel scene who are frequently converting old turn-of-the-20th-Century edifices into choice accommodations, the hotel went through a significant renovation and expansion in early 2008. It updated the look of its common areas, added a restaurant and expanded to 44 rooms on five floors. The rooms are equipped with full bathrooms, air conditioning and heating, telephone, TV., mini-bar, Internet connection, and even optional background music.

B-Hotel: Entrance
Combining high-tech innovation with a minimalist style and a good use of natural light, the 84-room B-Hotel, which opened in spring 2005, plays to the modern-day, avant-garde vibe becoming more common on the Barcelona hotel scene. Designed by Alfredo Arribas, a well-established Barcelona architect whose long list of local and international projects includes the Moll d'Espanya shopping center in downtown's Port Vell and the childhood learning center at the city's Museum of Science, the B features a rooftop pool and terrace; a solarium; a lounge; soundproof, climate-control rooms; satellite and LCD-screen TV, and broadband and wireless internet access.