W Barcelona
Where Miro meets the Mediterranean, medieval quarters showcase modernista masterpieces and Catalan cuisine complement caliente clubs, the W Barcelona is an avant-garde icon rising above a stunning waterfront in Spain’s most dynamic and stylish city.
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Hotel Coverage: W Barcelona
What's That Formula One Car Doing In The W Barcelona's Lobby?
No, the W Barcelona hasn't turned into one of those European shopping malls with cars being raffled off by pretty women in tight dresses. The answer is pretty simple, actually: Starwood is gearing up to announce a new partnership to sponsor the Mercedes-Petronas Formula One team, and just in time...
May 09, 2012
Ditch the W Barcelona (for a bit) to Explore Barceloneta
We just can’t resist starting out with this playful jab: The Marketing Wizards at the W Hotels have been busy. Check out the W Barcelona website, where the registered trademarks fly fast and furious: There’s Bliss®, Whatever/Whenever®, WET® pool, SWEAT® Fitness Center, and PAW – Pets Are Welcome™ What’s...
June 09, 2010
The W Barcelona's Eclipse Nightclub is on Strict 'Barcelona Time'
Yesterday our tipster enlightened us on the catwalk at the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona. Today, he returns with a brief review of the brand-new W Barcelona which is celebrating its official opening today. (It actually opened back in October.) Here's what our tipster thought as he passed through.The W is...
March 09, 2010
The Naked Truth About the W Barcelona
Does this count as an anti-view? With all the talk over its late opening, stonking views and questionable levels of service, you’d think you’d heard it all about the W Barcelona. Not so. A friend of ours stayed there a couple of weeks back, and returned with the revelation...
December 04, 2009
W Barcelona May Be Stylish, But Still Needs To Work On Service
Last time we looked, the W Barcelona wasn’t going down so well with its clients. But then that was after opening weekend, nearly a month ago. Is it time to give it another chance? The Independent reviewed it this weekend and, going by the review, it'd seem the “abysmal” service...
October 26, 2009
W Barcelona Still Pretty, But Needs Serious Work on The Vibe
Oh dears. We really hate to say this, but could it be that with all the hype around W Barcelona and its foxy building, they forgot to work on the foxy W vibe? Barcelona resident Pulso BCN alerted us to the fact that there could be a problem with...
October 05, 2009
The W Barcelona is Open Tonight But The Weekend is Booked
Temperature: 77 degrees. Weather: partly cloudy. Time: to check in to the W Barcelona. Western Europe’s first W, and the snazzily-numbered 33rd in the world, has opened its doors today. The Bliss therapists are unwinding tense muscles right now, the Eclipse staff are girding cocktail glasses with sugar, and...
October 01, 2009
24 Hours to Go For W Barcelona
The pillows have been fluffed, the loungers have been wiped down, and the water features are in place - W Barcelona finally opens its doors tomorrow. There are still rooms available for EUR 280 ($411/£255) if you fancy an off the cuff trip. To persuade you, the temperature is...
September 30, 2009
Thanks to Facebook, We Get a Sneak Peek at the W Barcelona
There are still six days to go till it opens, but the folk at W Barcelona have stuck up some sneak peek photos on their Facebook page. The teases! Up top is the the sundeck at the Altitude Terrace. Then there’s the WET Deck (loving the water all over...
September 25, 2009
The Countdown is On: Only Seven Days to Go Until W Barcelona Opens
We’ve waited and waited and now we’ve only got seven days of waiting left: W Barcelona opens a week today. According to the hotel, everything is on track for the opening, and it’s even sent us some pictures to prove it. Now, these look CGI to us, so we’re...
September 24, 2009
W Barcelona Celebrates Its New Bar...In London
You know how men are like buses – wait ages for one, then two turn up, blah blah blah? Seems like the same could be said for hotel parties. Because as well as the 10th birthday bash at the St Martins Lane Hotel last night, across town in Chelsea,...
September 10, 2009
W Barcelona Will Open on October 1 with Rooms at $344 a Night
Wow. Seems like "mañana mañana" may not be the way the Spaniards do things anymore. Or not in Barcelona, because the W is still set to open October 1*, and, as we just found out, you can even make reservations for one of the 473 rooms. The promised “endless...
August 31, 2009
Only 'Ultimate Cool Hunters' Will Do For W Barcelona
Not that we want to start counting chickens or anything, but it looks like W Barcelona is still on track to open October 1. Not only are reservations are open – rooms cost from EUR212 ($299) for the opening night – but they’ve just started recruiting. Being W, this...
August 11, 2009
The W Barcelona Has (Nearly) Popped Its Cork
When a ship gets launched, it gets a bottle of bubbly smashed on it. When it’s a hotel that happens to be built in the shape of a ship sail, it gets what we’re thinking is a lot more than a bottle of bubbly doled out to the people...
June 04, 2009
The W Barcelona is More Hotly Anticipated Than the W Hoboken
While a few of you readers are excited about the forthcoming W Hoboken, it seems that the W Barcelona is the one W Hotel that everyone is frothing over. The other week we put up a rendering of the hotel which looks like a giant sail and told you...
January 14, 2009
The Giant Windsail in Barcelona Will Become a W Hotel
In late 2009, visitors flying into Barcelona will see what looks to be a giant windsail on the coast right next to the entrance to the Port of Barcelona. Except this windsail is actually the W Hotel Barcelona scheduled to open on October 1, 2009. The W Hotel Barcelona...
January 05, 2009
Partner Reviews: W Barcelona
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Very stylish hotel. Dress up and take the elevator to the top floor for cocktails! -
Amazing cocktails!!!! www.fuerza4.com -
Barcelona's answer to Dubai's Burj Al Arab, a truly beautiful hotel- inside and outside. Check out the poolside terrace, and of course Eclipse on the 26th floor. -
If you like a view, go for the rooms that look over the city, on the higher floors, or treat yourself to one of the fabulous corner suites -
Un terraza frente al Mar // A sea view Terrace -
Best hotel of the world!!!! -
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Let the hotel impress you. Don't forget to take a look at the pool. Even when it's raining -
I love this bar :) -
Demolition!! -
Super recomendable, una copa son 10€ pero las vistas merecen la pena!!! Qué bonita es Barcelona at night! -
Have you tried amazing watermelon martinis up at Eclipse the bar from 26th floor?!have to! -
Enorme hotel q se pasa la ley d costas por el forro, le priva d las olas a los surferos, le tapa la vista a los barceloneses, y sobretodo, indigna a los vecinos d la barceloneta. Un abuso. -
Delicious espresso's @ the W -
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w barcelona -
Go to Eclipse bar after 7pm. Pricey drinks, priceless views. -
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Eclipse Bar -
Éclipse baron the top! Try the passionfruit Martini!
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