http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T21:56:43Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/934 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/21/15743/7088 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/hotel_arts.jpg" class="top"> <p>Feel like a drink right now? We feel your pain. And looking at <a href="http://www.hotel-girl.com/2009/07/hotel-arts-barcelona-has-a-swa.html">these pictures</a> of the new bar at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Arts+Barcelona/local/934"<b>Hotel Arts</b></a> in Barcelona, we know where we&#146;d like to be sinking ours. Specifically, our glass of bubbly. <p>Sexy sofas? Check. Sexy slats so we can sneak looks at our fellow drinkers? Check. Serious drinks list? Double check: there are 40 types of champers to choose from here. <p>Unfortunately, it doesn&#146;t open till October. Pretty canny to release the pictures now &#151; we&#146;ll be gagging for it when it finally opens. Until then, we&#146;ll be saving our pennies: rooms at the Arts are pretty steep (October prices start at 295 Euros, or $419, so juliab 2009-07-21T15:26:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/6/92733/45623 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/1122732.jpg" class="top"> <p>It's one of our permanent travel quandaries &#151; to cart around or not to cart around? The guidebook, that is &#151; as much as we hate weighing down our bags with 600-pagers, we're loathe to miss any little detail that might improve our limited understanding of a city. <p>Luckily for us, the <b>Eurostars</b> hotels in <a href=&#148;http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barcelona%20Hotel%20Guide&#148;><b>Barcelona</b></a> (of which there are 11 to choose from) have devised a city tour especially for the likes of us. Eight of the hotels are going to have MP3 players, maps and headsets to dole out to guests, starting this month. The players come in five languages (German, French, Italian and Spanish, if you fancy a challenge), the batteries last a juliab 2009-04-06T14:03:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/2/14305/80331 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/arthotel_1214209c.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/europehotels/hotelsinspain/4031042/Arts-Hotel-Barcelona-Hotel-watch.html">The Telegraph UK</a> recently spent a night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Arts+Barcelona/local/934"><b>Hotel Arts</b></a> in Barcelona near the beach, which has a spectacular view of Frank Gehry's bronze fish sculpture (located in the Olimpic park area.)<p>The hotel is actually a <a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Barcelona/Default.htm">Ritz-Carlton hotel</a> and has 483 rooms including 56 executive suites in its 44-storeys. This makes it one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona. Inside the rooms you will find: <blockquote><p>Spacious, cosseting, high-tech, sand-coloured affairs: expect a bedside control panel for lights and window blinds, a pillow menu, and a deep bath and separate power shower in a swish marble bathroom. For those with money to burn, there are also very stylish split-level duplex apartments. </blockquote></p><p>Also on-site at juliana 2009-01-02T14:38:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/11/65839/338 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, our own younger, blonder, more attractive but still curmudgeonly version of Andy Rooney has returned yet again. This time, she's giving us the lowdown on the Barcelona hotel scene. Enjoy. </i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Barceloneta2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <i>The Barceloneta</i><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/es/Barcelona"><b>Barcelona</b></a> is the most butt-smackingly beautiful, hip, trendy city in Europe. Possibly in the world. Also the most hyped. But for a reason. If you haven't been there, go now. If you already have, go again. The city's growing, changing, evolving, faster than its ridiculous <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2006/8/17/16352/4620/travel/Unfinished,+But+Not+Unloved">Sagrada Familia</a> cathedral by Gaud&#237;.<p> And if Barcelona is the place to be seen, you want to be seen staying in the right places...<p> Once again, HotelChatter flies to the rescue, with your top handy hints femmefatale 2007-12-11T13:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/1/63517/5325 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/KViewHotelArtsBarcelona.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>If you're mixing with the wealthy holiday makers at the Ritz-Carlton owned <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Arts+Barcelona/local/934"><b>Hotel Arts</b></a> in Barcelona, then it's right that you have a view that suits a wealthy holiday maker. Like this one that shows you yachts--a lot of yachts.</p><p>The Hotel Arts is located right on the Mediterranean Sea at Port Olimpic and it's probably the ultimate in seaside living in Barcelona. With views like this it's a good alternative to staying in the arguably more atmospheric downtown areas along La Rambla. Like much of Barcelona, it operates on a truly 24-hour basis, plus it's got a great spa on the 42nd and 43rd floors, and this offers the same brilliant marina view.<br><br><i>[Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/48089670@N00">tobym</a>]</i><br><br> <b>Related amandak 2007-11-01T10:10:31-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/