'More stylish retreat than owner-managed home from home', this designer hotel gran luxe in the Eixample district 'delivers a comforting base for forays around the city', say trusted Guide correspondents.

In the historic Gothic quarter by the cathedral, this 18th-century palace has been restored, 'imaginatively and stylishly', as a small hotel.

Hotel 1898 once housed the headquarters of the Phillipines Tobacco Company (the name refers to the year Spain lost the Philippines as a colony) and the company's initials are still engraved on the revolving glass doors onto La Rambla

Beautifully set among trees at the foot of the craggy Roca del Corb, the Pallarès family's smart, modern hotel is not far from the main Andorra to Lleida road.

Casa Camper is set in a 19th century Gothic tenement building in the heart of Barcelona, close to the famous La Boqueria market and a five minute walk from Plaça de Catalunya.

Behind the medieval façade of a collection of buildings in the Gothic Quarter is this 'ultra modern', stylish hotel.

The location of this luxury boutique hotel – facing Plaça Reial in the Gothic Quarter – could not be bettered and breakfast (included in the rate) is taken in the square itself.

Although it's located in the leafy residential neighbourhood of Tres Torres, away from the hustle and bustle, this boutique hotel has a metro station five minutes' walk away with a direct route to Placa de Catalunya (20 minutes).

Well located, between Passeig de Gràcia (where you can see La Pedrera, Gaudí's unusual apartment building without a straight line) and La Rambla, this large, modern hotel is a Hilton hotel, but it does not feel like part of a chain.

Located at the top of La Rambla, and five minutes' walk from Plaza Catalunya, is this former hostal turned into small, inexpensive hotel.

On an attractive square just off La Rambla, next to the Liceu opera house (and Metro station), this former convent of St Augustin has 'simple, comfortable accommodation — good value'.