With a twist of old and new, five-star luxury hotel Casa Fuster is the ideal setting from which to discover moderniste Barcelona. Designed in 1908 by Lluis Domènich i Montaner (with Gaudì-designed furnishings and broken-tiled floors), this wonderfully designed hotel is situated at the highest point of Paseo de Gracia with spectacular views of the entire city. Its plush rooms offer a luxurious escape at the end of the day and its central location makes it easy to pop back out when you’re ready for more. Be sure to stop by the hotel bar, Café Viennese. Once a meeting point for Barcelona’s intelligentsia, it now hosts some of the best jazz in the city including Woody Allen’s jazz band when he’s in town
As published in Art du Voyage’s Travel Notes, Spring 2008
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