travel42 Hotel Review: Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona

Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located in the thick of it, Mandarin Oriental sits in an impressive midcentury edifice on Paseo de Gracia, the lively Eixample district's main boulevard.

Near Las Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter, and just across the boulevard from Gaudi's famed Casa Batllo, the hotel could not be more central. The more than 300-year-old La Boqueria Market is an eight-minute stroll away, and Sagrada Familia Church is also nearby.

Housed in a restored former bank buildin...