Hotel Regina
Soothing, historic hideaway
Peeping Plaça de Catalunya
In a historic mansion on the cusp between Barcelona’s bustling Eixample and El Raval, Hotel Regina slows the downtown tempo and shifts the focus to simple pleasures. Rooms are quiet and contemporary, the leafy courtyard makes a contemplative spot for a café con leche. At the bistro bar, tapas drawing on time-honoured Catalan recipes are washed down with wine from small-batch growers. Turns out, in Barcelona, back to basics suits bon vivants just fine.
Facilities
Rooms
98, including two suites.
Checkout
Noon. Check-in is at 3pm, but both are flexible, subject to availability.
More Details
Rates at Hotel Regina are room only, but Gina’s Patio serves a breakfast spread including fresh-baked bread and pastries, cured meats, local cheeses and homemade granola for €22.
Also
Hotel Regina has two rooms adapted for guests with limited mobility. These rooms have accessible bathrooms with roll-in showers, grab bars and shower chairs. All of the hotel’s communal areas, including the restaurant and bar, are wheelchair accessible, too.
Free Internet Access
Laundry
Pet Friendly
On-Site Restaurant
Room Service
At the Hotel
Courtyard, laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, climate control, Nespresso coffee machine, minibar stocked with locally sourced treats, free osmosis-filtered water, steamer, bathrobes and Meraki bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
Twinkletoes, take note – the Century Rooms were once part of the building’s ballroom, and hundred-year-old features, including ornate iron pillars and parquet floors, have been carefully preserved. Otherwise, bag a Balcony Room to survey your slice of central Barcelona from above.
Packing Tips
The hotel’s all about taking the foot off the gas amid the city-centre grind, so pack an extra paperback and pencil in an afternoon on the patio. Robert Hughes’ Barcelona will clue you in on all the cosmopolitan spots to hit when you get back out there.
Also
There are layers of history at every turn here. Lift your glass to find the new face of Gina’s Salon on your coaster – the bonny, bonnet-wearing lady in the bar’s logo was taken from a vintage poster found in the hotel’s archives.
Children
Welcome. There’s not much geared towards little ones, but rooms with sofa-beds and connecting options will suit families.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Keen people-watchers should pull up a pew facing the street.
Dress Code
Laidback and breezy, bonus points for repping Barcelonian brands – a Paloma Wool jumper for evenings out on the patio, perhaps.
Hotel Restaurant
Bar La Esquina is the hotel’s laidback bistro. The interiors – and the locals that hang out here – are cool and contemporary, but the menu is rooted in time-tested Catalan cuisine. Chef Alexis Peñalver’s tapas draw on rustic regional flavours, using carefully chosen local produce. Standouts include smoked leeks with stracciatella, sourdough pan con tomate, a Spanish omelette packed with piquant pil-pil cod, and super-sized roast chicken and béchamel croquettes.
Hotel Bar
Gina’s Salon, the hotel’s street-gazing bar, has quickly earned its stripes as a favourite gathering place for clued-in Barcelonians. Mornings here call for a craft espresso out on the leafy patio. Come sundown, soak in the convivial chatter over tapas and martinis.
Last Orders
Bar La Esquina serves from 12.30pm to 10.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Gina’s Salon is open from 8am to 11pm.
Room Service
There’s a separate room service menu, for when hunger strikes mid-hibernation.
Planes
Barcelona Airport is a 35-minute drive away. The hotel can arrange transfers for around €35 to €45 each way, with an extra fee for luggage and travel outside of standard working hours.
Trains
Direct trains run from major Spanish cities including Madrid, Malaga, Bilbao and Seville to Barcelona Sants station. From there, you can take the L3 metro to Plaça de Catalunya, a three-minute walk from the hotel.
Automobiles
There’s no private parking at the hotel, but it’s a two-minute walk to Saba Bamsa Plaza Cataluña car park, where parking is available at a reduced price of €30 a day for Hotel Regina guests. There are electric-vehicle charging stations, too.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
No chance of FOMO in this city-centre spot – Las Ramblas is an amble away, as are the multitudinous manchego- and Iberico-stacked stalls of La Boqueria. Barcelona is bursting with big-name spots for art and architecture buffs. Many, including Casa Batlló, Casa Milà and the Picasso Museum, are within easy walking distance of the hotel. Beyond the headliners, the Antoni Tàpies Foundation and the Barcelona Museum of Modernism – both skewed towards Catalan art – are worthy of your hit list.
Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt
This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
